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University of Findlay President Katherine Fell, Ph.D., will travel to Japan in early March to host an alumni reception and visit with leaders from Japanese partner universities. “The University is proud to have established positive relationships with a number of higher education institutions in Japan,” Fell said. “I’m looking forward to seeing many long-time friends, […]
University of Findlay received a grant to have students learn and experience the Japanese healthcare system. The project was led by Hiroaki Kawamura, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Japanese, Director of Modern Language, and the University International Relations Representative and Liaison. Kawamura, along with Richard Hopkins, DMSc, PA-C, and Jill Brown, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C took six […]
Three University of Findlay students and a professor are launching a grant-funded 2-year longitudinal research project that will focus on ways to reverse adverse trends affecting rural Japanese communities. Included will be a 4-week trip this summer to conduct ethnographic fieldwork in partnership with students from the University of Fukui and Rakuno Gakuen University, where […]
(Written by staff writer Sara Arthurs for The Courier. Story originally published on Feb. 9, 2018). A wide cross-section of the community has been coming together to celebrate Japanese culture this week – and more activities are coming this weekend. The events were advertised with the name “Tomodachi” – Japanese for “friend.” That’s because the […]
(Story originally published in the Delphos (Ohio) Herald on Nov. 29, 2017). FORT JENNINGS — Kaylynn Noriega, a 2014 Fort Jennings graduate and daughter of K-12 Art Instructor Joy Noriega, visited Fort Jennings High School this past October to speak to the school’s art classes. She came to offer Fort Jennings’ students her perspective following […]
The University of Findlay’s collaboration with Findlay City Schools, the City of Findlay and Findlay/Hancock County economic development leaders to strengthen ties with Japan is continuing to provide tangible results. A recent visit from a contingent of Japanese education leaders, facilitated by UF via Hiroaki Kawamura, associate professor of Japanese and director of the modern […]
Shuhei Moro, school superintendent of Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture in Japan, will speak at the University of Findlay on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Davis Street Building, Room 102. Moro’s free, public lecture will offer “A National and Local Perspective on Pre-College Education in Japan.” Kawaguchi, a Tokyo suburb with a population […]
Two Japanese photography exhibitions, hosted by the University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum and the Japan Foundation, have opened. Works by Kazuyoshi Miyoshi will highlight Japanese world heritage sites such as Kyoto, Hiroshima and Nara. One of the exhibits, featuring 20 photos, is being offered in the Dudley and Mary Marks Lea Gallery in UF’s Virginia […]
A delegation of elected officials from Japan’s Saitama Prefecture visited the University of Findlay on Monday, Oct. 17 to connect with students, UF faculty and staff, and City of Findlay representatives, and primarily to learn more about the United States presidential election climate and process at the local level. They also traveled to California to […]
Genki Kids Club, a Japanese language and culture club offered by the University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum for students in grades 3-6, will be offered this fall, beginning Monday, Oct. 17. Activities will be held in the children’s art studio in Malcolm Dining Hall, located in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion. They will […]
