Dr. Glenn B. Gregorio, Director of Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) accompanied by Dr. Elpidio M. Agbisit Jr., Dean, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and Dr. Suzette B. Lina, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture and Food Science, Visayas State University (VSU) made a courtesy call on Dr. Norimi Mizutani, Vice President of Nagoya University (NU) (International Affairs, Planning and Evaluation, and Institutional Research) on June 6, 2023. 
 
After the courtesy call, they visited the headquarter of Asian Satellite Campuses Institute (ASCI) and met ASCI Director Akira Yamauchi, and professors from Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences (GSBS) whose advisees have been studying PhD under either NU-SEARCA or NU-UPLB joint scholarship programs.


 
From left --- Dr. Shiro Mitsuya (GSBS), Dr. Chieka Minaguchi (GSBS), Dr. Suzette (VSU), Dr. Gregorio (SEARCA), Dr. Agbisit (UPLB), Dr. Kazuhito Kawakita (NU Senior Presidential Adviser, former VP), Dr. Yamauchi (ASCI), Dr. Ohkura (GSBS), Dr. Tokuda (GSBS).