Fall 2016 Issue

Annual Diamond DinnerSets Record
The 2016 Diamond Dinner held on June
4 in the Manhattan Ballroom at theTokyo American Club in Minato-ku
brought dozens of TUJ alumni, friends
and donors together in a year-end
celebration on the eve of the school’scommencement ceremony.
This year’s event set a record with 110
supporters coming out to help raise
funds for student scholarships.
Among the many attendees were parentsof TUJ students, including Brazilian
Ambassador to Japan André Correa doLago and his wife Beatrice, several
senior administrators visiting from Main
Campus in Philadelphia, and membersof the TUJ Board of Overseers.

2016 Alumni Reunion to be Held in Shibuya Ward
Get ready to fly!

Give a hoot and join the fun!

The 2016 TUJ Reunion will be celebrated
on Friday, October 21 in Shibuya, and a
special welcome is extended this year to allalumni
celebrating
aquinquennialanniversary.
What is a quinquennial? (/kwɪŋˈkwɛnɪəl/ adjective - rhymes with millennial. An
event or anniversary occurring every fiveyears).
Dean Stronach greeting guests

The night kicked off with a silent
auction as the doors opened at 6:30 p.m.
Dinner guests sipped champagne andengaged in some friendly but
competitive betting on a range ofdonated prizes including hotel vouchers,
dinner certificates to top Tokyo
restaurants, luxury handbags andjewelry.

School is over and there won’t be an exam.
But for all the lucky and wise Owls fromthe Classes of 2011 (5-year anniversary ofgraduation), 2006 (10-year), 2001 (15year), 1996 (20-year), 1991 (25-year) and1986 (30-year), we invite you to come out
and enjoy a special discounted donation foradmission.

Seven dedicated student volunteers
made the evening’s guests feel welcome,while selling raffle tickets withentrepreneurial zeal and enthusiasm thatmade us proud!
The raffle offered more donated luxury
items, but the highlight of the evening
was the live auction. The evening’s
festivities reached a climax when the top
prize - two round-trip business-classtickets to Hawaii - was called.

Diamond Dinner

When: Friday, October 21: 19:00 - 21:45
Where: The Legian Tokyo
cocoti 12F, 1-23-16, Shibuya
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002
Donations for Admission:¥4,000 per person¥2,000 per person For quinquennial classes!
For access information, discountadmission and other details, please visit
the TUJ Events page.
RSVP online by October 7:
www.tuj.ac.jp/reunion2016rsvp

This year’s event
generated
morethan ¥ 2.5 million
net profit to be
used for student
scholarships andfinancial aid.

nor financial support from the Japanese
government, the school relies on thegenerosity of donors and sponsors to
help meet the scholarship needs of its
students. The Diamond Dinner is an
important part of the university’s annual
fund-raising campaign.

BecauseTempleUniversity, Japan
Campus receives
neither subsidies

Thanks to all who participated. We lookforward to seeing everyone again in2017!

Class Notes"It is OK to be different."

Wine on Tap for Alumni

Undergraduate Program

What Makes TUJ Special

The Temple University Alumni
Association, Tokyo Chapter hosted aWine Seminar and Summer Wine Partyin Shibuya on September 11.

1996
Kenichiro Usui has been appointed
CEO and Chairman of the Board ofArcland Service Holdings Co., Ltd., arestaurant group based in Tokyo.

The event was led by winemakerYoshiaki “Nick” Hasumi, owner and
CEO of Hasumi Farm & Winery inNagano.

Graduate College of Education
1992

Shoko Ito

Tomoko Kaneko has been named theninth president of Showa Women’s
University (SWU). Kaneko is a 1992
graduate of the Ed,D, program atTemple University, Japan Campus.

A new video posted on-line features
student Shoko Ito offering her perspectiveon what makes Temple University, Japan
Campus a unique educational experienceand social environment.

Upon her appointment in April, Kaneko
said, “I am proud of myself for having
been educated at TUJ, which has
cultivated my base as an educator and a
researcher. Through direct interaction, I
was so inspired by both world-renowned
faculty leading second language
education and English education
research as well as by young top-notch
researchers. There are opportunities one
may not be aware of, but they are rightin front of everyone. A failure is a stepto a success. Keep on challenging
yourselves, everyone.”

Ito recalls what drew her to enroll at TUJ
in the first place: the global mindset that isprevalent among students and a campus
culture that celebrates diverse opinion andexpression. The video, and others aboutlife at TUJ, may be found on the TUJ
website:Visit: https://www.tuj.ac.jp/news/Temple University Hosts
Internationalization Program
Program Funded by U.S. Embassy

From the Main Campus
Beasley School of Law
1989
Donna Miller has been appointed toserve as Olympus Corporation’s Head of
HQ Legal and Global General Counsel.
She was promoted in April of this year
from her most recent role as GeneralCounsel of Olympus Corporation of theAmericas (OCA). She will split her time
between the US offices and Global
Headquarters in Tokyo.

