The representatives from the universities were Robert Sloan, professor and department head of computer science at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC); Kyoko Omori, associate professor of Japanese and chair of East Asian language and the literature department at Hamilton College; Robin Joseph, study abroad coordinator at Fordham University; and Courtney Johnson Fowler, associate director of the Center for Global Programs at Denison University.<\/p>\n\n\n
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UIC\u2019s Sloan was fascinated by the visit to TUJ and Japan as it was his first trip to the country. He showed particular interest in TUJ\u2019s computer science program, which could appeal to the students in his department. TUJ recently announced that it will expand the option to complete the computer science degree entirely in Japan from September 2024. \u201cTUJ is a very high energy (university) and your dean (Matthew Wilson) has extremely high energy,\u201d Sloan said. He added that he was excited to see TUJ\u2019s computer science program, which could be an option to introduce to the 2,100 students majoring in computer science at UIC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cI was able to feel the energy from students attending several classes.\u201d<\/p>\nKyoko Omori, associate professor of Japanese and chair of East Asian language and literature department at Hamilton College<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Similarly, Omori from Hamilton in upstate New York said that the college has been sending students to TUJ over the past few years since the pandemic subsided. She was not only impressed by the quality of the curriculum but also stressed the high quality of student support offered at TUJ. \u201cI was able to feel the energy from students attending several classes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Study Abroad Coordinator Joseph said that students from Bronx-based Fordham have been studying at TUJ, with one student enrolled in the current summer semester and 12 more set to arrive in the upcoming fall semester in September. Fordham has a history working with TUJ, as well as Temple\u2019s Rome Campus. She noted that Fordham is sending more students majoring in communications and business, and this number is growing. \u201cA lot of our students go abroad,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cI feel that this school would be the perfect match because many of the subjects here match with what Fordham offers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, Fowler, from Ohio-based liberal arts college Denison, said that she has been receiving positive feedback from students who have studied at TUJ in the past. Denison is scheduled to send students in the upcoming fall semester and the spring semester of 2025. For Fowler, this is her first trip to Japan and her experience at TUJ and the country will be invaluable. She said that she will be able to provide constructive advice to students considering studying abroad at TUJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Around the same period last year, repre<\/a>s<\/a>entatives of five U.S. universities<\/a> visited the campus. One of the participating institutions, New Orleans-based Tulane University, has agreed with TUJ<\/a> to enable Tulane\u2019s first-year students to study at TUJ as part of its Spring Scholars program, starting in the fall semester in September. TUJ\u2019s annual effort to invite study-abroad experts has been producing positive results in this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n