TEMPLE UNIVERSITY JAPANBY POPULAR DEMAND:NEW MAJORS AT TUJ
hree new majors have recently been
added to the Undergraduate Program
at TUJ: art, psychology, and international affairs. Each of these majors, in
its own way, takes advantage of TUJ’s
pivotal place, where East meets West.
The art major focuses on the latest indigital art but has a rigorous set of basics.
This approach will serve students well, as
they can apply to one of the most prestigious art schools in the U.S., Temple
University’s Tyler School of Art, or toother U.S. art schools. With all of theexciting things happening in the Tokyo
art scene, TUJ will become an inviting
place for art students locally and fromabroad.
Students have sought a psychology
major at TUJ for some time. Now they canT

TUJ CONTINUES BATTLE
TO SOLVE STATUS ISSUESUJ is the most successful foreign university in Japan. Even so, TUJ is at a
disadvantage because the playing
field for universities in Japan is notlevel for foreign institutions. TUJ students remain unable to get student discount train passes, and TUJ continues tobe ineligible to sponsor foreign student
visas.
Worse, TUJ has been discouraged fromapplying for recognition by the Japanese
Ministry of Education. This despite TUJ’s
offering of academic programs fully
accredited by the same agencies in the
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study the basics of psychology as it developed in the West and look at biculturalissues. This major offers a good foundation and a unique location to examinecross-cultural issues.
International affairs is particularlyinteresting because it is a major that TUJ
initiated. This will be the first time that
Temple has offered such a degree. Given
TUJ’s position on the Pacific rim there is
no better place to study relations within
Asia and between Asia and other regions
for a perspective on the world.
With the addition of all these majors,
TUJ continues to expand into the most
relevant areas of study, supplemented, as
always, with individuals from many walksof life. Diplomats, artists, and psychologists will join the already rich body ofexpertise that is TUJ’s faculty to give students a diverse array of opinions, insights,
and experiences.

offered by the Temple main campus in
Philadelphia and by other U.S. universities.
TUJ, supported by its Board ofGovernors and the main campus, has been
trying to solve this problem for 21 years.
Currently, TUJ’s legal status issue is an
official agenda item for the trade negotiations between Japan and the U.S.
Another recent effort is tokku, the creationof areas specially targeted for structuralreform. TUJ submitted an application for
tokku in June 2003 asking the Ministry of
Education, Science and Technology torelax some of its many regulations so that
TUJ can offer an American-style education in Japan with Japanese university
status. Negotiations are ongoing. For
more information about tokku, see www.
kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/kouzou2/index.html.

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UJ has long been an active community of learning. Students and teachers
come together from all over the globe
to share ideas that then are spread by
TUJ graduates throughout the world. But
TUJ is a community in need of a better
home.
Efforts to house TUJ in even better,more permanent, and university-like facilities have been ongoing since TUJ’s beginnings. We need facilities that allow for all
the classes and activities that enrich andenliven a university to make it a community and that more effectively serve faculty and students.
TUJ’s present Tokyo location is abuilding designed for business purposes.
So DeanPatterson is
working hardwith staff andfaculty
toward making the longheld dream of
more education-oriented
facilities a
reality.
A numberof options are
Proposed Temple Educational Center
being vigorously
explored. They include the possibility ofacquiring land and building facilities tosuit, finding and renovating a place tomeet our needs, and overhauling our current location.
Regardless of the option chosen, thepeople and traditions of TUJ will prosper
and a new and improved home for thiscommunity of learning will be established.

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TUJ TIMESTOP MANAGEMENTAT TUJ: DEAN
KIRK PATTERSON
r. Kirk Patterson was appointed thedean of TUJ in January 2002. He is
the first TUJ dean from outside theTemple University community. He
also is the first
Canadian and thefirst Japanese andEnglish speaking
dean of TUJ.
Dean Pattersonsays that although
there are a lot of
issues to deal with,they all have solu-

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tions. Indeed, things have been buzzing
under his leadership; the number ofmajors has increased, negotiations formore student benefits are under way on
several fronts, and virtually all the programs are changing and expanding. Dean
Patterson sees his role as keeping everyone focused and moving in the same
direction. By being very positive and motivated, the dean sets a high standard for
all those who work with him.
Dean Patterson has as his motto toaccomplish his goal at TUJ “Gamanbaru.” This is a word he made up from two
Japanese words: gaman (to persevere) andganbaru (to work hard). He says, “To be
successful in Japan requires two things:
You have to persevere, but that is notenough. You also have to work hard andmake sacrifices. Work hard, wait for theright time, and take advantage of opportunity. You have to gaman-baru.”

