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Hokkaido University Nitobe College Alumni Network Magazine

I wish to a bridge
across the Pacific〈Contents〉

2. Alumni Updates
3. Education Program:

YUHAZU Kazuyori
Vice-Principal, Hokkaido University Nitobe College

Undergraduate Courses

4. Education Program:
Graduate Courses

5. Nitobe College Updates
6. Nitobe College Fellows,

Mentors, and Faculty Members

7. Messages from Partner

Institutions
To Nitobe College Alumni
Website and Facebook
Account Addresses

Nitob e Col le ge, Hok k a ido Un iver s it y

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① A golden canopy of trees line Ginkgo Avenue.
② Monument in Honor of Dr. Nitobe Inazo in the
Hokkaido
University
Nitobe College Alumni Network Magazine
FloweringTree
Garden③ A flock of sheep dot the green fields of the farm.
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The old 5,000-yen bill featured a portrait of Nitobe Inazo and an illustration of the earth
with the Pacific Ocean at the center. Needless to say, the design was associated with Nitobe's
remark, “I wish to be a bridge across the Pacific,” which he made while being interviewed
by Professor Toyama Masakazu following the application by the 21-year-old Nitobe to study
at the University of Tokyo as a non-degree special student. The circumstances are detailed in
Kigan no Ashi (Student Days Abroad), a book he wrote 24 years later, in a chapter describing
his motives for studying abroad. The book also recounts how he went on to tell the interviewerof his desire to be a conduit for transmitting Japanese ideas to other countries and bringing new
ideas to Japan. This indicates that he made the remark not from some self-centered desire, butfrom his lofty aspirations to contribute to relations between Japan and the U.S.
Nitobe's phrase—“I wish to be a bridge across the Pacific”—is widely known, as illustrated
by its supposed Japanese original, rendered literally as “Negawakuwa ware Taiheiyo no hashi
to naran” and inscribed on a monument in Morioka Castle Site Park and on a stone monumentin the Nitobe Memorial Garden at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Uponreflection, it's doubtful whether Nitobe would really have used the kanbun kundoku style [amix of Japanese and classical literary Chinese] in answering Professor Toyama's question,
because it's natural to think that he'd have answered colloquially—“Taiheiyo no hashi ni naritai
to omoimasu”—even though it was nearly 140 years ago. The literary expression was usedprobably because the context of a monument inscription called for an elevated, poetic tone. If
so, I must say that the literary version was very likely contrived for the monument.
Meanwhile, the English phrase “I wish to be a bridge across the Pacific” is inscribed on
the Monument in Honor of Dr. Nitobe Inazo that stands in the Flowering Tree Garden near
Poplar Avenue on the Hokkaido University campus. This inscription is the very source of thismagazine's name. What led to the selection of that English sentence? Hokkaido University
Professor Emeritus Mishima Tokuzo, who was involved in the construction of the monument,
states in his book Nitobe Inazo no Manazashi (The Vision of Inazo Nitobe), published by
Hokkaido University Press, that the English sentence originated in the preface to The Japanese
Nation, written by Nitobe, because a painstaking faculty search for that literary Japanese
expression in each and every writing by Nitobe came up with nothing. In short, rather thanrushing to use an expression of uncertain origin, the faculty faithfully used a sentence written
by Nitobe himself. This demonstrates their profound insight as scholars.
All of this shows that the famous remark by Nitobe embeds his real intention and that thefaculty made a scholarly judgement for the accurate transmission of that intention. We'll
keep these facts in our hearts as we continue to take on new challenges in this unprecedented
interdisciplinary education program. I look forward to your continued cooperation with andsupport of Nitobe College.

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Continuing my academic
pursuits in Sweden

My experiences at
Nitobe College will
broaden my horizons

SHIGEI Makoto

TA I R A To r u

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Member of the inaugural class of
Nitobe College graduating 2017

Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National
Corporation (JOGMEC) Technology &Research Center
Member of the inaugural class of
Nitobe College graduating 2017

