The 2012 CEPEX Japan Studies Award contest is open to George Mason University undergraduate students in good standing. There is no restriction on the major or field of study the student is pursuing. Nor is it required that the participating student be enrolled in a Japanese language course.
Desired Candidate Qualities
Interest in Japan
Open to learning [...]
After a successful debut at George Mason University in Virginia in 2010, CEPEX is proud to be sponsoring the 3rd Annual Japan Studies Award in 2012. The pool of candidates for the 2012 award promises to grow, making the benefits of winning even more prestigious. The goals of this contest are to support young future [...]
CEPEX collaborated with Florida International University, a dynamic public university in Miami, Florida, for a timely discussion on the global perspectives on the future of nuclear power on October 19, 2011. The event included a distinguished panel of speakers including: Kiichiro Sato, President, JETRO New York; Mark Holt, Energy Policy Specialist, Congressional Research Service; Hon. [...]
Join the Center for Professional Exchange (CEPEX) and Florida International University’s Asian Studies Center, European Union Center and Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies for a thought-provoking reflection on the March 11th crisis at Fukushima Dai-Ichi and the future of nuclear power around the world. In the aftermath of the crisis, countries around the world conducted [...]
Hitachi students and JET Program alumni tour the Newseum.
August 1st JETAADC members joined a student delegation from Hitachi City, Japan at the Newseum. Nineteen students and two teachers traveled to Washington, DC for a week filled with sightseeing and cultural exchange activities. The Newseum event included the 19 students and 2 teachers from Hitachi City, [...]
Meg recently returned from her Japan trip and detailed her experience in the following post.
Everyone has dreams. Some are achievable, some are our in our wildest fantasies, and some you just need a little push to help you take a flying leap. That is precisely what the Sojitz CEPEX Tokyo internship opportunity did for me.
The [...]
Sightseeing with Yuri
By Meg Pfeifle
During the second part of the DC Sojitz internship I was able to spend the day with Yuri Amano, a pharmaceutical student from Tokyo. She was here for a one week trip with the Rotary Club and was staying with various home-stay families and touring Washington D.C.
Yuri at the CapitolCEPEX [...]
Greetings from Washington! We have been busy this summer coordinating the Japan Studies Award DC Internship and collaborating with other Japanese organizations with cultural exchange activities.
Introducing the CEPEX Co-Directors in Washington, DC:
Christy Busch
Christy Busch, a long time Japan-enthusiast, first forayed across the Pacific in high school as a Youth for Understanding Japan-U.S. Senate-Exchange Scholar. While living with [...]
2011 CEPEX Japan Studies Award winner, Megan Pfeifle, began her DC internship at the Sojitz Corporation of America office this week. Meg was introduced to a wide variety of think tank lectures and attended a two-day conference series hosted by the Department of Energy Biomass Program.
Meg will travel to Tokyo in July for a one-week internship to [...]
With huge help from retired U.S. Army Colonel Milton H. Isa, who currently works part time for Stars and Stripes, the WA Project’s “Arigato, America” message has been published in a commemorative book on Operation Tomodachi. The U.S. Armed Forces undertook Operation Tomodachi rescue and relief efforts with the Japan Self Defense Forces following the March 11th tsunami [...]
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