Highlights from My Time in Japan – Paul Hastings
JICUF Executive Director Paul Hastings moved to Japan with his family this July and is currently living on the ICU campus. This is his report for his first fourth months at ICU.
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JICUF Staff Visit ICU
Last week, JICUF staff Fernando Rojas and Luke Palermo visited the ICU campus to promote opportunities that JICUF provides for ICU students. Here is a report from Luke.
JICUF Executive Director Visits Turkey
JICUF Executive Director Paul Hastings traveled to Turkey in early October to conduct interviews for the 2019 finalists of the Syrian Scholars Initiative. Here is his report.
JICUF Trustees Meeting Held at ICU
On April 27th and 28th (Friday and Saturday), JICUF held its semiannual trustees meeting on the ICU campus. Nine JICUF trustees and four staff gathered on campus for an eventful two days.
Welcome, Luke!
We are thrilled to announce Luke Takuya Palermo’s addition to the Japan ICU Foundation as our new Program Assistant. Luke’s job is to help the other full-time JICUF staff with tasks ranging from database management to article translation. We asked him to introduce himself.
Introducing Our New Photography Intern, Midori Matsunaga
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!
JICUF Photography Intern Ms. Hana Kamio
We are happy to introduce our new photography intern, Ms. Hana Kamio. Hana is an undergraduate student at ICU, and she will be taking photographs of JICUF-sponsored events and programs on campus. We asked her to introduce herself.
ICU Alumni & Friends Reception with President Junko Hibiya
On Friday, September 16th, the JICUF hosted an ICU alumni & friends reception in New York City to welcome President Junko Hibiya and Professor Heather Montgomery from Tokyo. The two guests from ICU were in the city to attend the JICUF’s semi-annual Board of Trustees meeting. The reception was held at Shinbashi restaurant in Midtown and was attended by approximately 80 alumni, friends, trustees and staff.
Yokoso, Fernando Rojas
We are happy to announce that Mr. Fernando Rojas has joined the staff at the Japan ICU Foundation as our new Program Manager!
Arigato, Mark Flanigan!
Director of Programs and Grants, Mark Flanigan, is leaving the JICUF on July 15th after four years of service. Read about his new adventures.
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