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DIVISION FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION (DGE*)

DIVISIONFORGLOBALEDUCATION*DGE plans and implements activities and programs related to NAIST's global network in areas including academic agreements and related student
exchange, double degree programs, studying abroad, international student support, overseas faculty development, international collaborativelaboratories and NAIST overseas offices.

11.1.2021~2.1.2022

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Department of Informatics, Technical University of Munich / University of Technology, Malaysia /RWTH Aachen University / Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and TechnologyEND

Indian lnstitute of Technology, Bombay / Soochow University

114 overseas partnerships from 30 countries/regions as of Feb.1, 2022 (75 institutional level & 39 department level)

11 Earthquake Survival Event
612 Overseas FD training program 2021
21 debriefing session

The Center for International Students and Scholars (CISS)
held an Earthquake Survival Event in cooperation with the Nara
Prefecture International Citizens Support Center and the Nara
Disaster Prevention Association (Nara Bousaishi Society).
More than 80 participants were divided into 8 groups to learnBlock wallabout the various damage that can be caused by earthquakes. demonstration
International students, faculty, and their families who participate commented
that they gained valuable information necessary for life in Japan, and enjoyed
the event while helping each other with the local community members.

12Senior Advisor of Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in Japan visit to NAIST

9Commemorative
photo

1Dr. Yu-Han Tsou, Senior Advisor of Taipei Economic andCultural Representative Office in Japan, Ms. Yueh-Jung Wu,
Senior Assistant to the Representative, Science andTechnology Division, and Ms. Yu-Jou Lin, Section Chief,Cultural and Education Affairs, Taipei Economic and Cultural
Office in Osaka visited NAIST.
After a courtesy visit to the President, the delegation toured
NAIST, visited the Applied Stress Microbiology Laboratory(Prof. Hiroshi Takagi) and the Ubiquitous Computing
Systems Laboratory’s (Prof. Keiichi Yasumoto) Smart
Home. Dr. Tsou and her colleagues seemed very impressedwith NAIST students' advanced research and achievements.

This year's FD training was held online in November. Theprogram consisted of two parts: a workshop on effective
teaching in English and practice using mock classes by alecturer from ALC Education, Inc. and an on-demand
lecture on dealing with diversity and syllabus design by alecturer from UC Davis.
As part of this program, a debriefing session was held
online on December 21, 2021 with approximately 30
participants, including President Kazuhiro Shiozaki, theExecutive Directors and faculty & staff. Program
participants (Assistant Professor Taishi Sawabe (IS),Assistant Professor Yuichiro Fujimoto (IS), AssistantProfessor Soufi Mazen (IS), Assistant Professor
Songkui Cui (BS), Assistant Professor Shotaro
Yamasaki (BS), and Professor Mikiya Fujii (MS) gave
presentations introducing what
they learned during the training,as well as suggestions for future
FD training, and exchanged
opinions with other debriefing
session participants.

New Year's calligraphy event

7

The International Student Affairs Section hosted a traditional Japanese New Year's
calligraphy event in cooperation with the Nara Prefecture International Citizens
Support Center where the Center’s staff volunteer to be calligraphy instructors.
About 40 students gathered for this first event of the new year, which
was designed to deepen knowledgeand understanding of traditional
Japanese culture through hands-on
experience and to stimulateinteraction among students acrossStudents andParticipants concentrating
their masterpieces
research fields.
on their writing

Thai Virtual Office■Student AssistantAppointment Ceremony

7 th March

Overseas Crisis
Management Trainingfor Japanese Students■

Ms. Yuri Koide (M1) andMr.
Shohei Tanaka (D2)Six Thai students to be
Learn
howto
minimize
crisesandleave for Trento
appointed as newly createdproblems
duringyourstudyabroad!
University(Italy) in April!
Thai Virtual Office assistants.

10 th MarchShimamoto UEA
I can't wait for Japan to lift thecomplete travel and study
abroad bans.

CommentsfromUEA

Ishikawa UEA
Praying for world
peace.

Division for Global Education (DGE)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For more details see: https://www.naist.jp/dge/

King UEA
Internationalstudents can finallycome to Japan andspring is finally on
its way here!

Online training heldin November

NAIST International Student
Ambassador Program
In 2021, the NAISTInternational Student
Ambassador Program wasexpanded to add
participation in NAIST PR
activities and student event
High school presentation
planning and participationto its original role as a peer-counseling program.
“Ambassadors” may be requested to participate inactivities by NAIST, but they also work with the NAIST
staff on events, etc. that they want to hold. In thesummer of 2021, CISS welcomed 14 international
students as Ambassadors at a training session and they
all received certificates of appointment for Executive
Director/ Vice President Tsukasa Ogasawara.
Since the Ambassadors were appointed they haveparticipated in 1 event with Shijounawate High School
where they helped high school students practiceresearch presentations, 4 online study broad fairs
representing NAIST, and led a pre-departureorientation for students coming to NAIST to help themget ready for life at NAIST and studying in Japan. Also,Ambassadors held 2 working groups to discuss
students support and NAIST’s homepage, while also
holding 2 online events for students during thepandemic.
While the ambassadors would like to schedule and plan
activities to increase student interaction andcommunication, under the current conditions mostactivities are limited for the time-being. However, CISS
and the Ambassadors are looking forward to beingmore active on and off campus in the near future!

Email: dge@ad.naist.jp Phone: 0743-72-6243/6242
URL: https://www.naist.jp/dge/