2nd ThANKS Fundraising Drive (July 2007 to April 18, 2008)
The “Tamaru Revenge” Campaign!
— NOW CLOSED — Contact Gretchen for info
Tamaru-sensei retired from IUJ in June 2007 after 22 years, and over 6,000 quizzes at IUJ.
To honor her, please contribute to the ThANKS Fund: The Alumni-NaKayama Scholarship Fund, in her name. Our donations will go directly to supporting an incoming student with a scholarship! And the best part is you get to take REVENGEon our sensei when you do!
For every alum that makes a donation in her name,
Tamaru-sensei will donate 1,000 yen to our scholarship fund!
Tamaru-sensei says: “This is your last chance to get back at me for all those quizzes, assignments, and exams! Rather than sending cards or flowers (though BIG diamonds are appreciated), make me go broke! Please help make it possible for someone else to study Japanese at IUJ through a Donation – and I will match it with 1,000 yen from my pocket!”
Jason “Eddie” Bowers (IR90) made the first donation in Tamaru-sensei’s name! With his generous “ThANKS” gift he writes:
Tamaru-sensei is a major character on campus, especially for foreigners as she exhorts us to try harder in Japanese. She always had time even for the slow ones like me. I imagine my life would have taken a very different route if it were not for the Japanese ability I acquired by the time I graduated.
Tamaru-sensei will be kept updated on our donations including any words you send along with them! And I will bill her later on!!!!
Current Total: 1,018,456yen — 18.5% of our goal
(this figure is unofficial)
Tamaru-sensei owes: 70,000 yen
Amount transferred from initial ThANKS campaign: TBA
Target Goal 5,500,000 yen per year
Donations have been received from the following IUJers in THIS current campaign:
see earlier campaign contributors at Original Campaign and First ThANKS campaign
IUJ Founders Club
–No Donor yet in this category for THIS campaign–
IUJ Presidential Club
–No Donor yet in this category for THIS campaign–
IUJ Premier Executive Club
Jason Bowers IR90
Anand Phanse MBA04 – new in 2008
IUJ Premier Club
David (and Lisa D’Angelo) Kaput IR89
Robert Jones MBA92 – new in 2008
Kaoru Hisaeda IR01 and Lan Tran IR02
Milly Ng, MBA01
Anonymous Alumni Donation(s) (1) – new April 2008
IUJ Honors Club
Keng Wung Lee, IR89 (3rd scholarship fund donation to date! Thank you!)
John Parker IR89
Gretchen Shinoda IR89
George Pei IR90 – new April 2008
Erik Newton MBA91
Kazal Roy MBA91 – new April 2008
Hang, Xiaoli IR92
Lei Li MBA95
Mitsuhiko Kataoka, IR97 (2nd scholarship fund donation to date! Thank you!)
Julia (Parton) and Adam Bergman (3rd scholarship fund donation to date! Thank you!) – new April 2008
Qais Saleh IR97 – new April 2008
Brent Mori MBA97 – new April 2008
Vishal Varma IR99
Suebie Wong MBA01 – new in 2008
Murni Abdul Hamid IR02 – new April 2008
Vanndy Hem IR02 – new April 2008
Lemon Lim MBA02 – new in 2008
Yinghui Zhang IR03 – new April 2008
Thi Thu Hien Le MBA03 – new April 2008
Bang-Chieh Jami Wu – new April 2008
Cary Feuer IR04
Carson Cheng MBA04
Udom Chuentongaram, MBA05
Satoshi Kurachi Ebiz05
Sirilak Manawongcharoen – new April 2008
Anonymous Alumni Donation(s) (1) 1
IUJ Club
Paul Johnson (Exchanger) IR89
Minh Dung Bui IR91- new April 2008
Greg Meline MBA01
Debajyoti Chakraborty MBA04 – new April 2008
Farshid Ghyasi, Ebiz04 – new April 2008
Suresh Moktan IR06
Anonymous Alumni Donation(s) (2) – new April 2008
Hanoi Chapter – Group Donation of 75,000 from 30 members (2,000 to 10,000 per donation):
Nhan Nguyen, IR02
Lan Tra, IR02
Cuong Mai The, MBA02
Ha Phan, IR03
Binh Vu Hoang,MBA03
Sy Nguyen, MBA03
Son Nguyen, IR04
Quang Trung Pham, IR04
Viet Su Tran, IR04
Duc Vu, IR04
Trung Hong, MBA04
Hanh Nguyen, MBA04
Cuc Pham, MBA04
Thi Trung Chu, IR05
Hai Luu Nguyen, IR05
Thanh Binh Nguyen, IR05
Trang Nguyen, IR05
An Ngo, IR05
Thi Phuong Tu Ho, MBA05
Thi Le Dung Le, MBA 05
Thi Phuong Vu, IR06
Khanh Tran, IR06
Thanh Xuan Nguyen, IR06
Hoa Nguyen, MBA06
Thi Nguyen, MBA06
Minh Tran, MBA06
Liem Nguyen, MBA06
Thanh Ha Nguyen, IR06
Thi Cam Van Cao, IR07
Nguyen Van Anh, IR08
Special Donations
Matsuyama-sensei’s donation from heaven* and Tamaru-sensei’s desk clean up donation
25,000 yen plus a button
Donation Break Down for THIS Campaign.
| Donation Level | Value | THANKS Fund “Tamaru Revenge” Members |
| IUJ Founders Club | 1,000,000 yen or more | – |
| IUJ Presidential Club | 500,000-999,999 yen | – |
| IUJ Premier Executive Club | 100,000-499,999 yen | 2 |
| IUJ Premier Club | 50,000-99,999 yen | 5 |
| IUJ Honors Club | 10,000-49,999 yen | 26 |
| IUJ Club | Less than 10,000 yen (not eligible for tax deduction in Japan) | 37 |
| Other | various | 1* |
*Tamaru-sensei, in cleaning up her office after retiring, discovered an envelop of money left over after a Photo Exhibit in honor of Matsyama-sensei’s retirement in the late 1980s. She put that, with miscellaneous left over money from various BBQ parties, bday parties, etc. that she found in her desk in one donation to our ThANKS Fund! 25,000 yen!