Columbia University Japanese Language Program

THE ICHIRO SHIRATO FUND FOR JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY

In honor of Ichiro Shirato, one of Columbia’s finest teachers of Japanese, the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture established in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures an endowed fund bearing his name. The Shirato Fund provides supplemental support for Japanese language study and teaching. For 2007-2008 the Shirato Fund provides fellowships for the study of the Japanese language during the summer of 2008 in Japan. We are deeply grateful for specific support to maintain and grow the Shirato Fund.

For donation inquiries, please contact: Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
TEL: 212-854-5036 FAX: 212-854-4019 Email: donald-keene-center@columbia.edu

白戸一郎日本語学習基金

コロンビア大学きっての優れた日本語教育者であった故白戸一郎先生を記念し、ドナルド・キーン日本文化センターは白戸一郎日本語学習基金を設けています。この基金の運用益はコロンビア大学における日本語教育のために利用されています。 2008 年度は、夏期語学留学のための奨学金を提供します。さらに活動の幅を広げていくため、皆様からのご協力をよろしくお願い致します。

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ドナルド・キーン日本文化センター
TEL: 212-854-5036 FAX: 212-854-4019
Email: donald-keene-center@columbia.edu

Dear Students,

It gives us great pleasure to announce the creation of the Shirato Fund Scholarships. These scholarships were created to provide financial assistance to undergraduate students accepted into Columbia-approved summer term intensive Japanese-language study programs (both domestic and study abroad programs are eligible). The Scholarships consist of one first-prize of $2000 and two second-prizes of $1000 each.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must have been accepted or be in the process of applying to a Columbia-approved summer intensive Japanese-language study program during the Summer, 2008 term. Programs of study must be at least eight weeks in length.
• Must take a Japanese course upon returning to Columbia in Autumn, 2008

To apply, submit the following:

• Two academic references - at least one must be from a Japanese instructor from the undergraduate level; the other may be from another Japanese instructor, or from another instructor, professor, or advisor who knows you well.
• Official undergraduate transcripts from all institutions attended
• A one-page statement of purpose detailing your financial need and motivations for applying to this scholarship
• Application forms, which will be available from the Japanese Program

Good luck to all applicants.

	Winners of Shirato Fund Scholarships
2007-2008	Daven Farnham（ダベン・ファーナム）	Andrei Dinu-Ionita (アンドレイ・ティヌヨニツァ)