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  - Education Program Overview
    Education Program Overview
    The East-West Center is a leader in educating people of the Asia Pacific region, including the United States, to meet the evolving demands and interdependency of global change. The Center offers a range of educational opportunities, bringing together more than 300 students each year from across the region.
  - Opportunities for Study and Scholarship
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  - EWC Graduate Degree Fellowship
    EWC Graduate Degree Fellowship
    The East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship provides funding for up to 24 months for Master's or Doctoral degree study for graduate students from Asia, the Pacific, and the U.S. to participate in the educational, residential, and leadership development programs at the East-West Center while pursuing graduate study at the University of Hawai‘i. Through East-West Center affiliation, awardees become part of a growing network of students and alumni forging the shape and substance of the world's most vibrant region.
  - Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship
  - U.S. South Pacific Scholarship
    U.S. South Pacific Scholarship
    The U.S. South Pacific Scholarship Program, authorized by the U.S. Congress and funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, is a competitive, merit-based scholarship program that provides opportunities for Master’s and Bachelor’s degree study at the University of Hawai‘i in fields that are directly relevant to the development needs of Pacific island countries. Applications are typically due February 1 for study beginning the following August. Visit our website for complete details.
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  - Research Program Overview
    Research Program Overview
    The East-West Center Research Program engages the research and policy communities in the US and the Asia Pacific on issues of common concern. The goal is to provide more complete knowledge and deeper understanding of the environments, societies, economies, and governments of the Asia Pacific region.
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  - Pacific RISA Project
    Pacific RISA Project
    Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (Pacific RISA) program strives to enhance Pacific communities’ abilities to understand, plan for, and respond to changing climate conditions. Learn more about Pacific RISA.
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  - Overview
    Overview
    The Professional Development Program conducts all of the East-West Center’s short to medium-term capacity-building, leadership training, professional exchanges, career development, and high-level dialogue activities.
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  - Leadership Program
    Leadership Program
    Leadership education at the East-West Center draws upon a deep well of experience. For over 50 years, the Center has been working with and producing leaders from diverse fields across the region.
  - Pacific Islands Tourism Professional Fellows Program
    Pacific Islands Tourism Professional Fellows Program
    The Pacific Islands Tourism Professional Fellows Program brings tourism industry professionals from the Pacific Islands to Honolulu, Hawai‘i for intensive six-week programs that build significant new capacity and facilitate enduring professional bonds between industry leaders in the United States and the Pacific Islands.
  - Asia Pacific Media Initiative
  - Seminars & Journalism Programs
    Seminars & Journalism Programs
    East-West Seminars offers short-term dialogue, field study, travel and exchange opportunities for working professionals in politics, government, civil society, business and the media who are in positions to affect policy, shape public opinion and influence change.
  - Pacific Islands Media Initiatives
  - Asian Studies Development Program
    Asian Studies Development Program
    A joint program of the East-West Center and the University of Hawai’i, ASDP offers a variety of content-focused faculty and institutional development programs and activities centered around summer residential institutes, field seminars in Asia, workshops on the U.S. mainland, and an annual academic…
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  - Indo-Pacific Seminar Series
    Indo-Pacific Seminar Series
    The Indo-Pacific Seminar Series brings scholars, policymakers, government officials, and members of the media from the Indo-Pacific and the United States together to present their research and findings to a wide, regional audience. The East-West Center in Washington hosts conferences and events with partners to advance US - Indo-Pacific relations on Capitol Hill and across the United States as well as online webinars to reach audiences outside Washington, DC. The seminars fall within three main topics: Foreign Policy and Defense; Human Rights and Democracy; and Political Economy and Trade.
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  - EWCA Announcements and News
    EWCA Announcements and News
    The East-West Center Association (EWCA) is an international network of professionals who have a past affiliation with the East-West Center. There are no membership fees to participate in the EWCA. The Association is led by an international Executive Board representing the various professions, regions, and decades of its members. Collectively, they are contributing to global understanding, building an Asia Pacific community, and making a world of difference.
  - EWCA Overview
    EWCA Overview
    The East-West Center Association (EWCA) is an international network of professionals who have a past affiliation with the East-West Center. There are no membership fees to participate in the EWCA. The Association is led by an international Executive Board representing the various professions, regions, and decades of its members. Collectively, they are contributing to global understanding, building an Asia Pacific community, and making a world of difference.
  - EWCA Member Benefits and Privileges
    EWCA Member Benefits and Privileges
    With more than 65,000 alumni and associates around the world, the East-West Center has one of the largest networks of professionals working to advance international cooperation and understanding between the East and West. As part of that network, you can receive advice and support from associates throughout the region. As an alumni/associate you may join any one of the nearly 50 EWC alumni chapters in Asia, the Pacific and the U.S. While traveling, you can also contact local chapters for assistance in making contacts with colleagues and friends.
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  - 2021 EWC/EWCA International Conference
    2021 EWC/EWCA International Conference
    Bridge to 2022: Virtual Mini-Conference and Awards, July 16-17 from 2:30 pm-6 pm HST
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- Communications & External Relations
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    Overview
    Communications & External Relations promotes EWC activities and engages with diverse audiences through communications and publications, strategic messaging and marketing, events, and Arts programming.
  - BASE Project
    BASE Project
    The BASE project was created by the East-West Center to enhance awareness of positive impacts made by US human capital development efforts in the Asia-Pacific region.
  - EWC Insights
    EWC Insights
    EWC Insights event series leverages the Center’s 60-year history in the region to strengthen partnerships and networks, engaging an audience of multilateral stakeholders and thought leaders to better inform their assessment of the opportunities and challenges facing the Indo-Pacific.
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