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On Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, University of Findlay’s Japanese program will have a presentation titled “Korean Statue of Peace: Lessons for the Future Generations.” The presentation will be held in the Alumni Memorial Union, Endly room at 5:15 p.m. and a dialogue with speakers, The Executive Director, KACCM Ms. Mi Dong and Certified Business Economist, […]
Five University of Findlay students recently competed in the virtual 2021 annual Ohio Japanese Speech Contest on Saturday, March 13. Students Garrett Brown, Thea Knapp, Tamara Medakov, Jocelyn Haugh, and Samuel Thacker represented UF in the College Category of the contest. “The students wrote an original speech in Japanese, practiced and memorized it. On March […]
Two University of Findlay Japanese Program students were selected as finalists for the Japan-America Society of Central Ohio Speech Contest held March 2. Sumrestar Roach, a senior majoring in Japanese, placed second in the advanced category. Anna Engle ’18, who earned a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language, was a finalist.
The University of Findlay honored father and son, Kohei Suzuki and Joji “George” Suzuki during a ceremony at the Findlay Country Club on Thursday, May 8. The University awarded Kohei Suzuki with an honorary doctor of business administration, and George Suzuki received a distinguished alumnus award from the UF Alumni Association. The University presented the […]
Four students from The University of Findlay were selected as finalists for the Japan-American Society of Central Ohio’s (JASCO) 15th Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Jhanae Gartman, Japanese major (Columbus); Kali Dumpert, computer science major (Huber Heights); Molliey Gill, Japanese and TESOL major (Montpelier); and Shelby Buzzell, […]
The University of Findlay has received nearly $80,000 in grant funding to implement a program aimed at incorporating more cultural diversity into Hancock County K-12 classrooms. The project, led by Hiroaki Kawamura, Ph.D., chair of the department of language and culture, is “Japan Beyond the Automobile Industry: Integration of Japan into K-12 Education in Hancock […]
Dr. Kazuyuki Katayama, Consulate General of Japan in Detroit, visited The University of Findlay on Dec. 9. His goal is to build stronger relationship between the U.S. and Japan. “I sincerely hope that the American people in Michigan and Ohio will understand even more that Japan and the Japanese people are their true partners,” stated […]
On Oct. 1, Susan Day will begin her fall semester in Japan at Kibi Kokusai University in the Okayami prefecture, near Hiroshima. She will return to Findlay in August. Day is a Japanese major from Canton who plans to graduate in 2015. Day is one of only 71 U.S. recipients of a very competitive Bridging […]
Hiromi Tobaru, a graduate student in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program, and Tanya Schubert, a graduate student in education, spent the summer teaching Japanese language and culture. Schubert spent much of her summer teaching Japanese in Minnesota, and Tobaru taught in Himeji, Japan. Schubert taught Japanese at Mori no Ike, a […]
On Saturday, Sept. 29, and Monday, Oct. 1, UF will sponsor two traditional Japanese oral tradition performances, known in Japanese as rakugo, by Showto. Admission is free. The Sept. 29 performance will be from 7-8 p.m. at the Pemberville Opera House, 115 Main St., Pemberville, and the Oct. 1 performance will be from 7-8 p.m. […]
