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ICU September Admissions recruitment season has begun!

JICUF recruitment October 8, 2015

ICU, as a bilingual liberal arts institution, welcomes students from around the world to its lovely verdant campus in the western suburbs of Tokyo. Those who have attended schools outside the regular Japanese educational system for at least the last two years prior to enrollment, and who possess sufficient English language proficiency in order to take college level courses in English are eligible to apply through September Admission. (No prior knowledge of Japanese is required.)

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Interview with JICUF Visiting Scholar: Dr. Ludger Kuehnhardt

JICUF visiting scholar October 8, 2015

Dr. Ludger Kuenhardt, a Professor at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI), Bonn University, was a JICUF Visiting Scholar at ICU this past May. The Visiting Scholars Program was initiated in 2002 in response to an ICU request for assistance in inviting influential scholars from abroad to ICU for short periods of time, ranging from several days to two weeks.

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JICUF holds Events in Los Angeles

JICUF Los Angeles, recruitment October 8, 2015

Last month the Japan ICU Foundation held a number of outreach events in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. They included a JICUF trustees meeting, a special evening reception and dinner for ICU alumni and friends and a series of recruitment activities.

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Interview with Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient Natsumi Miyauchi

JICUF student interview, Study Abroad Scholarship October 6, 2015

Natsumi Miyauchi is an ICU student spending her junior year abroad at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also one of five students to receive the JICUF’s Study Abroad Scholarship for academic year 2015-16. This is the second year this scholarship has been awarded.

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Professor Giorgio Shani publishes new paperback version of Religion, Identity and Human Security.

JICUF book, Faculty September 8, 2015

Professor Giorgio Shani, Director of the Rotary Peace Center at ICU, has published a new paperback version of Religion, Identity and Human Security. This work seeks to provide a fresh examination of the relationship between religion, identity and security in a globalizing world, arguing that in order to address human security issues we must seek a reconceptualization of human security along post-secular lines.

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Letter from the Executive Director

Paul Hastings JICUF staff September 4, 2015

A letter from the new Executive Director of JICUF, Paul Hastings.

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Paul Hastings Appointed Executive Director of Japan ICU Foundation

Luke Palermo board of trustees, JICUF staff September 4, 2015

The following announcement is from Sam Shepherd, Chair of the Japan ICU Foundation’s Board of Trustees. I am pleased to announce that Paul Hastings was appointed as the organization’s new Executive Director and CEO as of September 1, 2015. Paul replaces David Vikner who retired as of August 31, 2015. Paul joined the staff of the Foundation in 2006 as Development Associate. In 2007 he was promoted to Director of Development and in 2012 to Vice President. He has played a leading role in the allocation of grant and scholarship funding to ICU, and has also led the development and implementation of various Foundation and ICU initiatives, including the 2012 […]

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Catching up with ICU alumna Yuko Maeno

JICUF alumni stories, interview August 31, 2015

ICU alumna Yuko Maeno (June, 2010) stopped by the Japan ICU Foundation to tell us about her exciting transition to graduate school. From September of this year, she will be a new Rotary Peace Fellow at the University of Bradford in the UK. It’s the latest chapter in her fascinating global career!

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An ICU Alumna’s Journey Gathering Wisdom from Fukushima

JICUF fukushima August 6, 2015

“In May 2013 I met in Tokyo with Dr Kotani to learn about the counseling and trauma education clinics that he and other ICU psychologists founded soon after the Triple Disasters, and had the privilege of attending a support group at the Sendai clinic. My July 2013 A New Leaf article, “We Will Not Forget You,” described this impactful experience—so impactful that it drew me back to Japan to visit the disaster area again when another opportunity arose.”

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Reflections on the 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings in Japan

JICUF hiroshima August 6, 2015

Aug. 6, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The bomb “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima that tragic day by an American B29 bomber and killed a total of 140,000 people. Three days later, another B29 dropped the bomb “Fat Man” on Nagasaki, killing over 70,000 more people. They were the first nuclear weapons used in war, changing forever the face of human history.

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