Sanjay Thapa
~Trinity College, CT
Hello. My name is Sanjay Thapa, a junior from
Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. I was
born in Nepal, where I lived for nine years, before moving with my family to New York City. As
such, much of my values and character have
been shaped by a mixture of my Nepalese heritage and New York lifestyle. At Trinity, I am
majoring in International Studies and minoring
in Japanese. My hobbies and interests include,
playing soccer and basketball, reading books, exploring new places and
meeting new people. Moreover, I have a passion for learning about and
understanding different cultures around the world in order to create and
promote cross-cultural understanding in a constantly globalizing world. I
have tremendous respect and admiration of the Japanese culture, language and people. Thus, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be studying
abroad this semester with IES Tokyo. I look forward to all the knowledge,
memories, friendships, and experiences that await me this semester.
Emily Yocom
~Penn State University, PA
Hi everybody! My name's Emily and I'm a sophomore at Penn State University. I'm elated to
serve on this semester's student council; I've
been looking forward to studying in Tokyo pretty
much since I started college, so I've had plenty
of time to come up with ideas of where to go
and what to do. Being able to share these experiences as a group will help us make memories
that'll stay with us long after we leave Tokyo. I
can't wait to plan some really cool excursions for the crew, so stay tuned!
Keisuke, Takabayashi
~Kanda University of
International Studies
Hi there. My name is
Keisuke.From this
semester Iwill work at
IES Tokyo as a member of students council. I hope every exchange students
make good memories in Japan. Thanks.
Yurina Tsuboi
~Kanda University of
International Studies,
Hi! My name is Yurina.I'm a student of
Kanda University of
International Studies
and Sophomore. My
major is English but
I'm interested in Film
Studies. This is the
second time for me to
participate this Epal program. I'm so excited to
spend this semester with IES students and Epals of
Spring 2016. I hope everyone can enjoy this semester.
I want to support all IES and Epals as a member of
student council and to cooperate if you had something trouble or you had great ideas!! I'm so glad to
participate this semester as a student council!
Alysa Wagatsuma
~University of Puget Sound, WA
Hi everyone! I'm Alysa Wagatsuma and I'm
from Mililani, Hawaii. I'm a junior at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington
where I'm majoring in International Business.
This is my fourth time