Social Events

Japan & Korean New Year Food Festival - Wednesday, Jan 9th

What better way to start the quarter than feasting on Japanese and Korean New Year Food? Missed your spot in GIM Japan/Korea? Let us bring you a taste of that GIM experience in our first social event of the year! Club members, JVs, family, Kellogg friends: everyone is invited to join us for a pleasant night of food that represent the best that each country has to offer. It is a great opportunity to get all of your friends together after the break and get in touch with the rich Korean and Japanese cultures - all in one night!

Date: Wednesday, Jan 9th, 6:30-9:30pm
Price: $10
Venue: Park Evanston Party Room
RSVP: Register here

 Career

Day @ Danaher (1st Year - All Work Authorizations)

Join recent Kellogg alums on a visit to the Videojet facility in Wood Dale, IL. Videojet Technologies, a Danaher operating company, is a world-leading manufacturer of coding and marking solutions, covering all major technologies, including continuous and thermal ink jet, laser, thermal transfer, overprinting and case coding. Collectively, Videojet systems code over 20 billions products a year - come see how they do it!

Food & Drink provided.

When: Wednesday, Jan 9th, 10am-3pm
Where: Videojet, Wood Dale, IL
RSPV: Contact Dan Magnia at dan.magnia@danaher.com by Jan 8th 

 Japanese Culture

Omisoka - Japanese New Year's Eve

Discover some of the long-standing traditions surrounding one of Japan's most important celebration days: New Year's Eve (Omisoka)!
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Nengajo - New Year Cards

Learn about the Nengajo, traditional new year cards every Japanese sends out during the end-year festivities!

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 News from Japan

Toyota Leads 2012 US Car Sales to Highest in 5 years

Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. led U.S. vehicle sales to their highest annual total in half a decade as Japanese automakers restored production disrupted by the 2011 quake-tsunami catastrophe.

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Bonus Drops for the First Time in 3 years

The winter bonus has shrunk for the first time in three years in the face of the strong yen and the sluggish global economy, according to a survey by the Keidanren business lobby.

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