My name is Maki Honda and I’ll be a counselor for the World Campus – Japan 2012 summer program. I live in Kumamoto city where some of you will visit in the 2nd session. I’ve been working for this program as a Local Organizing Committees staff since 2007, and this is my first [...]]]>

Hello,

My name is Maki Honda and I’ll be a counselor for the World Campus – Japan 2012 summer program. I live in Kumamoto city where some of you will visit in the 2nd session. I’ve been working for this program as a Local Organizing Committees staff since 2007, and this is my first time to join the tour of World Campus -Japan.

I love to travel, so I’m so glad to have opportunities to visit new places and stayed with Japanese host families through this program. And I’m looking forward to receiving you to the program and to my home town, Kumamoto city.

I’m so excited to be a part of the staff of World Campus -Japan this summer, and I hope all of you will have great experiences in Japan! I’m waiting for all of you!

Maki Honda

My name is Kyle and I’m from San Diego, California in the United States. I’m beyond excited to join World Campus International for my first semesters as one of your counselors! For the last half of 2010 and for all of 2011 I participated and worked for Up With People and at [...]]]>

Hello All!

My name is Kyle and I’m from San Diego, California in the United States. I’m beyond excited to join World Campus International for my first semesters as one of your counselors! For the last half of 2010 and for all of 2011 I participated and worked for Up With People and at Camp Up With People, US based international organization and I’m excited experience everything in the Japan World Campus – Japan program. I’m very eager to learn about new cultures and different people so I can’t wait to learn not just about the Japanese culture but the culture of the participants in the program. Please feel free to ask me anything you a like and if you ever need someone to talk to please let me know.

I’m ecstatic to meet all of you and have this incredible experience together!

Kyle Chan

My name is Celiana Dolovitz, my friends call me Celi. I am the Education Manager for the 2012 Summer program, I am from Venezuela but I have been living in Mexico for 3 years now. As Education Manager I will be guiding the participants to have a great experience learning about Japan.

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Hola!

My name is Celiana Dolovitz, my friends call me Celi. I am the Education Manager for the 2012 Summer program, I am from Venezuela but I have been living in Mexico for 3 years now. As Education Manager I will be guiding the participants to have a great experience learning about Japan.

This is my 3rd year as a staff of World Campus International and I keep coming back because the experience is very unique. I have been traveling and working in International environments for many years and Japan is one of my favorite places with everything from technology to nature.

World Campus International is giving me, once again, the opportunity to get to know people from different countries and share my culture while I travel through beautiful Japan creating great relationships with the group I will travel with and with the people from the places we will visit.

Can’t wait to start and meet you all.

(Celi Dolovitz – Education Manager Summer ’12 Road Team)

My name is Torunn, but you can call me Tori. I come from the exotic land of Norway. Currently, I am a law student at the University of Oslo.

During this year’s World Campus – Japan program I am going to be working as a counselor, my job being to support and [...]]]>

Hello!

My name is Torunn, but you can call me Tori. I come from the exotic land of Norway. Currently, I am a law student at the University of Oslo.

During this year’s World Campus – Japan program I am going to be working as a counselor, my job being to support and guide the participants through the adventure that is World Campus. Also, I will assist the rest of the staff with their tasks.

I am very fond of languages, Japanese in particular. Even though my formal education in Japanese is very limited, I try to make the most of every chance to learn more. Besides, the distinctive hard-working attitude of the Japanese people continues to awe and inspire me. That is why I decided to visit Japan two years ago. It is also my reason for returning the following year, but then as a participant in the World Campus – Japan program. Although my expectations were high, as I am sure yours are, my experiences surpassed them. World Campus did indeed show me Japan from an insider’s perspective. But I did not expect I would become a part of the Japanese community, and the community a part of me.

Needless to say, I firmly believe that we will have an amazing time together in Japan this summer, and I am truly grateful for this opportunity to share memories and experiences that may inspire you to be a global citizen.

