NEWS

On Wednesday, November 27, 2013, the AY2013 Fall Semester Award and Scholarship Conferral Ceremony was held at the APU Convention Hall. Students with outstanding academic performance in the Spring semester were recognized, including four recipients of the ANDO Momofuku Award*¹.

The ceremony began with President KORENAGA Shun giving an opening address in which he lauded the students for their efforts, and one winner of the ANDO Momofuku Award stepped forward to receive a certificate on behalf of all the recipients. Next, the Dean of the College of Asia Pacific Studies, Prof. PISHVA Davar, and the Dean of the College of International Management, Prof. YOKOYAMA Kenji, presented certificates to the recipients from their colleges and praised their efforts.

NGUYEN Hoang Duy P. (APM3, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam), gave a speech as the representative of the ANDO Momofuku Award recipients and shared his aspirations for the future. "I have helped many students with their studies as a Teaching Assistant in various lectures and a Peer Advisor at the SALC, and these experiences have been very rewarding. In my classes, I am learning about the social responsibilities of organizations and ethical management. One professor, who I greatly respect, told me 'Businesses today must not only seek profit, they must pursue kindness and humanity.' This is what made me realize that I want to become a professor of business ethics. In the two years I have left until graduation, I plan to intern at an educational institution and join conferences of young people who have the same dream as me. I also plan to write an undergraduate thesis on business ethics in Vietnam."

*The ANDO Momofuku Award was founded through the late ANDO Momofuku, the founder of Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. and holder of an Honorary Doctorate from Ritsumeikan University, to encourage and support students who have outstanding academic results, are of good character, and have played a leading role in various activities.

＜AY2013 Fall Scholarship Winners＞

* Numbers refer to student year levels in the 2013 Fall semester

・Numbers refer to student year levels in the 2013 Spring semester

・Numbers refer to student year levels in the 2013 Spring semester