NSCA Program Highlights

Summer Educational Cultural Program with Kitakyushu annually since 1987.

Summer Youth Exchange Program with Wilhelmshaven annually since 1978.

U.S.-Japan Teachers' Conference and Educational Symposium between Kitakyushu and Norfolk Public Schools annually since 1989.

Exchanges of Norfolk school teachers and university professors with Kaliningrad, Kitakyushu and Wilhelmshaven.

Family-to-family exchanges of high school students between Norfolk and Toulon.

International Engineering Design Challenge Competitions between ODU and Fachhochschule Wilhelmshaven since 1993,
and with Kyushu Institute of Technology in 1996.

Intensive summer courses at ODU's English Language Center for Wilhelmshaven and Kitakyushu university students since 1989.

Participation of Norfolk City development officials and business leaders in biennial Nishi Nippon Trade Fair in Kitakyushu.

Exchange of physicians and medical professionals from Kaliningrad.  Medical assistance and supplies from Norfolk to  Kaliningrad

Cultural exchanges of performing arts groups (musicians, dancers, drummers, martial artists) with Kitakyushu.

Cultural exchanges of performing artists (choirs, chamber musicians, sea shanty singers) with Norfolk, England.

Cultural exchange of ballroom dancers with the Wilhelmshaven Blau Silber Dance Club.

Cultural visit and concert tour of "Voices of Virginia" from Governor's Magnet School for the Arts to Kitakyushu in 1994.

Sports exchanges between Wilhelmshaven soccer teams and Norfolk Youth Soccer League.

First YMCA partnership agreement in 1995 between Wilhelmshaven CVJM and YMCA of South Hampton Roads.

Adult delegation trips to Kaliningrad, Toulon, Norfolk County, Kitakyushu, and Wilhelmshaven.