The Rotary Foundation, a century-old, worldwide benevolent group of over one million business and professional leaders, has a new scholarship on offer. Rotarians have long provided a variety of international exchange opportunities, but their newest project, the Rotary World Peace Scholarship, is committed to seeing that peace efforts get circulated throughout the world.
First awarded in 2002, the Peace Scholarship was established to educate leaders in government and the humanitarian field who embrace a commitment to spread goodwill, assist in conflict resolution, and promote international understanding. "If we had started this scholarship 50 years ago, when the other Rotary scholarships began," muses Rotary Foundation trustee Fumio Tamamura, "I think the world would be a better place now."
Rotary World Peace Scholarship recipients enjoy two years of Master's study hosted by one of the Rotary Centers for International Studies situated on university campuses throughout the world. International Christian University (ICU) is home to Japan's Rotary Center. Currently, fellows from 32 different countries have taken up residence either at ICU or one of the other centers around the world including the United States, the U.K., France, Australia and Argentina.