Japanese Outreach Initiative

The art of healing: Students send well wishes to Marshall County High School through origami

Story by Amy Turner, Staff writer Photo by Kalea Anderson/ The News For centuries, 1,000 paper cranes have been used in Asian culture to symbolize peace and good will. After seeing the impact of the Marshall County shooting earlier this year, Airi Yamamoto, Japanese Outreach Initiative Coordinator for Murray State, decided to take the Read More

Murray State chosen to host Japanese Outreach Program

News / By Online Editor

Story by Stella Childress, Contributing writer Murray State was selected as one of the four universities in the U.S. to take part in a two-year Japanese Outreach Initiative (JOI) program. The mission of the program is “to develop a deeper understanding of Japan by sending Japanese coordinators to conduct community outreach activities about Japan in the Read More