NEWS

New Global Studies Website  (August 14, 2008)

Welcome to the new global studies web site. More updates coming soon.

Graduate Recognition Party

Global Studies Program will hold party on Friday, December 5 to honor seven majors who will be graduating this term. All majors and faculty are invited. Gwendolyn Rouse is graduating with the highest GPA in the program this term.(Dec 3)

Minor in Japanese Studies

Global Studies Program will now be offering a Minor in Japanese Studies. Check our web site. (Dec 3)

Field Trip for learners of Chinese and Japanese language (November 4)

Drs. Strecher and Zhang led a field trip to Minneapolis and St.Paul on November 1 for students taking  Chinese and Japanese language classes. They were accompanied by international students from China and Japan. The trip involved a visit to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Walker Art Museum, Japanese and Chinese restaurants, and an Asian grocery store.

Dr. Bowler attends conference

Dr. Michael Bowler attended the 37th Annual Conference on South Asia held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 17-19.

Dr. Strecher Presents at Berkeley

Dr. Strecher presented a paper at a symposium organized by the Center of Japanese Studies , University of California-Berkeley. The name of the symposium was  The Murakami Symposium: Japanese Literature on the Global Stage held on October 12. Here is a complete listing of the panelists.

Jay Rubin – (Harvard Univ.)
Rebecca Suter – (Univ. of Sydney)
Matthew Strecher – (Winona State Univ.)
Stephen Snyder – (Middlebury College)

Moderated by H. Mack Horton (UC Berkeley) and Alan Tansman 

For more details about the symposium please visit http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/ias.html?view=summary&timeframe=week&date=2008-10-17&filter=Secondary+Event+Type&filtersel=

Majors form a student club (September 25)

Global Studies majors and minors formed a club called Global Studies Students Association (GSSA) and will be going before the WSU student senate for approval. Learning and teaching foreign languages (language exchange) will be a major activity of this club.

Visiting Faculty  (August 14, 2008)

Dr. Young-gwan Lee from Soonchunhyang University is now at Winona State. He is visiting professor during this academic year. 

Last Modified: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 14:55