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$1,000 Scholarship Available to High School Students
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San Francisco, CA-January 16, 2013 -The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Alumni Association of Northern California (JETAANC) today announced its 2013 scholarship program for high school seniors going onto an accredited two or four year higher education program. The JETAANC scholarship is open to students of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency residing in California counties north of San Louis Obispo, Kern, and San Bernardino counties, as well as all of Nevada. Applicants are judged on a number of criteria including a demonstrated interest in Japan, Japanese language or Japanese culture, academic accomplishments, a personal essay and recommendations.
JETAANC members have all lived and worked in Japan and are committed to strengthening cross-cultural ties and to promoting understanding and engagement with the country. The aim of the scholarship is to encourage and nurture the next generation of Americans with an interest in Japan. This is the tenth year of the JETAANC scholarship program.
Applications for the 2013 scholarship can be downloaded from the JETAANC website (www.jetaanc.org/scholarship/) and applications are due by Monday, April 22, 2013. The winner will be announced in May 2013. For further information on the program as well as general information about the JET program and alumni association please visit www.jetaanc.org or send an email to scholarship@jetaanc.org
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QUALIFICATIONS |
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AGE |
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Applicants must be high school seniors at either a public or private high school. |
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ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS |
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Applicants must plan to attend, as full-time students, an undergraduate program at an accredited two-year or four-year institution of higher learning within the United States commencing Fall 2012. |
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INTEREST IN JAPAN |
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Applicants are judged based on a number of criteria including a demonstrated interest in Japan, Japanese language, or Japanese culture, as well as academic accomplishments, a personal essay and recommendations. |
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CITIZENSHIP |
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Applicants must hold U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency, residing in the California counties north of San Louis Obispo, Kern, and San Bernardino counties, as well as all of Nevada. |
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APPLICATION |
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Please click here to download and print a copy of the application. |
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Japan Exchange & Teaching Program Alumni Association of Northern California (JETAANC)
P.O. Box 2873
San Francisco, CA 94126-2873
scholarship@jetaanc.org
www.jetaanc.org |
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APPLICATION DEADLINE
Monday, April 22, 2013.
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AWARD RECIPIENT NOTIFICATION
May, 2013 |
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SCHOLARSHIP
non-renewable $1,000 academic scholarship |
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GENERAL INFORMATION & QUESTIONS |
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Visit the JETAANC Website at: www.jetaanc.org
E-mail: scholarship@jetaanc.org |
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ABOUT JETAANC |
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JETAANC is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering local awareness and understanding of Japan and its culture, and serves as a support network and resource for current and former JET participants in Northern California. JETAANC is active in Northern California's many Japan-related cultural and artistic events, and community, educational and international exchange activities.
Members of the organization are former participants of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, which is sponsored by the Japanese government to increase mutual understanding between the people of Japan and other nations. The program aims to promote international relations in Japan's local communities by helping to improve foreign language education and developing international exchange activities at the community level.
Every year the JET Program sends teachers and coordinators for international relations to villages, towns and cities throughout Japan to teach and promote cross-cultural understanding. The program, which dates back to 1987, has employed over 46,000 people from 55 different countries since its inception. The Northern California region has strong historical ties to Japan and has been one of the largest recruiting grounds for the JET Program. This particular region has one of the largest JET alumni associations in the world, with over 1,200 members.
. For more information on JETAANC, please visit us on the web at www.jetaanc.org. |
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