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Name : TU Shihan
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science (Area of Study: Culture, Society and Media)
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2019 to Fall Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Magna Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : At APU, she dedicated herself to cultural exchange. She has participated in several circles which have multicultural backgrounds, served as a TA for MCW and FIRST programs, and experienced Japanese culture through homestay and other means. At the same time, she worked as a freelance translator and Chinese teacher, constantly reacquainting herself with her culture through language. As a member of ALRCS, she continued to contribute to the APU academic community from the first semester to the last, and served as a leader in her fifth semester.
Name : Hana ITO
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration (Area of Study: Marketing)
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2018 to Spring Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : She has actively committed to activities in a student organization called ALRCS, which raise the purpose of encouraging self-learning among APU students. In her four-year journey as an ALRCS member, she has taken initiative as the organization leader for a year and a half pursuing her servant-leadership. In addition to the stable commitment to the organization, she has involved herself in activities that encourage Japanese students to use English, such as TA jobs in English classes and SC2 (Super Cross-Cultural Workshop) by Waseda-juku. Through all the activities, she has noticed the importance of problem-finding and solving skills, which led her to spontaneously launch an original project from scratch considering the existing problem in the APU community, namely Beppu Sugoroku. The variety of activities she has experienced allowed her to be more flexible, efficient, and initiative.
Name : SHAFIRA Nuralifa Santoso
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science (Area of Study: Environment and Development)
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2018 to Spring Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Summa Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : She was a project manager with experiences in leading social projects in the developmental disability, environment, and education field. She founded Upcycle— An environmental based organization with an objective to connect, educate and facilitate educational institutions to instill sustainable waste management habits, which received a full funding by APU. She also co-found The Kaiwa Podcast— APU’s first student led podcast with the aim of to voice, inspire and empower the APU community. During her four years at APU, she actively participates in various organization such as GASS and FLAG, became a Teaching Assistant, led campus development projects and contributes to Indonesian Week.
Name : SHRESTHA Simona
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science (Area of Study: Environment and Development)
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2018 to Spring Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Summa Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : During her four years in APU, she has actively engaged in various activities, particularly revolving around education. She co-founded, ‘Pustakalaya APU’, an organization that helps improve the reading culture and bridge the gap in the education sector in Nepal. She was successful in raising more than ¥500,000 in funds to build a fully furnished library and provide more than 1500 books to 600+ students in a school located in rural Nepal. In addition, she also supported freshmen students as her role as a Teaching Assistant for the various courses in First Year Education. Academically, she has been distinguished with the Academic Merit Award and Certificate and has presented her research in several conferences.
Name : MATHEW Ann Rhiya
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration (Area of Study: Strategic Management and Organization)
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2018 to Spring Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Magna Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : She has actively taken advantage of various opportunities at APU. She was the founder and leader of a fundraiser project that provided electronic devices to an underprivileged minority group in India who were severely affected by Covid. She led and organized the Business Entrepreneurship Contest 2019 and worked as supporting staff for Global Business Case Challenge 2019 and Business Case Challenge, and worked as the Logistics Leader and Team Leader for Self-Development Camp. Also, she participated FLAG as an active member, and worked as Leader TA and TA for several classes. She was part of an independent student activity that collected and distributed relief materials to those affected by the floods in Hita, Oita. She was an active organizer of Indian Week 2019 and has actively contributed to her community back at home and to communities in Beppu and APU.
Name : HARIHARAN Dwithi
Degree : Bachelor of Social Sciences (Area of Study: Environment and Development)
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2018 to Spring Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Summa Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : At APU and as an HPGC student, she was able to develop her language abilities and global understanding through joint seminars with diverse students. She was pushed to make a difference in her own way and so, she tried to make a more inclusive campus by making the APU Sign Language Club, become more culturally aware by participating in over 7 Multicultural Weeks, and be more involved as a peer leader by participating as a TA in international events and classes under the Research, Admissions and Academic Offices. Also, she helped develop communities by participating in international and local humanitarian drives. These activities have helped her solidify her interests, and along with my other academic and extracurricular pursuits, have shaped her study and career path for the future.