I graduated from Nitobe College in the inaugural class and thenfrom graduate school before I began to work in oil exploration. I
found my employer, which is one of the best places to work inview of its values and future potential, through interviews with
Fellows in Nitobe College's Dialog Program. Many Fellows are
Hokkaido University alumni who are working as businessexecutives, and people that students don't usually have theopportunity to encounter in person. I feel it truly significant that
I was able to find the first step in my career, which has played agreat role in shaping my subsequent career in the following
several decades, based on advice from those with ample
experience in the real world.
While I was an undergraduate, I had the opportunity to pursue
my studies in the U.S. for a year as part of a Nitobe College
program. I primarily studied geophysics, my major, joining local
students in classes and practical training sessions. I gained
invaluable experience in communicating with other students,
including those from various other countries, as well as withfaculty members, in the classroom and beyond. Since myemployer offers its employees various opportunities, including
to pursue their studies in doctoral programs abroad and work atoverseas offices, I look forward to challenging myself with new
endeavors by using my experiences in studying abroad as aspringboard.

Keep moving forwardwith the courage todare to change

Experience feeds you,but only if it's put togood use

M I S H I M A Wa t a r u

NAGA SH I M A Me g u m i( T OYO T A)

Japan Meteorological Agency, Ministry ofLand, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
A member of the Nitobe School 2017
inaugural class

I used to feel how high the hurdles were and how fun it was for ateam to make a series of rational choices to get things done. At
college I was surrounded by approachable students who had thesame major as I did. While recognizing the importance of such aworld of kindred souls, I found that my endeavor into a world of
diverse people rewarded me with an amazing opportunity. The
work of my team always delivered results beyond what I could
have imagined, allowing me to realize the joy of achieving
results from multiple perspectives.
My motto since college—and since I entered the workforce—has been “Use your skills and expertise for the common good.”
When I act, I always keep in mind that what's familiar to us isalso the norm around the world. I always try to understand how
the things that my teammates and I invest time and effort toachieve contribute to society and the role of those things insociety, and I modify our planned course of action andcommunication methods whenever deemed necessary. When I
talk with people who've had fascinating experiences, I often feelthat my experiences are still quite limited. I'd like to use theirstories as inspiration and give my all to work while improving
myself day in and day out.

A lumni Up date s

I received a master's degree from the Swedish University ofAgricultural Sciences (SLU) after completing the programs of the
Hokkaido University School of Engineering and the Graduate Schoolof Global Food Resources. In the master's program, I gained
knowledge and research skills for the study of water and soil
environments from various perspectives through lectures andfieldwork. For my master's thesis I spent a year researchingsmall-scale distributed wastewater treatment using biochar. This
August, I'll be embarking on a Ph.D. program in the same discipline
at Uppsala University to continue my studies for four years. In
Sweden, Ph.D. programs feel like places of employment because
students are generally hired by universities and aren't charged tuition.
Due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past two years havemade me reaffirm the importance of self-care and self-reliance, andI've been practicing these. Differences in graduate education
between Japan and Sweden include the way thesis research is
conducted. In Sweden, the timing of the thesis presentation, thesis
submission and program completion differ by student. As the English
curriculum name suggests, it feels like an independent project. The
presence of an examiner, who evaluates your academic performance,
separately from your supervisor, who provides research guidance, as
well as a student opponent, who serves as your partner to commenton your thesis and ask questions when you make presentations, wasalso an eye-opener for me. As I continue my research, I'm committed
to absorbing many things and devoting myself to my studies.

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Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT)
Member of the inaugural class of
Nitobe College graduating 2019

I belong to a drug discovery division, engaging in pharmaceuticalresearch and development. My workplace, at the forefront of drug
discovery research, calls for free and open-minded exchanges ofviews in order to develop novel therapeutic drugs. When I started
with the company, however, I was bewildered because I felt too
awed to give advice to the seasoned researchers. However, I wasable to adapt swiftly to changes in my environment thanks to myexperience at Nitobe School, where I learned to open myself toopinions different from my own and to leverage my capacity forthe good of my team by carrying out a project with people fromdifferent disciplines with different ways of thinking. Today, I draw
up research plans without feeling intimidated, relishing the joy ofworking with other researchers toward the advancement of ourresearch.
When it comes to contributing to the common good, I still have along way to go because I still often struggle to deal with the workat hand. However, studying at Nitobe School opened my eyes towhat was going on outside where I belonged. What impressed memost at that time was a lecture on Syrian refugees, which made me
realize what a small, closed world I'd known and lived in. Although
I have a lot to learn, my goal for now is to make a difference in theworld by developing a groundbreaking pharmaceutical drug.