Vol.1
Fall 2003

TUJ LAUNCHESMAJOR FUND-RAISINGCAMPAIGNUJ recently started the first major
fund-raising campaign in its 21-year
history. Donors can specify where
they would like their funds to go—to
scholarships, to the computer facility, tothe video-editing facility, to the area ofgreatest need, or to other purposes of theirchoice. Please see the enclosed information and the website for details.
Whatever its size, your donation
makes a difference to TUJ and its students. Donations will be recognized in the
TUJ Times and on the TUJ alumni website.

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MEMBERSHIP LEVELSALUMNI REUNION 2003
IS A HUGE SUCCESSn Friday, October 24, TUJ alumni
gathered in greater numbers than
anticipated for Alumni Reunion
2003, held in the Grand Hyatt Hotelin Tokyo. Fortunately, the Grand Hyattprovided a larger room to accommodate
the overflow crowd. Not even that room,
though, could contain the energy andenthusiasm that permeated the event.
Alumni from numerous nations andfrom TUJ’s many programs attended theevent—offering a dazzling microcosm of
TUJ through the years. They came representing the array of organizations andgraduate schools where they now workand study.
Dean Kirk Patterson and two membersof the TUJ Board of Governors—Ronald J.
Anderson, Chairman of American
International Group Companies, Japan &Korea, and Charles K. Whitehead,
Citigroup Country Officer for Japan—got
the evening under way. Each extolled thediverse, highly motivated group, encouraging alumni to stay involved. They madeclear that the dreams of TUJ and its grad-O

uates are intertwined and that, like family members, all present could support one
another in numerous ways.
The dean, in particular, spoke of TUJ’s
dreams of a permanent facility and of how
encouraging it was that Citigroup’s donation had made the reunion possible. Alsovery much noted was the generosity ofalumnus Koji Shimada, who donated $1
million to begin TUJ’s fund-raising efforts
for a new building.
A high point in the festivities was theraffle, where alumni were eligible to win
an international trip for two and manyother wonderful prizes. But undoubtedly
the best part of the evening was theopportunity it gave alumni to gather withold friends and former teachers and converse informally about their jobs, theirgraduate studies, their growing families,
their plans for the future.

APP instructors andundergraduate professors
Jeff Hulihan and Megumi
Kawate-Mierzejewska enjoy
talking to their former
students.

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Charles K. Whitehead, Citigroup Country Officer
Japan and member of TUJ’s Board ofGovernors, gives a speech and the toast.
Citigroup’s generous support funded the event.

ALUMNI NEWSWHAT ARE TUJ
ALUMNI UP TO?
Send your news to alumni@tuj.ac.jp

Undergraduate Program
Keiko (Sakamaki) Kobayashi (BA CLA, ’88)
has been associated with TUJ in a number ofroles. Keiko came to TUJ when it was justbeginning, and then, a little after she graduated, she worked for a number of years in the
dean’s office. From November 2001 she began
working at the Edo Culture Center, and thisOctober she is setting up a training program forJapanese language teachers. Keiko and herhusband, who is a carpenter, are building ahouse in Shinagawa. keiko@edocul.com (work)
K_sakamaki2004jp@yahoo.co.jp

Kristen (Perry) Koseski (BA CLA, ’89) said,“wow....imagine my surprise to hear from you!”
She moved back to the U.S. in 1989 and hasn’t
visited Japan since. Much has happened since
she graduated. She moved back and got a job
working for
Marriott hotels,
for whom she
worked for 10
years (3 inAlbany, N.Y., and7 in Princeton,
N.J.). She married
Patrick Koseski
on September 16,
1995, and theirson, Jordan Elias Koseski, was born on October
12, 1999. Since that time, she has devoted herself totally to being his mom. She is interested
to know what some of her old school chums
have been up to. Disney6005@aol.com/