Name : NOENPOEMPISUT Thitawan
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration (Area of Study: Innovation and Economics)
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2018 to Spring Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : While at APU, she balanced between maintaining academic and extracurricular activities. She took part in a wide range of cross-cultural exchange events, such as volunteering as a one-day English TA for a Japanese elementary school, cultural exchange sessions with Japanese elementary and high school students, and the leader of Thai Week 2019 Academic event, organizing Thai calligraphy session for APU students. Also, she engaged herself in developing the APU community with campus tours and exchange meetings as an APU Student Ambassador. Moreover, she initiated the "Beppu Sugoroku" project with another HPGC member to help international students settle in Japan better through a compact bilingual infographic brochure about the bus system and transportation in Beppu city. On the academic aspect, her team and she were awarded 2nd runner-up in the Business Entrepreneur Contest in her first year and selected as a Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) member in her third year.
Name : NGUYEN Thu Huong
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration (Area of Study: Innovation and Economics)
Participation Period : From Spring Semester 2019 to Spring Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Magna Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : She developed herself as a leader in a multicultural environment through many roles such as camp leaders, mentors, and teaching assistants. She spent considerable time and efforts developing materials for cultural exchanges workshops between Japanese and international students at all levels, including conferences like Model United Nations. Along with fellow APU students, she has won many case competitions and awards, namely as Vietnam’s representative at South-east Asia round of Mondelez Leading Edge Challenge 2021. In academics, she focuses on organizational change and technology-integrated innovation management, leading her thesis to be on digital technology acceptance level in museums. Towards finishing her studies, she devoted the last 6 months of university time to volunteer at a non-profit organization in Vietnam – Know One Teach One, to support underprivileged youth to have a better education and future.
Name : BASHYAL Snigdha
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science (Area of Study: Environment and Development)
Participation Period : From Spring Semester 2019 to Spring Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : She co-founded “Upcycle” and conducted an environmental education project as well as practical upcycling workshops for students. She was actively involved in on-campus community development as a peer assistant at the Self Access Learning Center (SALC); assisted freshmen during their orientation as a member of FLAG; took up various teaching assistant roles and was an editor at the APU times.
Name : DWIVEDI Aditi
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration (Area of Study: Strategic Management and Organization)
Participation Period : From Spring Semester 2019 to Spring Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : Throughout her four years at APU, she has strived to excel at academics as well as extracurricular activities to make the best out of university life. Along with excelling at Japanese, won prizes in Business Case Competitions and became an intern at TATA Consultancy Services and Deloitte, among few selected students from all over Japan. She was also selected as one of the three students chosen from all over the Japan as JEES scholar, Oita Kotsu scholar and the finalist of the prestigious ANDO Momofuku Honor Prize. A teaching assistant for various subjects along with leading and participating in different organizations like GASS, FLAG, Indian Week, etc.
Name : MEHTA Muskaan
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration (Area of Study: Accounting and Finance)
Participation Period : From Spring Semester 2019 to Spring Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : She worked actively in various organizations at APU and tried to contribute to the society with her sincere efforts. She supported Global Competency Enhancement Program organized for the working professionals of Japan for 3 years and served as a leader within the organization. Wanting to understand and support the education system of Japan, she worked as a leader in BEGIN organization in which she worked with over 200 Japanese high school students and helped them in building necessary skills for university life. Other than this, she participated in multiple TA programs in APU such as MCW, SSAW, English, etc. Her consistent efforts were recognized by Mitsubishi Corporation, and she was awarded Mitsubishi Corporation International Scholarship. Along with actively participating in extracurricular activities, she balanced her academics well and was awarded the membership of Beta Gamma Sigma, a prestigious international organization.
Name : Fathia Fairuza
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science (Area of Study: International Relations and Peace Studies)
Participation Period : From Spring Semester 2019 to Spring Semester 2022
Service Learning Award Rank : Magna Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : She is a content creator with 52,000 followers on Instagram (@fathiafairuza), to motivate others to pursue higher education and scholarship. She is the founder Shape Your Life Indonesia, an organization advocating the rights of 14,100 underprivileged students in Indonesia to get their rights to quality education, which also received funding from APU Project B in Spring 2021. In order to create bigger impacts, she will enroll as a Master student in Human Rights at Columbia University in the city of New York.
Name : Moe AOKI
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2017 to Fall Semester 2021
Service Learning Award Rank : Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : She worked as a department leader of a student organization called GASS for three years in a multinational team. She was also actively involved in other activities, such as working as a TA for Multicultural Collaborative Workshop classes. In terms of academics, she deepened her insights into marketing by participating in a one-year exchange program in Denmark. After returning to Japan, she took a leave of absence to focus on practical experience and learning while doing long-term internships where she created future insight reports based on interviews with consumers, researched the changing values of Gen-Z, and gave presentations to companies as a student PR planner.
