Alliant International University Japan Celebrates Graduation and 10th Anniversary
Alliant International University’s Japan campus recently celebrated two milestones. Twenty-six students graduated with master’s degrees in psychology and the Alliant International University’s Japanese program commemorated its 10th anniversary. The Japan program is part of Alliant’s California School of Professional Psychology.
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“Our innovative clinical psychology master's program was the first of its kind to
be offered in Tokyo,” said Associate Program Director Kay Yoko Tanaka, Ph.D. “The three year program is taught entirely in Japanese and is designed to develop
culturally competent practitioners who will work in Japan. Today we are not only celebrating
the class of 2012, but our ten year anniversary.”
CSPP Dean Morgan Sammons and Program Director Reiko Homma-True addressed the students during the graduation ceremony.
“Our Japan program has a special place in my heart,” Sammons told the graduates. “You
have embodied the spirit of our international mission from the beginning, taking the
best in Western psychological science and creating a truly integrated degree. You,
our graduates, have received an education like no other. It is heartwarming to see
your dedication to your education, your profession and your patients.”
Sammons said this year’s graduating class not only had to complete all requirements,
they had to do it following a number of tremendous crises over the past few years,
especially last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.