Japanese major Keizan Sato’s Study Abroad Experience

How do you travel internationally, learn a new language, make lifelong friends, and broaden your cultural horizons, all on a student’s budget? One answer is scholarships. Just ask Keizan Sato. Read about Keizan’s study abroad experiences in the College of Letters …

Japanese alum hosts Kokoro Cafe pop-up restaurant

UWM alum Brandon Crisp (Japanese and Film Studies, 2019) is hosting Kokoro Cafe, a pop-up restaurant, at Faklandia Brewpub in St. Francis on Monday, November 11. Get more information and RSVP here!

Study Abroad Scholarship for Students of Arabic, Italian, and Japanese

The CIE-National Resource Center Title VI Grant offers a limited number of Study Abroad Scholarships in the amount of $1,500-$2,000 for undergraduates (sophomores and above) or graduate students with a demonstrated interest in critical languages as defined by the U.S. …

Japanese Student Wins Boren Award!

The Japanese Program is thrilled to congratulate Japan 202 student Lauren Sroka as a recipient of a 2024 Boren Award. Wonderful work, Lauren!

Alumni Spotlight: Brandon Crisp

Japanese major and UWM alum Brandon Crisp spotlighted in In Focus! Read more here: https://uwm.edu/letters-science/in-focus/alumni-news/alum-brings-his-subtitling-work-to-uwms-silver-screen/

Inter-College Language Table

In Fall Semester 2021, the Japanese Program will continue to participate in the Inter-College Language Table. This is a great chance to speak with Japanese learners across the country. Email for login info.

Congratulations to our students on the Dean’s List

A hearty congratulations to the ten students in the Japanese Program on the 2021 Dean’s List! This year’s Japanese majors and minors on the list are: Elizabeth Xiong, Mitsuki Fendt, Grant Goehrig, Stephanie Korb, Grace Robinson, Owen Szymkowski, Justina Cheng, …

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.