{"id":8865,"date":"2026-01-21T15:21:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T06:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/?p=8865"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:32:27","slug":"%e2%80%bb3-31%e6%9b%b4%e6%96%b0%e3%80%90%e9%87%8d%e8%a6%81%e3%80%91%e6%98%a5%e5%ad%a6%e6%9c%9f%e3%81%ae%e9%96%8b%e5%ae%a4%e3%81%ab%e3%81%a4%e3%81%84%e3%81%a6-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/news\/2026\/01\/21\/8865\/","title":{"rendered":"Important: The GS Center&#8217;s AY 2025 Spring Break Availability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u203bupdated 1\/21\/2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear GS Center community members and supporters:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the university&#8217;s spring recess between 2\/4\/2026 and 4\/12\/2026, the GS Center at the Waseda University Student Diversity Center will modify our service availability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Summer-ENG.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6816 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Summer-ENG-610x143.png\" alt=\"A table that shows individual counseling services are available during the summer both remotely and in-person, the library only in-person, and the community space is not available.\" width=\"610\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Summer-ENG-610x143.png 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Summer-ENG-940x221.png 940w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Summer-ENG-768x181.png 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Summer-ENG-1536x361.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Summer-ENG-2048x482.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Opening Site: First floor in the Student Center (Building 30) on Toyama Campus<\/h5>\n<h5><strong>General Opening Hours:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 10:00 am-4:00 pm (not open on holidays)<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, 1:10 pm -4:00 pm (not open on holidays)<\/li>\n<li>Business administrative hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please check our calendar for details: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Available services from 2\/4 through 3\/31 (exceptions apply during the entrance exam lock-out period and designated dates posted on the calendar on our website)<\/h5>\n<h4><b>\uff08a\uff09Individual Counseling\u00a0 (Remote: \u2705; In-Person: \u2705)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>You can utilize our counseling services provided by our Gender and Sexuality Specialty Staff to address issues related to and stemming from gender and sexuality. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/en\/more\/consultation\/\">here<\/a> for more information about our individual counseling services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Students of Waseda University, Art and Architecture School of Waseda University, and other affiliated schools <em>(fuzoku-gakkou)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty\/staff members of Waseda University, Art and Architecture School of Waseda University, and other affiliated schools <em>(fuzoku-gakkou)<\/em>) to address topics related to your students; and<\/li>\n<li>Parents\/guardians of Waseda University, Art and Architecture School of Waseda University, and other affiliated schools <em>(fuzoku-gakkou)\u00a0<\/em>to address topics related to the students<br \/>\n\u203bPlease note that those from are not affiliated with Waseda University university are not eligible for the service.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Make your appointment through the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.waseda.jp\/application\/noauth\/application-detail-noauth?param=UQsXZs4speEfhCX8SC048Q\">GS Center Individual Counseling Appointment Request Form<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>\uff08b\uff09The Community Space Use\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>(Remote: &#8211;; In-Person: &#8211;)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>We temporarily close our in-person community space at the GS Center during the summer recess. If you would like to chat with someone about issues related to and stemming from gender and sexuality, please consider accessing our counseling services (available in English and Japanese).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>\uff08c\uff09The library Use\u00a0<\/b><b>(Remote: &#8211;; In-Person:<\/b><b>\u2705<\/b><b>)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>You can borrow and return books in person at our library at the GS Center.\u00a0 The period before and after the spring recess is our &#8220;Special Borrowing Period.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The remaining students and staff\/faculty can borrow 5 books from <strong>1\/21\uff5e4\/3\uff08due date 4\/17\uff09\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The graduating students and other students who will not remain in Waseda University beyond this academic year can borrow 5 books from<strong> 1\/21\uff08due date 3\/13\uff09<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Eligibility:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Waseda students<\/li>\n<li>Faculty\/staff members of Waseda University<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5><b>\u25cf To our non-Waseda affiliated visitors:\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>If you would like to schedule a visit to our center for training purposes or a meeting, please submit the contact form: <a href=\"https:\/\/my.waseda.jp\/application\/noauth\/application-apply-noauth?param=DsEzsX5mF0qaBtMJSjmYRA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3010\u5b66\u5916\u8005\u5411\u3051\u3011\u304a\u554f\u3044\u5408\u308f\u305b\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e0\uff08GS\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\uff09<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u203bupdated 1\/21\/2026 Dear GS Center community members and supporters: During the university&#8217;s spring reces [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,1],"tags":[94,81,93,70,109,58,26,110,47,27],"class_list":["post-8865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-news","tag-general-en","tag-global-en","tag-student-en","tag-student-activities-en","tag-topics-en","tag-global","tag-general","tag-topics-ja","tag-student","tag-student_support"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8961,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8865\/revisions\/8961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/gscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}