Torunn Olsen

I am Jurriën, one of the program counselors of this year World Campus – Japan program. I live in Leiden, one of the most beautiful cities of the Netherlands. The problem is… there are so many beautiful cities, mountains, forests, seas, animals, people and cultures all over the world. For me Japan is [...]]]>

Hey!

I am Jurriën, one of the program counselors of this year World Campus – Japan program. I live in Leiden, one of the most beautiful cities of the Netherlands. The problem is… there are so many beautiful cities, mountains, forests, seas, animals, people and cultures all over the world. For me Japan is one of the places that has a lot of these things and, from my own experiences as a participant last year, I know that world campus is a program that is guaranteed to show me Japan in most of it’s beauty.

While it’s true that I’m living in Leiden right now, it is not the place I’m originally from. I actually came from Noord-Brabant, a province in the south but came to live in Leiden for study purposes. The oldest University in the Netherlands is Leiden University and It’s the only University in The Netherlands where you can do “Japan studies (日本学)”. I am currently in our second year studying Japanese and I’m still enjoying it! I’m still not quite sure why I came to study it, for my entire youth I had been more interested in science, and pretty much only took science classes in high school, but It’s probably because I got to hear, read and see a lot about Japan and got to love the country so much.

I must say that I was really lucky to be born to parents who really love traveling themselves. Because of this I have traveled to many countries and have seen a lot of places and met a lot of people from other cultures throughout the world. Meeting people and learning about our differences and similarities. This is what I’ve always liked and it is one more reason why world campus is perfect for me. Ok guys, enough about me… It’s time I meet you all this summer and learn about your cultures and what you like about Japan!

Houdoe (Dutch for bye),
Jurriën

my Name is Paulina Meza and I was born in Michigan, from Mexican parents, and I have lived all my life with my family in the hot northern part of México, in the cities of Chihuahua and Torreón.

I am currently in my 6th semester of Industrial Design, studying at the Universidad Iberoamericana [...]]]>

Hello,

my Name is Paulina Meza and I was born in Michigan, from Mexican parents, and I have lived all my life with my family in the hot northern part of México, in the cities of Chihuahua and Torreón.

I am currently in my 6th semester of Industrial Design, studying at the Universidad Iberoamericana Laguna. I loved my multicultural and traveling experiences and I have worked as an English teacher in Torreón. I am a very creative person, very sensible to others and eager to learn and to teach. I have won several local singing contests and enjoy art in almost every expression.

I look forward to serving as one of the counselors and meeting many participants from around the world in the upcoming World Campus Japan program.

Paulina

My name is Iris Spruit and I’m from the Netherlands. I will be a program counselor this summer and I’m very excited to be part of the staff this year. We will do our best to make your experience in this year’s world campus unforgettable.

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Hi everyone!

My name is Iris Spruit and I’m from the Netherlands. I will be a program counselor this summer and I’m very excited to be part of the staff this year. We will do our best to make your experience in this year’s world campus unforgettable.

I have a great interest in Japan and its culture and that is why I’m studying Japanese at Leiden University. In addition, I started studying psychology this year, just because I am interested in people and how the mind works. I really enjoy my studies and my life in Leiden.

It is a huge opportunity for me to be a program counselor this year. It helps me with my study and since last year was so much fun and a brilliant experience I decided to return back to the program. I’m really excited to get to know new people and to learn more about different cultures. It’s going to be a great summer.

Can’t wait to meet you all,

Iris

My name is Daniel, or Dan to some of my foreign friends (feel free to call me by that name). I’m from the Netherlands and I’ll be joining World Campus International as one of the counselors. I’m currently a Japanese major student at the university of Leiden, so I’m really thrilled to [...]]]>

Hey everyone!

My name is Daniel, or Dan to some of my foreign friends (feel free to call me by that name). I’m from the Netherlands and I’ll be joining World Campus International as one of the counselors. I’m currently a Japanese major student at the university of Leiden, so I’m really thrilled to go to Japan and experience all the aspects of World Campus – Japan program. I’ve been a participant last year, so I know it is going to be amazing again!

