How We Choose to Live
TIUA: Our International Partners in Sustainability
For over four decades, Willamette University has had a unique and
fruitful partnership with Tokyo International University (LINK TO
MAIN TIU website), a private four year liberal arts college located
in Kawagoe Japan. In 198X, TIU established a North American campus,
Tokyo International University of America, just across the street
from Willamette. Over the years, students and faculty from both institutions
have studied and lived together in both Oregon and Japan.
Today, the partnership between TIU and Willamette continues into sustainability. Both campuses share an expressed commitment to living and advancing sustainability, and have faculty and students actively engaged in sustainability research. TIUA faculty are vital members of the Sustainability Council. Willamette University's Kaneko Commons, (LINK) our first residential commons constructed at minimum LEED silver sustainable construction standards, is being undertaken due to the generosity of TIU and its associated Kaneko Foundation. And most recently, through the support of a Sustainability Council mini-grant, TIUA faculty, led by Professor Tamara Smith, included sustainability training for new students during their orientation. Click here to see some of the materials utilized in this training—including a power point presentation and the "sustainability pledge" signed by all students.