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Academic Year 2020
Education Program: Undergraduate Courses■ Global Foundation Course
The Global Foundation Course, a compulsory course in the Foundation Program,is designed for provisionally enrolled first- and second-year students. This course
on International Understanding and Study Abroad, offered in the spring term, is aseries of omnibus lectures given by instructors with extensive international
experience. The summer term on Leadership and Teamwork centers ongroupwork. Due to the pandemic, a hurried switch to online instruction posed amajor challenge to communication between faculty and students. Going forward,
we're striving to provide more tailored support for students through live Q&A
simulcasts and the introduction of tutors.

■ Fellow Seminar
Nitobe College Fellows guide students as they ponder the role of a sustainable
society in the context of myriad problems facing the world and enable them togain leadership and teamwork skills in the Fellow Seminars. With the live Zoom
simulcasting of classes in academic year 2020, many students experienced
difficulties in online communication with faculty and their classmates, butclasses concluded with outstanding presentations and a lively Q&A session at
the Plenary Presentation Session, which was held in person and via Zoom. We'll
take advantage of the benefits of online instruction to further improve classes.

■ Career Development Seminar
Career Development Seminar courses help students cultivate the ability to build theirown futures. Here Nitobe College Fellows serve as partners of students, and students
themselves serve as partners for other students. Before the pandemic, the courses
included residential training to encourage students to gain insight into themselves inan out-of-the-ordinary space. This year courses were given as on-demand lectures
and as online Q&A and groupwork sessions. The pandemic provided an opportunity
for students to learn what is going on in society outside their university and toreevaluate their life plans. Nitobe College Fellows also provided feedback to students
about their day-to-day efforts through the Nitobe Portfolio (NPF).

■ Dialog ProgramThis program offers the opportunity for students to have one-on-one dialogs
with Nitobe College Fellows to improve their leadership capabilities. In 2020,
students exchanged messages and held dialogs with Fellows via Zoom, butthese methods involved some problems and difficulties that students would
not have had to endure in conventional in-person dialog sessions. On theother hand, the online sessions offer more options than in-person sessions,allowing more students to attend dialogs, as they can choose the methods
which best suit their individual circumstances. Moving forward, we will use
multiple tools to offer dialog sessions based on improvements we make.

■ Overseas Study
Overseas Study is mandatory for Nitobe College students and aims to develop their global perspectives. Nitobe
College awards credits in Overseas Study to students who have successfully completed the Short-Term Overseas
Special Program (Short-Term SP), International Internship Program (International IP), Student Exchange Programor a short-term overseas study program registered as a specialized subject in one of the undergraduate schools. The
global spread of COVID-19 forced the cancellation of all these programs other than online courses of the Short-Term
SP and International IP. Below is an introduction to how the online course of the Short-Term SP was offered in thespring term of academic year 2020. That course featured faculty from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, theUniversity of Washington, and the University of British Columbia. Specifically, the set of instruction consisted of
students (1) watching lectures on demand, (2) engaging in group discussions that included a teaching assistant (TA),and (3) attending Q&A sessions with the lecturers adding up to a total of 14 sets of instruction offered for a periodof two weeks. Students were able to view video lectures any number of times before attending group discussions and
Q&A sessions, resulting in their deeper understanding of class and lively discussions with the lecturers.

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Academic Year 2020
Education Program: Graduate Courses
Owing to the pandemic, all graduate courses were offered online in the 2020 academic year. No major changes were made to course
content, thanks to certain ingenious solutions, such as holding team discussions using Zoom breakout rooms, the Miro online
whiteboard, and the teamwork functions of the Nitobe Portfolio (NPF); providing advice from different viewpoints by assigning a
non-Japanese teaching assistant to each team; and energizing discussions in English. Meanwhile, going online enabled students andlecturers alike to join classes from different locations in Japan and the world. We received lots of positive feedback from students,
some of whom expressed their confidence in online discussions. On the other hand, it was pointed out that tasks going forward would
include how to enhance the synergy between teams, because splitting students into breakout rooms creates difficulty inunderstanding the status of the other teams. We will offer more opportunities for students to share the state of progress and identify
possible improvements.

