NEWS

The following is an interview of Class of 2011 ICU graduate Lilla Dent. Lilla graduated from the Division of Languages at ICU and is currently pursuing a career as a visual artist. You can see her work by visiting her website.

On September 26, ICU was selected for the Japanese Ministry of Education’s Super Global University Project. A highly selective program, ICU was one of 24 universities to be chosen for the Type B designation. The Super Global University Project aims to encourage Japanese universities to become global leaders in higher education.

ICU Alumna, Carolyn Treadway (JYA ’61) will be returning to Japan this November to take part in a Learning Journey with a focus on Disaster as a Springboard for Building Resilient Communities.

Yuki White is an ICU ’06 graduate who is currently living and working in NYC as an artist. She has studied at the New York Fashion Institute of Technology until 2014. Her paintings have been shown in both public and private exhibitions in and around New York City and her work was recently selected to be featured in Amazon Art Collections.

The great earthquake, tsunami and subsequent disasters in Northern Japan on March 11, 2011 sent ICU alumnus and current Dean of Program Development at DeVry, Bob Aron a thousands of miles away, into a state of shock. He shares his thoughts below on why he continues to do all he can to support Tohoku and the ICU professors and students involved in rebuilding/relief efforts:

My name is JiYeon Yoo, and I am going to graduate ICU in March 2015. This is my last year at ICU after one year exchange at Yonsei University in Korea. I was born in Seoul, South Korea and I moved to Osaka at the age of 11 first and then moved to Tokyo. I am also a ICU High School graduate.

My name is Anan Ogawa, and I’m a senior student in ICU. (I can’t believe that this is the last year!) I plan to graduate in March 2015. From next April, I will start working in a trading company in Japan.

On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles conferred the Commendation of the Consul General on Mr. Ted Tokio Tanaka and Mrs. Masako Unoura-Tanaka.

My name is Chie Hirata, and I am a sophomore student at ICU. I plan to graduate in March of 2017.

Program Director Mark Flanigan attended the annual Overseas Association for College Admissions Counseling (OACAC) Conference, which was held at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa Bay, FL. This was a nice chance to meet and network with new colleagues in global education. In this Blog post, Mark shares more about his experience there.