This year’s second alumni networking event held on Gather, an online video-conferencing platform, took place on May 19.

The session begins

In the first half of the event, Kyung Hee University’s Prof. Joong Hon Ryu, chairperson of the Tohoku University Alumni Association in Korea, and another fellow alumnus, Prof. Jae Young Park, delighted participants with passionate retellings of their memories as students at Tohoku University. Their stories about life in the City of Trees and their career paths thereafter were inspirational and illustrated their hard work and their friendship, which has endured for over 30 years.

Prof. Joong Hon Ryu showing his Tohoku University mug cup while speaking about his experience in Sendai

Dr. Vani Novita Alviani, chair of the Indonesia Liaison Team, joined in the second half of the event, along with Selene Sovilla, a former exchange student from Italy. The two guests shared their experiences at Tohoku University and how the university has had a positive impact on their lives.

Bringing together alumni from South Korea, Indonesia, and Italy, the Gather platform once again proved to be a powerful tool for connecting alumni from all over the world.

The two professors got emotional remembering their time spent togheter in Sendai as students

In the coming months, the Global Engagement Division is preparing many exciting new projects and activities for alumni, so stay tuned!

Dr. Vani Novita Alviani, chair of the Indonesia Liaison Team, joined in the second half of the event