■ Foundation I, Foundation II: Basics and Practice of Team-based Learning
Foundation I focused on the development of teamwork ability on topics suchas creative thinking, critical thinking, leadership skills, and professional
ethics, whereas Foundation II introduced students to the basics of project
management in order to ensure effective, efficient teamwork and enabled
them to implement two projects: one for increasing the number of applicantsto Nitobe College and the other for opening the doors of Hokkaido
University as a refugee camp. The problem of refugees is a serious
cross-cutting social issue, so it requires not only the expertise of individual
students, but also creative and critical thinking. A sense of reality wasbrought to the project by Mentors pointing out the need for consideration ofbudget estimates and other practical aspects.

■ Advanced I, Advanced II: Problem Solving and Problem Finding
Advanced I focused on “The Problem-solving Game-changer” in the springterm and “Socially Vulnerable People under COVID-19” in the fall term,
both under the overall theme of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Students also learned new content about the entrepreneurial spirit andconsidered the effectiveness of work to solve problems from a businessperspective. In Advanced II, students implemented projects under the themeof “Sustainable City—Sapporo” in the summer term and “Future City
Development towards SDGs in Hokkaido” in the winter term. Unable to do
fieldwork due to the pandemic, students explored real problems to be solved
by analyzing primary data obtained from interview surveys using phones,
Zoom, e-mail and other methods. These experiences provided students withthe opportunity to break down fixed ideas about fieldwork and consider a
new normal in difficult times.

■ Mentor Forum
Lectures and meetups featuring Nitobe College Mentors were held online
under the theme of “Career Paths and What I Gained from My Career
Change.” Through the Forum, students gained valuable insights into how
they should engage in research and job hunting, as well as into career
designing.

■ Nitobe College Special Seminar for
Graduate Students: Hult Prize Challenge &Demola (Issue-solving exercise for real business)
The winner of the Hult Prize Hokkaido University On-Campus
Program 2020-21 was Team Floatmeal, consisting of alumni of Nitobe
School and Nitobe College for Graduate Students. The team is working
to use its proprietary vertical hydroponic technology to create new jobs
and reduce CO2 emissions. In Demola, students formed teams withpartner companies and made presentations to the companies on
solutions to the challenges they faced. Several companies have evenaccepted solutions presented by students and worked together withthem to form licensing agreements.

Photo credit: Hult Prize@Hokkaido University

Photo credit: Demola Hokkaido

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Ni to be Co lleg e's O r i gi nal E ducat i on P r ogr am sUndergraduate Course

1

2

3

4

5＊

Foundation Program

Global Foundation Course (International
Understanding and Study Abroad, Leadershipand Teamwork), Fellow Seminar

Honors Program

Overseas Study (Student Exchange Program, Short-Term Overseas Special Program, short-term overseas study
program registered as a specialized subject by an undergraduate school, International Internship Program), Career
Development Seminar, Advanced Seminar, Dialog Program

M1

Graduate Course＊

M2

Foundation Program

Foundation I, Foundation II, Foundation
Seminar for Graduate Students

Honors Program

Advanced I, Advanced II, Special
Seminar for Graduate Students,
Project Implementation

six-year undergraduate program● Enrollment by School in 2020

● Enrollment by Graduate School in 2020

(students)(students)(554 students in total)● Numbers of Enrollees and Graduates■ Undergraduate Course■Enrollees(students)

300

222

200

186

203

■Graduates

129

0

28

33

■Enrollees● Career Choices of Undergraduate
Course Students

Life Science

Science

Agriculture

Environmental
ScienceEngineering

Chemical Sciencesand Engineering

30■Graduates
149
108

114 106

78

64

67 65

46

57

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

1

■ Graduate Course

100(academic
year)

2

2
Health Sciences

3

Information Scienceand Technology

3

129 135

161

41

2

Public Policy

1

200

245

100
15

5

(students)

212
152

6

Economics andBusiness

6
Fisheries
Sciences

Veterinary
Medicine

Agriculture

Engineering

Pharmaceutical
Sciences

Medicine

Science

Law

13

12
9

Modern JapaneseStudies Program

11 16
Economics andBusiness

Education

STEM courses

29

12International Media,
Communication,
and Tourism Studies

37 41

12
Humanities andHuman Sciences

0

61
42

18
Humanities

20

62

Dental Medicine

52

60

64

15
12
9
6
3
0

Law

90

80
40

(61 students in total)

Humanities andHuman Sciences

100

5

6＊

7

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

(academicyear)● Career Choices of Graduate
Course Students

Career destination

Number of students

Career destination

Number of students

Private enterprises
Government organizations
Advancement to higher education
Undecided15
4
35 (33 in Japan, 2 abroad)3

Private enterprises
Government organizations
Advancement to higher education
In university

81
5 (4 in Japan, 1 abroad)51

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Nitobe College Fellows, Mentors, and Faculty Members
Find your core desire in life in order to build the future you want

MOR I Ju n ko
Fel low

Happy Arrow Co., Ltd.