I see myself as a positive and outgoing person and I’m eager to meet new people. I’m really looking forward to this year’s program and I would like to get to know more people from all over the world and learn about many different cultures. I hope to be of good support to all the participants, so feel free to contact me any time!

I’m looking forward to meeting all of you, see you soon!

Daniel van Delft

I took part in WCI 2010′s 3rd Session in Ueda and Toride.

Being part of this program brought many amazing changes and opportunities. At first, I could have not imagined how this whole experience would be: the multicultural staff and participants, being in a foreign country with such a unique culture and customs [...]]]>

I took part in WCI 2010′s 3rd Session in Ueda and Toride.

Being part of this program brought many amazing changes and opportunities. At first, I could have not imagined how this whole experience would be: the multicultural staff and participants, being in a foreign country with such a unique culture and customs and the thing that turned out to be my favorite, being inside the life of a regular Japanese host family.

Through WCI, not only we could have access to facilities and do things a regular visitor wouldn’t be able to do, but we can interact and live with locals. Additionally, even though it takes place in Japan, the program is not all about Japan; it’s about learning to see the world with a more internationalist point of view, knowing other cultures and losing biased prior views which we build throughout our lives.
During the program I stayed with two host families, both were really nice and open minded to the “flaws” that we foreigners commit in Japan, such as using the toilet slippers inside the house! But with one of the host families, the relationship I built with them was so intense and strong that our relation got stronger with time. We exchanged mails and I was able to visit them one more time after the program. I such a great time during New Year’s holidays with them and they made me feel as a member of the family!

In a nutshell, the program made me open my mind to the differences, correct my pre conceptions about Japan and other countries, and most importantly, made me leave a part of my heart with each of the good friends I made there.

Pedro Aguilar
Brazil

World Campus-Japan has been featured in the March edition of Sotokoto, a nationwide magazine here in Japan. World Campus – Japan has been selected from all the NPOs in Japan to be one of the featured NPOs in Sotokoto’s latest publishing. The article is only in Japanese but explains about our program and [...]]]>

World Campus-Japan has been featured in the March edition of Sotokoto, a nationwide magazine here in Japan. World Campus – Japan has been selected from all the NPOs in Japan to be one of the featured NPOs in Sotokoto’s latest publishing. The article is only in Japanese but explains about our program and what we are about. For more information about the magazine, please visit: http://www.sotokoto.net/jp/latest/?ym=201203

To apply for our summer program, please visit: www.worldcampus.org/apply-now.php

WCI was invited to present the 2012 WC-J program to the students in the University of Gent in Belgium. Over 30 interested students gathered and were carefully listening to the presentation as well as the stories from an alumnus, Frank Floris. We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Andreas Niehaus, the Head [...]]]>

WCI was invited to present the 2012 WC-J program to the students in the University of Gent in Belgium. Over 30 interested students gathered and were carefully listening to the presentation as well as the stories from an alumnus, Frank Floris. We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Andreas Niehaus, the Head of South and East Asian Languages and Cultures Department for inviting us to the university.

A WC-J alumnus, Alvaro Mazorra(’11), joined in the Dutch alumni to present the World Campus – Japan program and shared his experience in Japan to the interested students in the University of Leiden. We look forward to having many Dutch students in the 2012 program.

WC-J Dutch alumni, Frank Floris(’10,) Xiaoxing Feng(’10,) Iris Spruit(’11,) Daniel van Delft(’11,) Jurrien Theunysz(’11) presented their World Campus – Japan experiences to the interested students at the World Campus – Japan 2012 presentations in the University of Leiden.

WC-J alumni, Christian Damgaard(’08) and Nina Moller(’11) joined the CEO, Hiro Nishimura to present the World Campus – Japan Program to the interested students in the University of Roskilde. The presentation was very interactive with many good questions.

World Campus – Japan presentation was held at the University of Copenhagen. Nina Moller, an alumna from 2011 summer program spoke about her WC-J experience to the interested students. A Copenhagen area alumni gathering was held after the presentation.