🎉 UWAAJ Reunion 2024 🎉

A big thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s annual gathering. This reunion was special as we celebrated the strategic collaboration between Japan and UW in AI and semiconductors🤝🌏

We were honored to have President Ana Mari Cauce, Provost Tricia Serio, Deputy Chief of Mission from the US Embassy, and our local strategic partners. Stay connected, and we look forward to seeing you at future events🐾⭐️

On July 20th, the Japanese Student Association at the UW (JSA) and the UWAAJ hosted the kick-off event to welcome new students joining UW this fall!🌿📚✨We wish our new Huskies an amazing, safe adventure in Seattle! *Pics posted with permission. 

7月20日、東京にて今年の秋からUWに入学する新入生へのキックオフイベントを開催しました🌟UWでの新生活が素晴らしいものとなるよう願っています！

Thank you to all the Huskies who joined us for the reunion yesterday 🎉 We're so happy to finally resume our annual gathering and see everyone.

2019年ぶりのUWAAJ Reunion 2023にご参加をいただきました皆様、ありがとうございました。久しぶりに皆様と再会ができ嬉しく思います🎉今後ともUWAAJをよろしくお願いいたします。

19 undergrads will be attending the UW from this fall and 6 of them (plus 4 mums and dads) participated in our annual Kick Off (formerly called Send-off) on Jul. 8. 2 JSA officers presented what should be very useful information to the students-to-be and there were LOTS of questions during the mingling session.

(3 UWAAJ Board members were present to assist with the logistics.)

We wish the students well and hope that they enjoy their stay in Seattle while staying safe. We also hope that we'll see them back for our events in the future!

(We have their prior permission to post their pictures on this page.)

For those of you interested in, please check out the event happening on 19 April by Washinkai!

Visions of the Katsura Imperial Villa

和心会による春の日本古典文学講演：桂離宮のビジョン

📍 April 19, (日本時間4月20日)

🕛 7:00 PM-8:30 PM PT/11:00-12:30 JST 

🗒Register:
https://events.uw.edu/event/0b7ea2f7-6935-42d8-b51d-c41cbc6f64b4/summary

📍Check out the latest updates on the Tateuchi East Asia Library renovation project🎓

https://www.washington.edu/give-to-libraries/tateuchi-east-asia-library-renovation/

It's confirmed! The Converge series of activities will be hosted by UW Alumni Association Indonesia as "Converge Jakarta" this year!

The dates are Aug. 12 (Sat.) ~ 15 (Tue.).

*For those of you who reside in Japan, Aug. 11 (Fri.) is a national holiday. This is Obon Festival weekend.

We're not too sure of the venue and other details but will send an email to UWAAJ members as soon as we confirm the information.

In the meantime, you can register to UWAA to receive information directly from Home Campus.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/uw-converge-jakarta-2023/

We've heard through the grapevines that Ana Mari Cauce (UW President) and Frank Hodge (Dean of Foster School of Business) are scheduled to participate. Other speakers and participants from Home Campus are currently being confirmed.

Happy New Year! Wishing you, your family and friends a very prosperous and healthy year.

We have some news to share. Converge 2023 will be hosted by UWAA Indonesia in Jakarta (Converge Jakarta 2023). The date and venue are yet to be confirmed, but we've been informed that it will held in August. Converge events will be held on a Saturday, while excursions may take place on the dates following Converge activities.

We will send UWAAJ members (who are on the member list) an email as soon as the date and other details have been confirmed. For information directly from Home Campus, please access the following.

https://uwalum.com/converge

※For UW alumni, exchange students, and those who studied or worked at the UW (visiting scholar, professor, etc.) even for a quarter, and wish to join UWAAJ, please email us at info@uwaajapan.com.

(There is no fee to become a member.)

🎓Welcome to the University of Washington, Class of 2026✨The Japanese Student Association at the UW (JSA) and the UW Alumni Association Japan (UWAAJ) hosted the first in-person send-off event since the pandemic. We wish them the best and hope they'll enjoy Seattle. Thanks to Japanese Student Association at University of Washington officers for a great orientation🎊

パンデミック以来、初の対面イベントとして、UWAAJは、ワシントン大学日本人生徒会と共催で、今秋からUWに入学予定の新入生へのオリエンテーションイベントを東京で実施しました。

最新の情報や現役学生とのネットワーキングの機会を提供する事で、少しでも不安を解消しUWで楽しい学生生活が送れるよう願っています。