Name : HOANG Vu Thien Phuoc (Annie)
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration
Participation Period : From Spring Semester 2018 to Fall Semester 2021
Service Learning Award Rank : Summa Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : She is a public speaker, content creator, and mental health advocate. She founded APU MeWe—APU’s first mental wellness organization to support students’ mental health and wellbeing, which received funding from APU and won the Grand Prize at the Kyoto Healthy Campus Forum in 2021. She also used her YouTube (Annie Hoang) and Instagram (@aepiannie) accounts to share the experiences she had while studying in Japan, and she consulted and mentored more than 70 students from more than 13 countries. Her TEDxWasedaU talk about personal branding served to empower young people to embrace their personal stories to find success and grow positively.
Name : KONDO Yuho
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration
Participation Period : From Spring Semester 2018 to Fall Semester 2021
Service Learning Award Rank : Cum Laude in Service
Achievements : During her four years at APU, she committed herself to taking advantage of every opportunity to grow in this unique international environment. Apart from her proactive participation in regular activities, she went above and beyond by participating in study programs, volunteer activities, and long-term internships. Some of her activities include starting a circle for language exchange, working as a Teaching Assistant, and joining and leading student organizations. Her leading role as a student career advisor in particular helped many of her younger classmates plan their futures.
Name : BIAN Wenjing
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2017 to Spring Semester 2021
Service Learning Award Rank : Magna cum laude in Service
Achievements : She actively participated in various cross-cultural exchange programs and events such as the SECOND program, Chinese Week, Cambodia Week, and TA for the FIRST program. She also joined the student NGO group "PRENGO" to support sustainable livelihoods for poor villagers in Thailand, organized a paper recycling project with other HPGC members to raise awareness in protecting the environment among APU students, and created Chinese alumni interview columns to unite APU Chinese Alumni. She contributed to the APU community and society through a variety of those activities. On the academic side, she was distinguished with the Academic Merit Scholarship twice and was selected as a member of Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS).
Name : RIFQY Tenribali Eshanasir
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2017 to Spring Semester 2021
Service Learning Award Rank : Summa cum laude in Service
Achievements : He co-founded an independent volunteer group to help underprivileged rural children in need of education and has successfully completed two volunteer activities abroad. In addition to improving the English language and computer literacy skills of children in these two activities, his volunteer group also delivered various relief supplies to the people suffering from the recent earthquake in Lombok, Indonesia, and donated more than 250 books to the school library in Nawalpur, Nepal. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, he was involved in various activities. For instance, he advocated for gender equality at EQUAL APU, wrote articles about various events in Japan from an international student's perspective for several Indonesian provincial newspapers, and represented the university as a webinar speaker along with Indonesian government officials.
Name : MUHAMMAD Fadhillah Farras
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science
Participation Period : From Spring Semester 2018 to Spring Semester 2021
Service Learning Award Rank : Cum laude in Service
Achievements : In addition to devote himself to learning his major field of International Relations, he also actively participated in various APU club activities and put his effort into developing the APU community. In particular, he performed at various events such as the "Tenkusai," "Beppu Yataimura Countdown," "Beppu Hinoumi Festival," and "Beppu Hatto Onsen Festival" as a core member of the "Wadaiko Raku" and "Arauma Chiyo." He also endeavored to create an environment that would provide more opportunities for international students in APU to experience authentic traditional Japanese culture, and a club that would serve as a bridge to foster internationally minded students.
Name : SOUTHEREN Aedan Malachy Gillespie
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration
Participation Period : From Spring Semester 2017 to Fall Semester 2020
Service Learning Award Rank : Cum laude in Service
Achievements : He focused on volunteer activities and contributed to the university and wider community as Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) Chapter President and as a member of APU Student Ambassadors. He also played an active role in community development and local government initiatives, serving in such roles as a leader of the youth representative team to tackle prefectural youth voter turnout, MC and interpreter for the Oita-Fiji Friendship Dinner and Oita Investment Contest. Academically, he has won numerous business case competitions, as well as represented the university at the 2020 Bloomberg Investment Contest and the BGS Global Leadership Summit in Chicago, IL.
