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.
JICUF Grantee Highlight: Entrepreneurship Event by Student Group Entrep
ICU first year student Taiga Ogusu received a Student Activities Fund grant from JICUF in fall 2019. He and his group Entre organized an entrepreneurship event on February 7.
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.
Alumni Stories No. 14 – Dr. Hisato Yamaguchi
Dr. Hisato Yamaguchi majored in physics at ICU and graduated in 2001. He currently resides in New Mexico and works as a researcher at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Please enjoy his alumni story.
Changes to Student Funds and Faculty Grants in 2020
Changes will be made to JICUF Student Funds and Faculty Grants to better serve the ICU community. Students and Faculty may now submit inquiry forms at any time of the year.