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Retirement Celebration for Chun-ling Hsu, Faye Kleeman, and Terry Kleeman

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:45:45 +0000

Retirement Celebration for Chun-ling Hsu, Faye Kleeman, and Terry Kleeman Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 04/26/2022 - 10:45

On April 25th 2022, the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations held a retirement celebration in honor of:

Chun-ling Hsu, Assistant Teaching Professor of Chinese,
Faye Kleeman, Professor of Japanese, and
Terry Kleeman, Professor of Chinese and Religious Studies.

Each of them has a long dedicated teaching, research and service at CU Boulder. The department will surely miss them, but will be wishing them the best on their new journey in life!

(Left: Chun-ling Hsu, Keller Kimbrough (Chair), Terry Kleeman, Faye Kleeman)

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Online Japanese Calligraphy Workshop

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:05:18 +0000

Online Japanese Calligraphy Workshop Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 10/23/2020 - 10:05

The Japanese Language Program invited Ms. Nodoka Epel as a guest instructor to teach Japanese calligraphy via Zoom on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. After learning its history and the current trend in Japanese calligraphy, students and community members practiced calligraphy together.

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The 33rd CO/WY Japanese Speech Contest

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:44:56 +0000

The 33rd CO/WY Japanese Speech Contest Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 11/11/2019 - 09:44

The 33rd Colorado/Whyoming Japanese Speech Contest was held on Saturday, November 9th at First Baptist Church of Denver. �ֲ��ý from JPNS 1010 through JPNS 4110 competed for their skit/speech presentations. Our CU representatives left great results at the contest. Way to go, everyone!

Pic1: College I Skit from JPNS1010 (Fourth Place)

Pic2: College II Speech from JPNS2110 (Runner-up)

Pic3: College III Speech from JPNS3110 (Runner-up) & College IV Speech from JPNS4110 (Special Recognition)

College IV Speech from JPNS4110

The Award Ceremony

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Mona Attwa Received Best Should Teach Gold Award for 2019

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 16:22:04 +0000

Mona Attwa Received Best Should Teach Gold Award for 2019 Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 09/23/2019 - 10:22

Congratulations to Mona Attwa for being selected as one of this year's winners of the Best Should Teach Gold Award for for excellence in teaching and for outstanding contributions to improving higher education at the �ֲ��ý Boulder. The Best Should Teach initiative was established in 1996 and is managed by the Graduate Teacher Program in coordination with the School of Education, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School at the �ֲ��ý at Boulder. This year’s award committee commended Attwa for her dedication to teaching and mentoring in ALC, and her active participation in the larger teaching and learning community at CU. One student said, “Mona encourages us to follow our dreams and gives us every tool she can in aiding our success. Arabic is a tough language but she makes learning it easy and fun.” Another remarked that “Mona’s attitude, positivity, energy, and passion every day without exception exemplify the Best Should Teach motto.”

The award ceremony was held on Thursday, September 12th from 6-7:30pm in the UMC ballroom. Congratulations also to our lead TAs, Alana Brack and Wenfei Wang for recieving the Best Should Teach Silver Award!

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Reception for Paul W. Kroll on the Occasion of His Retirement

Anonymous — Wed, 01 May 2019 19:58:42 +0000

Reception for Paul W. Kroll on the Occasion of His Retirement Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 05/01/2019 - 13:58

The Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations celebrated Professor Paul W. Kroll on the occasion of his retirement on Tuesday, April 30th. He has been with the departement since its inception and has contributed to the success of the department tremendeously as a scholar, administrator, teacher and mentor. We enjoyed celebrating his long dedicated years at CU and wish him luck for the next chapter of his life.

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