This was the first commencement over which UMUC s fourth president, Gerald A. Heeger, presided. Sakakibara, a former deputy finance minister for international affairs in Japan, heads Keio University s Global Security Research Center. Over 1,000 students from U.S. military communities throughout East Asia and the Pacific will receive UMUC degrees this academic year.
Current students are mostly in Japan, Okinawa, Korea, and Guam.
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