Friday, August 22, 2008

audio recordings - 40th Anniversary ceremony

Commemorating 40 years of sister-state relations between the state of Michigan and Shiga prefecture, several honored guests spoke.


[hotlink to audio recording; unlinked names are awaiting permission to put online]



State Superintendent of Education, Mr. Michael Flanagan.
Superintendent of Education for Shiga-ken, Mr. SUEMATSU Kyoiku-cho.
Alumnist of the JCMU program (Japan Center for Michigan Universities), Mr. Brian Forest.
Alumnist of the Michigan-Shiga High School Exchange, Mr. Mario James.
Student representative of the Science High School exchange, Mr. TAKAHASHI Wataru.