A talented team comprised primarily of Thai UWC ISAK Japan alumni Thailand won a Thai SDG Game Fest award for their multi-player video game educating about waste management in a fun way. The game, titled ‘The collectors,’ was launched at Thailand Gameshow in October 2022
In late August 2022, Kai (Japan / Class of 2021) returned to the UWC ISAK Japan campus. He met with some of his former teachers, but the primary purpose of his visit was to check in with a particular project close to his heart—the ISAK
Expanding horizons through education “Education at UWC ISAK Japan opened up my world,” recalls Cararise (Zambia / Class of 2021). Now studying Economics and Political Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, she feels confident thanks to her academic knowledge gained at UWC ISAK Japan. For
A grateful employer UWC ISAK Japan is still a young school, with our first class graduating in 2017. As such, all our alums are at the beginning of their careers. But take a glance at our Leaders Beacon Blog, and you will read post after
A Three-Year Pursuit of Passion Meet Simon (Class of 2022 / New Zealand). His portrait in the recently published high school yearbook is faithful to his character: a smile from ear to ear. But don’t mistake the smile for lack of seriousness because Simon is
Meet Mafer, UWC ISAK Japan alum from Venezuela Over the years, we’ve observed that everything is more accessible and inclusive whenever Mafer is involved (Venezuela / Class of 2019). So, it is fitting that her latest endeavor is all about making crowdfunding easy and accessible
A one-of-its-kind scholarship The Nippon Foundation-ISAK Scholarship (日本財団-ISAK奨学金事業) has started when our first batch of students graduated from UWC ISAK Japan in 2017. (Since then, this generous scholarship has helped 25 students from five graduating classes continue their studies in Japan after graduating from
Teaching sea safety and preservation One of the first things Lin (Japan / Class of 2020) told us was that she was not good at public speaking. Yet after graduating from UWC ISAK Japan in 2020, she went straight to coordinate and teach classes in
Fostering a better education in Afghanistan In February 2020, Ataullah, aka Ata (Afghanistan / Class of 2017) and his local community celebrated the purchase of land for the planned Safura School in Afghanistan (pictured on the right). Ata has been working on this project since
Space is where you shine When Yasu (Japan-Taiwan / Class of 2017) heard the phrase “space is where you shine (宇宙は君たちの活躍するところ in Japanese)” something clicked. The words first were first introduced to Yasu by space entrepreneur Nobu Okada at a UWC ISAK Japan conference in
For most of our graduates, their well-earned summer break begins the moment the graduation ceremony ends. But for two of our 2021 graduates, it was crunch time, and they were about to embark on one of the most exhausting yet rewarding projects of their lives—they
Few would argue that 2020 was a rollercoaster of a year. For recent grad Gab Ponon (Philippines / Class of 2020), the past twelve months delivered a year with more ups and downs than he could have imagined. But a remarkable sense of resilience and
In a world of inequality, obtaining a full scholarship to attend UWC ISAK Japan allowed me to experience the most powerful advantage of money: the ability to think of things besides money. Growing up in Venezuela The young girl from Valencia (Venezuela), daughter of a
Community Holds Surprise Summer Festival No summer in Japan would be complete without a festival (“Natsu Matsuri” in Japanese). But in a post-pandemic world, sacrifices have been made and public gatherings have never been less-in-vogue. So, for those students on campus who have been unable
Written by Lhamo (Class of 2020 / Nepal) In December 2019, amid my second year as an IB student at UWC ISAK Japan, news of Covid-19 enveloped the world. I was taken aback by the force of China in taking measures to suppress the spread
With the beginning of the new year, in this edition of the Alumni Newsletter, we present you PanPan (Class of 2017, Thailand), interviewed by AJ (Class of 2018, India). PanPan is currently studying Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a liberal arts program known as Discovery
In this issue of the UWC ISAK Japan newsletter, Dilrabo (Class of 2017, Tajikistan) interviewed alum Nora (Class of 2018, Myanmar). Nora is now in Decorah, Iowa, studying at Luther College and double majoring in International Studies and Women & Gender Studies. She is doing
Written by Himanshu (Class of 2017, Nepal) We recently had a chat with Apoorba (Class of 2018, India). After spending the summer post-graduation travelling around Singapore, Colombia and India, she landed at Carleton College in Minnesota, United States, where she is studying Drama, English Literature
Despite being a recent UWC ISAK Japan grad and set to embark on a new academic challenge at King’s College London, Alina (Class of 2018, Singapore) just couldn’t resist the urge to visit our campus once more before her new school began. But this time,
Written by Himanshu (Class of 2017, Nepal) and Yuna (Class of 2017, Japan) We recently caught up with Selin (Class of 2017, Turkey) to see how she is doing a year out of ISAK. Selin has moved around a lot in her life due to
Dylan Oshima, Class of 2017 Welcome to our first Alumni Voices blog post! Our hope is to share updates from various UWC ISAK alumni on our blog each month. This post was contributed by Dylan Oshima (Class of 2017, Philippines) who is currently attending
Back in June, we cheered as our inaugural class received their diplomas. Now these same students have started the next chapters in their lives. Many are already attending classes at colleges and universities in 13 different countries and a few are working or taking a
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