Masanori Suzuki (BS CST, ’96) is always calm
but seems always in motion. He’s patient butvery quick at solving computer problems thatare puzzling. These are some thoughts thatcome to mind to describe him. Masanori began
at Temple in the IELP (now APP), studied at
TUJ for two years, then transferred to the main
campus. He majored in CIS (Computer andInformation Sciences) and upon graduation
graduated to become a full-time tech support
worker at the main campus. Now he is working
at TUJ on a one-year internship, after which hewill return to Philadelphia. masa@temple.edu

Rika Watanuki Formica (BA SCAT, ’00)
moved to Rome, Italy, in April 2003 and hassince married an Italian! She is working forMediavision Productions to continue pursuing
her journalism career. Her duties include local
news gathering, allocating TV crews, location
hunting, and organizing TV shoots for major
Japanese television stations. Thanks to her previous experience working for Nippon Television
Network in Tokyo as a TV satellite coordinator,
dealing with flash news daily doesn’t make hera zombie anymore she says. Meanwhile, she is,of course, enjoying the beauty of Rome. rikmau@
hotmail.com

College of Education
Michael Williams (MEd, ’84) is an undergraduate program professor at TUJ and oneof the first TUJ
MEd graduates. He
has taken a year
off from teaching at
TUJ to work on
another graduate
degree, in African
American studies,at Boston University. Boston University
offered Mike a full-tuition scholarship.
williams@tuj.ac.jp

Linda Viswat (MEd, ’86) is with Otemon
University in Ibaraki, where, in 2000, she waspromoted to full professor. Linda attributes
part of her success to a glowing recommendation by one of her former TUJ professors. Those
recommendations are important, but we are allaware that the lion’s share of the credit goes to
Linda. The year of her graduation she wasrecipient of the Donald R. Knapp award as an
outstanding graduate student. A quick walkthrough her resume reveals that she is very
active with teaching and research, as well aswith a number of organizations concerned withthose activities. She is particularly concernedwith ways to impart and inspire ongoing learning for students to develop their language skills
over the long run. Of course this involves her inlooking at motivation, collaboration, and intercultural communication. Her enthusiasm andenergy are an inspiration.
viswat@res.otemon.ac.jp

Jeff Cady’s (MEd, ’88) choice of Temple turned
out to be a good decision for lots of reasons. He
says it reshaped his teaching in many ways andled to better satisfaction in his work, better
jobs, and better results for his students. After
graduation, he taught ESL in Tokyo at various
schools. Five years ago he and his wife moved
to the U.S., where he now teaches at theCollege of Marin, north of San Francisco, and at
Sonoma State University. He also has coauthored several textbooks with Roger Barnard.
He says, “Teaching writing occupies a muchlarger place in my work here than it did inJapan, and I continue to be very glad for Gladys
Valcourt’s inspiring class. Her book, A Writer
Teaches Writing, continues to be passed aroundamongst my colleagues here. I pick it up often.”Jack L. Yohay (MEd, ’89) was in the last class
to graduate before the consumption tax. Now apart-time pensioner, he continues to be in chargeof native speaking teachers at Seifu Gakuen
Junior and Senior High School, Osaka, and tohelp fellow alumni Tamara Swenson (MEd, ’90),
Sandra Fotos (EdD, ’92), Nicholas Jungheim(MEd, ’89, EdD, ’95), and Donna Tatsuki (MEd,’92, EdD, ’96) edit the JALT Journal. He relocated to Nabari, Mie-ken, in 1995 after 21 years in
Kyoto. His e-mail to announcers of the 2001
American League (baseball) playoff series wasbroadcast worldwide to listeners, who included
Dr. Kenneth Schaefer and his MEd sempai
Matthew Schultz (MEd, ’87). In late 2000 he visited the grave of his ancestor, Shimon bar Yohai,
in northern Israel, just after September 11th. He
and his mate were the only two passengers on aguaranteed-departure, three-day tour of Jordan.
jlyohay@nava21.ne.jp

