I recently found the letter I sent when applying for the job I just left, the associate dean for academic affairs at Temple University, Japan Campus. It’s amusing. It is 1,700 words of folksy language, joking around, and rambling, sentimental prose. It avoids outright boasting for the most part and sounds a little too modestContinue reading “Three Years in Japan”
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Now How Do You Build the University Community?
When I arrived at the Temple University campus in Japan, the school operated out of three buildings, all of which were actually office buildings that had been converted for use as classrooms, faculty offices and administrative offices. The main building, Azabu Hall, had thin walls where laughter, applause, yelling and everything else could be heardContinue reading “Now How Do You Build the University Community?”
Tokyo in Pictures
Michelle and I bike around Tokyo whenever we can. It’s an energetic city, full of interesting people doing interesting stuff all the time. And dogs in fancy costumes, often riding in prams.