TUJ Times (Alumni Newsletter)

Temple University, Japan Campus is pleased to relaunch the TUJ Times. The original printed newsletter was published from 2003 until 2010 and featured both alumni and university news.

The current version will be published and distributed online via PDF three times a year (once per semester). As before, we welcome your news and story ideas. Send us an Email: tujalumni@tuj.temple.edu. We're glad to be back!

Spring 2021 Headlines

  • Send Hooter to Japan!
  • Temple Study Abroad Programs Open and Thriving
  • Overcoming All Odds to Study in Japan: 125 TUJ Students Arrive Under New COVID-19 Protocols
  • TUJ Continuing Education Partners with MindEdge Learning® to Introduce Fully Online Self-paced Learning Options
  • Life doesn’t end with graduation. Why should your education?
  • U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affairs ad interim Visits TUJ
  • Cultivating Global Leaders for a Post-COVID World – Emerging Leaders Program Fall 2021
  • TUJ holds Graduation Ceremony for Students – Looking to a Brighter Future Amid COVID-19
  • Final presentations in the First Joint Class involving TUJ and Showa Women’s University – “Community Arts and Culture Development Practice”
  • An Open Letter to All TUJ Alumni, Parents and Friends

Download Spring 2021 Issue (PDF: 1.2MB)

Fall 2020 Headlines

  • Matthew Wilson’s TUJ deanship a Homecoming 25 years in the Making
  • Moving On
  • Professor Bedard Wins “Teacher of the Year” for a Second Year in a Row
  • TUJ and COVID-19: Putting Students and Safety First
  • Request for Assistance – Calling TUJ Alumni, Friends, and Families
  • Life doesn’t end with graduation. Why should your education?
  • New Master in Management Degree Program
  • Matthew Wilson: ‘Students need to come first’
  • Financial Support Provided to TUJ Students Impacted by COVID-19
  • Support TUJ

Download Fall 2020 Issue (PDF: 1.3MB)

Spring 2020 Headlines

  • What We Can Do Now: TUJ and COVID-19
  • TUJ Adopts a Student First Policy
  • TUJ Holds First Online Bilingual Career Fair
  • Long Road Ahead for Globalized Education
  • 2020 TUJ Commencement Postponed
  • New Master in Management Degree Program
  • TUJ Continuing Education Adapts to a Changing World
  • The Significance of Temple University Japan’s New Campus
  • TUJ and SWU: Partners in Globalization
  • An Open Letter to All TUJ Alumni

Download Spring 2020 Issue (PDF: 872KB)

Spring 2019 Headlines

  • 5 Things You Didn't Know about the New TUJ
  • Paint the Town Red! — Temple RED Bus
  • New University Board Members Welcomed
  • An Open Letter to ALL TUJ Alumni
  • An Update from the Dean — Moving On with Our Students
  • 2019 TUJ Diamond Dinner
  • TUJ Panel Analyzes Ghosn Case
  • Savoring Every Second of Every Day — The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at TUJ on enjoying life beyond campus
  • 3rd Annual TUJ Graduation BBQ
  • Top Minds Gather to Discuss Emerging AI — 2nd Annual Executive Leadership Series Seminar
  • TUJ Students and Alumni Cheer on Former Owls

Download Spring 2019 Issue (PDF: 2.1MB)

Fall 2018 Headlines

  • A Better Student Life Beckons at the New TUJ
  • Alumni Spirit at FCSC/YMCA Dinner
  • An Open Letter to ALL TUJ Alumni
  • "It's On Us" Campaign to Combat Sexual Assault
  • Owls Fly Home for 2018 Reunion
  • A Process of Learning — The New Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at TUJ reflects on His Role
  • Changes to GI Bill Hit TUJ Veterans
  • TUJ Joins The Common Application
  • Minato Citizens University 2018
  • In Memorium — Dean William Sharp

Download Fall 2018 Issue (PDF: 1.3MB)

Spring and Summer 2018 Headlines

  • Global Campus, Global Future — Jichinsai marks the Start of Construction
  • College Sports Reformers Stay Positive Despite Setbacks
  • Students Faculty Present at The Global Temple Conference
  • Connecting You to a World of Resources
  • From the TUJ Archives — New Computer Facilities at TUJ
  • In Memoriam — Sumiko Iwao
  • Dean's Spring 2018 Update — 2018 Challenge, 2019 Campus Move, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
  • Congratulations to the Class of 2018
  • Building a Family Network to Benefit TUJ Students
  • Honoring History Looking to the Future

Download Spring and Summer 2018 Double Issue (PDF: 1.6MB)

Fall 2017 Headlines

  • The New TUJ Campus — Site Work Underway in Setagaya-ku
  • The New TUJ Campus Campaign Slogan Competition
  • Tokyo Campus Tie-Up could offer Model for the Future — By James McCrostie, The Japan Times
  • Alumni Celebrate TUJ's 35th
  • One of TUJ's Oldest Alumni is First to Donate to the New Campus
  • TUJ History Project Underway — 35th Anniversary Symposium
  • Diversity a Hallmark at TUJ
  • Let's Not Forget China — From the TUJ Archives
  • Temple University Faculty Host NCAA President in Japan — Establishing a Japanese version of the NCAA under discussion

Download Fall 2017 Issue (PDF: 711 KB)

Summer 2017 Headlines

  • The New TUJ — Initiative with Showa Women's Universit — Building to Open in Fall 2019
  • Moving Forward — An Update from the Dean
  • 2017 Graduation Picnic
  • Alumni Reunion Announced
  • 2017 Commencement
  • Celebrating 35 Years in Japan
  • TUJ Anniversary Special Events
  • Alumni Curry Favor in Tokyo — GLobal Days of Service
  • Do you recongize these Alumni?
  • Annual Diamond Dinner a Sell Out
  • Class Notes

Download Summer 2017 Issue (PDF: 869 KB)

Spring 2017 Headlines

  • Reactions to Globalization
  • 2017: Celebrating a 35-Year Temple Legacy in Tokyo
  • Rome Campus Marks 50th
  • Parent and Alumni Discounts at TUJ
  • Curry and Rice and Everything Nice
  • Are College Sports in Japan’s Future?
  • New Doctoral Cohorts
  • 2017 Diamond Dinner Announced
  • Student Mentors Needed!
  • The Power of Perspective
  • TEDxTUJ 2016
  • Loyal Alumna Helps a TUJ Student be a Winner
  • Temple: In the Vanguard of Global Education
  • 2016 Reunion a Huge Success
  • Do you recognize these Alumni?
  • Memorial Scholarship for former TUJ Student
  • Thank You to Our Donors

Download Spring 2017 Issue (PDF: 636 KB)

Fall 2016 Headlines

  • 2016 Alumni Reunion to be Held in Shibuya Ward
  • Annual Diamond Dinner Sets Record
  • "It is OK to be different."
  • Wine on Tap for Alumni
  • Temple University Hosts Internationalization Program
  • Class Notes
  • From the Main Campus
  • Spread the News!
  • TUJ and Showa Women's University Sign Agreement
  • Life After TUJ: 2016
  • Student Film Featured in Subtitling Event in Tokyo
  • TUJ Launches Ph.D. in Music Therapy Program

Download Fall 2016 Issue (PDF: 420 KB)

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