Seventy-six undergraduate students from colleges and universities across the United States were awarded Bridging Scholarships for Study Abroad in Japan beginning in Fall 2005. The scholarship program is administered by ATJ and supported by grants from the Japan-US Friendship Commission and the US-Japan Bridging Foundation. Since 1999, a total of 585 scholarships have been awarded to students studying abroad in Japan.

The goal of the Bridging Project is to promote study abroad in Japan by larger numbers of American undergraduate students. Contributors to the Fall 2005 scholarships include Citigroup, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, The Freeman Foundation, Lockheed Martin, Morgan Stanley, PricewaterhouseCoopers & Chuo-Aoyama Audit Corp., Shinsei Bank, The Starr Foundation, Teradyne, and Weyerhaeuser.

The Bridging Scholars hail from a variety of schools—public and private, large universities and small colleges—in 35 states. Their majors range from biology and engineering to fine art and music, but they share a common interest in Japan, its language and culture. Their destinations also vary, from giant campuses in Tokyo to intimemate consortium programs in rural Japan. A list of the Fall 2005 recipients, their home schools, and their destination programs can be found below.

ATJ is accepting applications for the next group of Bridging Scholarships, for study in Japan in Spring 2006. Please encourage your students to apply for these scholarships. Application brochures were recently mailed to all ATJ members, and they can also be found online. The deadline for receipt of applications is October 5, 2005. For more information on the scholarships or to receive more application forms, visit the Bridging Project on the Web at www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj. For information on the Bridging Foundation, visit www.bridgingfoundation.org.

Bridging Scholarship Recipients– Fall 2005

John AUER (Pitzer College) → Sophia University (CIEE)
Jennifer BANAGALE (University of Florida) → Kansai Gaidai
Jason BARRETT (University of California-San Diego → Keio University
Leticia BECERRA (San Diego State University) → Seinan Gakuin University
Jenna BENDEL (College of St. Benedict) → Bunkyo Gakuin University
Amanda BENZ (University of Georgia) → Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
Joshua BERKOWICZ (Naropa University) → Friends World Program, Kyoto
Diane BIEDERMAN (North Carolina State University) → Kansai Gaidai
David BOWER (University of Arizona) → Konan University
Qamar BRADFORD (San Diego State University → Osaka Arts University
Nia BRADLEY (Howard University) → IES Tokyo
Alexandra BRODMAN (Emory University) → Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies
Matthew CAOUETTE (Boston College) → Waseda University
Molly CHIANG (Cornell University) → IES Tokyo
Dusty CLARK (West Texas A & M University) → Kansai Gaidai
Karen CLAUNCH (Birmingham Southern University) → Kansai Gaidai
Gregory COBB (Ohio State University) → International Christian University
Matthew CONROY (St. John’s University) → Bunkyo Gakuin University
Jeremy COWIE (Lawrence University) → Waseda University
Michael DAVIDSON (Case Western Reserve University) → Tohoku University
Jessica DAVIS (Temple University) → Kansai Gaidai
Kelly DENNIS (Middlebury College) → Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies
Michael ELLIS (University of Pennsylvania) → International Christian University
Elizabeth ENGH (Colorado State University) → Kansai Gaidai
Elnara EYNULLAYEVA (University of Massachusetts) → University of Tsukuba
Jennilee FINN (Drexel University) → Sophia University (CIEE)
Ashley FITZGERALD (Middlebury College) → Nanzan University
Jolene FLOHE (Grand Valley State Univ.) → Japan Center for Michigan Universities
Gregory FLYNN (Western Michigan University) → Rikkyo University
Ashley FORD (Ohio University) → Chubu University
Julia GOODMAN (Louisiana State University) → International Christian University
Anthony HALLER (Oregon State University) → Waseda University
Dianne HAMMOND (University of Wisconsin-Madison) → Nanzan University
Heather HARR (University of Florida) → Aoyama Gakuin University
Adam HARRIS (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) → Kwansei Gakuin
Michelle HAUK (Kalamazoo College) → Doshisha University
Janelle HERR (Drexel University) → Sophia University (CIEE)
Brendan HUBBS (University of Kansas) → Obirin University
Nathaniel HUTCHINSON (University of Texas-Austin) → Tohoku University
Lioudmila IVANOVA (University of Alaska-Fairbanks) → Tohoku University
Akeem JENKINS (University of Washington) → Keio University
Leandra JONES (SUNY-New Paltz) → Nagasaki College of Foreign Studies
Kristina KOEPKE (Case Western Reserve University) → Nanzan University
Jane LEE (Stony Brook University) → University of Tsukuba
Stephen LEE (University of Louisville) → Kansai Gaidai
Michele LEFKOWITZ (Connecticut College) → Associated Kyoto Program
Peggy LIU (University of California-Berkeley) → Meiji Gakuin University
Yin Ping LO (University of California-Berkeley) → Meiji Gakuin University
Katherine LUNDY (Washington Univ. in St. Louis) → Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies
David LY (Linfield College) → Kanto Gakuin University
J. Scott LYONS (Washington Univ. in St. Louis) → Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies
Russ MCMACKIN (University of Washington) → Keio University
Marinda MELONSON (University of Washington) → Waseda University
Rebecca MERRITT (Hobart & William Smith Colleges) → Japan Center for Michigan Universities
Molly MOLVIK (Willamette University) → Kansai Gaidai
Jennie MORAWETZ (Stanford University → Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies
Victoria NG (University of Virginia) → Temple University Japan
Son NGUYEN (University of Texas-Austin) → Sophia University (CIEE)
Rachel NICHOLSON (University of Maryland-College Park) → Hiroshima University
Rowland O’FLAHERTY (University of California-Santa Barbara) → Tohoku University
Douglas POLAND (Temple University) → Temple University Japan
Jinni PRADHAN (University of San Francisco) → Sophia University
Dylan RAIFE (Grinnell College) → Waseda University
Matthew REBHOLZ (Arizona State University) → Waseda University
Jinnie REGLI (College of St. Benedict) → Bunkyo Gakuin University
Matthew ROGERS (Williams College) → Associated Kyoto Program
Milena ROONEY (Ursinus College) → Obirin University
Jeremy ROUSU (Washington State University) → Kansai Gaidai
Justin SEARLS (Calvin College) → Japan Center for Michigan Universities
Mallory SEVEY (Colorado College) → Waseda University
Regina SUVAJIAN (University of Rhode Island → Seinan Gakuin University
Lisa VANDERKOLK (Earlham College) → Earlham Studies in Cross-Cultural Education Program, Morioka
Kevin WILSON (University of South Carolina) → Japan Center for Michigan Universities
Kam Ho WONG (University of Georgia) → Waseda University
Houa XIONG (University of Wisconsin-Madison) → Keio University
Shannon YOKOTE (University of Hawaii-Manoa) → Nanzan University