Delta Air Lines, which represents the United States and is used by about 1 million people annually, agrees with the purpose of the "Global Leadership Fellows Program," one of the US study abroad programs conducted by Waseda University, and has been in operation for two years from FY8,000. , Agreed to provide selected students with free tickets for travel to the United States.This is the first time Delta has supported a study abroad program at a Japanese university.

 Waseda University, which has the largest number of students studying abroad in Japan, aims to develop truly global leaders who can respect diverse values. Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Columbia University in New York, and Berkeley University in San Francisco. We are implementing the "Global Leadership Fellows Program", a study abroad program jointly run with prestigious universities in the United States.

 Mr. Dai Morimoto, President of Delta Air Lines Japan, who decided to support Waseda University's study abroad program in the United States, agreed with the purpose of the study abroad program of Waseda University to "cultivate leaders who can play an active role on the world stage" and formed a partnership. I decided.As the largest US airline in Japan, we would like to cooperate with promising students to travel to the United States and bring back a lot of experience. ".

 In addition, Delta Air Lines, which positions educational support as one of the pillars of its community activities, supports Japanese students and working adults studying in the United States as sponsors of the Full Bright Scholarship and the TOMODACHI Initiative *.

* The TOMODACHI Initiative is a public-private partnership led by the US-Japan Council and the US Embassy in Japan, which aims to develop next-generation leaders in Japan and the United States born from Japan's reconstruction assistance after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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