CMI, Ryukyus sign deal

At the signing of the new agreement between CMI and University of the Ryukyus, from left: Japan Ambassador Hideyuki Mitsuoka, Vice President of University of the Ryukyus Ryuji Ishikawa, CMI President Theresa Koroivulaono, and University Educational Administrator Aino Kinjo. Photo: Kelly Lorennij.

KELLY LORENNIJ

Following signing of an agreement between Vice President of the University of the Ryukyus Ryuji Ishikawa and College of the Marshall Islands President Theresa Koroivulaono, CMI is now able to send two students instead of just one to study at the university in Okinawa, Japan.

The University of the Ryukyus opened an undergraduate exchange program early last year for CMI students in their junior year. Initially, the program was supposed to accept only one student — the same with two other Pacific island universities — but as of Monday another spot has opened, the first one belonging to Sladen Jieta who started his one-year language studies in Okinawa last fall.

Read more about this in the May 11, 2018 edition of the Marshall Islands Journal.

Hideyuki Mitsuoka, Okinawa, Ryuji Ishikawa, Sladen Jieta, Theresa Koroivulaono, University of the Ryukyus