Spread the News!
Recently Married or Had a Baby?
Published a Book or Produced a Play?
Earned another Degree or Promotion?
If you would you like to share a personalor professional milestone with fellow
TUJ alumni, send us a note with details
along with your full name, year of
graduation and degree from TUJ. We’ll
publish your news in a future edition of
the TUJ Times in the Class Notes
section.
E-mail: tujalumni@tuj.temple.edu

Japanese University Staff and Faculty
Meet with American Counterparts
Select administrators from Japaneseinstitutions of higher education were joinedby their American counterparts for a 12day training program organized by TUJ
with funding from the U.S. Embassy inJapan.
Held from June 22 to July 3, the event
brought Japanese faculty and staff who arecharged with internationalizing efforts on
their respective campuses together to study
Temple University’s best practices.

The program took an informative lookat viticulture and wine production in
Japan, and guests sampled a selection offine wines while reconnecting with old
TUJ friends.

In breakout sessions, participants shared
their experiences and concerns about
academic advising, student services andcounseling, admissions, and careerdevelopment and internship programs,
among other topics.
The participants then moved on to theU.S. where they spent four days at
Temple University’s main campus in
Philadelphia attending lectures on U.S.
administrative
infrastructure
andstrategic planning, academic support
initiatives, global partnership programs,international student services, faculty
development and pedagogy, and risk
management systems. Issues including
study abroad, international admissions
and research were also addressed inseparate breakout sessions.

Participants spent several days in Tokyoattending lectures on a range of topics
offered by Temple University, Japan
Campus administrators, including acomparative study of organizational
structures in Japanese and U.S. higher
education offered by Dean Bruce Stronach.
The program also included guest speaker
Mariko Bando, Chancellor of Showa
Women’s University, who offered thekeynote
lecture:“Challengeandopportunity for higher education at
Japanese universities.

Participants at the U.S. Department of Education, D.C.

The final day of the program took thedelegation to Washington D.C. where
they exchanged views with officials atthe U.S. Department of Education andthe Japanese Embassy.

Student Film Featured in
Subtitling Event in Tokyo

TUJ and Showa Women’s University Sign Agreement“Dating in Japan,” a film shown at the2016 TUJ Student Film Festival, wasselected as material for a film subtitling
event held in Tokyo on May 25.
TUJ’s recent alumni Gleb Torubarov
and Emika Mamiya represented thefilm’s production team while sharing
their behind-the-scene stories with otherparticipating Japanese university andvocational school students.
The program in Akasaka was organized
by Fellow Academy together withMyNavi Corporation.

TUJ Launches Ph.D. inMusic Therapy Program Representatives from TUJ and SWU pose after the signingFirst intensive courses offered in Tokyo.
A distance learning program directly
connecting students in Asia with Temple
University’smaincampus
inPhiladelphia kicked off this past spring.
The first ever annual intensive courses
in Tokyo held April 25 to May 1 had six
Ph.D. students participating in threecourses: quantitative research in music
therapy, medical music therapy, and adoctoral seminar.
“It is wonderful for us to be able to offer
courses here at TUJ, the first Englishlanguage music therapy Ph.D. programin Asia, exploring the possibilities ofdeveloping working professionals in
response to the growing needs in Asia,”
said Cheryl Dileo, professor and music
therapy Ph.D. program director, visting
Tokyo from Temple’s main campus in
Philadelphia.

Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ)
and Showa Women’s University (SWU)
signed a landmark agreement on credit
transfer on June 21.

The school also hopes that thearrangement
will
offer
advancepreparation for their students planningto study abroad in the future.

The articulation agreement allows students
from each school to register for creditbearing courses at either university,
creating opportunities for student exchange
betweenJapaneseandAmerican
institutions that will take advantage of thebest characteristics of each.

In turn, TUJ students will be able toenhance their understanding of Japanand Japanese through lectures offered atSWU, whose educational philosophy
puts a strong emphasis on Japanese
language education and the importanceof its culture and tradition.

SWU has a branch campus in Boston,
Massachusetts, and vigorously promotes
global education. It expects access toTUJ’s program to help its own students
returning from Boston maintain andimprove their English.

Life After TUJ: 2016

Students in the inaugural Ph.D. program

The Career Development Office will once
again host “Life After TUJ.” The popular
program, first launched in 2010, brings
alumni back to campus for discussions on
post-graduation professional options forstudents. Prior events have offered advice,
anecdotes and insights from alumni
working in the corporate and non-profit
worlds, including NGO’s, and government.

In the Japanese Music Therapy
Association(JMTA),
thereareapproximately 5,500 members, andDileo foresees more and more music
therapists throughout Asia being insearch of doctoral level studies andresearch.

The 3-hour event will take place in Azabu
Hall on October 12 at 18:00, and will
include an opportunity for students tonetwork in an informal setting at the end ofthe evening. For more information, updated
details and reservations, visit the TUJ
Career Development Office Online.

Tomoko Kaneko, SWU President

Beginning in fall 2016, TUJ will
welcome a maximum of 15 SWU
students, while TUJ will start sending
students to SWU in future terms.

In Memoriam
Temple University, Japan Campus mourns
the recent passing of two colleagues,friends and members of the faculty.

Marshall Childs &Stefan Lippert