The Haenicke Institute's Asian Initiatives unit includes the Soga Japan Center and the Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies. Together, this expertise and centers enhance scholarship and disseminate knowledge about East Asia as well as provide language and culture opportunities on the WMU campus and in the greater Southwest Michigan community.

Faculty Resources

Asian Initiatives offers research, publication and conference opportunities for faculty. 

External Resources

Asian Initiatives provides a list of external resources to assist in learning more about Chinese or Japanese language and culture.