Washington and Lee University
We are located in a quaint Victorian house known by all at W&L as the "Red House." On the campus map we are listed as #14 - East Asian Language Center.
Step through the door of the Red House and experience a whole new world. This is your gateway to East Asia. Learn with all five senses: hear spoken Chinese and Japanese in and around the department, in our smart classrooms view places and things you have never seen before, smell and taste an Asian dish being prepared and discussed in the kitchen, feel a brush in your hand as you pen characters for class. We can help satisfy your intellectual curiosity and stretch your academic muscle.
From left to right
Front Row -- Anna Ma (Adjunct Proessor of Chinese); Aya Okada (Japanese TA);
Back Row -- Beedle HInely (Administrative Assistant); Janet Ikeda, Assoc. Professor of Japanese;
Ken'ichi Ujie, Assoc. Prof. of Japanese; Hongchu Fu, Dept. Head, Assoc. Prof. of Chinese;
Yanhong Zhu, Asst. Prof. of Chinese; Jing Chai (Chinese TA).
"America has much to offer Asia and Asia has much to offer the American people. But we cannot build an enduring and positive relationship on a foundation of ignorance. If all that our children know about Asia is that Play Station Two is built in Japan, panda bears come from China, and Jackie Chan makes movies in Hong Kong, then we have not prepared our children for the coming times. The economic, political and cultural forces at work in Asia right now will have a profound impact on America's future in the 21st Century.
The United States has been a Pacific power for over a century because we have been willing to defend democracy and encourage free trade. If we wish to encourage democracy and human rights in the future we will only succeed if we join our many friends across the Pacific in strengthening the economic, cultural and educational links that bind us together. Building those links begins in the American classroom."
- Richard Riley, Former U.S. Secretary of Education