Asian Interdisciplinary Studies - Major and Minor 1968-2003, 1930-2004

East Asian Interdisciplinary Studies for Majors and Minors, 1968-2003 Note: "Benedictine Mission to China" by S. Wibora Muehlenbein is included as information on the Benedictine Sisters involvement in China since 1930; (paper copy and real copy) Tri-College East Asian Studies Program, 1968-1975 -- the original program leading eventually to further development of course on Asian Studies Tri-College East Asian Studies - Syllabi, 1969-1976 Tri-College East Asian Studies - Letters Tri-College East Asian Studies Review, 1972-1979 East Asian Studies Majors and Minors, 1973-1980 June 23, 1979: A delegation of 57 students from Osaka Gakuin University, Japan, visited CSB and SJU . Sister Johanna Becker of the Art Department welcomed them to the CSB Benediccta Art Center and conducted them on a tour of the facilities. S. Shaun O'Meara and Mike Ryan assisted her in the tour. Summer Faculty Study Group spent 21 days in China in 1980 and 1981; St. Cloud Times articles in March 12, 1982; Proposal for an East Asian Studies Minor, 1994 Asian Studies Program provides an interdisciplinary and multicultural spectrum of courses taught by faculty in art, history, language (Chinese and Japanese), literature, philosophy, religion and politics; Asian Studies Program Brochure, [nd] Asian Studies Program Reivew Report, Executive Summary, [nd] "China News From Twenty-Two Travelers, October-December , 1996; Southwest China Normal University, A Brief Introduction [nd] "Asian Studies at CSB/SJU: Background, Update, and Future Prospects," May 1997; Asia Studies Tour Itinerary, June 23-July 11, 1997: Japan, Taiwan and China; Faculty Participation in Faculty Group Study in Asia Project (Invitation to participate on March 3, 1997) June 23 to July 11, 1997 in Japan, Taiwan and China Asian Studies Planning Committee: April 1, 1996: Asian Studies Program Planning, April 1, 1996 Minutes of July 16, 1996 Inventory of Activities and Issues for Asian Studies and Formation of a Long-range Plan (September 5, 1996) Asian Studies Program Report, May 1, 1997 Annual Report of Asian Studies Program, 1999-2000 2001-2002 2003-2004 "The Long Journey," College of Saint Benedict, Summer 2002 A series of essay on Asian students, Asian Learning Communities, and Cross-Cultural Interaction. International Education Faculty Council, April 30, 2003; Experience Asian Studies, brochure, June 2003 CSB/SJU Asian Studies Program, November 5, 2003: The Asian Studies Program at CSB and SJU: The Past: A Historical Over;view, 1969-1977; The Present: Asian Studies since 1994: The Future: Improving Asian Studies, a strategic investment in the future The Asian Studies program and Asian Studies minor were established in 1995. Richard Bohr developed the program and exercised exemplary leadership for the first ten years. Joseph P. Rogers was named Coordinator of Asian Studies and will join Professor Bohr in the program as of August 1, 2005.