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Interview with Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient, Machi Niiya

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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.

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Interview with Study Abroad Scholar Miyu Higashimura

The Japan ICU Foundation has been offering Study Abroad Scholarships to ICU undergraduate students spending their junior year abroad. We interviewed one of five students who received this year’s scholarship, Miyu Higashimura. Miyu is currently studying at Guilford College, North Carolina.

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Visiting Scholar Professor Isabel Arredondo

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Professor Beverly Curran received a grant from JICUF last fall to invite Professor Isabel Arredondo of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh as a visiting scholar. Professor Arredondo, who specializes in Latin American literature and film, is currently researching the Super 8 film movement. She visited ICU for two weeks in January and lectured in Professor Curran’s media translation class.

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JAPAN-CHINA YOUNG LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PARTICIPANTS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES

Last November, ICU Professor Stephen Nagy led a group of undergraduate students on a two-week academic and cultural exchange trip to China. Supported by funding from the JICUF Grants Initiative, Professor Nagy and six students traveled to Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanjing. Along the way they stopped by historical sites, attended lectures at Chinese universities, and engaged with Chinese college students. The following are the six student participants’ impressions on the trip and what they learned. My favorite discussions in China were with the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing. We spoke to two different group of students at two different campuses of the university during our six-day stay in Beijing. […]

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Six ICU Students Participate in Young Leaders Development Project in China

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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!

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