World Campus International, Inc. is seeking motivated interns for the World Campus- Japan 2010 program. Please check http://worldcampus.org/job-opportunities.html for more details.
WCI in Suita!!! 40 Years in the making.
Standing in the shadow of the Tower of the Sun at the site of the 1970 World Peace Expo is humbling. In March, World Campus International was invited to join the 40th anniversary celebration. Our job was simple but our responsibility was much more complicated. We were asked to represent the world community. In a sea of thousands, how could 12 international participants and another 10 Japanese volunteers represent an entire planet?
During our one week WCI experience, we made many connections and friends as we are often so fortunate to do, but this week, we really brought them into our family. A local cheerleading team and a club for collage kids to practice English shared every minute with us. They joined us in rehearsal, in after program activities, and they even had a hand in teaching us part of our arigato event. It was a true honor to have so many people who did not know the organization invest so much of their time with us.
On the day of the World Exposition, we dressed up in our cultural best and stepped into the festival not knowing how we would be received. Our fears ended as soon as our first performance began. Thousands of people had a chance to see a little bit of World Campus and the community we represent. 270 people throughout the day lined up to write their hopes for a future world on paper leaves that we stuck on our “Tree of Nations.” We helped our local sponsors sell sweets as we interacted with the people who came to the festival for the day. It truly seemed that our modest group of global citizens made an impact on the festival and I know without a doubt, the 2010 World Exposition Celebration fulfilled its duty to everyone by reminding us all why we gathered there in the first place. If the enormous Tower of the sun could, I imagine it would have nodded with approval.
WCI Summer 2009 Program alumnus, Ashwin Ramjiawan, writes a WCI article in Leiden University, the Netherlands
Please download the Journal article in Dutch: 
Journal-5-Ashwin.pdf (5 MB)
World Campus International – Japan
A unique experience in Japan
Hello! My name is Ashwin. Currently I am a third year undergraduate of Japanese Studies and also a proud third year member of the beautiful student society, Tanuki. Last summer, I experienced Japan via World Campus International; a non-profit organization which coordinates a program in Japan every year for students from all over the world. This program has changed me as a student, as person and as a citizen of the world, and I am here to tell you why!
The International Aspect
When I first joined the World Campus International group in Omura (Nagasaki-ken), I was the only Dutch in a group full of strangers. I felt alone. I didn’t know any of those people, and to be honest, I was a little bit uncomfortable thinking that I would be spending most of my time with a bunch them. Those feelings vanished fast after the first day. Over a short period of time, I talked, laughed, cried, shared all kinds of thoughts and emotions, sang and even danced so much with these “strangers”. Each and every one of them conquered a special place in my heart and I now call them friends. I still speak to most of them via Facebook, Skype and chat. Some have even come to visit me in the Netherlands. It still seems strange and mind-boggling to state that I have friends from all over the world! But after my experience with WCI Japan last summer, I cannot deny it or say it in any other way. I became friends with people from Mexico, Denmark, China, Korea, the USA, Canada, Italy, Austria, Norway, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Myanmar and Japan of course. Together we discussed worldly issues such as international relations (Japan – America, for instance), topics about Japan (the Japanese school system, culture, music, etc.) and issues about the country were each of the participants were from. In my case, I got to share the Netherlands and its culture (Huis den Bosch, the Dutch drug policy, bicycles, and stroopwafels.) Ideas were shared, emotions were expressed and jokes were told within a close group of people from different countries and a variety of cultures. It was a unique experience for me to see so many nationalities together sharing the same passion… Japan!
Continue reading WCI Summer 2009 Program alumnus, Ashwin Ramjiawan, writes a WCI article in Leiden University, the Netherlands
CEO’s March 2010 visit to the Nordic countries
World Campus International, Inc. CEO, Hiro Nishimura visited Copenhagen University, Copenhagen Business School and Roskilde University in Denmark from March 1 to March 3, 2010. He continued to Finland to visit Itäkeskuksen Lukio, Helsingin Kuvataidelukio and Helsingin Yhtenäiskoulu in Helsinki from March 4 to March 6, 2010.
Hiro Nishimura presented WC-J Program to Roskilde university students
World Campus – Japan Program Alumni, Lily Ha (Summer’08) and Torsten Sigvertsen (Summer’09) arranged a WC-J Program Presentation to their follow students @ Copenhagen University
Hiro met with Lisbeth Clausen, Associate Professor, PhD, Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School
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2010 Program Introduction Letter from CEO
Word_Campus-Japan_year2010_letter.pdf
The program introduction letter was written by the CEO, Hiro Nishimura.
There are very useful information for the people who are interested in the organization and the June-August 2010 programs.
