IE Program News- Successful IE Teachers’ Orientation
- IE Teachers’ Orientation and 28th Annual Faculty Development Symposium on University English TeachingFor the last 28 years, the Integrated English Program (under the auspices of Aoyama Gakuin University’s English Department) has held annual faculty development events for new and continuing teachers in early April. The program’s coordinators, senior teachers, and those newer … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Events at AGU
Special Lecture: Peace for Our Planet
EVENT: Open Lecture; “Peace for Our Planet” WHEN: October 24, 2024 (Thursday), 3rd Period (13:20~14:50) WHERE: Aoyama Campus; Classroom 940 (4th floor of Building 9) SPEAKER: Dr. Roya Akhavan (Professor of Mass Communication at St. Cloud State University in … Continue reading
Turning Japanese: An Editorial and Audiovisual Translator Tells Her Story
EVENT: Open Lecture; “Turning Japanese: From a Small Town in Northern Spain to Working as a Freelance Translator and Interpreter in Japan” WHEN: June 27, 2024 (Thursday), 3rd Period (13:20~14:50) WHERE: Aoyama Campus, Tandai Room L-402 [(former) Women’s Junior College] … Continue reading
Lecture & Concert by Bluesman Steve Gardner
Born in Mississippi in 1956, Steve Gardner is an accomplished blues musician and photographer, having studied photojournalism at the University of Southern Mississippi and blues from the “School of Hard Knocks.” After working as a photojournalist in the States, he … Continue reading
Constructive Ways to Manage Stress and Life Crises
There will be a Special Lecture for all IE classes on the topic of how to deal with stress and mental hardships by Ms. Vickie Skorji of TELL at 2nd period (from 11:00 AM) on Tuesday, October 31. As the … Continue reading
IE Program Plenary Talks: Why we write…Right from the beginning
We are pleased to welcome back Prof. Gregory Strong, formerly a co-coordinator of the IE Program, for a special talk open to all IE Program students and teachers. EVENT: Lecture titled “Writing to You” WHEN: May 25, 2023 (Thursday), 4th … Continue reading
Vegan and SDGs: Is it time to go vegan? (IE Program Lecture Series)
In this talk, given by the talented and versatile Nadia McKechnie, we will look at what it means to be vegan, how popular veganism is becoming, and the reasons driving the global vegan trend, particularly among millennials. How a shift … Continue reading
Paying it forward in Nepal (IE Program Lecture Series)
Wishing to give back to his country, Nepal, Sharad Rai founded YouMe School in his remote village in Nepal in 2011. The organization he founded built a second school in 2017. Currently, there are more than 500 students studying in … Continue reading
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Talk on Japanese American History and Identity (IE Program Lecture Series)
Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks’ lecture incorporates a diasporic multicultural Japanese American history and experience through the lens of his wife’s pioneer family (she is a Sansei; third generation Japanese American), his family (an interracial “War Bride” family) and his intersectional … Continue reading
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Talk and performance by Gohei Nishikawa
This will be a talk and performance by a distinguished world-class pianist who has performed in such venues as New York’s Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, as well as–more recently–at the closing ceremony of the Paralympics in Tokyo. Originally from … Continue reading