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Dr. Tomoe Nishio, a professor in Japanese, was recognized as 2020 GATJ Teacher of the Year
Dr. Tomoe Nishio, a professor in Japanese, was recognized by the Georgia Association of Teachers of Japanese (GATJ) as 2020 GATJ Teacher of the Year. Read more: Congratulations, Tomoe.…
Four alumni and one senior selected as Fulbright finalists
UNG's five Fulbright finalists are: Madalyn Beacham (Arabic major), a December 2019 graduate from McDonough, Georgia, with a degree in international affairs. She plans to pursue a master's degree…
Three UNG students earn Boren Scholarships
Rachel Wilson will become the first UNG student to use a Boren to study at the new Chinese Flagship Domestic Immersion Capstone at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center…
Three from UNG selected for Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
Three graduating seniors have been selected for the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program, Aubrey Rost, Margaret Owens, and Katherine Wright, will teach English in Japan for 1 year.…
Two students win Fund for Education Abroad Gilman scholarship
Congratulations to Uriyah Davis and Phillip Ly for receiving Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship earlier this year. Davis and Ly won the Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) scholarship in late March.…
Four UNG students win the annual Japanese Speech Contest in Atlanta
Four UNG students won the annual Japanese Speech Contest in Atlanta on March 7, 2020, including the grand prize of a free round-trip ticket to Japan: Category 2 1st Place:…
Dr. Nishio publishes in the Journal of Language Learning and Technology in February 2020
Dr. Tomoe Nishio, Assistant Professor of Japanese, published an article on the NU-UNG telecollaboration project in February 2020. Dr. Nishio’s “‘Successful’ participation in intercultural exchange: Tension in American-Japanese telecollaboration”…
UNG Languages’ role at UNG
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese have a number of great educators who have a strong record in teaching and are…
Nanzan University-UNG COIL Projects
UNG faculty have incorporated COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) projects in their Fall 2019 courses in collaboration with Nanzan University, Japan. COIL ( virtual exchange) is a cost-effective, accessible, and…
Dr. Nishio presents on student experience in COIL at IVEC 2019
Dr. Tomoe Nishio, Assistant Professor of Japanese, will present a paper on student experience in COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) at IVEC (International Virtual Exchange Conference) on Oct 25 in…