Dr. Myers visits Ichem

One of the brief stop overs made during his recent maiden visits to Colombo by Dr. Nathan Myers Associate Provost International Initiat ives Youngstown State University Ohio was the institute of Chemistry Ceylon Rajagiriya. He was received by Prof Sujatha Hewage Honarary Rector, Pro f S. P. Deraniyagala Dean, Mr. N. I. N. S. Nadarasa Registrar and Mr. A. M. Jayasekara Additional Registrar. Dr. Myers was also invited to address the star achievers among the recent graduants keen to pursue PhDs in US. The discussion with IChem was centered around placing its alumni for graduate studies, 2+2 for undergraduates, getting down recent graduates from YSU as volunteer teachers and exchange of faculty members. Dr. Myers' visit was arranged by Scholarships for USA (SUSA) - sole representative of YSU in Sri Lanka.

Apart from being the island's sole recruiter who works exclusively with US colleges and universities SUSA is also credited with initiating nearly 15 international collaborations between its US partners and Sri Lankan uni- versities both public and private. Passionately committed to assist more Lankan academics to have access to world's top most education and with a track record of placing over 300 students across the nation including Jaffna and Ampara, SUSA works closely with top institutes such as the Institute of Chemistry to make its alumni globally employable.