UCLA Seeks Japanese American Students Whose Education Was Interrupted During World War II

February 18, 2010 6 Comments

The following is a press release from the UCLA Newsroom. Original story: UCLA Seeks Japanese American Students Whose Education Was Interrupted during World War II.

By Claudia Luther, UCLA Newsroom
February 17, 2010

To download a printable flyer detailing UCLA’s honorary degree program, click on the image above.

UCLA is searching for Japanese American students from the early 1940s who were forced to interrupt their education at UCLA when federal orders sent Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War II. This historic wrong will be righted on May 15, when UCLA bestows honorary degrees on these students.

Some of the former students, most now in their 80s and 90s, are expected to attend the ceremony, and family members will receive diplomas on behalf of others who are unable to attend. Still others will receive diplomas by mail. Many former students are deceased.

Approximately 700 University of California students were affected by the World War II directive, more than 200 of whom attended UCLA. The UC Board of Regents voted last July to suspend its moratorium on honorary degrees in order to recognize the students forced from UC classrooms. Read more of this post

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UCLA: A Wrong Finally Made Right

February 17, 2010 6 Comments

The following is a story from UCLA Today, UCLA’s faculty and staff newsletter. It is reprinted here with permission. Original story: A Wrong Finally Made Right.

by Wendy Soderburg, UCLA Today
February 12, 2010

Bob Naka
Photo: Harvard University

When Bob Naka was a UCLA student in the early 1940s, there was a campus bridge that led from the parking area toward the Physics Building.

“There was a deep ravine under that bridge,” he recalled. “It’s since been covered over, but you can still drive over it. People probably wonder, how come this road has sides to it?”

That is the UCLA that Naka, 86, remembers. The Concord, Massachusetts resident hasn’t been back to campus since the 1950s, just after the events of World War II wrenched him from a comfortable student’s life to that of an inmate at the Manzanar Relocation Center. Now, nearly 60 years later, Naka is returning to UCLA to receive an honorary degree in place of the one he was never allowed to complete. Read more of this post

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Rafu Shimpo: Pasadena City College Graduation, 68 Years Late

February 16, 2010 3 Comments

In their February 13, 2010 edition, the Rafu Shimpo published a story about Pasadena City College’s plans to honor their former Japanese American students who were forced to interrupt their studies at PCC and leave the college due to their imprisonment in American concentration camps during World War II. Read more of this post

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California Community Colleges To Honor Former Students Imprisoned During World War II

January 25, 2010 1 Comment

The following is a press release from the California Community Colleges.

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO HONOR FORMER STUDENTS IMPRISONED DURING WORLD WAR II: Search Underway For Those Who May Be Eligible

SACRAMENTO, CA — After nearly 70 years, many former California Community College students who were unable to complete their studies due to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II will finally be honored. As part of the California Nisei College Diploma Project, the University of California, California State University and California Community Colleges are undergoing massive efforts to locate these individuals and bestow them with a degree. Read more of this post

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