The Japanese Nationality Room Committee will be having a luncheon and silent auction to raise money for the scholarship fund for Pitt students to study and conduct research in Japan. This event will begin with the luncheon at 12:00 pm on Saturday, October 15, 2016 in the William Pitt Union Ballroom. The silent auction will begin at 1:30 pm and it is open to the public. There is a $25 fee for the luncheon, but the silent auction is free and students and faculty alike are welcome to attend. The RSVP deadline is September 30, 2016. The silent auction items are available for viewing at http://bit.ly/2cwLrSp . If you would like to donate to the JNR scholarship please make checks payable to the University of Pittsburgh and send them to the following address:
Japanese Nationality Room
c/o Sono Takano Hayes
512 Spanish Tract Road
Sewickley, PA 15143
For more information please contact Sono Takano Hayes at sonohayes@gmail.com.