The Multicultural Exchange is hiring LaGuardia students to be mentors this upcoming academic year (2022-2023). The Multicultural Exchange is within the Office of Campus Life at LaGuardia. It consists of two peer mentoring programs: https://www.laguardia.edu/student-services/multicultural-exchange/. Black Male Empowerment Cooperative …
The Alan J Berman Scholarship provides a $400 scholarship for selected students.
Students must submit an application form, a typewritten personal statement, academic transcript, and two letters of recommendation from faculty members.
The deadline for the 2022 award is Wednesday, …
J.LIVE (Japanese Learning Inspired Vision and Engagement) Talk was founded in 2015 as a college-level Japanese language presentation competition. It’s similar to a TED Talk where a presenter shares his/her vision using audio-visual materials and interacts with the audience. This …
LaGuardia Community College is recruiting current LaGuardia students who are interested in a paid, in-person position as a Student Success Mentor (SSM).
Roles and responsibilities
LaGuardia Community College is hosting a series of events to celebrate the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May. An exciting month-long celebration that includes in-person and virtual events. All faculty, students, and staff members are invited to attend. …
CUNY is recruiting students for CUNY Career Launch 2022 ($20/hour internship in Summer 2022). The internship will take place between early July and mid-August for 19 hours per week. Here is the synopsis of this internship opportunity.
As part of the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month (formerly known as Asian Heritage Month), LaGuardia Community College is hosting an origami workshop from 2:15pm-3:15pm on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 @ Room E-111. This is an in-person event. …
LaGuardia Community College is hosting a series of events to celebrate the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month (formerly known as Asian Heritage Month) between Tuesday, May 3, 2022 and Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
LaGuardia Community College offers Japanese courses at various levels in Fall 2022. For those who are interested in pursuing careers in Japan Studies, the college also offers Liberal Arts Option (major) in Japanese. For more information, contact Prof. Tomonori Nagano …
The deadline for US-Japan Bridging Foundation Study Abroad Scholarship is on Sunday, May 1, 2022. This is for study abroad to Japan in Fall 2022.
“Hajimete no otsukai” (Old Enough!) is a famous Japanese TV program, in which a little toddler (around 3-8 years old) is asked to go an errand at a local grocery store alone. Japan is probably still one of the safest …
The Sunrise Mart grocery store closed in early April 2022. This was an iconic store in East Village, which was once known as a (small) Little Tokyo in New York City. Tony Yoshida, the original owner of the Sunrise Mart, …
The LaGuardia Foundation awards scholarships in a range between $500 to $4,200 to eligible LaGuardia students, including international and part-time students. You will need to submit your application with a short personal statement (minimum 200 words), describing your accomplishments, background, …
The Degree Map for the Japaense Option has been updated. There is no major change since the last version (just some information about course notes were added), but I am sharing it here just for your information.
If you have …
The number of 1.5 and second-generation immigrants in Japan increased in the past few decades. Due to the lack of consistent policy to support the Japanese language education for immigrant children in Japan, many multi-racial Japanese children are academically struggling.…
Unfortunately Brooklyn Botanic Garden is not planning to resume the BBG Sakura Matsuri in 2022, but they are planning a lot of cherry tree viewing events in April and May 2022.
AnimeNYC 2022 (https://animenyc.com) will take place from Friday, November 18, 2022 to Sunday, November 20, 2022.…
New York ComicCon 2022 will be taking place from Thursday, October 6, 2022 and Sunday, October 9, 2022. Stay turned for more update on the ComicCon website (https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com).…
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Celebration Committee at LaGuardia is looking for student volunteers to run the cultural celebration event on 5/25/2022. This is an in-person event. If you are available/interested, please submit your info at https://bit.ly/3DnqELB. See …
The deadline for US-Japan Bridging Foundation Study Abroad Scholarship is on Sunday, May 1, 2022. This is for study abroad to Japan in Fall 2022.
Pachinko will be aired on Apple TV+ in 2022. Pachinko is a national best seller novel by Min Jin Lee, who described the struggles of Korean immigrants in Japan in the 20th century. The story describes a Korean family across …
“Drive My Car” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14039582/), based on a short story by Haruki Murakami, is a story of a grieving stage actor and director after the passing of his wife. This film directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi has been nominated for …
An interesting WSJ article about how Japanese anime is a catalyst for new learners of the Japaense language and how anime is introducing new vocabulary (borrowed words from Japanese) into conversations in the American English.…
Asian American Voices aims to celebrate the diversity of Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage at LaGuardia Community College. Inaugurated in 2019, the journal explores these diverse narratives, histories, cultures, and religions, among other topics. LaGuardia students of …
Here is the sneak preview of this year’s AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Heritage Celebration at LaGuardia Community College. We will have a mix of in-person and virtual events this year. Mark your calendar!
The Japan Entertainment Club at LaGuardia Community College is taking art submissions for its Discord background and banner and the club posters for the upcoming Spring Fest on the Plaza event on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Please see below for …
The recordings of the “How to Build a Japan-related Career” seminars by the U.S.-Japan Bridging Foundation in Fall 2021 are available on this YouTube playlist.
