Asian Interdisciplinary Studies - Major and Minor 2003-present, 2003-2008

East Asian Interdisciplinary Studies for Majors and Minors, 2003-present 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. Asian Studies Program Review Report, July 2003 (2 folders) Richard Bohr's educational background; 2004-2005: "The Collegeville-China Connection," Doug Mullin, OSB, The Abbey Banner, Winter 2004 "Facts about Fjimi," Kieran Nolan, OSB, The Abbey Banner, Winter 2004 2004-2005 Asian Studies Webpage Special Meeting on China Programs Agenda, February 16, 2005 Asia Star: A Stragetic Plan for Asia; Dallas Kenny, Richard Bohr, and Dave Bennetts; March 1, 2005 Asia Star China letter, April 11, 2005 Aesthetic Pleasures of the Floating World, David R. Weinberg Collection, April 17, 2005 Japan weekend homestay request from Dave Bennetts, April 19, 2005 Asian Studies Brochure information, April 29, 2005 Asian Studies Annual Report, 2004-2005 "CSB/SJU Asian Studies Program Featured on MPR," 8/16/2005 Newsletter: Asian Studies Program Fall 2005 CSB/SJU Asian Studies Program Featured on Minnesota Public Radio on August 15, 2005 CSB/SJU from the USA will visit Vancouver: Study group from the Asian Studies program will visit the Chinese Community in Canada. Asian Studies Program Review Report, ca 2006 Asian Studies Program Newsletter Fall 2006 Asian Studies Program Newsletter Fall 2005 Asian Studies Program , June 2007 Asian Studies Program, April 2008: President Akiko Shimada Honored by CSB/SJU; She is President of Bunkyo Gakuin University (Women's College Asian Studies welcomes three new professors to the ranks: Sophia Geng, Chinese Language instructor; Sucharita Mukherjee, assistant professor of economics Barbara Horlbeck, adjunct professor in art; CSB/SJU launches third-year Chinese and Japanese; Philip Benusa '06 lands job in Hong Kong; Japan American Society of Minnesota: Making Connections, Honoring Traditions; CSB/SJU Graduates Thrive in Japan; Asian Studies Dream Team August 2009: U.S. Department of Education has awarded our CSB/SJU Undergraduate International Studies AsianStudies Program for a two-year grant to expand its Asian Studies Program and to help transform the individualized Asian Studies Major into a stand-alone one. This program is entering its 15th year and grows out of eight decades of Benedictine involvement in China and Japan and our emerging relationship with India as well as strong campus support for global citizenship, intercultural competence, and experiential education, now at the heart of the new core curriculum.