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A motivated group of awardees and their peers attended the Spring 2016 Award and Scholarship Conferral Ceremony on Wednesday, June 29.

Vice-President YOKOYAMA Kenji started the ceremony with praise for the students and their achievements, and then presented an award certificate for the ANDO Momofuku Award to a representative from this semester's group of winners. After this, Dean of the College of Asia Pacific Studies TODOROKI Hiroshi and Dean of the College of International Management OTAKE Toshitsugu presented certificates to student representatives from their respective colleges for the Academic Merit Scholarship and Academic Merit Certificate before congratulating them on their achievements.

Vice-President YOKOYAMA then presented a certificate to the recipient of the YOKOYAMA English Award. Dean of Student Affairs MAKITA Masahiro followed by presenting awards for group and individual recipients of the Incentive Scholarship & Certificate for Self-motivated Students & Organizations, followed by recipients of the Self-motivated Students Scholarship.

＜AY2016 Spring Scholarship Winners＞

ANDO Momofuku Award¹
This scholarship was founded through the generosity of the late ANDO Momofuku, founder of Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. and recipient of an honorary doctorate from Ritsumeikan University, to encourage and support students who have outstanding academic records, are of good character, and have played a leading role in various activities.

Yokoyama English Award¹
This scholarship has been established through a generous endowment by Vice-President YOKOYAMA Kenji with the aim of encouraging Japanese-basis students to strive to improve their English ability in their first year, to encourage these students to discover the many different ways it is possible to learn at this university, and to cultivate talented individuals who can be active internationally in the future.

Incentive Scholarship for Self-motivated Students¹
The aim of the Incentive Scholarship for Self-motivated Students is to encourage and support individuals or groups who have demonstrated exceptional performance in their self-motivated or extracurricular activities, and have established higher goals for the future that are considered achievable.

Academic Merit Scholarship²
This scholarship is to encourage students who have achieved excellent academic results during the 2015 fall semester.

Academic Merit Certificate²
This certificate is to encourage students who have achieved the second or third position as academic results during the 2015 fall semester.

Notes:
1. The number preceding the student's name indicates their current semester.
2. The number preceding the student's name indicates the semester they have completed.