Monday, December 21, 2015

National Chengchi University (Lunch Presentation Meeting Series #062)

An exchange student from Taiwan, Yu Tsui-Ting, made a presentation on her university, the National Chengchi University of Taiwan.
This university has an interesting history in that the Founder and first President was Chiang Kai-shek.
Kagawa University signed the academic agreement with National Cheng University in 2002.
Seven international and six Japanese students attended this session.






Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Report on Kagawa Home Visit Program

With the cooperation of the International Section of Kagawa Prefecture, Kagawa University conducted the Home Visit Program successfully for the fourth year.
We started doing this program in 2014.
Before that, we were doing the Home Stay Program but it was too burdensome for the host families to cooperate as more 'work' is needed to house the students for a night or two during the program.
With the home visit, families do not have to worry about the bedding, the shower room, etc...
For the past four years, we have had an average of almost 40 students and 30 families coming together each year.
On this day, we conducted a session to report the experiences.
Four students and three host families make the presentations.
We hope that this will be the beginning of a lasting friendship between the students and the host families for many years to come. (Lrong)









Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Reception Party for International Students 2015

On this day, the International Office organized and conducted the 'Reception Party for International Students' for the 'umpteenth' time.

This party had been ongoing since I was a graduate student at Kagawa University in 1988, so it must be about the 30th time we are holding this event.

The Master of Ceremonies were Nunu from Indonesia, and Chen from China.

The President of Kagawa University gave the welcoming remarks, followed by the Vice President of International Affairs giving the toast.

Following this, the President of Kagawa University Foreign Student Association (KUFSA), Azalia from Malaysia, gave a word of thanks to the university and all the local international associations for their support.

The total number of participants were 305, with international students from 17 countries/territories coming in strong at about 150.

The atmosphere was joyful, punctuated with much laughter...
The food was good and gone in no time...
We had student performances from Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand.

I hope the students enjoyed themselves as much as I did, and that they felt 'energized' to continue their study. (Lrong)