Prof John Latham (second left) and Dr Shirley Ann Jackson (second right)
Dr Jackson was accompanied by Dr Prabhat Hajela, Provostat at RPI. They held meetings with Professors Hester Klopper, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Strategy and Internationalisation; Arnold Schoonwinkel, Vice-Rector: Learning and Teaching, Wikus van Niekerk, Dean of Faculty of Engineering; Ingrid Woolard, Dean of Economic and Management Sciences and Louise Warnich, Dean of the Faculty of Science.
Other visits during the second term included the following:
4 April: Prof Jeremy Bradshaw, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International & Doctoral) at the University of Bath in the UK.
14 May: Prof Kalu Ibe Ekpghere, Assistant Professor and Senior Regional Manager International Relations at Woosong University in South Korea.
17-23 May: Prof Petr Nemec, Vice Dean, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Dr David Vesely, Head: Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Macromolecular Materials at the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic.
21 May: Dr Shinichi Takeuchi, Director: African Studies Center at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Dr Takeuchi was accompanied by Prof Jun Matsukuma, Graduate School of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; Mr Nobuo Kanda, Pre-opening Project Officer for J.F. Oberlin University and Affiliated Schools; Mr Atsushi Nagaoka, Director: Office of International Programs at Oberlin University; Prof Tatsuya Kusakabe, Deputy Director: Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education at Hiroshima University; Prof Kazuhiro Yoshida, Director, Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education (CICE), Hiroshima University
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