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	Vol.7, No 34, October 27, 1999
	Overseas scholarship awarded to CSULB student By Yoko Ito-Peterson  Daily Forty-Niner A Cal State Long Beach senior is spending the next year at Waseda University in Tokyo as a part of a $10,000 Ministry of Education (Monbusho) scholarship she recently won.  Marci Simmons, a Japanese and international studies major, is the only CSULB student who won the Monbusho scholarship this year, said Leo Vancleve, director of California State University international programs.  Twenty-two CSU students applied for the scholarship, but only eight were awarded, said Joyce Curly, the study abroad coordinator for the CSU system. "This is a very competitive scholarship sponsored by the Japanese government because all the applicants have to show a minimum 3.0 grade point average," Vancleve said.  Simmons' 3.6 GPA easily qualified her.  The Monbusho scholarship requires applicants to enroll as undergraduate students at a college outside of Japan, said Barbara Parks, an editor and writer at the CSULB publications office.  Applicants should be between 18 and 30 years old and be a major or minor in the Japanese language, Japanese culture or closely related fields, Parks said.  In addition to a Japanese language workshop that Simmons takes in Tokyo, she also takes classes that focus on Japanese development organizations, CSULB public affairs officials said. International studies students are required to spend a semester overseas, said Cecilia Fidora, study abroad coordinator at the CSULB Center for International Education.  The scholarship does not cover the entire cost and living expenses in Tokyo, Cury said. She estimated Simmons' living expenses for the year to be more than $19,000. Fidora said, however, the scholarship will help Simmons adapt to the high cost of living in Japan. "We are happy that she [Simmons] reduces her cost by one half because it's very expensive in Tokyo," Fidora said.  Simmons said she decided to study in Japan after she visited the country twice. She hopes to learn the nuances of the language.  Simmons said her host family has quickly made her feel right at home. "On the second day I was living with them, my host mother told me that she had three daughters, Michiko, Haruko and Marci," Simmons said.		Happiness found in L.B.   College tuition lowered   Fine Arts buildings to be made over   Overseas scholarship awarded to CSULB student   Crime Log Death is part of war   Gun dealers senselessly targeted Fright Fest   Apollo Four Forty worth import price   Legendary band reunites for new release   Reality film features strong performances   Bizarre comedy film a hit Home schedule ends with defeat   Hockey team clubs its way to existence Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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