Amherst College Professor Wako Tawa Awarded $150,000 Grant to Support Category Four Language Instruction
April 2, 2009
Contact: Emanuel Costache ’09
Media Relations Intern
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AMHERST, Mass.—Wako Tawa, professor of Asian languages and civilizations at Amherst College, has been awarded a grant of $150,000 from the secondary education program of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to support her efforts to strengthen the teaching of “category four” languages, especially at the secondary level.