2026/1/20

On Wednesday, January 14, an awards ceremony and celebration were held to honor 100 high-achieving students in the Extensive Reading Program.

This academic year, supplementary prizes were awarded to 100 outstanding students who engaged in extensive reading in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Russian.

About the English program, 47 students from the Department of English and American Studies (34 freshmen, 11 second yr students, 2 third yr students), 8 students from the department of Career English (2 freshmen and six 2nd yr students) and 5 students majoring in languages other than English were recognized. In addition, 12 students from the Faculty of Global (4 from the Department of Global Studies and 8 from the Department of Global Tourism) received awards.

About the programs of the languages other than English, 8 from the Department of Spanish, 9 from the Department of French, and 8 from the Department of Russian, 3 from the Department of Italian were recognized.

The ceremony was moderated by Dean of the Faculty of Global Engagement Aaron Campbell. It began with an address by President Takahiro Ono, followed by congratulatory remarks from the dean of the library Shinichi Funasugi. Certificates of commendation and supplementary prizes (book gift cards) were presented to the award recipients by faculty members from each department. Paul Goldberg, the CEO of Xreading also made congratulatory remarks.



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