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DESCRIPTION:UW to give honorary degrees to Japanese-American former student
 s\n"The Daily of the University of Washington"\nFeb. 28\, 2008\n\nIn 1942\
 , all students of Japanese ancestry were removed from the UW and taken to 
 internment camps\, thus interrupting their education. At a ceremony to be 
 held May 18\, 440 of these students will receive honorary bachelor’s deg
 rees in recognition of the degrees they would have earned had they been al
 lowed to remain on campus.\n\nProfessor Gail Nomura\, associate professor 
 in the American Ethnic Studies department\, was one of many at the UW who 
 worked for several years to get the degrees approved. Nomura first got inv
 olved because she was interested in learning about the University’s past
 .\n\n<a href="http://thedaily.washington.edu/2008/2/28/uw-give-honorary-de
 grees-japanese-former-students/">Read the article</a>\n\nWhen:	Sunday\, Ma
 y 18\, 2008\nWhere:	Kane Hall 120\, UW Seattle\nCost:	Free\, but advance r
 egistration is requested.\n<a href="http://www.washington.edu/alumni/activ
 ities/2008nikkei_students.html">Click for more info</a>
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SUMMARY:Japanese American UW students who were sent to internment camps to 
 be honored on May 18
URL:/en/events/2008/05/18/japanese-american-uw-students-honorary-degrees/
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