SOKA DEAN NAMED PRESIDENT; NEW ADMINISTRATOR TO OVERSEE INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAM.Byline: Annette Burget Bailey Staff Writer Soka University Soka University (創価大学, Sōka Daigaku) is a private university located in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. The school was founded in 1969 and opened to undergraduate students in 1971 and opened a graduate school in 1975. has appointed Tomoko Takahashi Tomoko Takahashi is a Japanese artist born in Tokyo in 1966 and based in London, UK. She studied at Tama University, Goldsmiths College and the Slade School of Fine Art. She first came to attention in the 1999 "Neurotic realism" show at the Saatchi Gallery. as president of its Calabasas-based campus, overseeing the university's intensive English program for visiting Japanese students. Takahashi holds a master's degree and doctorate from Columbia University, and has written 10 textbooks for Japanese students seeking to learn English as a second language. Joining the university in 1992, Takahashi was appointed director of a new Japanese language program. Two years later, she was named the school's first dean. Takahashi also serves on the board of Albertus Magnus College Albertus Magnus College is a small private liberal arts college in New Haven, Connecticut. It is located about two miles from the central campus of Yale University in a residential area near the border with Hamden. The area, on Prospect Street just above Edgerton Park. , and is an interpreter and volunteer for the survivors of atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Takahashi is a member of the American Association for Applied Linguistics The American Association for Applied Linguistics is an American organization, founded in 1977, of scholars interested in applied linguistics. , the American Association of University Professors American Association of University Professors (AAUP), organization of college and university teachers. It was founded (1915) for the purpose of defending faculty rights, most notably academic freedom and tenure (see tenure, in education). , the American Council for Teaching Foreign Language and the Association of Teachers of Japanese. Since its inception in 1987, the university's Intensive English Program has provided English-language instruction to several hundred students from accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. colleges in Japan. Program participants can earn credits toward their undergraduate degrees, and receive preparation for regular full-time study at American colleges and universities. For additional information about this and other university programs, call Laurie Golden at (818) 888-9337. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Tomoko Takahashi President, Soka University |
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