Finding the direction you'd like to aim for, namely your core desire in life, while still at college will help you carveout a path in life. In my case, after graduating from a private university in Tokyo, I worked as a newscaster at a TV
station in Iwate Prefecture and then in Hokkaido. After leaving the TV station, I became a lecturer in geography andbusiness etiquette because I had the desire to share information in person. I realized the importance of education
while teaching students and found that contributing to society in the field of education was my core desire in life.
Thereafter, I founded an educational service company and entered the Hokkaido University Graduate School of
Education, where I researched career education that fosters a zest for living. Based on my graduate studies, I've been
engaged in wide-ranging activities, including organizing educational events and giving lectures.
You may aspire to become a nurse because you desire to help people. Even if your aspiration isn't achieved, a newgoal in life—be it to become a teacher, a politician, or a software developer—will appear on the horizon if you keep
your desire at the forefront of your mind. Even while you are in college, you can see what your core desire in life isby looking for what makes you feel incredibly rewarded.
To carve out a future, you also need new ideas. I hope that you'll broaden your perspectives by connecting withpeople in various fields and that you'll build the future you want by keeping your desire at the forefront of your mind
no matter what adversity you face.

Aspire to become leaders with a global perspective who can cross over into various fields

YAMASHITA Naoki
Mentor

Ministry of Finance

Amidst rapid social changes, such as globalization and digitization, policy formation in line with a verticallystructured administrative setup, as was often done in the past, no longer works. Competent individuals withmulti-disciplinary expertise who can set their eyes on both domestic and international challenges are needed morethan ever. Enhancement of the quality of social services also requires individuals who can work in both the public
and private sectors and environments that enable such mobility. The traditional idea of clearly separating the private
and public sectors prevents us from providing the next stage of social services. New public services must be createdby leveraging expertise in both sectors. Equally indispensable is the idea of bringing the academic world and thepragmatic world together. Going forward, individuals needed in society will be neither those with expertise that has
no impact on the real world nor those who engage in practical business affairs that make no use of academic
achievements. Society will need people who can coordinate between them.
In short, leaders who can cross over into various fields will be considered valuable going forward. In fact, it's alreadya matter of course that people working at Japanese companies in Japan do business while globally negotiating social
issues they've never encountered. Nitobe College is an institution that produces such global leaders—those who cancross over into different fields. Aim high and turn your attention beyond Hokkaido to the outside world.

Specially Appointed Academic Staff
ARAI Katsutoshi (Ph.D.)
Specially appointed professor
Fisheries sciences (fish development biology,
genetics)

UCHIDA Haruko (Ph.D.)
Specially appointed associate professor
Educational psychology

SHIGETOMI-KURIBAYASHI Kaori (Ph.D.)
Specially appointed associate professor
Micro and nano engineering, origami
engineering

Fellows and Mentors
Fellows
ISHIKAWA Megumi
Proprietor of CJ Communication

ISHIKAWA Yuichi
President and CEO, Purau, Inc.
Director, Johnson Controls, K.K.

ITO Shin
Associate Director, Marketing
Pharmaceutical Division
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

INOUE Shuhei
Former Executive Officer, Sojitz
Corporation
Former Director, Member of theBoard, Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.

SHISAI Satoko

FUJITA Nobuyoshi

NAKAJIMA Tetsu

Vice President
Head of Digital & IT Supervisory
Division
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Director, Cerezo Osaka Sports Club
Director and Senior Adviser, Cerezo
Osaka Co., Ltd.

Founder & General Partner, 15th
Rock Ventures
Representative Director, Spirete, Inc.

SHIBATA Tetsushi

MATSUO Nozomu

NAKAHARA Taku

Senior Chief Researcher
Institute of Intellectual Property
Foundation for Intellectual Property

Co-founder & CEO, Metagen
Therapeutics, Inc.
Venture Partner, Fast Track Initiative,Inc.
Co-founder & COO enU Pharma, Inc.

