Profile of the "Student Participation/Student Job" staff
Student Affairs Section Student Engagement and Job Center (SJC)
Itsumi Shimizu, 3rd year School of Humanities and Social Sciences

In front of the Student Affairs Section counter on the 1st floor Building No. 30 (Waseda University Student Center) on Toyama Campus
While studying on campus, students participate in activities and work that improve the value of the university. In this way, we will introduce what kind of students are involved in "Student Participation/Student Jobs", which play an important role at the university, and how they are involved. This time, we will introduce the daily life of Itsumi Shimizu, a third year student in Student Affairs Section School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Q. When did you become involved in student participation/student jobs?
It started in April 2021 when I was a first year student.
Q. How did you get started?
When I moved to Tokyo from a rural area and was looking for my first part-time job, I happened to come across an opening for SJC student staff on MyWaseda. I was attracted to the fact that working at a university was a rare experience, and above all, the university environment where I could work with peace of mind. I also learned that SJC was involved in the Open Campus event, which was one of the reasons I decided to go to Waseda, and that's one of the reasons I wanted to be on that side as well.
Q. What kind of activities do you do?
As a university-wide coordinator of "Student Engagement/Student Jobs," we manage the Student Engagement Steering Committee (SPEC) and plan and manage events for student engagement activities. In addition, we plan and manage a wide range of health-related events for current students, including mental health events and boccia experience events.
I usually work two or three times a week as a counter for the Waseda University Waseda University Student Health Promotion Mutual Aid Association at Student Affairs Section Waseda University Student Center on the first floor of the Student Union Building on Toyama Campus. I mainly deal with students who come to apply for medical benefits, process documents, and answer telephone calls.

In June 2023, we invited two mental health experts to provide explanations about counseling and psychosomatic medicine, and to answer concerns raised by participants.
Q. Please tell us what you felt through the activities.
The importance of cooperating with others and the strength of each individual are essential for such cooperation. For example, even when organizing a single event, there is a huge amount of work involved, including not only managing the event on the day, but also creating a proposal, preparing materials for the day, and writing a report after the event. I learned that these things can only be achieved with the cooperation of other students and staff members, and that they can only be achieved if each person does his or her own job well. I feel very lucky to have been able to experience this through the Student Job.
Photo on the left: They are planning a para-sport boccia experience event and checking the rules, with the idea of creating a sport that can be enjoyed by both those who regularly exercise and those who don't. I'm thinking about how to explain it so you can enjoy Boccia more smoothly.
Photo right: October 2023 WASEDA Sports and Health Month This was carried out as part of the
Q. How do you manage to balance multiple things, such as your studies, student job, and student club activities?
I try to plan my schedule keeping in mind that I don't push myself too hard. My shifts are designed to ensure that I don't neglect my studies, so I can fully devote myself to classes and student club. I try to find a balance each month and semester, such as asking for fewer shifts when I'm busy with schoolwork or student club, or working longer shifts when I have more free time.
Q. Please tell us about your future aspirations and challenges regarding your activities.
I'm a member of student club called the Announcement Study Group (official student club), and I hope to be able to do some kind of work in the future where I can communicate using my voice. While working as an SJC student staff member, I have once been in charge of emceeing an event, and I was very happy and felt a sense of accomplishment when people listened to what I had to say, or when people said in a questionnaire that the emcee was easy to listen to. there was. I have about a year and a half left in my student life, but through my work as a moderator at SJC and my activities in the Announcement Study Group, I have gained experience in communicating with my voice, and I have been thinking about the meaning of communicating with my voice.
How I spend my week when classes are in session

A week in the Spring 2023 semester
WASEDA Sports and Health Month
Student Affairs Section is holding various events during WASEDA Sports and Health Month.
For more information is here.