JICUF Announces New Mission and Vision Statements
The JICUF Board of Trustees recently adopted new mission and vision statements that reaffirm our founders’ vision.
Aki Takada
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JICUF and UNHCR Co-Host Online Discussions on Higher Education for Refugees in the Asia Pacific
In July, JICUF launched a series of online meetings with UNHCR to discuss higher education initiatives for refugees in Asia and the Pacific with institutions across the region. Two sessions have already been held, with about 80 participants representing close to 20 countries across the region. Two more sessions will be held in September.
Online Learning at ICU and JICUF Support for ICU’s Zoom Contract
ICU was one of the first universities in Japan to announce switching to online learning in response to the COVID-19 crisis. JICUF is supporting ICU by covering ICU’s Zoom license fee for a year. To learn how online learning has been going so far, we interviewed Professor Insung Jung.
Alumni Stories No. 16 – Mr. Shinichi Hirabayashi
Mr. Shinichi Hirabayashi graduated from the College of Liberal Arts in 1963 and the Graduate School of Public Administration in 1965. He was the President of the ICU Alumni Association of the Americas in the early 2000s and currently resides in Connecticut. We are excited to share his story.
Introducing JICUF’s Syrian Coordinators in Turkey
JICUF has two coordinators based in Turkey to help promote the Syrian Scholars Initiative. Nadine Jamous and Abulhadi Hanifeh play a crucial role in our program.
Changes on the JICUF Board of Trustees – Spring 2020
Two trustees have left the JICUF Board, and one new trustee has joined.
Alumni Stories No.15 – Mr. Stephen Dyer
Mr. Stephen Dyer, who spent over a year at ICU as a kenkyusei in the early 1980s, shared his ICU story.
Message from the Executive Director
Message from the JICUF Executive Director
2020 Spring JICUF Undergraduate Research Day Held at ICU
The 2020 Spring JICUF Undergraduate Research Day was held at ICU on February 21, and 33 graduating students presented their research.
Introducing the New Members of the Hachiro Yuasa Society
The Hachiro Yuasa Society was founded in 2005 to recognize the thoughtful graduates and friends who make an estate gift or other form of deferred gift that the Japan ICU Foundation will receive in the future.
Three alumni have recently pledged a planned gift to JICUF. We asked each new member of the Society to share why they chose to do so.