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Jeff Peterson Wins Teacher of the Year Award Peterson’s dedication and love for teaching earns him recognition as one of the best language instructors in the state.

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Intensely prepared, BYU Japanese majors make perfect candidates for Japanese companies For the past two years, through a semester-long, one-credit-hour course, BYU Japanese professor Steve Moody has meticulously prepared a group of seven to eight students to attend the Boston Career Forum for Japanese-English bilinguals. Big-name companies that regularly participate include Amazon,…

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A mother, a mission, a major, two minors and a lot of plants It was an Education Week workshop that gave Alyssa Bagoyo the courage to major in chemical engineering and pay tribute to her late mom’s BYU degree and heritage by minoring in business and Japanese.

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2023 Korean Modern Stories 2023 Korean Modern StoriesNov. 20 at Brigham Young UniversityThe Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles (Director Sangwon Jung) hosted the "Korean Modern Stor...

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Congratulations to Dr. Peterson!

Jeff Peterson Receives 2022 Hamako Ito Chaplin Award - Association for Asian Studies The Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award Committee is pleased to announce that Dr. Jeff Peterson (Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese, Brigham Young University) is the recipient of the 2022 Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award for Excellence in Japanese Language Teaching. Dr. Peterson has a backgroun...