OCTOBER 13, 1987

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CENTRE FOR
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Doves College students and
faculty may soon enjoy uni-
que opportunities to work or

study abroad, says Tad Hosoi,
Manager of the College’s new
Centre for International Educa-
tion.

The Centre, to be officially
opened in November, will work
with other College departments
and co-ordinate such activities as
student exchanges, language in-
struction and international
student registration, Hosoi says.
He describes the Centre as a
"clearing house for International
Education."

"The most important idea is to
put Douglas College programs in
the international scene and create
an awareness of international
education in the College and in
the community,” he says.

Hosoi has had personal ex-
perience as an international
student.

He grew up in Kyoto, Japan
and earned his Bachelor of Arts in
International Relations from the
Yokohama City University.

After working with an interna-
tional trading company for
several years, he came to B.C. in
1974 to do graduate work and
received his M.A. in history from
U.B.C. in 1978. His studies
focused on international relations
between Japan and Europe.

He says, "Afterwards, like
everyone else, I had difficulty
finding a job." So he put himself
to work creating a non-credit
Japanese Language Program at
the U.B.C.Centre for Continuing

Education.

Since 1979, Hosoi has been
employed by Douglas College as
a non-credit instructor, then as a
programmer with the Com-
munity Programs and Services
Division. He created the non-

 

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"Pacific Rim nations are rapidly
developing," he says. "More and
more people from places such as
Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore
and Malaysia will want educa-
tion and language training in
English."

 

 

 

credit Japanese Language Other activities the Centre will
progr rogram at Douglas College and be involved in include:

s led the annual Language and -~Assisting business in the Col-
Culture Study Tour to Japan. lege region to make contacts in

Hosoi says the new university other countries.
transfer Japanese Language — —Encouraging linkages with
program at Douglas College is community organizations and
now full. “In a few years when ethnic groups that will enhance
— —oe programs and international education.

e Chinese Language programs : Ie
now in development are mature, a ea eat solidify
students may go to Japan and Se eee ee oe

: " Douglas College and Momoyama
China to study. Universieg’t : ;
. niversity in the city of Sakai,
The new Centre will co-or- Osaka province, Japan, and to ex-
dinate this kind of student tend this kind of relationship
exchange program. The number with institutions of other
of international students at the countries.
College is growing now and - Mie
Hosoi says he expects larger num- | , 1ad Hosol's new office is 42008,
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