MSUM Student Awarded Scholarship to Study in Japan
Kevin Bauer, a Minnesota State University Moorhead sophomore majoring in East Asian Studies, has received a $4,000 Bridging Scholarship for Study Abroad awarded by the Association of Teachers of Japanese. Sixty-five awards were made from a pool of 600 applications.
Kevin, a Fargo South graduate, will study the Japanese language and culture during the next academic year at Nagoya Gakuin University, a small private university located in the Nagoya suburb of Seto, Japan. He is the son of Allen and Cheryl Bauer, Fargo.
Every year, more than 2,000 undergraduates from North American colleges and universities spend a year, a semester, or a summer studying in Japan.
The US-Japan Bridging Foundation awards scholarships to U.S. undergraduate students to study for one semester or academic year in Japan. The Foundation aims to expand the opportunities for study abroad in Japan to help prepare America’s young people to assume future global leadership roles.
The Association of Teachers of Japanese is an international, non-profit, non-political organization of individuals and institutions seeking to promote the study of Japanese language, linguistics, literature, culture, and pedagogy, primarily at the college or university level.