“Japan Within Reach”
Facebook: Albany JSA
OUR EVENTS!
JSA is very active throughout the year! We hold weekly events :)
Come & Enjoy!
Most of our events are free to participate! They are...
Japanese Café ... Learn Japanese with Japanese students and learn English with American students.
Movie Night ... Relax and watch a popular Japanese film!
Workshops ... Learn "Japanese culture"
...etc.
(For more detail, see "Past Events")
There are also fun paid events to participate in...
However, in these events, you can expect to eat food, make crafts such as origami, and watch some performances.
The events are...
Japan Night ... an unforgettable cultural show hosted by JSA!
Seasonal Events... Food Events, Cultural Events, Social Events and Sports Events!!!
...etc.
(For more detail, see "Past Events")
Want to join?
Of course you can!
You can join any event whenever you want, but we highly recommend you buy a JSA membership first!
If you buy one, you can get a discount within paid events~ ;D
Also, you get a cool JSA membership card as a member.
New Members:
(Join via MyInvolvement) $5
For more detail, see "JOIN US."
Authentic Japan
Meet Japanese Students
Every year, UAlbany has 20-30 Japanese International exchange students. The university has a lot of connections with famous Japanese universities such as Tokyo Foreign Language University （東京外国語大学）, Waseda University （早稲田大学）, Tohoku University （東北大学）, Kansai-Foreign language University （関西外国語大学）and so on.
Through meeting the Japanese students, JSA members can enjoy learning the Japanese language and culture!
Academic Background
UAlbany has a Japanese department, and it is one of the most popular courses in linguistics.
Joining JSA is a considerably beneficial for a student in order to encourage himself to use Japanese!
+ Courses in Japanese Studies
+ Major/ Minor in Japanese
+ JSA Alumnus story （Frank Le）
+ Japanese Program FAQ
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Go to Our Membership Site!
Event Calender
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Support Job Hunting in Japan.
A lot of Japanese or American companiese provides us information about internship and recruitment each day. If you join us, you can share the information. Also, if you need aome help about your career, you can consult with JSA career chair. He/ She will help you!!
JSA has annual Career Seminar (not Job Fair). In the seminar, professornal Japanese job consultant visit us and give up-dated information about job market in Japan, and how to get job, how to negotiate with Japanese society as well. Do not miss such precious opportunity!!
+ Internship Information
+ Recruitment Information
+ Job Fair
+ Boston Career Forum
+ Career Seminar
+ Career Consultant
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Community Service
Contribute to Local Community
We have community services.
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Volunteering
Some Japanese JSA members are volunteering now. Some teaches Japanese & Math to Japanese children in Albany. Others support students who take Japanese.
+ 日本語勉強会
+ ですますフレンド Desu-Masu Friends
+ Private Tutoring
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