Here's a great follow-up to an event that took place on campus in October, 2011:  American Studies Program (ASP) students from TIU's Global Studies Program (GSP) have been notified that their Stand Up Take Action event was recognized as one of the "Unique Stand Up" photos submitted. You can see the report here: http://www.standup2015.jp/report/2011/contest.html   It is in Japanese, but if you scroll down to near the end, you can see the photo and description of the event.

The explanation of why this representation of Stand Up Take Action was recognized is this:  "Using red yarn to connect each person to express 'Kizuna' (bond) was unique."

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On Tuesday, February 7, 131 students from Tokyo International University will arrive on the campus of Willamette University and Tokyo International University of America.  This marks the 24th program year since the program began in 1989.  In that time, 2,368 students have enrolled in the one-year American Studies Program (ASP).

After a week of opening days activities, classes will begin on Monday, February 13. This year's class is almost equally divided between male and female students and is the second largest class WU and TIUA have hosted. This year, one of the students is from the Peru, one from China, and one from Mongolia.

If you are interested in being involved with the students, TIUA offers a Tomodachi ("friendship") Program which matches community members with students and asks that they meet together at least once per month from April to December. It is not a homestay program, but provides an opportunity for students to get off campus and share typical "American" experiences with local participants. For more information or application forms, click here.

We also offer a Language Tutor Program which is free to local community members. ASP students sign up to be tutors and languages include Japanese and occasionally other languages such as Chinese or Korean. For more information on this program, click here.

Happy New Year and All the Best in 2012!

from everyone at Tokyo International University of America!

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