Haenicke Institute welcomes Japanese
exchange partner delegation

WMU and Otaru students in Japan

The Haenicke Institute is hosting a delegation from Otaru University of Commerce September 4-5 to review the longstanding student exchange between the Japanese university and Western Michigan University and to consider a second intake session for Otaru's Master's of Commerce degree taught in English.

Faculty and staff interested in meeting the Otaru delegation are invited to a luncheon from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 5 at the Bernhard Center Cafeteria. Please RSVP to osa-assistant@wmich.edu.

Otaru campus visit itinerary 

Dr. Kazuo Watanabe, dean of the Graduate School of Commerce, Dr. Kohichi Sayama, Department of Information and Management Science, and Mr. Kyosuke Maruyama, International Planning will meet with the faculty of the Michitoshi Soga Japan Center and the International Business Education Committee of the Haworth College of Business. They will also survey students and administration for input on offering a second intake session for their Master’s of Commerce degree taught in English.

Lower right corner: Otaru University of Commerce

Otaru University of Commerce is one of WMU's longstanding exchange partners in Japan and offers an extensive array of intensive Japanese courses, as well as business and economics courses taught in English.  More than 40 students have been exchanged between Otaru and WMU since the beginning of the exchange partnership in 1994.

If you would like to meet with the Otaru delegation, please contact Brett Berquist, Haenicke Institute for Global Education, at brett.berquist@wmich.edu  or (269) 387-5890.