Thank you for taking the time to participate in the EWC Alumni questionnaire. We received an overwhelmingly positive response from over 460 alumni within the two weeks allotted for feedback. We truly value your responses and comments and will incorporate them appropriately as we move forward with the Center’s strategic planning process.
To view the summary of questionnaire responses, click here.
As an East-West Center alumna/alumnus you are among over 60,000 people who have shared an experience as a student or professional conference/exchange participant engaging with your counterparts from the Asia-Pacific region, the United States and beyond.
As the East-West Center looks toward the future, we would like to capture the impact your East-West Center experience has had on your professional and personal life.
Could you please take a few minutes and respond to a short questionnaire? The link to the questionnaire is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EWC_Alumni_Feedback. Please submit your responses by May 3, 2013. We plan to use the combined answers to help us with our strategic planning and also to share with members of the US Congress and others who support our programs.
Thank you in advance for your time.
Dr. Verner Bickley, first Director of the Culture Learning Institute (1972-1981) remains a loyal supporter of the work of the East-West Center. In his new book, Steps To Paradise and Beyond (11 April 2013), he gives a history of the Culture-Learning Institute and the East-West Center from the time of its beginnings up to date. The book is graced by a Preface by Dr. Charles E. Morrison, President, East-West Center, who writes: “Dr. Bickley’s book should remind us that the present emerges out of the past, and that much of what we today take for granted about our world derives from the ingenuity, labor and persistence of those who came before. Dr. Bickley describes many of the projects of his era at the East-West Center and includes a list of the publications he was associated with. These and the students he and others mentored are among the proudest products of his generation at the East-West Center, and remain a vital part of the region’s intellectual heritage and its internationalized human resource base of today.”
Steps to Paradise is available for early and ongoing orders from Amazon.com and from the website, proversepublishing.com.
Senator Daniel K. Inouye
United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye, World War II veteran, Medal of Honor recipient and Hawaii’s senior Senator, passed away from respiratory complications on December 17th at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He passed away peacefully with his wife and son beside him.
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Jefferson Fellowships alumnus and Business India Executive Editor Sarosh Bana has shared the following essay arguing that current territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas highlight the need for a region-wide security structure to lay the foundations of overall peace and stability in the Asia Pacific:
by Sarosh Bana
Coincidentally or not, China’s maritime disputes with its neighbours have been gaining global attention ever since US President Barack Obama’s announcement in January of his country’s “pivot” strategy in the Asia-Pacific.
The ominous developments are posing a threat to this fastest growing economic region in the world and its vital waterways, confounding diplomatic efforts, rousing hostilities and heralding a geopolitical power struggle between the world’s two leading economies of the US and China. Continue Reading »
The East-West Center and EWC Alumni Association will recognize six outstanding alumni and two alumni chapters for their exceptional accomplishments and service at the EWC/EWCA International Conference in Beijing, Sept. 1-3 at Peking University.
Recipients of the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award are:
Senen Bacani, former Philippines Secretary of Agriculture under President Corazon Aquino and current Chairman and President of La Frutera, Inc., the Philippines’ largest banana exporter. Bacani established his successful company in the autonomous region of Mindanao helping to bring jobs to the war-torn region. He envisioned La Frutera as a model of how Muslims and Christians can work together.
Amanda Ellis, New Zealand’s Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade in charge of international development. Ellis formerly served as Lead Specialist for Gender and Development for the World Bank, where she played a vital role in economically empowering women in an impressive number of the world’s developing countries.
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CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: EWCA
QUARTERLY REPORTS, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING (4/19-4/20/2012)
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY ESTRELLA BESINGA SYBINSKY
I am happy to inform the Executive Board that nineteen chapters responded to the call for Chapter Quarterly Reports for our April, 2012 meeting. Though some chapters have not had much to report for this quarter, we continue to thank you for your response.
The following chapters submitted their quarterly report: 1) Bangladesh Chapter (Abu A.M. Ekramul Ahsan) 2) Beijing Chapter (Pan Zhongming) 3) Brisbane Chapter (Iraphne Childs) 4) Chicago Chapter (Pam Drymiller) 5) Faisalabad Chapter (Muhammad Ibrahim) 6) Hanoi Chapter (Hoang Hoe)
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REMINDER – The early registration and abstract submission deadline is March 31, 2012.
Date: September 1-3, 2012
Venue: Yingjie Exchange Center at Peking University, Beijing, China
Theme: “Community Building and Leadership in Asia Pacific”
Take advantage of the discounted registration fee and submit your abstract for consideration and inclusion in the program by March 31, 2012.
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Father Daniel J. Dever, Hawaii’s former Superintendent of Catholic Schools for a record-breaking 42 years, died on October 19th at Pohai Nani Care Center in Kaneohe, two weeks before his 86thbirthday, following a long illness.
Father Dever performed marriage ceremonies for many EWC students and holds a very special place in their hearts. Jerry and Tsue Ostermann write:
If you are planning to be in the Kansai area, EWCA Kansai Chapter Leader, Seiko Furuhashi (ICC 82-84 and 89, Assoc 2010), invites you to….
Come out and learn about how Sake is made!
We will have a day tour to the Kinshi Masamune Sake Brewery and the Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum in Fushimi on November 13, 2011 (Sunday).
We will meet at 12:00 noon at the Tambabashi Station (Keihan and Kintetsu Lines) and then walk to the Kinshi Masamune Brewery to see the inside of the brewery and the brewing process (this tour will include a little Sake tasting). After touring the brewery, we will walk to the Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum to learn about the history of Sake making in the Fushimi area. After viewing the museum, and a little more Sake tasting, members will be free to shop at the many breweries in the neighborhood. Finally, for those who have the time, we plan to end the day with dinner at a local restaurant in the area.
For more information, please contact Seiko Furuhashi at seiko@ogu.ac.jp by Oct .22.
関西UHAA-EWCA 合同酒蔵見学ツアー：２０１１年１１月１３日
日本酒がどのように醸造されるかを一緒に見学しませんか？
来る２０１１年１１月１３日（日）、京都伏見の「キンシ正宗」酒造と「月桂冠大倉記念館（日本酒博物館）」の見学ツアーを開催いたします。
正午に、丹波橋駅（京阪線・近鉄線）に集合した後、「キンシ正宗」で酒蔵内部と酒造りの工程を見学（最後に利き酒体験）をします。次に「月桂冠大倉記念館」まで伏見の町並みを歩き、記念館では伏見での酒造りの歴史を学びます。館内見学のあと、ここでも利き酒を体験し、記念館や近辺の酒蔵で日本酒や関連グッズのお土産を買うことができます。この付近には地酒を提供するレストランがいくつかあるので、ツアーの締めくくりとして、付近のレストランで夕食を共に楽しんでいただきます。時間のある方は、ぜひ参加してください。
詳細を知りたい方は、１０月２２日までに古橋政子までご連絡ください。 seiko@ogu.ac.jp.
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