Shinnyo Fellowship Program

For the academic year of 2016-2017, George Mason University and UC Berkeley joined Stanford University’s Haas Center for Public Service, the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, and Redwood City 2020’s SPIN/Shinnyo Fellowship to create a post-undergraduate Shinnyo Fellowship Program. With this shift from predominantly undergraduate Fellows to a couple more post-undergraduate …

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Carolina Ornelas was the 2015-2016 SPIN Shinnyo Fellow from Stanford University. The SPIN Shinnyo Fellowship is a collaboration between Shinnyo-en Foundation, the John W. Gardner Center at Stanford, the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford, and Redwood City 2020. During her fellowship year, Carolina supported youth development and community engagement projects at the Gardner …

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This past week, Shinnyo-en Foundation welcomed our 2015-16 Shinnyo Fellows! Shinnyo Fellows range from undergraduate to doctoral students who are recruited and selected by the Foundation’s four partner universities or organizations. Each partner awards year-long Shinnyo Fellowships in unique ways depending on how their programs have developed over the years to tailor to the strength …

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Contributed by Stuart Haruyama, 2013-14 Shinnyo Fellow Wiping the sleep away from my eyes, I push my way through the vast caverns and concourses of Tokyo’s Shinjuku train station. At 7 a.m., the masses of movement flowing in all directions disorientate me, as I quickly attempt to scan around looking for my own platform. I …

Shinnyo Fellow Reflections: From Seattle to Tachikawa, and Beyond Read More »

This August we welcomed a group of passionate and bright individuals as our 2014-2015 Shinnyo Fellows! Shinnyo Fellows range from undergraduate to Ph.D. students who are recruited and selected by the Foundation’s four partner universities to serve in various fields, such as health and human services, peace education, and food justice, just to name a …

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