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Free Lecture at PSU: “Going from Student to Company Worker” by Haruko Minegishi Cook

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Join PSU’s Japanese Studies Department for a free lecture by Haruko Minegishi Cook, of University of Hawaii, as she discusses “the ways in which new employees are socialized through new employee orientation sessions in Japanese companies into acquiring their new identity of ‘shakai-jin’: in other words, how to become ‘mature,’ ‘contributing adults’ in ‘society.’ ” […]

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Ranald MacDonald 200th Birthday Celebration in Astoria, OR – Trip Report

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In August of 2024, JETAA Portland made a visit to Astoria to commemorate Ranald MacDonald’s 200th birthday. Our itinerary started with a visit to the Astoria Column, where there was also a replica of Chief Comcomly’s burial canoe (Comcomly was a very prominent leader of the Chinook tribe, but was also closely related to MacDonald).

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Astoria Trip (Ranald MacDonald’s 200th Birthday Celebration)

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Join us for a day in Astoria to commemorate Ranald MacDonald’s 200th birthday – we’ll learn some history about him in his hometown, and have dinner at Ft. George Brewery for top-rated pizza! Who is Ranald MacDonald and why does this matter? Hailing from Astoria, he was the first native English-speaker to teach English in

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