Ramon Fargas (MEd, ’95) writes: “Two years

Greg Ellis (EMBA, ’01) joins Mr. Uchiumi atprior to receiving my degree, I was alreadyteaching as a full-time lecturer at Tokyo
Junshin Women’s Junior College. The twopleasant and productive years that I spent
studying under our wonderful professors has
given me what I needed to work as a college
teacher. I am now enjoying my 10th year ofteaching at Tokyo Junshin Women’s College,
which became a four-year college in April 1996.
This year I was promoted to Associate Professor
and am now teaching mostly content-based
business-related courses (in English), in addition to the four English language skills courses.
What is new in my teaching experience thisyear is the presence of older Japanese and foreign students (ryugakuseis) in my classes. It isa great learning and enriching experience forall of us.” rfargas@t-junshin.ac.jp

Citibank, N.A. He was appointed product manager in the Securities Services section of Global
Transaction Services in September 2003. Mr.
Uchiumi and Mr. Ellis have remained in regular contact since graduating from the EMBA
Program in 2001. In his new position, Mr. Ellis
will work closely with Mr. Uchiumi and will be
responsible for managing the custody and clearing accounts of nonresident intermediaries andinvestors with JGB and equity holdings inJapan. Mr. Ellis was formerly a research associate at Mizuho Research Institute and is a
graduate of the Graduate School of Law and
Politics, the University of Tokyo (LLM, ’96),
and of the Arts Faculty, Monash University,
Australia (BA, ’92). rngt_ellis@yahoo.co.jp

Ella Rutledge (MEd, ’98) went directly, without stopping to rest, into the EdD Program
after getting her MEd from TUJ. She is a member of the fifth doctoral cohort and is working
on her dissertation. She took two years off andreturned to the States, where she spent a lot oftime with her family in Brooklyn, N.Y., andPortland, Me. During that time, her last two
grandchildren were born, bringing the grand
total to six. She also began, for the first time inher life, to write fiction in an organized way,
and she took a training program in the teachingof creative writing at Amherst Writers andArtists Institute in Amherst, Mass. She alsotaught creative writing classes at her home inPortland. She returned to Japan in April 2003
and started working as an English instructor at
Shukutoku University in Saitama and at
Kokugakuin University in Shibuya. In her
spare time she does research on her dissertation topic. ellarutledge@jcom.home.ne.jp

Executive MBA Program
Ken Shimizu (EMBA, ’00) spent three years in
Deloitte Consulting. He changed to Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young Tokyo, another consulting firm,in August 2003. As in his previous position, hewill work primarily as a manager for the automotive industry, dealing with supply chain
management and customer relationship management

Minoru Uchiumi (EMBA, ’01) was appointed a
director and the head of global financial institutions at Citibank, N.A., Japan, in August 2003.
In his new role, he is responsible for transaction banking related products provided to institutional investors, intermediaries, banks, andissuers in Japan.
Mr. Uchiumi waspreviously the
securities country
manager. He
joined Citibank in
May 2002, comingfrom State Street
Global Advisors inJapan, where he
was the vice presi- Minoru Uchiumi (R) and Greg Ellis (L)dent of marketingfor four years. Before that he worked at
Deutsche Bank in Tokyo and in Bangkok asvice president. uchiumi7@pop21.odn.ne.jp

Because he has
already gotten adoctor’s degree inengineering, thisis a challenge togo for his second
doctor’s degree.
“It’s my great
pleasure to learn
anything new. I’dlike to keep being a student forever.” mhira
no@aecl.ntt.co.jp (work) makoh@kt.rim.or.jp

Law School
Tom Chan (LLM, ’00) says that one of the besta result of participating in the TUJ program.
The program director “introduced me to a partner of the firm, and I went for an interview. I
was hired and am still with the firm today.”Tom has the opportunity to foster relationships
with former classmates. Many former classmates are working in Japan. “There is a legalorganization of foreign lawyers and other professionals in Tokyo called the Roppongi Bar
Association that many of the former alumni of
the Temple Japan program belong to now. It
has created a great network of lawyers who arevery willing to help each other.”

