<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR> <DIV class="OutlookMessageHeader" lang="en-us" dir="ltr" align="left"> <HR tabindex="-1"> <FONT face="Tahoma" size="2"><B>From:</B> Kimberly L Benard [<A href="mailto:benard@MIT.EDU">mailto:benard@MIT.EDU</A>] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:ugofficers@mit.edu">ugofficers@mit.edu</A>; <A href="mailto:ugadmins@mit.edu">ugadmins@mit.edu</A>; Sigrid Berka; April Julich Perez; <A href="mailto:xcareers@mit.edu">xcareers@mit.edu</A>; Bernd Widdig; Peggy Enders; Linn Hobbs; Julie Norman; Melissa J Martin-Greene; Casey Johnson-Houlihan; Donna L Friedman<BR><B>Subject:</B> Fellowship for Travel in Japan-Second Information Session<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Do you have students with a keen interest in Japan?</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Are they interested in an </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><B><I>all expenses paid</I></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"> fellowship to Japan?</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Are they undergraduates?</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">If the answer is yes, then please send them to the MIT Information Session about the Kawamura Fellowship:</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><B>WHEN: Friday, January 19</B></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><B>TIME: 4:00pm</B></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><B>WHERE: Building 3-133</B></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"></SPAN></FONT> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><I>About Kawamura Visiting Fellowship:</I></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">The Kawamura Fellowship began in 1988 with the dual goal of promoting cultural exchange and improving mutual understanding between the people of Japan and outstanding students from Harvard and MIT. Each year, the Kawamura Fellowship invites up to four students, with keen interests in Japan and diverse academic and extra-curricular backgrounds, for travel throughout Japan and Thailand—</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><I>all </I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">expenses paid! </SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">The Visiting Fellows will experience as many aspects of Japanese life as possible from Karaoke in Tokyo to meetings with renowned Japanese businessmen, politicians, artisans, and educators. This is an unparalleled opportunity to experience Japanese society from on the "inside."</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">The Visiting Fellowship, which runs from July-August, includes five weeks of organized travel in Japan, one week in Bangkok, and an additional $1000 stipend for "extra" travel before or after the fellowship!</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">This is the perfect post-graduation plan for seniors, but underclassmen are also encouraged to apply.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Application deadline: February 5</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0020d8">. For more information or to apply online, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.kawamurafellowship.org/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0036f5" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">www.kawamurafellowship.org</SPAN></FONT></A></P><P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 12px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Please forward this email to interested student. If you have any further questions, please contact </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:scholarships@mit.edu"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0023e9">scholarships@mit.edu</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" color="#0020d8" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">.</SPAN></FONT></P><BR> <DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <DIV>***********</DIV> <DIV>Kimberly L Benard</DIV> <DIV>Program Advisor for Distinguished Fellowships</DIV> <DIV>Study Abroad and Distinguished Fellowships</DIV> <DIV>MITCO</DIV> <DIV>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DIV> <DIV>77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 26-161</DIV> <DIV>Cambridge, MA 02139-4307</DIV> <DIV>Phone: 617.253.4378 Fax: 617.452.2101</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:benard@mit.edu">benard@mit.edu</A></DIV> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>