JICUF has successful recruitment and alumni relations trip to Honolulu
Staff members from the Japan ICU Foundation were joined by ICU Dean of International Affairs Shaun Malarney in a successful recruitment and alumni relations trip to Honolulu this past November.
Interview with ICU Rotary Peace Fellow Alumnus Steven Houghton
Steven Houghton is Senior Program Manager, Global Scholarship Programs at the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York. He speaks English, Spanish, Japanese, and his specialties include coordinating incoming international students and outgoing study abroad programs.
Interview with Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient Yoko Uesugi
Yoko Uesugi is an ICU student spending her junior year abroad at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is also one of five ICU students to receive the JICUF’s Study Abroad Scholarship for the 2015-16 academic year. This is the second year this scholarship has been awarded.
JICUF represents ICU at the UN International School (UNIS)
The Japan ICU Foundation (JICUF) has a tradition of representing ICU at the UN International School (UNIS) in Manhattan. This past month, we joined in the annual “Aki Matsuri”, which featured various cultural activities and a Japanese language speech contest. It was a great chance to spread the word about ICU to students from all over New York and New Jersey!
ICU September Admissions recruitment season has begun!
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.)
Interview with JICUF Visiting Scholar: Dr. Ludger Kuehnhardt
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.
JICUF holds Events in Los Angeles
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.
Interview with Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient Natsumi Miyauchi
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.
Professor Giorgio Shani publishes new paperback version of Religion, Identity and Human Security.
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.
Letter from the Executive Director
A letter from the new Executive Director of JICUF, Paul Hastings.