MA in Economics
Steve Smith (MA Econ, ’01) is working forTokyo, Japan, from New Jersey last September
after about three years in the States. Now he isworking for NTT laboratory and is involved in
the business incubation of NTT technology. He
is also studying international management in
the PhD program of Waseda University.

aspects of the Temple Japan program was theopportunity to live and learn about a new culture, its people, and its legal system for asemester during law school. As a Chinese
American, “it was very interesting to learn
about [Japanese] customs and values and compare and contrast them to my own customs andvalues.” Tom is an attorney at Sakura Kyodo
Law Offices in Tokyo, a position he obtained as

New Law Program Director:
Matthew J. Wilson (JD, ’99)

New Assistant Dean for English-language
Education: Patrick Rosenkjar (EdD, ’95)

New Assistant Dean of Management Education
Programs: William Swinton (EMBA, ’99)

Matthew J. Wilson has been appointed directorof the Temple University Law Program in Japan,
effective July 1. Professor Wilson takes over for
Lawrence Repeta, who left TUJ to further hisacademic research at the National Security
Archive in Washington, D.C., through an Abe
Fellowship.
Professor Wilson comes to TUJ from his private international law practice as an attorney at
Akerman Senterfitt P.A., a Florida-based law firm,
and as the former general counsel for
Advanced
Telecommunication
Network, Inc., a New
Jersey corporation. For
Professor Wilson, theappointment to TUJ is ahomecoming of sorts.
He earned his Juris
Doctor degree from
Temple University in
1999, including spending a semester at the Temple University Law
Program in Japan in 1997.
Professor Wilson will provide TUJ law students from Japan, the United States, and othercountries with valuable insights into the theory
and practice of international law, comparative
legal systems, and the extraterritorial applicationof U.S. law. Speaking for TUJ, Dean Patterson
says, “We are delighted that Professor Wilson
has joined TUJ. As a Temple alumnus and a participant in the TUJ law program, he is especiallywell qualified to represent the Temple University
Law School in Japan. And his extensive experience working in Japan is a great asset.”

Patrick Rosenkjar has been appointed assistantdean for English-language Education this fall. Dr.
Rosenkjar will oversee the Academic Preparation
Program (APP) and all activities related to
improving the English-language skills of TUJ’s
student body. His 15-year affiliation with TUJ
provides him with intimate knowledge of the university’s needs. He joined TUJ as an instructor in
its Intensive English Language Program (now
APP) in 1988, following his graduation from San
Francisco State University with a master’s degree
in teaching English as a foreign language. Since
that time, Dr. Rosenkjar has obtained a doctorate
in TESOL from TUJ and gone on to teach courses in TUJ’s Undergraduate Program and in the
TESOL program.
In his new role as assistant dean for Englishlanguage Education, Dr. Rosenkjar is eager toapply his specialty in second-language acquisition. “Dr. Rosenkjar,” says TUJ dean Kirk
Patterson, “is the best
person for this position.
With his in-depth
knowledge of TUJ andits students and of thetheory and practice ofEnglish-language acquisition, he is uniquely
qualified.”
Dr. Rosenkjar has
several innovative ideas
for realizing TUJ’s
potential. Among theseideas are setting up writing and reading projects
to stimulate students to engage extensively inreading in English for pleasure. “I would like,”says Dr. Rosenkjar, “to introduce project-based
approaches to improve students’ English ability.
These methods will encourage student participation, leading students to study proactively.”

William “Swint” Swinton has been appointed theassistant dean of Management Education
Programs and will assume his new position on
October 14. Mr. Swinton holds an EMBA from
TUJ. He received his
BA in international relations from Stanford.
In addition to hisacademic credentials,
he brings a wealth ofpractical experience.
Most recently, he was
the global accountmanager of Cable &Wireless Japan. Before
holding that position, he
was the membershipmanager of the American Chamber of Commercein Japan and the director of community relations
at Rockland Community College.
Mr. Swinton is originally from New York Citybut has now been in Japan for eight years andspeaks excellent Japanese. With his firsthandknowledge of the EMBA program, strong marketing background, and extensive contacts inTokyo’s international business community, Mr.
Swinton is a very lucky catch for TUJ. Mr.
Swinton will oversee the EMBA program and will
help introduce more management-related courses in the Undergraduate, Continuing Education,
and Corporate Education programs.

Makoto Hirano (EMBA, ’02) returned towilson@tuj.ac.jp

rosenkjar@tuj.ac.jp

Exxon Mobil as an inventory analyst. His family has just had its third child, who was born on
July 25. They named the baby Kai. Kai has twoolder sisters (Mako and Courtney [Kotone inJapanese]). Steve says he would like to hear
any news about people who graduated from the
MA Economics Program. stmcqsmith@yahoo.
co.jp

swinton@tuj.ac.jp