Tagged: Global Gateways

Sixteen Ohio State alumni joined the inaugural Virtual Buckeye Happy Hour on August 17 to connect with fellow Buckeyes across the Greater China region. The new program, which will be held every quarter, is facilitated by the China Gateway with support from The Ohio State University Alumni Association (OSUAA) and alumni clubs in the region.

Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, will present "A 2022 Look at Gandhi, His Thinking, and His Critics," on Wednesday, September 7 at 2 p.m. in the Round Meeting Room at the Ohio Union. 

The Alumni Club of South India and the India Gateway jointly organized a couple of virtual alumni get togethers over International Yoga Day on June 21 and on July 2 for a session on 3-D Printing.

The Alumni Club of South India was established in May 2022. The new club is based in Chennai and will focus on alumni engagement in four states: Andhra Pradesh-Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nādu, Kerala. This is the second alumni club in India, the Alumni Club of India was established in 2018 and is based near Delhi.

In partnership with the United States-India Education Foundation in Ahmedabad and Chennai, Ohio State participated in two virtual EducationUSA student recruitment sessions for students in India in June.

Building on the momentum of ongoing executive programs delivered to Tata group of companies, Aravind Chandrasekaran, associate dean for graduate programs and executive education in the Fisher College of Business, traveled to India in May to meet with existing and potential partners. Manoj Garai, assistant director, India Gateway, facilitated meetings with Indoco Remedies, TMTC Pune, Mahindra Leadership University, MIQ, SPJIMR and IIT Bombay. 

The India Gateway organized a virtual pre-departure orientation session on June 3 for undergraduate and graduate students from India attending Ohio State in the autumn 2022 semester. Nearly 90 new Buckeyes joined the orientation to learn about available resources that would help them prepare better for their departure to Columbus.

Students from China planning to attend Ohio State autumn semester learned about college life in the U.S. and the importance of being involved both inside and outside the classroom during a virtual Pre-Departure Orientation held on June 25. The event was hosted by the China Gateway and the Offices of International Affairs, Student Academic Success and Student Life and attended by 226 new students and their parents.

On June 10, the Brazil Gateway team delivered a presentation about Ohio State to the Passo-a-Passo Institute in the city of Itatiba, São Paulo. The institute works on treatment therapy for children with disabilities through interaction with horses and does research in hippotherapy and social responsibility.

Richard Vasques, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State, visited the Polytechnic Institute (IPRJ) at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) to present a lecture in early July.