Tokyo International University

read moreThe American Studies Program at Willamette University and Tokyo International University of America has been suspended in light of the current global health crisis. The students participating in this year's program have returned to Japan. As recently stated by Willamette University President Stephen Thorsett, "Our hearts have been with these 93 students, who had long-prepared for a year of study and travel in the United States, only to have the pandemic scuttle their plans before they even had a chance to settle in."

read moreTrying to decide whether or not to come to Salem, Oregon, and participate in the American Studies Program at Willamette University? Reading through everything here will give you lots of reasons why it's a great program and awesome experience! You can learn about classes, extracurricular activities, accommodations and more.

read moreTokyo International University of America (TIUA), established in Salem, Oregon, USA as an overseas school under the direction of the Tokyo International University Foundation, Japan provides an educational environment that enables students to pursue academic goals, develop intercultural awareness and explore personal values and interests. The American Studies Program (ASP) at Willamette University (WU), conducted in collaboration with TIUA and TIU, offers a curriculum that includes English as a Second Language courses and liberal arts courses designed for ESL learners from TIU. Qualified ASP students have the opportunity to take courses in the WU College of Liberal Arts.

read moreASP Technology Services works closely with WITS (Willamette Integrated Technology Services) to offer support and guidance to students, faculty and staff. Their offices are located on the first floor of Kaneko Commons, Room 104, next to the Kaneko Residence Life office.

read moreIn 1965, Japanese educator Taizo Kaneko wrote to 50 colleges and universities throughout the United States, offering to send the eager young minds of his country to live and learn with American students. Of the 35 responses he received, only one reply - from Willamette University's President G. Herbert Smith - constituted an unconditional and immediate acceptance of his offer. Out of the shared vision of these two individuals, a mutually enriching relationship was born. After a quarter century of successful exchange programs between Tokyo International University and Willamette University, that visionary relationship was further strengthened and solidified by the establishment of Tokyo International University of America and the American Studies Program (ASP) in Salem, Oregon.

read moreThe American Studies Program (ASP) at Willamette University and TIUA is the best place to study global issues and learn to become a truly internationally minded citizen who can be a leader and facilitator in the increasingly more complex and more challenging world. I strongly recommend to those of you who want to prepare for jobs awaiting you in our global society that you participate in the American Studies Program at Willamette University and TIUA. A truly internationally minded leader possesses the capabilities to better communicate with people from different cultures, speaking different languages, and to more thoroughly understand the ways of thinking and feeling that others have in other countries, in order to appropriately connect global matters and local problems to find better solutions from various perspectives.