International Student Symposium＿FY2024

2025年5月27日更新

International Student Symposium of the EDI Program_FY2024

EDI Program held the International Student Symposium on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, from 15:00-16:35 at Ochanomizu University, Hisao & Hiroko TAKI PLAZA, Multipurpose room. The symposium featured opening remarks by Vice President Ishii-Kuntz Masako, student final report, and closing remarks by EDI Project Lecturer Misako Hirano.

Under the following program, second-term students（8 Ochanomizu University students) gave their final presentations in English, reviewing their study abroad experiences, global internships and the summer program in the EDI program. The Ochanomizu students presented their learning experiences related to EDI (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion), reflecting on their experiences of studying abroad in the partner-universities in the UK, Canada, and Australia. There were Q&A sessions after the 5-minute student presentations in which the students actively asked questions each other. Finaly, 4 students (3 Ochanomizu students and 1 international students) who participated in the long-term internship program of English education at the Ochanomizu Elementary School gave a presentation regarding the experiences of the internship. The English teacher from the elementary school gave a comment. In total, 40 participants (including 23 Ochanomizu students, 2 international students, 2 company representatives, and 13 faculty members) participated in the international student symposium.

[Student Final Report]

・Studying and Crossing Boundaries (Y. Sano)

・What is EDI? - My Experience in the UK (A. Sato)

・The Diversity and Inclusiveness I Found in Living in Sydney (N. Ietaka)

・Promoting Inclusive Diversity in the University (S. Yano)

・Thriving Together - Building Sustainable Relationships with Indigenous Australians in a Multicultural Society (Online, A. Fukui)

・My Experience and Intercultural Communication (M. Inatani)

・Living in Diversity: Lessons from Multicultural Shared Spaces (Online, Mizuki Ishikawa)

・Amusement Value and Diversity (K. Fujita)

・Internship Experiences in Ochanomizu Elementary School (R. Nagao, S. Takahashi, T. Watanabe, and A. Kern)