Two spring 2016 graduates from the University of Hawaii at Hilo were selected for the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program. ADVERTISING Two spring 2016 graduates from the University of Hawaii at Hilo were selected for the Japanese Exchange and Teaching
Two spring 2016 graduates from the University of Hawaii at Hilo were selected for the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program.
Johann Kuipers, a sociology major who minored in English and received a Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages certificate, lives on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa and works at multiple schools around Taketomni-cho, where he teaches elementary and middle school students.
Kuipers also studied abroad at the University of Waikato in New Zealand during the 2014-15 academic year.
Linguistics major Kayla Ing, who also graduated with a TESOL certificate, teaches first- and third-year students at Sanjo Senior High School, Sanjo Commercial High School, Kamo Senior High School and Kamo Agricultural &Forestry High School in Sanjo and Kamo, Japan.
Ing previously studied abroad at Meio University in Nago, Japan, during the 2014-15 academic year.
UH-Hilo graduates who want more information about the JET Program can contact the Center for Global Education and Exchange at 932-7488 or email uhhglobe@hawaii.edu.