Director, Engineering Department,
Sapporo BranchSato Kogyo Co., Ltd.

SHIBUE Takao
Former Executive Officer of Mitsui
Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.

SHIMADA Motoo
Adviser, VISCAS Corporation

TAKANO Fumiaki
ChairmanTakano Landscape Planning Co., Ltd.

SHIMADA Kazuhisa (Ph.D.)

UEDA Hideki

Specially appointed associate professor
Political science

Senior Vice President Corporate
Planning and Control Department
Nippon Information andCommunication Corporation

TADA Yukio

HATANAKA Takami (Master's degree)

OHTSUKA EikoTAMASHIRO Hiko

Specially appointed lecturer
European studies

Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido
University

Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido
University

OHTOMO Toshihiko

TODA Morimichi

XIAO Lan (Ph.D.)
Specially appointed lecturer
Pedagogy

SCHLUETER Tomoko (Ph.D.)
Specially appointed assistant professor
Religious studies

Senior Advisor
Sojitz Research InstituteHead of Oncology Lifecycle
Management Department
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Director and Senior Executive
Managing Officer
Toda Corporation

KAERIYAMA Masahide

HAGINO Izumi

Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido
University

KAYANO Satoru
CEO
Successboard Inc.

WANG Qianran (Master's degree)

KUDO FumikiyoSpecially appointed assistant professor
Pedagogy (social education, lifelong learning
studies)

SASAKI Ryoko

General Manager, Hokkaido Branch
Sojitz Corporation
Board Member, Arcs Co. Ltd.

Director, Data Utilization Department
I
Dentsu Cross Brain Inc.

HINO Mineko
Conference interpreter

HIROSHIGE Katsuhiko
Representative Director
Japan Corporate Bond Research
Association

MIMURA Naoki
General Manger
Winbond Electronics, Co. Japan

MURAYAMA Waka
Section Manager
Engineering Department
Zukosha Co., Ltd.

MORI Junko
President and Representative Director
Happy Arrow Co., Ltd.

Mentors

NAGAHORI Noriko
Specially appointed professor
Hokkaido University
Co-founder & CEO, enU Pharma, Inc.

HAGINO Izumi
Director, Dentsu Cross Brain Inc.

FUJII Kodai
Vice President of sales and marketing
Sanmaruko Foods Co., Ltd.

MAEDA Miku

ISHIKAWA Kenichi

Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.

Vice President
3M Japan Limited

MISHIMA Wataru

OFUSU-TWUM Eric
Researcher
Hitachi, Ltd.

KURODA Taruho
Senior Director, LEO Science& Tech
Hub
LEO Pharma K.K.

KOSHI Naomi
Partner, Miura & Partners
Co-Founder & CEO, OnBoard K.K.

Japan Meteorological Agency

YAMASHITA Naoki
Budget examiner, Budget Bureau
Ministry of Finance

RAVANKAR Abhijeet
Associate Professor
Kitami Institute of Technology

WADA Yoshiaki
Member, House of Representatives

SAHEKI Yuriko
Researcher
Shiseido Co., Ltd.

TSUKESHIBA Hiroyuki
President & CEO
Savon de Siesta Inc.

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Messages from
Partner Institutions

David W. Valentine

Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez

Professor
University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Professor
Oregon State University

An early American philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, wrote

The Nitobe College represents a bright spot of educationthat “the mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns toat the world level. Nitobe College students have the great

its original dimensions”. That is what Nitobe College seeks toopportunity of feeling the world from very different internationaldo, through exposing students to new environments, people,

perspectives. In a world of virtual realities the Nitobe College

ideas, and approaches. I think that has been especially true

makes possible the very real personal and cultural experiences

for the Hokkaido University students that have participated inthat provide opportunities for students to find their true global

the Summer Short Term Educational Programs hosted by theleadership vocation. At Oregon State University we believe in

University of Alaska Fairbanks. And although very little of whatbuilding cross-cultural bridges. We are proud to collaborate instudents experienced in Alaska was familiar to them, it was

the Nitobe College endeavor because we share the mission ofclear they enjoyed themselves as they learned about issues

helping people to build dreams and create the world they wantboth universal and unique to the far north. As a result of their

to see.

experience in Nitobe College, students have a greatly expanded
view of the world of possibilities open to them.

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