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THE CWAJ 60th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL AWARDS

 

In celebration of the 60th anniversary the College Women’s Association of Japan (CWAJ) gave two special awards in 2009, in addition to CWAJ’s annual scholarship awards. The recipients were announced at the 60th Celebration Dinner on May 27th, 2009.

CWAJ 60th Anniversary Overseas Scholarship

This first CWAJ scholarship awarded outside of Japan provides four years of medical school education and one year of internship for a woman in the Philippines. CWAJ is pleased to have the cooperation of Salamat-po Kai Philippine-Japan Scholarship Association in awarding the CWAJ 60th Anniversary Overseas Scholarship.

One scholarship of 1.0 million has been awarded to:

Sandra Glynn GAYAGAY (Republic of the Philippines) 
Education:
  MD, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University,
Baguio City, Republic of the Philippines
Study Program:
  MD, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University,
Baguio City, Republic of the Philippines


CWAJ 60th Anniversary Scholar Grant

The objective of this Project-based award is for CWAJ to continue to support our scholars in a way that will effectively benefit society. Four former CWAJ scholars have been awarded this grant to pursue their current endeavors. After the completion of the grant period, the recipients will be asked to make a presentation of the project, in person or by DVD, at a future CWAJ event.

Four grants of \1.0 million have been awarded to:
Kiyohide ITO (Japan)  - 1988 Scholarship for the Visually Impaired
Education:
  BA Psychology, Wako University (1989) MA Education, Tokyo Gakugei University Graduate School (1991)
PhD Education, Tsukuba University Graduate School (1998)
Current work:
  Associate professor, Hakodate Mirai University
Project Proposal:
  Studies on the application of soundscape that will improve the quality of life of the visually impaired. In particular, Mr. Ito plans to create sound maps of well-traveled sites in Kyoto, Tokyo and Hakodate that will make those locations more accessible to visually impaired visitors.
Wardatul AKMAM (People’s Republic of Bangladesh)
         – 2001 Non-Japanese Graduate Scholarship
Education:
  BS Social Science, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh (1990)
MSS Sociology, University of Rajshahi Bangladesh (1991)
MA Sociology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada (1999)
PhD Sociology, University of Tsukuba Graduate School (2003)
Current work:
  Professor of Sociology, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Project Proposal:
  To research water usage and then implement findings in order to supply safe water to villagers in areas of Bangladesh plagued by arsenic in their ground water.

Ewa MACHOTKA (Republic of Poland)
        – 2005 Non-Japanese Graduate Scholarship
Education:
  MA History of Art, The Jagiellonian University, Poland (1998)
MA Japanese Studies, The Jagiellonian University, Poland (2002)
PhD Japanese History of Art, Gakushuin University Graduate School (2008)
Current work:
  Curator, The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden
Project Proposal:
  Research and cataloguing of the museum’s Asian collection, the core of which is a unique collection of 6,000 volumes of pre-modern manuscripts and printed books acquired in Japan in 1879 by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold.

Dawn GRIMES-MACLELLAN (USA)
        －1996 Inter-University Center for Japanese Language
           Studies Scholarship
Education:
  BS Journalism, Boston University, USA (1991)
BA Anthropology, Boston University, USA (1991)
MA Asian Studies, Cornell University, USA (1996)
PhD Anthropology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
USA (2008)
Current work:
  Assistant professor, Anthropology Department, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Project Proposal:
  The project will examine how local elementary and junior high schools in Kobe have implemented the 1999 Basic Law for a Gender- equal Society (Danjo Kyodo Sankakushakai Kihonho). Through school visits and interviews, Ms. Grimes will examine how gender relations are promoted and interpreted by the various participants in the Japanese education system.