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Alliance University hosted a US Education Delegation on February 3-4, 2013 at the Central Campus. The delegation consisted of around 20 delegates who represented universities and colleges, government organizations, and corporates of the United States of America. The representatives of US universities included deans, vice-presidents, international provosts, department heads and senior faculty members, among others. The members of the delegation held discussions with Alliance University on the mutually beneficial partnership opportunities for academic cooperation in the fields of Business Management; Engineering; Medicine; Pharmacy; Hotel Management; Energy; Agriculture; and Liberal Arts and Science.
The US Education Delegation was represented by the following members:
- Craig Lang, President of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa
- William Bill Northey, Secretary of Agriculture, Iowa State
- Dr. Gloria J. Gibson, Executive Vice President and Provost, University of Northern Iowa
- Jonathan A. Wickert, Senior Vice President and Provost, Iowa State University of Science and Technology
- P. Barry Butler, Executive Vice President and Provost, The University of Iowa
- Dr. Kent Johnson, Dean, University of Northern Iowa
- Dr. Jordan Cohen, Vice President for Research and Development, Special Associate to the Provost, Emeritus Dean and Professor, The University of Iowa
- Donald E. Letendre, Dean and Professor, The University of Iowa
- Mufit Akinc, Interim Dean, James and Katherine Melsa Professor in Engineering, Iowa State University
- Wendy Wintersteen, Endowed Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Steve Ovel, Executive Director, Government Relations, Kirkwood Community College
- Swati A Dandekar, Board Member, Iowa Utilities Board
- Mr. Sanjay Puri, President, AUSIB
- Neha Karkhanis, Director Operations, AUSIB