Name : KANEGAE Tomomi
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science
Participation Period : From Spring Semester 2017 to Fall Semester 2020
Service Learning Award Rank : Cum laude in Service
Achievements : She contributed to the university and the local community by passionately participating in activities related to education, in which she developed interest and passion based on her own experiences. During her year-long exchange program in Norway, she learned about Inclusive Education, and after returning to Japan, she conducted a large-scale educational event called “Educolle” at APU through internship. She also established an educational student organization called “JYORO” and conducted multiple events for elementary to high school students, and actively engaged in peer leadership activities through FLAG and TA.
Name : TSVETKOV Radoslav Tsvetanov
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2016 to Spring Semester 2020
Service Learning Award Rank : Summa cum laude in Service
Achievements : He brought significant impact as a core member of MINAGI Project by raising awareness and providing clean drinkable water to villagers in Guatemala. He was also devoted to developing the on-campus community with campus tours and exchange meetings as an APU Student Ambassador, and freshmen guidance as a member of FLAG. During his education, he was distinguished with the prestigious ANDO Momofuku Award, as well as the Academic Merit Scholarship for three times. In his final year, he represented the University at the CFA Institute Research Challenge’s local finals in Tokyo and at Beta Gamma Sigma’s Global Leadership Summit in Chicago, IL.
Name : ZENA Fadilla
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2016 to Spring Semester 2020
Service Learning Award Rank : Magna cum laude in Service
Achievements : She organized a Beppu shopping tour for new students. She became a voice actress for Indonesia Week 2017 and served as a theatre team leader the following year. Furthermore, she represented the APU Indonesia Student Organization 2019 and actively worked on benefitting the entire APU community. She was also passionate about returning the favor to the society through participating in various volunteer activities. As an example, she participated in an Indonesian NGO and became a bridge between the Japanese community in Jakarta and the NGO by conducting a flea market in Japanese.
Name : MATSUMOTO Ayumi
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2016 to Spring Semester 2020
Service Learning Award Rank : Cum laude in Service
Achievements : During her university life, she committed herself to accumulating knowledge and experience in Development Studies as her major. Apart from classroom lectures, she also deepened her practical learning by proactively participating in overseas volunteer activities and internships. In her sophomore year, she participated in a study abroad program in Norway to learn Gender Studies as well. As the culmination of her four-year education, her undergraduate thesis was recognized with the Outstanding Graduation Thesis Award.
Name : NADIRA Annisa
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science
Participation Period : From Spring Semester 2017 to Spring Semester 2020
Service Learning Award Rank : Magna cum laude in Service
Achievements : She developed a passion for writing and journalism, which led her to be a representative of Japan in the Future News Worldwide Conference held by the British Council and honed a wide range of journalism skills with the talented student journalists around the world. She also worked with the Admissions Office to focus on public relations for APU in Indonesia as a head of APUINA's Media and Press Division. She served as a Lead Stage Actress in the Indonesia Week 2017 and contributed as a Backstage Manager for Indonesia Week 2018.
Name : GOURDIN Jean-Baptiste Thierry Joannes
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2016 to Fall Semester 2019
Service Learning Award Rank : Summa cum laude in Service
Achievements : He singlehandedly coordinated the merchandizing process of original APU wears which are sold at the Co-op. Also, he organized a clean-up with HPGC students and AP House residents around the campus. Furthermore, he made significant contributions to GASS (Global Admissions Student Staff), which gives guided campus tours to prospective high school students.
Name : MATSUMOTO Sumire
Degree : Bachelor of Social Science
Participation Period : From Fall Semester 2016 to Fall Semester 2019
Service Learning Award Rank : Magna cum laude in Service
Achievements : She conducted an overseas training workshop and camp for Girl Scouts aimed to expand experiences and increase knowledge of diversity. Also, she worked as a Leader TA (Teaching Assistant) for a Multicultural Cooperative Workshop class.
＊Criteria for Service Learning Award
Students are required to earn the designated number of badges in approved activities in order to complete the program by participating in a university-led or off campus volunteer program and taking initiatives and conducting events or projects on their own. Additionally, students who gained a certain number of badges will be ranked based on the number of approved activities. Three rankings recognize the efforts that students make in becoming a role model and will be presented to the students at program completion.
| Rank | Descriptors |
|---|---|
| Cum Laude in Service | Fulfilled the minimum requirements to complete the program. |
| Magna Cum Laude in Service | Role-model students that other students look up to, eagerly engaged and active in multiple fields and disciplines. |
| Summa Cum Laude in Service | True global citizens whose worldwide vision and actions have a significant impact on other students, faculty, staff, and other citizens. |
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