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IUJ International Students will be featured on NHK broadcast of “COOL JAPAN”

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IUJ International students will be featured on an NHK broadcast of “Cool Japan” on following schedule.

 

NHK BS1 COOL JAPAN – “Snow Country” Cool Japan Outing in Niigata

Sunday, March 5 between 6:00pm to 6:49pm
Wednesday, March 8 between 6:00pm to 6:49pm (Rebroadcast)

 

The theme is “Snow Country”. You can learn more about the culture and history related to snow of the area which IUJ students dug up.  A short introduction of IUJ will also be shown at the beginning which includes many IUJ students.  Please don’t miss it!

 

COOL JAPAN Website (Check the trailer!) : http://www6.nhk.or.jp/cooljapan/en/

COOL JAPAN FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/cooljapan.NHK

 

It will also be broadcast around the world on NHK channels and affiliates.

http://www6.nhk.or.jp/cooljapan/en/how2watch/

 

 

Contact:
Public Relations
Office of Admissions and Career Support
025-779-1539
media@iuj.ac.jp

Alumni Reunion &Social Gathering in Ghana on February 13th

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On February 13th, Alumni Reunion &Social Gathering in Ghana was held.

More than 40 participants (Government organization, Japanese company alumni and so on) joined this event.

IUJ was selected by Top Global University Project by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

The event was held as a part of this project effort to make a strong networks in Africa.

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IUJ Students Awarded by Mayor on a Stage Made of Snow

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IUJ students were honored by the Hon. Mr. Hayashi, new mayor of Minamiuonuma City and the City’s Tourism Department for their outstanding contribution to our area on Saturday, February 11, 2017. About 30 students who took the “Foundation of Web Technologies” E-Biz class were invited to an awards ceremony held in conjunction with the 67th Snow Festival. They were recognized on a stage made of snow for their creation of promotional websites, with social media interactions, that showed off the many attractions found in Minamiuonuma City area.

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Winning team, Group 1, receiving certificate and awards from Hon. Mayor Hayashi of Minamiuonuma City.

In the fall term 2016, in response to a request from Minamiuonuma City, the students of the “Foundation of Web Technologies” class, divided into 6 internationally diverse groups, created websites. This time the main theme was “Tour Packages” that look attractive to foreign tourists.

 

Group No. 1, represented by energetic team members Jean Marinduque, On-nicha Phunphorn, Tomoyuki Akita, Haseeb Khalid, Putra Endi won the 1st prize of the web contest, while Group 2 and Group 5 won the 2nd and 3rd prizes. But, city presented awards to the entire class of about 30 students.

 

At the awards ceremony, every participating student and their course professors were invited up on the snow stage. The MC asked IUJ Vice President and GSIM Professor Jay Rajasekera for his comments. Prof. Rajasekera first thanked the people of Minami Uonuma City, including Mr. Abe from the Tourism Department of the City, for introducing this project to IUJ, and said that students could learn not just technology, but also how to work with the community and learn a bit about Japanese culture and history as well. GSIM E-Biz Professor Zaw Zaw Aung who co-taught the course and involved with several projects with the city, including ICLOVE, also expressed his appreciation to the city. Event was also attended by GSIM Finance Professor Ito who is also a major contributor to ICLOVE and various city activities. GSIM Marketing Professor Sharkasi also attended the event.

 

 

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Participating students from E-Biz class, posing for photo with Hon. Mayor Hayashi of Minamiuonuma City, Prof. Rajasekera, Professor Ito, Professor Aung, and Professor Sharkasi.

 

Please see websites which IUJ students made and awarded by mayor of Minamiuonuma City.

 

You can see other websites.