On Tuesday, December 21, 2021, the Graduate School of Human Sciences and the Graduate School of Sport Sciences jointly held the Winter Gathering for International Students. In light of the ongoing pandemic, and to limit the spread of the virus, the event was held online as with the Spring Gathering in June of this year. A total of forty people participated in the event, including students, teaching, and admin staff members
Winter Gathering Schedule
18:30: Welcome Remarks: Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Faculty of Human Sciences, Associate Professor Taiji MATSUI （Master of Ceremonies）
18:30: Opening Remarks: Senior Dean at Faculty of Sport Sciences, Professor Jun TSUCHIYA
18:35: Welcome Speech: Senior Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences, Professor Hiroyuki MISHIMA
18:35~19:20: Opening Activity & Drawing game:
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Faculty of Human Sciences, Associate Professor Msaki NISHIDA, Assistant professor Keita KINOHSITA and Assistant professor Chang LIU
19:25: Closing Speech: Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Faculty of Human Sciences, Professor Hiroko TAKENAKA
As an online event, we played a special version of rock-paper-scissors based on a cheating method in an ice breaker session to help the international students relax, before the main entertainment began. As for the main event, we held a drawing game. Gathering participants were divided into a ramen team and a sushi team using break out rooms, and each team drew their favorite toppings or menu items.
After each team decided on a menu item or toppings, they introduced them to the other team. Not only the international students, but also faculty and staff members participated in the game. Everyone had fun introducing unique sushi dishes and toppings for ramen noodles using specialty foods from the home countries of participating students.
After the game, we invited freshman students to introduce themselves briefly.
The gathering was held online, which allowed students attending from overseas to meet and interact with fellow students and faculty members. It was a good opportunity for everyone who joined! Thank you to everyone who participated! The next one is scheduled for the spring semester, and we hope this can be held in person if the situation allows. We hope you will join us again for this event.
