East meets West
IEP staff members promote new academic year program in Japan
UCR’s International Education Program staff members Suzanne Hartzell and Rika Toyoda visited five Japanese universities this spring to promote a new academic year program, the Consortium Academic Program, designed by the UC Extension Consortium for Global Partnerships. Denise Babel, the associate director of UC Irvine’s English & Certificates for Internationals program, also attended. Their visits included a two-day study abroad fair at Waseda University and meetings with officials from Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Gakushuin University, Keio University, and Aoyama Gakuin University.
Suzanne and Rika also visited with officials, staff, faculty and students of UCR’s sister universities, Josai University in Saitama and Josai International University in Togane.
Suzanne Hartzell, IEP Student Services coordinator, meets with officials at Josai University. From left to right: Norimichi Osakabe, Yoshiaki Ryu (former Resident Director), Erik Schaubach, University Vice President Yasunori Morimoto, Sachihiko Numajiri (former Resident Director), Suzanne Hartzell, University President Akira Tanaka and Koji Nakayama (former Resident Director).
IEP staff members Rika Toyoda and Suzanne Hartzell at Waseda University with Japan Travel Bureau representatives Yukari Watanabe and Shigeomi Takase and Denise Babel, associate director of UC Irvine Extension’s English & Certificates for Internationals Program. From left to right: Toyoda, Watanabe, Hartzell, Babel and Takase.
Suzanne Hartzell and Maria Shiguemi Ichiyama, associate professor of the Department of International Exchange Studies at Josai International University, with former and future UCR students from Japan at Josai.
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