Retrospective

We had a safe, uneventful return home, arriving at the Blanton House some 30 hours after getting up in our Daegu hotel room for the ride to the airport.  Now, we are in a New York City hotel, on the second day of an alumni/development trip.   Tonight we will be with more than 30 EKU [...]

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Our Last Full Day in Korea

We had another good day in Korea today.  On the way to the campus of Daegu Haany University, we stopped by Gyeonsan stadium.  The university’s main campus is in Geonsan, while the medical college is in Daegu.  Miss Kim, who took very good care of Joanne and me during our stay, agreed to pose with [...]

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Daegu Haany University, Day 1

Wow!
That pretty well sums up our first day of visiting Daegy Haany University.   What we have found here is an institution that is committed to serving its region, that has aspirations of national significance, is student centered, and as part of that student centeredness is intent on having a global and international focus.  If that [...]

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KEEP, Last Night at Kofu, Travel to Korea

Our last full day in Japan was one I had looked forward to since our arrival. Okumura-sensei and Ono-san drove us from Kofu up the Hokuto City area for the day. Joanne and I wanted Beth and Rhonda to see the beautiful Yatsugatake area which Madison County is so fortunate to claim as a sister [...]

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A Day With the Ueyas

What a pleasure today was. In my blog last fall, I reflected on the many good friends Joanne and I have made in Japan. Today was spent with two of the very best – Kiyomi and Noriko Ueya, whom we have known since he spent a year teaching at EKU in 1994-95. Ironically, we have [...]

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