The Voice of San Jose City College Since 1956
Tuesday, Sept. 23 , 2014
Volume 78 Issue 2
San Jose City College builds bridge with Kagoshima University PHOTO BY ROLAND BOUGH / TIMES STAFF
Students from Kagoshima University explore the Student Center after events hosted by San Jose City College and the Workforce Institute Sept. 15. coordinator Ron Levesque, worked collaterally with Kagoshima Professor Katsunori Takeuchi, the Workforce Institute and other SJCC to develop this program. “There is a good chance that Kagoshima will expand this program in the near future; there exists great potential for more collaboration with SJJC and the Workforce Institute. Imagine the possibilities: International students, global studies,
corporations and meeting dignitaries, others for an extended program that also includes an internship. This is the beginning of a journey With excitement and a warm welcome between the Kagoshima and SJCC the ceremony, San Jose City College received program coordinators are hopeful it will thirty two Japanese students and five staff continue to work together in the years to members from the Kagoshima University come. of Japan. Located in South Japan, this The bridge created across the pacific prestigious university is expanding its for these students to have the opportunity International Program. of learning and experience each other’s Our English as a Second Language culture, industries, and language will have a lasting impact on their future. At the reception, the Japanese students exchange information about the Kagoshima University and its location and faculties, Japan’s culture, industries, food, and agriculture. As well as the Workforce Institute and board of SJCC provided important information about their facility and different courses, and classes. All the students looked excited and happy to be here. “I stayed in the U.S. for three weeks,” said senior student Naho Nakamata from Kagoshima University. “The time I PHOTO BY ROLAND BOUGH / TIMES STAFF spent at San Jose City Students from Kagoshima University snap a photo on the athletic field of San Jose City College, Monday Sept. 15. College was very special.”
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Japanese language study, ethnic studies, and study abroad. If Japanese students can come here, why can’t our students go to Japan,” Levesque said. The main purpose of the International Program is for students to learn about foreign culture, industries, and the English language Takeuchi said. There are two groups of students that will stay in the Bay Area, some for a short program of touring campuses and
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