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News and Updates Other Events and Opportunities 62nd Japan-America Student
Conference
Join 72 other students from the
This is a chance for an awesome culture and career
filled
summer!
Meet leaders and students that will improve your career
network in this unique student-led cultural and
academic exchange which will host its 62nd annual program next summer. Students will
discuss their research on topics of bilateral and global interest and enjoy
prominent speakers during the month-long
program.
The theme for the Japan-America Student
Conference held July 23 - August 21, 2010, will be “To Understand, To Unite, To
Act: Continuous Evolution through Integrated
Perspectives.” Applications are due February 22,
2010!
Today,
Since JASC is student-run, participants this summer have
the unique opportunity to run for election to the student Executive Committee to
run the Conference when it will be held in
2010 JASC
Sites:
This year’s Roundtable topics
include:
Empowering
Today’s Youth: Overcoming Challenges in
Society
Revitalizing
Education: The Promotion of Individual
Character
Security,
Military and Peace: The
Social
Entrepreneurship: The Power to Transform
Spreading
Environmental Awareness in Industrial Developing
Nations
Sustainable
Regionalism: How can urban cities and local communities
coexist?
The Role of National Identity in the Globalizing
Society
Although many participants may be Asian
Studies and East Asian Studies majors, this is not a requirement. All types of
students from any field and level of study are welcome at JASC. Knowledge of the Japanese language is not
required.
For applications or more information,
please visit www.iscdc.org, click here or e-mail jasc@iscdc.org.
JASC is a program of International Student
Conferences, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting peace by
furthering mutual understanding, friendship, and trust through international
student
interchange.
The deadline has passed.
Japan-America Student
Conference
202-289-4231
www.iscdc.org
Undergraduate Research Opportunity in China The program’s primary objective is to mentor students through the complete process of designing a research agenda and performing primary research in the social sciences at an international field site. It includes a unique combination of close mentoring, student/faculty teamwork, multidisciplinary research, and international field experience. Student participation will be encouraged from all fields of the social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, geography, environmental studies, economics, political science, Asian studies, history, and land/resource management. Juniors and non-graduating seniors are particularly encouraged to apply. Graduate students are not eligible. Applicants are limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Faculty mentors include Richard Mack (economics), Hong Xiao (sociology), Roberta Soltz (biology), and James Cook (Asian studies) of Central Washington University. Costs of participation (travel, room, board), including the payment of a significant research stipend, will be paid by the program. Student participants are only responsible for their travel to/from Central Washington University. The deadline has passed.. For future information and/or application forms, please visit: http:// www.cwu.edu/~nsfreu. |
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