On November 14^th, with the invitation from Professor Kanazawa and Professor Miyagawa, the World Campus International CEO, Hiro Nishimura visited the Nagoya University of Foreign Studies and made a presentation of the World Campus -Japan Spring ‘09 program. Over 40 interested young men and women from the university came to the presentation. And quite a few of them are eager to apply for the program.

WCI General Manager, Bob Sloat met with 20 Up with People (UwP) cast members this past weekend in North Platte, Nebraska to talk about ways to implement their skills after their program time by joining World Campus – Japan in 2009. He was met with a warm reception and would like to thank the UwP team for having him as a guest. We are looking forward to continuing the tradition of welcoming UwP alumni to Japan with WCI!

On Saturday, November 15^th, Bob Sloat will be visiting Up with People Cast B 2008 in North Platte, Nebraska to do a World Campus – Japan program presentation for interested international group members and others for coming to Japan in 2009. The presentation will be at North Platte High School, 1000 W.2nd Street, North Platte at 12:00 noon and last for about 45 minutes. If you or anyone you know in the area would like to attend, please contact Bob at 303 350-8467 ahead of time for more details.

During this past week, General Manager, Bob Sloat was in southern California for a day to work with WCI’s North American marketing partner, AsiaLearn at the campus of the University of California - San Diego. Bob and Zac Einerson, AsiaLearn’s Western United States Regional Director (left to right in photo) spent time on the beautiful campus talking with students and letting them know about the World Campus — Japan program options for Spring 2009. Positions are still open at this time so apply today by clicking here!

March 9^th - 23^rd - Greater Osaka Area

March 26^th - April 9^th - Greater Tokyo Area

April 12^th - 26^th - Greater Nagasaki Area

After a three week visit to Europe which brought Bob Sloat to Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark, we would like to extend a heartfelt appreciation to the WCI alumni, friends, supporters and upcoming participants who welcomed Bob along the way for presentations and meetings regarding the World Campus — Japan program.

In addition, a special thank you goes out to the following institutions:

• Switzerland: St. Gallen University, the University of Zürich, Volkshochschule Beider Basel, HWZ Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich and the Swiss – Japanese Society
• Germany: Schule Schloss Salem
• Luxembourg: Université du Luxembourg
• Belgium: Universiteit Gent
• The Netherlands: The Tanuki Organization at the University of Leiden as well as the AIESEC student organization in Nijmegen
• Denmark: The Copenhagen Business School, the University of Copenhagen and the University of Roskilde

General Manager, Bob Sloat just got back from Quebec, Canada where he worked with WCI team member Tony Sheehan to meet staff as well present the World Campus – Japan program at the University of Sherbrooke on February 6^th. On that evening, Bob also got a chance to talk with the Japan club at nearby Bishop University, followed by taking part in their campus Career Fair on the 7^th. “We had a great turn out at all events and are thrilled to be working with these two universities! Thank you to all the hard work done by Tony and for the kind reception by Serge Gagné of the University of Sherbrooke as well as Julie Vaillancourt and Professor Hizawa from Bishop University.”

Other recent presentations include the University of Colorado at Boulder and for an international cast of Up with People. We had a great time with both visits and want to express our appreciation to the UwP staff as well as to the following people at CU Boulder: Melissa Rougeaux and the International Club, Jeanne Ulmer, WCI team member Ben Grafström and WCI alumnus Nick Zendejas.

This weekend, Bob will attend the Colorado–Wyoming International Opportunities Fair at Colorado State University in Fort Collins followed by a three week visit to Europe including stops to universities, schools and institutions in Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark between February 20^th – March 12^th.

Stayed tuned for more updates and be in touch with Bob at rsloat@worldcampus.org if you want to see if he will be at your school and arrange a meeting with him!

And don’t forget to check out the details for the upcoming June – August 2008 program at www.worldcampus.org/schedules-partners.html