In fall 2018, fourth-year student at ICU Kazuna Yamamoto (CLA ‘19) received ¥510,000 through the JICUF Grants Initiative for her project, “Educate For ICU Ambassador Program.” This past March, Kazuna brought 4 ICU students and 2 non-ICU students to organize, conduct, and facilitate educational STEM and English workshops in 3 schools in Trujillo, Peru.
On June 18th and 19th, Aki Takada, Associate Director of JICUF, attended a conference titled “The Other 1%: Refugees at Institutions for Higher Education Worldwide” in Berlin, Germany. She introduced JICUF’s Syrian Scholars Initiative in a workshop on Financing Models and Strategic Partnerships.
In April, the ICU Graduate School launched the Diplomacy and International Public Service Program (DIPS). DIPS targets ICU graduate students and students in the Five-year Program who are interested in pursuing careers in diplomacy or international organizations. A kick-off event was held on the ICU campus on Saturday, April 20th.
On Friday, September 13th, JICUF will host a 70th Anniversary Dinner at Riverside Church in New York City. ICU alumnus Dr. Hirotaka Takeuchi (class of 1969), Professor of Harvard Business School, will give a talk. We hope many alumni and friends will join us!
In early April, the JICUF announced the recipients of the 2019 spring JICUF grants. JICUF provided a total of ¥4,275,295 to twelve projects – two from faculty, ten from ICU students. Congratulations to all!
Next month, ICU Professor Emeritus and former JICUF Trustee Ben Duke’s new book “Dr. David Murray: Superintendent of Education in the Empire of Japan 1873-1879” will be published by Rutgers University Press. In this article, Dr. Duke explains some of the history and inspiration for the book.
ICU graduate student Eleazar Puguon received support to host Fiestas Sa’Pinas, a Filipino festival that seeks to strengthen ICU’s awareness and acceptance of other cultures through workshops, presentations and interaction.
PhD student Jennifer Fajardo received support to develop and implement a series of workshops aimed at improving the presentation and business communication skills of ICU students.
Professor Hiromichi Matsuda will coach a group of ICU students to participate in several international moot court competitions including the Space Law Moot Court, Japan Cup, and the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court.
A collaboration between ICU and the Carnegie Council, the “Gender and Japanese Culture” program was part of a one-week, fact-finding group of delegates exploring issues related to gender in Japanese society. Prof. Natsumi Ikoma received support to organized the program’s one-day workshop at ICU.
