ICU student Mariko Kawasaki was one of the recipients of the 2021 JICUF Study Abroad Scholarship last year. Mariko studied at the University of California, and has recently completed her study abroad program. We asked her some questions about her time at UC.
On Friday, September 9, JICUF and Japan Society held a discussion and reception at Japan Society focused on Japanese higher education’s response to the war in Ukraine. Moderated by Japan Society President & CEO Joshua Walker, the panel included ICU President Shoichiro Iwakiri, Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration’s Laura Wagner and JICUF’s Paul Hastings. A link to a video recording of the event can be accessed in the article.
Mariko Kawasaki UC Davis 2021-2022 I never thought that just a year of studying abroad could significantly impact me academically, mentally, and personally. The high quality of education and the experience of living in a different country played a big part in my decision to study abroad. I had a personal interest in studying LGBT studies and psychology in-depth. Along with that, I wished to have gain inner confidence and learn to respect myself more. This experience led me to understand the unestablished part of myself and unraveled my future career path. Due to covid-19, my program was once canceled in 2020. Hence, I decided to take a gap year […]
Last fall, ICU graduate Hiroko Bell was awarded 198,400JPY through the JICUF grants program. This spring, the funds were used to conduct a workshop series focused on helping ICU high school students understand their identities as TCK (Third Culture Kids).
On March 22, JICUF and Pathways Japan (PJ) launched the Japan-Ukraine Education Pathways initiative. There are two programs under this initiative: the Japan-Ukraine University Pathways program, and the Japan-Ukraine Language School Pathways program. Click here to read more about the two programs.
One trustee has left the JICUF Board, and two new trustees have joined.
On March 14th, the winners of the 2021 ICU Global Youth Essay Competition were invited to an online awarding ceremony hosted by ICU President Shoichiro Iwakiri.
A history of the founding of the ICU Soccer Club, written by Weimin George Yuan (ICU class of ’64).
Last month, the Common Good Grant (CGG) student committee made their decisions on which organizations will be awarded grants. Read more about the selected organizations and work of the student committee over this past year.
Myra Lotus Shikimachi-Stickney and Julia Yamaguchi are the fourth cohort of recipients of JICUF’s United States Scholars Initiative (USSI) scholarship. USSI aims to increase the number of degree-seeking undergraduate students from the United States at ICU. This merit scholarship provides full-tuition support for four years of undergraduate studies at ICU.
