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2 unusual facts about Showa Women's University


Junko Tabei

After obtaining a degree in English literature from Showa Women's University where she was a member of the mountain climbing club, Tabei formed the "Ladies Climbing Club: Japan (LCC)" in 1969.

Showa Women's University

Japan Women's School of Higher Education (日本女子高等学院, Nihon Joshi Kōtō Gakuin), the predecessor of this university, was established by poet Enkichi Hitomi (pseudonym: Tōmei Hitomi), who gathered together his intelligentsia friends that sympathized with the minds of those fashionable idols at the time, notably Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.


A Year in the Province

He has since worked as an academic, publishing numerous historical titles, and since 1998 has been Reader in History at Queen's University, Belfast.

Ambrose D. Richard

Richard was educated at St. Joseph's College there, at St. Dunstan's College in Prince Edward Island and at Boston University.

Aquamarine Power

The Oyster concept originated from studies conducted in 2003 by the wave power research team at Queen's University, Belfast, led by Professor Trevor Whittaker.

Bae Hyun-jin

Bae graduated from Sookmyung Women's University's Seoul campus with a degree in Communications and Korean Language and Literature after graduating from Dongsan High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.

Bobby Routh

Routh is a graduate of the William Cullen Bryant High School and received his bachelors from St. John's University.

Canadian currency tactile feature

It was suggested by Bruno Thériault, an administrator for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and designed by Dr. Susan Lederman, a professor of Psychology at Queen's University.

Cedric Jackson

Jackson began his collegiate career at St. John's University in Queens, New York.

Charles Ignatius White

His classical studies were made at Mount St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, and at St. Mary's College, Baltimore, and his theological course at St. Sulpice, Paris, where he was ordained priest on 5 June 1830.

Ciro Rodriguez

He graduated with his entering class from Harlandale High School and then briefly attended San Antonio College, but subsequently graduated from St. Mary’s University with a B.A. in Political Science.

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

16 physicians elected by their peers on a geographical basis every three years; 3 physicians appointed from among the six faculties of medicine (at the University of Western Ontario, McMaster University, University of Toronto, Queen's University, University of Ottawa, and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine); no fewer than 13 and no more than 15 non-physician or 'public' members appointed by the provincial government for terms decided by the government.

Dominique de Caen

In 1979, he obtained a Master of Science degree from Queen's University with a thesis on Prime Boolean matrices.

Duksung Women's University

Duksung was officially founded as a college, on the site of the Unhyeongung palace, in 1950.

E. C. Pielou

Later she was professor of biology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (1968–71) and at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (1974–81) and then Oil Sands Environmental Research Professor working out of the University of Lethbridge, Alberta (1981–86).

Earnest Goodsir-Cullen

In 1947 the family went to live with Elsie's mother in Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and Ernest had to re-qualify as a doctor at Queen's University, Belfast.

Edward C. Prado

He has received many honors and awards, including the following: St. Thomas More Award, St. Mary's University School of Law (2000); Outstanding Alumnus, San Antonio College (1989); LULAC State Award for Excellence (1981); Edgewood I.S.D. Hall of Fame (1981); Achievement Award, U.S. Attorney General (1980); Outstanding Young Lawyer of San Antonio (1980); and Outstanding Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas (1978).

EPSCI

Some of the most recognizable partners for exchanges are McGill University, Emory University, Keio University, Queen's University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, IE Business School, UNC Chapel Hill, Bocconi Milan, and UNSW Sydney.

Frederick Hammersley

The exhibit, which traveled to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was praised for its presentation of cool abstractions which were very different from the emotional ones of the established abstract expressionist movement.

GRTensorII

This package was developed at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario by Peter Musgrave, Denis Pollney and Kayll Lake.

Helen King

King graduated from Queen's University Department of Drama in 1994, moving to Montreal in 1995.

Henry Esson Young

He was born in English River, Quebec, the son of Reverend Alexander Young and Ellen (McBain, and was educated at Queen's University, McGill University, Toronto University and University of Pennsylvania.

Ivan Lee

Lee graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1999, earning a full scholarship to St. John's University in Queens, New York.

James Baba

His Master of Arts degree in Public Administration was awarded in 1993 from St. John's University in Queens, New York City.

James Scheibel

A graduate of Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, he worked as a community organizer, as aide to former mayor Lawrence D. Cohen, as national organizer for the Fred R. Harris Presidential campaign in 1976 and as deputy director for Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA).

