"I think Anaheim University students at this point in time are pioneers. This is a transitional age - everything is changing towards the 21st century, and using the experience they gain from Anaheim University, they must make use of alumni, fellow students, professors and the University to help bring about change as they move on to their professional fields. Their aim should be to both better themselves and contribute to society. That is their challenge."

Kisho Kurokawa
September 1999

The above is an excerpt from the September 1999 edition of the Anaheim University Ambassador Newsletter

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Written by David Bracey

Created: 29 October 2011

In October and November 2011, Anaheim University's globally acclaimed TESOL faculty are being featured as Plenary and Featured Speakers at linguistics conferences around the world. On October 15th and 16th, AU TESOL Prof and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Expert Dr. Ken Beatty was a Featured Speaker at KOTESOL in Seoul, South Korea. 2011 marked the 3rd year in a row for Anaheim University faculty to be plenary or featured speakers at KOTESOL.

From November 11-13, 2011 Anaheim University TESOL Chair Dr. Rod Ellis will be a Featured Speaker at the English Teachers Association - Republic of China (ETA-ROC) / PanAsia Conference (PAC) 2011 Conference in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Read more: Anaheim University's Renowned TESOL Faculty Featured at Global Linguistics Conferences

About Dr. Kisho Kurokawa

Dr. Kisho Kurokawa, one of Japan's leading architects and the founding member of Anaheim University's Executive Advisory Board who served as Chair from 2002 to 2004, passed away on Friday, October 12th, 2007 at the age of 73. A spokeswoman at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, where he was hospitalized on October 9th with an intestinal ailment said he died of heart failure. Over 550 newspapers and publications around the globe reported Kisho Kurokawa's death.

The Japanese architect who led the "Metabolism Movement" and based his designs on themes including ecology and recycling, made his world debut in 1960. At age 26, he led a style known as the Metabolism Movement, advocating a shift from "machine principle" to "life principle" in his literary work and architectural designs based on themes including ecology, recycling and intermediate space. His theory of "Symbiosis" became globally known. Read more at Wikipedia or visit Kisho.co.jp

His major works can be found throughout the world including the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia, the National Art Center in Tokyo's posh Roppongi district, the new wing of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, and Toyota Stadium for the 2002 World Cup. In addition to his work in architecture, Dr. Kurokawa sat on numerous governmental advisory boards in Japan, China and Kazakhstan, and ran in the 2007 election for Tokyo Governor.

Dr. Kisho Kurokawa

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda stated, "(Kurokawa) demonstrated his genius to open a new passage to architecture". According to Anaheim University President Dr. David Nunan, "Dr. Kurokawa has been a spiritual leader for all of us as a founding Executive Advisory Board member, Chair of the Executive Advisory Board, and as a stakeholder in our institution. It was an honor for us to provide our facilities in California to serve as his U.S. Office. We like to think of him as a builder of dreams, and his diverse efforts went far beyond architecture, touching on politics, business, science, art, culture and philosophy. He was one of our strongest supporters and he will be sadly missed by all of us at Anaheim University".

Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1934, Kurokawa graduated from Kyoto University's architecture department before earning a doctoral degree from Tokyo University under Kenzo Tange, who was hailed as the architect of some of the most beautiful structures of the 20th century.

Kurokawa's design of the Kuala Lumpur airport won the 2003/2004 grand prix by Italy's Dedalo-Minosse International Prize, and was also certified as a sustainable airport by the United Nations' Green Globe 21 in 2003. Dr. Kurokawa's numerous awards include the Gold Medal from France's Academy of Architecture in 1986, the 48th Japan Art Academy Award in 1992 (the highest award for artists and architects in Japan), the AIA Los Angeles Pacific Rim Award in 1997, and most recently the Chicago Athenaeum Museum International Architecture Award in 2006. His travelling exhibtion "Kisho Kurokawa" has been viewed by over 800,000 people, and he was the first Japanese architect to become an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Union of Architects in Bulgaria.

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For Immediate Release

From Thursday Oct. 13 to Sunday Oct. 16, 2011 Anaheim University, in collaboration with Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (CUFS) held a 4-day Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) residential session in Seoul, Korea. Students and faculty from around the world gathered for 4-days on the campus of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) as they discuss topics related to current issues and research methods in TESOL. A TESOL Seminar open to the public entitled "Standard language / Language Standards" was held on Thursday, Oct. 13th from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

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TESOL Residential Faculty

Dr. David Nunan who serves Dean of the Graduate school of Education and as Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Anaheim University is a world-renowned linguist and best-selling author of English Language Teaching textbooks for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Cengage Learning. His ELT textbook series "Go For It" is the largest selling textbook series in the world with total sales exceeding 2.5 billion. In 2000, David Nunan served as President of TESOL, the world's largest language teaching association, and was the first person to serve as President from outside North America. David Nunan has been involved in the teaching of graduate programs for such prestigious institutions as Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, Monterey Institute for International Studies, University of Hong Kong, and many more. In 2002 Dr. Nunan received a congressional citation from the United States House of Representatives for his services to English language education through his pioneering work in online education at Anaheim University. In 2003 he was ranked the 7th most influential Australian in Asia by Business Review Weekly, and in 2005 he was named one of the top "50 Australians who Matter". David Nunan was invited by the Australian Prime Minister to attend a summit in Sydney Australia in December 1996 as one of the Leading 100 Global Australians.

Dr. Ken Beatty taught the last 15 years at universities in the UAE, the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong. Dr. Beatty is the author/co-author of more than 100 textbooks for Pearson, Longman, Oxford University Press, Thomson, Heinle & Heinle and Hong Kong Educational Press include English as a Second Language textbooks and readers from the primary through university levels. Although most of these focus on various aspects of English as a Second Language, he also writes and reviews on the topic of CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning). He is involved in electronic media and was Academic Advisor to Hong Kong's Educational Television from 1998 to 2004. Dr. Beatty holds a PhD in Curriculum Studies from the University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Andy Curtis received his Ph.D. in International Education and MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of York, a Postgraduate Diploma in TESOL from Sheffield Hallam University and his teaching degree (BEd) from Sunderland University. Dr. Curtis has taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Queens University in Canada, and the School for International Training in the U.S.. As an invited speaker, workshop facilitator and consultant, Dr. Curtis has given approximately 100 presentations and worked with 10,000 language teachers in more than 20 countries: Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (South), Malaysia, Mexico, Panama,Peru, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. As a teacher, since 1989, Dr Curtis has designed, presented, evaluated and developed 50 tertiary level courses for 20 educational centres. In 1999, Dr Curtis received the TESOL Leadership Mentoring Award from the TESOL Association where he is currently an elected member of the TESOL Board of Directors, and during his ten years as a member of the Association he has served on TESOL’s Standing Committee on Rules and Resolutions, on the Nominations Committee, on two Research Agenda Task Forces, and is currently serving on the TESOL Task Force on Convention Long Range Planning.