Recent News & Announcements

Feature stories:

UTSA International Education Week comig soon

San Antonio's Inaugural Kimchi Festival NEW

Teaching English in Korea with the TaLK and EPIK Programs NEW

Critical Language Scholarship Progarm NEW

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Korean Language and Culture Course is coming to UTSA

The East Asia Institute in collaboration with the Houston Korean Education Center will begin to offer a non-credit beginning-level Korean Language and Culture course startig in on February 21st, 2012. The class is made possible by a generous grant from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea. See flyer Read news release here

 

KOREAN COURSE UPDATE: The class is currently full. If you are interested in registering for the class, please send a request to eai@utsa.edu to be put on the waiting list with your full name and phone number.

 

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"Pinoy Sunday"

台北星期天

Public viewing

Learn about comtemporary Taiwan through Wi Dong Ho's latest film "Pinoy Sunday": an abandonded couch turns Sunday routine into an adventrue of perserverance and self-discovery for a pair of Filipino migrant workers in Taipei. Free and open to the public with commentary and discussion. Light refreshements/drinks provided: frist come, first served. 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 2, UTSA Main Campus MH 2.01.06. This film is broght to you throught the generous sponsorship of the Cultural Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office of Houston. Read news release here

See flyer

Movie Trailer

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Meet EAI's new Japan Outreach Coordinator

The East Asia Institute at UTSA is pleased to announce the arrival of Ms. Tomoe Kumashiro, who has been dispatched through the Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI) Program, sponsored by The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) and The Laurasian Institution (TLI). To reach Ms.Tomoe Kumashio and request a special presentation, conduct a workshop, or if you have questions concerning any other Japanese-related topics, please contact her at Tomoe.Kumashiro@utsa.edu or at 210-458-8550. To read more about Kumashiro

Read Jumping for JOI quarterly newsletter (Aug.-Nov., 2011)

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Earthquakes and Tsunami hit Japan's Tohoku Area

The East Asia Institute and the UTSA community share our concern and sympathy for those that have been deeply affected in the earthquakes/tsunami tragedy that occurred on March 11, 2011 in Japan.

To find people in the affected areas, learn travel info to Japan and the most up to date news, and to make donations for the victims, please use the following links:

Read UTSA's Fundraising Efforts for Japan: "UTSA Cares about Japan" Donation Drive

Donations/Contributions through The American Red Cross: http://american.redcross.org

Google People Finder: http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en

State Department for travel: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_5378.html

Consulate General of Japan at Houston: http://www.houston.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/archive/2011/page20110311_Earthquake.htm

NHK news (Japan's Public Broadcast Company): http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/index.html

To find U.S. citizens in Japan: JapanEmergencyUSC@state.gov

 

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