Jason Collett

At a recent show at Queen's University, Collett expressed his displeasure for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Jim M. Courtright

After completing his degree at U of O he enrolled at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario where he received a degree in Applied Science in 1941 and would later return as a Vice Principal.

John Peter Portelli

He also taught at St. Mary’s University, Taxas, U.S.A. (1994–95); the Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (1997–98); and at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (1998).

Kishibe Shigeo

He also lectured at numerous other universities, including Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Soai Women's University, Niigata University, Hirosaki University, and Waseda University.

Knott Arena

Knott Arena is a multi-purpose sports arena at Mount Saint Mary's University, in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Kobe Shoin Women's University

It was founded by missionaries in 1892 and maintains an affiliation with Nippon Sei Ko Kai (the Anglican Communion in Japan), although students may be of any religion.

Magnetar

A research led by Matt Nicholl, of the Astrophysics Research Centre at Queen's School of Mathematics and Physics of Queen's University Belfast, the results of which were published on Oct 17, 2013 in Nature, has explained the newly discovered luminous transient PTF 12dam through the same mechanism.

Matt Schnobrich

Schnobrich graduated from Saint Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, earned a bachelor's degree from Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota in 2001, and a master's degree in engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Matthew Barber

Barber was born and grew up in Port Credit, which is part of Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, attending Lorne Park Secondary School before moving to Kingston, Ontario to attend Queen's University, where he volunteered at campus radio station CFRC-FM and performed at campus pubs.

Michael Giffin

While at Queen's University, he was chosen a first-team All-Canadian in 2007 and 2008, and became the first Queen's player to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a single season in school history.

Michelle Galdenzi

Galdenzi attended St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas for two years prior to attending a two year conservatory for dramatic arts (SFT) in New York City.

Mike Rodden

He was a student at Queen's University from 1910 to 1913, earning 15 letters in rugby football and ice hockey over that period.

Peter Blaikie

In 1958, Blaikie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec where he became lifelong friends with fellow student Scott Griffin, the founder of the Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry that annually awards the Griffin Poetry Prize.

Philippe Gigantès

After his graduation he served as Dean of Arts at Bishop's University and Dean of Arts and Science at University of Lethbridge.

Robert Seton

He was born in Pisa, Italy, and educated in Mount St. Mary's College of Emmitsburg, Maryland, and in the Academia Ecclesiastica, Rome, where he was graduated with the degree of D.D. In 1866 he was raised to the rank of private chamberlain to Pope Pius IX.

Saint Martin's University

Kyle Sokol '00, Bass Guitarist for Rude Squad and Trust For Liars as well as the owner of the Florida Skate Museum

Sookmyung Women's University

The Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum at Sookmyung Women’s University is an exhibition, educational, and research facility dedicated to advancing the knowledge and appreciation of embroidery and textile arts.

St. John's Red Storm men's basketball

The St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represents the St. John's University in Queens, New York.

Stephen A. Miles

After working as a social worker counseling maximum-security inmates at the Kingston Penitentiary in Ontario, Miles turned his focus to management and leadership, receiving his Masters in Business Administration (1999) from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

Subang Jaya Komuter station

It is usually used by students travel to and from colleges and universities namely SEGi University College, Taylor's University, Inti College, University of Wollongong and Sunway University College.

Teiji Honma

In 1927, Elizabeth Graham, playing for the Queen's University women's ice hockey team, used a fencing mask at the insistence of her father.

Thomas E. Dooley

Dooley received a Bachelor of Science degree from St. John's University in New York City in 1978 and an Master of Business Administration from the New York University Stern School of Business in 1984.

Thousand Islands Secondary School

The school is also part of a unique partnership with Queen's University as an associate school and trains dozens of teacher candidates every year.

Vineyard Bible Institute

In 2006, VBI took a significantly progressive step forward when Derek and Dr. Quinton Howitt, Derek's academic colleague and lecturer at South African Theological Seminary, constituted a partnership with St. Stephen's University on the East Coast of New Brunswick, Canada, whereby St. Stephen’s became VBI’s degree issuing confederate for their recently developed four year Bachelor of Christian Studies programme.

Yoshihiro Tsurumi

Tsurumi has taught at Keio University, Queen's University in Canada, the Harvard Graduate School of Business, the UCLA Graduate School of Management, and the Columbia Graduate School of Business, and continue to give special lectures and faculty seminars at universities in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.


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