ICU Professor Eckhard Hitzer received a JICUF faculty program grant to host the “Sustainable University Development Workshop – How Universities Can Promote Sustainability through Renewable Energy.” The workshop will be held on Saturday, May 27th on the ICU campus. The event is open to the public.
For the past few years, the Japan ICU Foundation has been sponsoring Japan Bowl, an academic competition for American high school students who are studying Japanese. This year, JICUF staff were joined by representatives of ICU’s Admissions Center in this event in Washington, DC.
For the last few years, the Japan ICU Foundation has been offering Study Abroad scholarshipsto ICU undergraduate students who spend their junior year in the United States. This year, we awarded scholarships to five students studying at the University of California (UC) Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA, Middlebury College and Guilford College. We interviewed Hideaki Furukawa, who is currently studying at UC Berkeley about his life at Berkeley and his future goals. JICUF: Please tell us a little bit about yourself. HF: I was born in Tokyo, and lived there for about ten years. When I was in fifth grade, my father was transferred to Zurich, Switzerland, and the family moved […]
Assistant Professor Hiromichi Matsuda who teaches law at ICU recently led a group of undergraduate students to participate in the 12th Space Law Moot Court Competition. ICU student, Ms. Chizuru Yamazaki was awarded the third best speaker prize. JICUF supported Professor Matsuda’s team through a grant.
Each year, the Japan ICU Foundation provides about $200,000 for scholarships at ICU. Bhuwan Shankar Bhatt is a doctoral student who is receiving a JICUF scholarship. We interviewed him to get to know him better.
For the last few years, the Japan ICU Foundation has been offering Study Abroad scholarships to ICU undergraduate students who spend their junior year in the United States. This year, we awarded scholarships to five students studying at the University of California (UC) Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA, Middlebury College and Guilford College.
This week, we interviewed one of the recipients, Machi Niiya, who is currently studying at Middlebury College in Vermont.
We recently hired ICU sophomore student Midori Matsunaga as our photography intern. Midori will help photograph JICUF-sponsored events at ICU as well as the campus each season to keep alumni and friends across the globe up to date. We asked her to introduce herself!
Rumittar is a four-year undergraduate student at ICU who is receiving a scholarship from the JICUF. Enjoy her interview!
We are pleased to announce the third cohort of JICUF grant recipients!
Last November, ICU Professor of International Relations Stephen Nagy led a group of undergraduate students to China. The Japan ICU Foundation awarded him a grant of ¥1,100,000 to subsidize the Japan-China Young Leaders Development Project (YLDP). Read about their experiences here and check out some of their photos as well!
