FGLP Trip Leaders
Adz Group’s FGLP Trip Leaders come from a diverse number of backgrounds, experiences and professions. Yet, each excels in facilitating the best trip possible for our FGLP programs with their enthusiasm and love of cultural exchange, international education and building global partnerships. Some of our Trip Leaders have included Fulbright […]
Adz Group Launches ASE Program
Adz Group will be launching the American Student Educators (ASE) Program this summer of 2016. In this program, university students from top tier US universities are brought to Japan to teach English communication and critical thinking skills, and talk about their experiences in their respective universities. Please visit the ASE […]
CASE’s First Executive-in-Residence at Duke University
We are excited to share that Alden Zecha, Founder and President of Adz Group, has been appointed as Duke University’s Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE)’s first ever Executive-in-Residence. In his appointment, Alden will work with Duke Universities’ Fuqua School of Business to mentor students and provide guidance […]
Japan’s First Lady Visits Boston Latin Academy
The City of Boston was honored by a visit from the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, and the First Lady, Akie Abe on April 26th and 27th, 2015. While the Prime Minister was speaking at a local university, the First Lady paid a visit to Boston Latin Academy (BLA), a school […]
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network Workshop
On March 2015, we had the privilege of bringing Himeji Nishi High School on a visit to the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN). MNN works to connect, support and be the voice of the nonprofit sector in the state of Massachusetts. At our visit, students learned about the nonprofit sector in […]
President Obama comes to Boston
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will be making a trip to Boston on March 30th. They will be in town to attend the opening of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, which hopes teach about the importance of the senate and to inspire the […]
Multicultural Experience Increases Creativity
For years people have been saying that study abroad is an invaluable experience, but a recent study by Adam Galinsky and the Columbia Business School found that people who are multicultural, or had experienced another culture were more creative than their monoculture colleagues. Experiencing other cultures allows gives an individual […]
Boston to represent the U.S. in the 2024 Olympic bid!
In a unanimous vote, the U.S. Olympic Committee has picked Boston to represent the U.S. in a bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games! The host city will be determined in 2017. The U.S. last hosted the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. St. Louis hosted in […]
MIT Professor Ian Condry and “Cool Japan”
MIT Professor, Ian Condry, who is lecturing to a FGLP group in January, has been organizing the MIT “Cool Japan: Media, Culture, Technology Research Project” since January 2006. Together with the Harvard community, This project hosts activities including international conferences, live music events, lectures, academic discussions and movie screenings. Members […]
Sister Cities: Boston and Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan and Boston, USA may be 6,824 miles away from each other but they share an official “Sister City” designation. A recent article in Boston.com tells us more about the longstanding relationship. Wait, so how did we become sisters? Back in 1959, Kyoto sent a 10-member troupe for a […]