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Center for East Asian Studies
CEAS NEWSLETTER
Center for East Asian Studies Contact Information
Villanova University Dr. Maria Toyoda
Vol.4/No.24 amaria.toyoda@villanova.edu
February 2009 256 St. Augustine Center
Villanova, PA 19085
Phone: (610) 519-5969
Hanae Nakamura (Editor)
hanae.nakamura@villanova.edu
Announcements from CEAS
Happy New Year and welcome back to the new semester! As you may already know, in Chinese
calendar, this year is the year of the “OX.” People who were born in the year of the ox (1925, 1937,
1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009) are “born leader, being quite dependable and possessing an
innate ability to achieve great things.” (--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox_(zodiac)) So if you were
born in the year of the ox, it is a great chance to try to achieve something you have not done yet!
(Of course anyone can try!)
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Asian Expo 2009 --- Saturday, Jan.31
http://students.villanova.edu/asa/aboutus.htm
GPASC Asian Studies Forum and
Luncheon with the Honorable Joseph Melrose
January 31, 2009 at Villanova University
The Greater Philadelphia Asian Studies Consortium is pleased to hold a forum and luncheon for
undergraduate students to discuss strategies and prospects for careers, government service and
graduate work related to Asia. This event will bring together academic Asianists from colleges
and universities throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. We will be joined by Sam Malissa,
Assistant Director of the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia, and the Honorable Joseph
Melrose. Amb. Melrose is former United States ambassador to Sierra Leone, former Consul
General of Karachi