A student volunteer community, MEC in English Literature Department interacted with another student volunteers in Saitama prefecture.
MEC, Mukogawa English Community, is holding a volunteer activity to help children in Mukogawa housing complex who immigrated to Japan with their study. The activity is called "Fudebako"(means "pen case" in Japanese.)
MEC is currently trying to expand its activity along with requests for more support. For that, MEC students visited Saitama prefecture on January 19th to observe Shibazono Kakehashi Project, a student volunteer group which carries out similar activities to MEC.
During the observation, MEC students had chance to contribute to their activities and discuss about each other's volunteer work.
MEC students were inspired a lot and motivated for their project to be more satisfying.
International Plaza, which consists of Interaction Plaza and Communication Plaza, has successfully completed its task this semester. This plaza is intended to give students more opportunities to practice English or interact with exchange students. Along with over 500 participants in total throughout this academic year, International Plaza made students much more active for language studies or cultural exchanges.
Ms. Aden, who was in charge of Interaction Plaza, is happy with their growth and hopes that they will keep up their English skills.
The current president of Mukogawa Women's University, Kazuyoshi Seguchi has been reappointed as our president. His next term will be from April 1st 2019 to March 31st 2023.
Prof. Seguchi's professional background is as follows;
April 2015
Vice-President
Mukogawa Women’s University
Hyogo, Japan
April 2008
Dean of Human Environmental Sciences
Mukogawa Women’s University
Hyogo, Japan
April 2005
Chair of Human Environmental Sciences
Mukogawa Women’s University
Hyogo, Japan
April 1992
Professor
Mukogawa Women’s University
Hyogo, Japan
April 1975
Lecturer
Mukogawa Women’s University
Hyogo, Japan
March 1974
Ph.D. in Science (Organic Chemistry)
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
"The Multi-Cultural Exchanges in Japanese Language" was held on January 5th by Japanese Language and Literature Department with guests from 22 countries invited. The guests were young diplomats and government employees of each country who currently participate in training session in Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai from last September. 44 students including those who took units about Japanese cultures or Japanese language research and exchange students who are currently studying Japanese at MWU participated to the event.
The event started with introducing each others and soon got fun with playing Japanese traditional games. The guests performed their significantly fluent Japanese skills despite of their short term studies and also impressive communication skills by introducing their countries and cultures with their photos.
The event was concluded with a speech given by Mr. Olivier, a Haitian diplomat, both in English and Japanese. He showed a deep appreciation for the hospitality he felt from MWU students.
The President and four students from Bahçeşehir High School in Turkey made an official visit to our chancellor's office on December 28th. They participated in campus tour on both our high school and university.
The main purpose of their visit was to strengthen the connection between us based on the educational cooperation we contracted.
Bahçeşehir University and Mukogawa Women's University has been affiliated each other and every year our students participate in short term program to study architecture in Bahçeşehir University.
Japanese Presentation is held by 8 exchange students who are currently studying in MWU.
As a part of their class, they researched about topics they had chosen for their presentation by themselves and made slides all in Japanese. Their 10 to 15 minute long presentation included comparison between Japan and their own countries which inspired others to discuss about it actively. Their fluent Japanese told us that their language ability has dramatically improved through their study in MWU.