{"id":30876,"date":"2025-08-22T12:13:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=30876"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:13:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:13:50","slug":"purdue-veterinary-medicine-bids-fond-farewell-to-visiting-students-from-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/purdue-veterinary-medicine-bids-fond-farewell-to-visiting-students-from-japan.php","title":{"rendered":"Purdue Veterinary Medicine Bids Fond Farewell to Visiting Students from Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine\u2019s partnership with two veterinary schools in Japan was recognized last week when the college hosted a reception honoring visiting students from Kitasato University and Rakuno University. The ten member delegation included five DVM students and a faculty member from Kitasato and three veterinary nursing students and a faculty member from Rakuno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of the visiting delegation from Japan\u2019s Kitasato and Rakuno universities gathered for a photo before a reception in their honor Friday, August 15, in the hallway connecting Lynn Hall with the Brunner Purdue Veterinary Medical Hospital Complex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Their visit was part of an ongoing international exchange relationship between Purdue and the two Japanese universities. The relationship between Purdue and Kitasato dates back nearly 35 years, while Purdue and Rakuno have worked together since 2016. As part of the exchange relationship, the Japanese students come for two weeks each August. In return, Kitasato welcomes a PVM faculty member every spring, and Rakuno hosts a group of Purdue students every June.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Two Kitasato University veterinary students paused for a photo op during their two week visit to Purdue that concluded Friday, August 15.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The primary purpose of the Japanese students\u2019 annual visit to Purdue is to spend time in the Purdue University Veterinary Hospital<\/a> observing the work done by PVM clinicians and veterinary nurses. \u201cThe program is designed to give them an overview of how veterinary medicine is practiced in the United States,\u201d said PVM Global Engagement<\/a> Director Addison Sheldon. \u201cThe visitors also participated in a variety of other activities, including visiting the Indiana State Fair and the Indianapolis Zoo.\u201d

Sheldon emphasized that a big thank you is in order for Dr. Tomohito Inoue, lecturer in anesthesiology, for all of his support during their visit. He also expressed appreciation to Dr. Steve Thompson, clinical professor of small animal primary care, for his assistance, as well as all of the PVM faculty, staff, and students who were so welcoming to the international guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese exchange programs enrich the learning environment in Lynn Hall and help provide students with impactful global engagement opportunities that prepare them to be globally conscious veterinary professionals who can understand and act on global health issues,\u201d Sheldon said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine\u2019s partnership with two veterinary schools in Japan was recognized last week when the college hosted a reception honoring visiting students from Kitasato University and Rakuno University. The ten member delegation included five DVM students and a faculty member from Kitasato and three veterinary nursing students and a faculty member from Rakuno.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,499,28],"tags":[169,668,122],"class_list":["post-30876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-global-engagement","category-our-impact","tag-engagement","tag-exchange-program","tag-global-engagement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30876"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30909,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30876\/revisions\/30909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}