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JASC is a student-exchange program, initiated in 1934 by university students concerned by the breakdown of bilateral relations prior to World War II.

Sierra Noland and Tara Cooper received Critical Language Scholarships sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

LaPointe, who says his personal motto is “being genuine goes a long way,” is a world traveler, professional debater, and Johnson Scholar.

For World Thinking Day, W&L’s foreign language teaching assistants led local Girl Scouts in a variety of internationally themed activities.

W&L’s Chanoyu Tea Society will host a Martin Luther King Jr. tea ceremony on Jan. 16, 2017 in the Senshin’an Tea Room, Watson Pavilion.

Washington and Lee University this year welcomes seven foreign language teaching assistants.

Michika Nakada is one of seven foreign language teaching assistants at W&L this year.

Meet Jordan LaPointe ’17, an East Asian Languages and Literatures major with a sense of adventure. A lifelong dream comes true in Japan.

Parker Burrus of Raleigh, North Carolina, and Lee Sommerfeldt of Sealy, Texas, both first-year students at Washington and Lee University, have been selected as Kemper Scholars.

Seniors Sophia Maxstadt and Zoey Ryu (Mi Hung) have joined the Japanese National Honor Society (JNHS). They were nominated by Washington and Lee University based on their outstanding GPA and inducted into the JNHS-College Chapter. Rhu is a psychology and East Asian Language and Literature (Japanese concentration) double major. Maxstadt is a business administration and […]