AUAP to hold closing ceremony for 42 students Feb. 9

The Asia University America Program at Western Washington University will hold a closing ceremony at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, to congratulate 42 students from Tokyo's Asia University. The students have successfully completed the WWU-AUAP five-month English language and cultural orientation program at Western.

The program will take place in Academic Instructional Center West Room 204, and a dessert reception will be held in the 4th floor skybridge following the ceremony. This event is free and open to the public.

The AUAP offers students from Asia University in Tokyo an opportunity to study abroad at WWU. The goal of the program is to provide Asia University students with high quality English language instruction and culturally enriching extracurricular activities, while at the same time offering WWU students, faculty and staff unique opportunities for language and cultural interaction, exchange and involvement. For more information, visit http://www.wwu.edu/auap/.