Nobu Asaoka, who teaches Japanese at East Carolina University, offered free Japanese calligraphy workshops to ECU faculty, staff and students Oct. 10. Above, Asaoka helps ECU staffers Joyce Newman and Susie Keene learn a few strokes. Also, ECU student Gabriela Segura, from Costa Rica, gets a few pointers in Japanese calligraphy Tuesday from ECU student Yoko Asada. Photos by Erica Plouffe Lazure
