LaGuardia Community College received a commendation from the Consul General of Japan, in New York on May 22, 2014 for its effort for “establishing strong ties between Japan and the U.S.” and for “building a rich Japanese studies program that is exposing students to Japanese language and culture”.

Here are the announcements from the Consulate General of Japan and CUNY.

https://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/i2/consulgeneralscommendation/2014/1/LaGuardia-Community-College-SUNY-en.html

http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2014/04/28/laguardia-community-college-will-receive-a-commendation-from-the-consul-general-of-japan-for-its-warm-ties-with-the-country-and-its-culture-on-may-22/

For more information about Japan-related events at LaGuardia Community College, visit https://t-nagano.com/projects/JapaneseProgram/index.html#events.