Below is the topic of the presentations.
The Japan Studies Program is pleased to announce Crossing Paths: Coming Together to Increase L2 Fluency and C2 Competency (CrossingPaths2022) project, an international collaboration project between Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo and the Japanese Language Program at LaGuardia Community College …
Transfer Services is offering various student engagement activities for transferring students in Spring 2022. The Japaense Option is articulated with the East Asian Studies at Queens College and many students transfer into Queens College, but I highly recommend attending one …
LaGuardia Community College has shared the following useful contact information and links for faculty and students in Spring 2022.
Donald Keene Center at Columbia University is hosting a talk by George Takei on Thursday, April 14, 2022. This is an in-person event at Columbia.
A free technology device loan program for LaGuardia students in Spring 2022. Chromebooks, iPads, and Wifi hotspots are available for loan. Headphones are distributed free of charge. See the announcement below for more info.
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The college has Chromebooks, iPads …
Japan Village, a 20,000 square-foot food hall and supermarket in Brooklyn, just finished its construction work on the 2nd floor and it is fully open now. Daiso, a Japanese dollar store, and Book Off, a used book store, are two …
In collaboration with Matsumoto University in Japan, we are hosting Language Lounge, a virtual space for LaGuardia and Matsumoto students to discuss interests in Japan and practice the Japanese and English languages.
The Language Lounge will take place every Wednesday …
The recording of “Japanese Pop Culture: Connecting the World through Manga and Anime” on February 15, 2022 is now available on YouTube.
Description of the webinar:
Japanese pop culture, symbolized by manga and anime, has become an increasingly significant part …
The Library is hosting Library Research Review Competition for 2021-2022. If you received an A for your research paper in 2021-2022, download the coversheet and submit it for the competition. The prizes include Amazon Fire HD and Amazon gift cards …
This is a quick reminder that students taking in-person or hybrid courses must be fully vaccinated when classes begin (3/5/2022 at LaGuardia), or they will be de-registered before classes begin. Further, all students taking in-person or hybrid classes and eligible …
LaGuardia Community College is looking for students who are interested in joining President Society, a student fellowship program, in Spring 2022. The student must have a GPA of 3.0 or above and must be able to attend their workshops (Wed …
Pam Ikegami shares clear and straightforward explanations of Japanese grammar based on the Genki textbooks (from Ch.7 – Ch.15). Unlike the other YouTuber’s Japaense grammar lessons, her explanation videos are minimalist (without any frills), focusing on linguistic explanations of the …
JapanesePod101.com is probably the most popular YouTube channel (with more than 2.5M subscribers) for learning the Japaense language. Their main website (https://www.japanesepod101.com) is subscription based (not free), but they also share some of their lesson videos (in fact, …
Miku is a popular Japanese learning YouTuber whose “Miku Real Japanese” has over 200k subscribers.
“Want to know the best way to learn Japanese fast? Learn with me, Miku sense! For real & authentic Japanese spoken in Japan”
Misa is a very popular YouTuber who streams Japanese language lessons on her YouTube channel called “Japanese Ammo.” Misa, who identifies herself as an enthusiastic multilingual ninja, eager translator, manga lover, and happy world traveler, has a large number of …
ときにあんでぃ (ToKini Andy) live streams detailed Japanese grammar videos based on the Genki and Quartet textbook series. Highly recommended if you are interested in self-studying or having refresher sessions of Genki.
Here is the direct link to his videos based …
Do you make any film involving at least one Asian CUNY personnel (Director, Writer, Editor) and/or Asian American / Asian theme or narrative? If so, consider applying for the CUNY Asian American Film Festival (AAFF) 2022.
Open to all CUNY …
The Japanese Film Festival Online 2022 is taking place virtually across the world from Monday, February 14, 2022 to Sunday, February 27, 2022.
Below is the list of films available to the viewers in the U.S.
Nichiren Buddhism (日蓮仏教) is a major Buddhism school in Japan, which is based on the teachings of a Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren in the 12th centenary.
To commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Advent of Nichiren Daishonin, Nichiren Shoshu Temple …
The LaGuardia Foundation awards scholarships in a range between $500 to $4,200 to eligible LaGuardia students, including international students. The current (as of Fall 2021) eligibility requirements are as following:
To receive a Foundation Scholarship, you must:
It’s relatively unknown that Mr. Fumio Kishida, the incumbent Prime Minter of Japan, spent his childhood in Queens and attended local public schools, including PS 13 The Clement C. Moore School in Elmhurst. This is his 2nd grade class photo …
Prof. George Tsouris, who teaches ELJ250 “Japanese Literature in Translation” at LaGuardia Community College, has shared his lecture series on his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDvT4cnHvdEM3jDFiXxFLoh9OR4xwEWgh).
If you are interested in taking his Japanese Literature in Translation (ELJ250), visit https://laguardia.catalog.cuny.edu/courses/1092821…
The movie “Drive My Car” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14039582/; directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi) won the Golden Globe for best non-English language film and several other international awards from the National Society of Film Critics in 2022.
“Drive My Car,” based on …
