Support Association for International Students of the University of Aizu (SAISUA)
AY 2011 Activity Report

SAISUA provides scholarship and support for students with financial difficulty. Further, we haveoffered livelihood support service such as opening Japanese class. In addition, campus and local
exchange activities were held so that the international students would not be isolated on campus or in
the community, and could spend a fun college life in Aizu.
SAISUA Livelihood Support Project≪ Livelihood Support≫（１）Scholarship：1st semester – 3 students (20,000 yen × 6 months)
2nd semester – 3 students (20,000 yen × 6 months)* Breakdown：4 Chinese, 1 Sri Lankan, 1 Tunisian
SAISUA students are required to join on-campus and community
events and be in charge of the following activities.
・ Introduction of their countries in local elementary school.
・ School tour service for visitors at the university
・ Introduction of international exchange activities, etc. at school festival.
・ Volunteer for activities from OSIP・ OtherSAISUA Events（Campus and Local Exchange Activity）≪Welcome Hour（Welcome Party）≫
Day/Time： June 16, 2011 6:00 PM - 7:00PM
November 11, 2011 6:00 PM - 7:00PMLocation：Keyaki, 2nd floor of Student Hall
Welcome Party was offered by SAISUA and OSIP in Keyaki towelcome new international students, faculty and staff members.
Around 70 people joined this party including UoA President Tsunoyama, SAISUA President Rozycki andOSIP Director Iwase. Also, 6 students from Vietnam and Sri Lanka who entered our university as the firsttransferred 3rd year undergraduate students were invited. Since the people enjoyed socializing so much, theykept talking with each other and didn’t leave the place even after the party ended.

≪International Talk≫
Day/Time: The 14th - December 13, 2017 6:10 PM ~Location: Conference Room on 2nd floor of Research Quadrangles, Lounge
The 14th International Talk was co-hosted by SAISUA and OSIP. In thisevent, Nobuhiro Aida (3rd year student), who traveled all over the worldand visited 45 countries taking around two years, gave a presentation
about his experience with a theme “I just traveled around the world in myfree time”
He started traveling from Shanghai, met a lot of people and overcame troubles on his way. For the travelroute, he went through the countries by car in order of Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa, South America,
North America, and came back to Japan from San Francisco by airplane. Although he considered going backto his hometown because of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, he decided to keep traveling since
his house in Miyagi didn’t get damages from the earthquake directly, and confirmed his family’s safety.

≪Cross-cultural Exchange in Elementary School≫
Date: July, 2011
Location: Matsunaga/Eiwa Elementary School, 2011
International students visited elementary school in Aizu Wakamatsu as a part of international exchange
activity. The students joined English Club in Matsunaga Elementary School and English class in Eiwa
Elementary School individually, and introduced their countries. They received a lot of questions from theelementary school students and had fun with them while building a great friendship≪Great East Japan Earthquake Dream Festival≫
Date: September, 2011
Location: Aizu Wakamatsu North Community Center“International Food Exchange Corner” hosted by Fukushima
Global Citizen’s Network was offered, and international students
deepened friendship with people by serving cuisine to them.