Dear JBSD Foundation

Thank you so very much for your generosity and stewardship towards my study abroad experience. Without the JBSD Foundation Career/Culture Hybrid Program Scholarship I would not have been able to attend such an amazing study abroad program. Traveling to Japan has changed my entire outlook on life and taught me to appreciate the small aspects in life that much more. …

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Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU): Report on the 2015 JBSD Foundation Grant

Culture/Career Hybrid Program (CCHP) Scholarships for Students For this year’s JBSD Foundation grant, JCMU awarded seven scholarships of $500 each to students participating our Culture/Career Hybrid Programs (CCHPs). The CCHP curriculum structure has been awarded the Innovation Award from the University Design Consortium hosted by Arizona State University, and has been recognized for its unique melding of Japanese cultural instruction and …

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To the Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation

I was one of the recipients of your scholarship to study in one of the hybrid programs through the Japan Center for Michigan Universities. I am studying to become a teacher of Japanese, with a minor in teaching English as a Second Language. This program was incredibly helpful to me, because I got to see, from an outsider’s perspective, how …

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Dear Japan Business Society of Detroit

My name is Canchai Yang, and I am a sophomore at Michigan State University. As a firstgeneration Hmong student, paying for college and study abroad has been difficult. But through the JBSD Culture/Career Hybrid Program Scholarship, I realized that studying abroad was possible, and for that I can’t thank enough for making it possible to attend the 2015 Health & …

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