Dr. Johannes Hirata, from Hochschule Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences in Germany, is the first visiting scholar to take part in a new faculty exchange program at the University of Southern Indiana. He spent the fall semester teaching in USI’s Romain College of Business. USI’s Dr. Daria Sevastianova, associate professor of economics exchanged places with Dr. Hirata, where she is teaching similar economics courses at the Hochschule University.