The Modern and Classical Languages and Literature department would like to congratulate WSU students who won awards at the 28th Heart of America Japan-America Society’s Japanese Contest, this year held in Lawrence, Kansas. This is a yearly contest that brings together Japanese-language students from around the Midwest for a variety of different events, including Japanese poetry, reading, grammar and speeches.
This year’s winners are Tina Quach, Necia Potter and Jack Batta in first, second and third places in Japanese tanka, respectively. Litzy Solano won first prize for her English-language tanka. Elliot Terrell won first place in N5-level Kanji and Jordan Hoang won first prize for his speech.