Source: East-West Center News

EWC Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki

On March 9, 2010, EWC Senior Fellow and prominent energy market analyst Fereidun Fesharaki has established a fund to help Iranian and other participants attend the East-West Center’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program.

Under an agreement recently signed with the Center, Dr. Fesharaki has pledged to donate his full monthly take home EWC salary, which will exceed the $25,000 necessary to establish a scholarship fund. The Fesharaki Scholarship Fund will be used to fund awards of at least $1,000 each year for one or more students, with a preference for (but not limited to) Iranian students from Iran or elsewhere outside the United States. Awards will be granted based on financial need, leadership experience, educational achievement, and funding availability.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to have been able to develop my professional career in part through my association with the East-West Center,” Fesharaki said. “I want to contribute back and set an example for others to do so.”

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All sessions at the 9th East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC), to be held on February 11-13, 2010 are free and open to the public. The updated conference program/sessions will be posted on our website at:

http://www.eastwestcenter.org/studentconference

The reception and meals are for registered conference participants only.

The EWC International Graduate Student Conference Co-chairs invite and encourage you all to attend and participate in their sessions, and share this conference information to your colleagues or interested friends.

Please see the summary of the program/sessions below.

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A message from Riana (Helen) Agnesia, current Board President of the East-West Center Participants Association (EWCPA):

Dear Alumni of EWC,

First of all I would like to thank you for your faithful support for EWC participants. They are all greatly appreciated, especially for us international students who are on our journey to encompass our future. Your efforts to give guidance through mentor-mentee program really make us feel more confident in anchoring our feet in a brighter future.

I am sending this message in regards to the upcoming EWCPA’s event “Jhankar” that will be held this coming Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at the UH Art Auditorium Building at 5:00-7:00 p.m.

As Huy, the EWCPA representative, might have mentioned that EWCPA is trying to publish a new International Cookbook. We are targeting to have this edition for East-West Center 50th anniversary. Right now we’re still in the process of collecting the recipes to add to the variety of the cuisines and countries represented in the cookbook. Therefore, it will be really great if we are privileged to have one or two recipes from the Alumni of EWC and put it in our International Cookbook.

In addition, in order to self-finance this project, we are going to present “Jhankar” a combined international cultural event between EWCPA, Milun and Lovers of South Asian Cultures of the University of Hawaii. Eighty percent (80%) of the income, both from tickets selling and donations, will be channeled to support the publication of our International cookbook.

We are hoping that the tickets will be sold-out so we can share the International treasures that are within EWCPA and get significant amount of fund to do our International Cookbook. Right now we are trying our best to sell the tickets for the event. Having that said, we are attaching the flyer to the “Jhankar” event for your information. We do hope to see you at the event sharing the afternoon, joy, fun and good will with all of you … oh mint tea too .

Regards,

Riana (Helen) Agnesia
EWCPA board 2009-2010

Here’s a flyer of the Jhankar event from the EWCPA:

Links:

• View the EWCPA Cookbook 2010 Blog
• Download a copy of the flyer for the Jhankar event
• Submit a recipe for the EWCPA Cookbook 2010 at ewcpacookbook@gmail.com
• Learn more about the East-West Center Participants Association

Members of the EWC Singapore Chapter:

BACK ROW:
2009s  newbies:  Cai Dingyan,  Bong Siew Fang,  Jennifer Weiman,  Sofiah Jamil; together with current members:  Steven Yeo (OG 82-84),  Rachel Yeo (1980s),  Gek Thai Ching (PI 77-79), Vivien Wong  (ISI 66-69), and  Ella Sze Min Ling (2009).

FRONT ROW:
Current members: Eddie Kuo (ISI 64-66, CI 76-78, PI 79, CI 79, CLI 82-83, ICC 84-86, 87-88),  Lysia Kee (CLI 81-82),  Seok-Hoon Seng, (Chapter Leader, CLI 77-82, ET 95, Assoc 05, OEA 08),  V.J. (2008),  Kang Soon Hock (2008), and  Lim Cheng Tuan (1970s).

Recently, Dr. Seok-Hoon Seng, EWCA Singapore Chapter Leader,  provided a report of the chapter activities during the last 4 months of 2009.

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Freezin’ for a Reason!

Donate or raise money for the athletes of Special Olympics Hawaii.  Participate in the popular annual Polar Plunge event from Special Olympics Hawaii.  Jumping into a pool full of icy water means empowering intellectually disabled children and adults to be confident, enabling them to be physically strong, keeping them happy and hopeful, and giving yourself some freezing fun.

Type of event: Fundraising

Date: March 6, 2010 (Saturday)

Venue: Restaurant Row, Makai Lawn, 500 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu

Click to see last year’s event, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYJJuim4FKQ

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The 50th Anniversary celebration of the East-West Center has begun and the morning of January 6, 2010 the KHNL/KGMB station focused attention on the East-West Center and its accomplishments over the past 50 years.

You can read the story and view a video at:

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11777248

This past semester Fall 2009, Hawaii Public Radio News Director Kayla Rosenfeld served as a mentor in the East-West Center’s alumni mentorship program. Recently, Ms. Rosenfeld accompanied her mentee, degree fellow in communications Ratirose Supaporn from Thailand, as she shared a weekly lunch with her Hale Manoa kitchen-mates. Visit the Hawaii Public Radio website to download or listen to this radio portrait of EWC student life, which aired on December 24, 2009.

Hawaii Public Radio News Director Kayla Rosenfeld (l) and her mentee, degree fellow in communications Ratirose Supaporn (r).

Links:

• Visit the EWCA Alumni Office website
• Learn more about the EWC alumni mentorship program
• Contact the EWC Alumni Office

Congratulations!!

December2009 Winners of the
EWCA Email Update Drive drawing:

$50 Amazon.com Gift Card – Sarosh Homi Bana (ICC 90, COM 92, OEA 08) - India

$50 Amazon.com Gift Card – Geh Tsun Chow (EP 09) – Malaysia

$50 Amazon.com Gift Card – Berna Gorong (EWSem 04) – Micronesia

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Join us in looking back and moving forward…

Shuichi Fujibayashi arriving to Honolulu on the S.S. President Cleveland in 1967

Founded in 1960, the East-West Center turns fifty in 2010 and we hope you will join us in celebrating this significant milestone in as many ways as you can!

Looking back, it took nearly a week for Shuichi Fujibayashi to travel from Yokohama to Honolulu on the S.S. President Cleveland in 1967!  On board he was excited to meet other EWC grantees — from Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, Burma, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa and Guam.

Hula dancers met the ship at Aloha Tower and, draped with flower leis, the eager new arrivals headed for the campus where they joined still more Asians and Americans, both  teachers and students, all committed to learning in a true cross-cultural community.

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The objective of the Ho’opae Fund International Student Scholarship is to provide support and encouragement to international students in completing their undergraduate and graduate studies at Hawai’i universities and colleges.

This scholarship is external to the University of Hawai’i.  International students at any Hawai’i college or university may apply.

The deadline to apply to this fund is December 15, 2009.

For more information about the  Ho’opae Fund International Student Scholarshipand the application form, visit:

http://www.migrationcounsel.com/ho%E2%80%99opae-fund/