Report No.1

Support Association for International Students of the University of Aizu (SAISUA)
AY 2018 Activity Report
SAISUA provided scholarships and subsidies for National Health Insurance premiums tointernational students with financial difficulties. Further, we implemented campus activities andexchange activities at local elementary schools to ease the integration of international students intheir academic and community environments.
1. Scholarships Project
1.1 Scholarships
Date: June 26, 2018,October 4, November 20, March 22, 2019
Six students
Scholarships: 30,000 JPY x 6 months x 3 students x 2 times = 1,080,000 JPY
Nationalities: 2 Chinese, 1 Nepali, 1 French, 1 Vietnamese, and 1 USA
The students awarded with SAISUA scholarships are required to join some of
the following activities:
・Introducing their countries at elementary schools
・Providing campus tours to visitors
・Introducing international activities at the school festival
・Volunteering in activities organized by OSIP or SAISUA.
2. Daily Life Support Project
2.1 NHI premium
Date: February 26, 2019 Tuesday
Life support: 6,500 JPY x 23 students = 149,500 JPY
Nationalities: 20 Chinese, 2 Vietnamese, 1 Nigerian (Total 23)
SAISUA subsidized the additional Health Insurance Premium
3. Welcome Hour
3.1 Welcome Party
Date: May 31 and October 31, 2018
Location: “Keyaki” room, UoA Student Hall 2nd floor
Participants: 89 in Spring, 106 in Autumn
Donation from the Participants: 53,602 JPY
Welcome Parties were held in collaboration with the Center for Globalization
to welcome new international students, staff, and faculty members. Including
President Oka, Vice-president Tei, and SAISUA President Villegas, many
guests joined the first party and enjoyed friendly exchanges with each other.
Many participants joined the second party including international andJapanese students, faculty and staff members who were interested ininternational exchanges.

4. Intercultural Exchange Programs
4.1 UoA College Festival “Soshosai”
Date: October 6-7, 2018
Location: UoA campus
Customer: 250
Prof. & Students staff: 20
Sales of Tortilla: 121,500 JPY Profits: 106,738 JPY
Sales of SAISUA t-shirts: 95,000 JPY
Donation: 17,803 JPY (Total for 2 days)
SAISUA served “Spanish tortilla” in AY 2018 Soshosai. International
students, faculty and staff members of the UoA thoroughly cooperated
cooking, transporting, serving and also cleaning after the event. Lots ofpeople visited SAISUA booth these two days, and Spanish tortillas were soldout. We broke our School Festival sales record of AY 2017.

4.2 French Lessons
Date: November - January Every Wednesday 18:30-19:30. (10 lessons)Venue: Lecture room S2Participants: about 5 students
Teacher: Mr. Denis Walle Loick Cedrick
Donation received: 6,576 JPY
French Lessons were donation-based activity sponsored by SAISUA. French
students volunteered for teaching.
4.3 International Talks
Date: August 1 and December 19, 2018
Location: Global Lounge of Research Quadrangles
Presenter: International students from Hong Kong, Vietnam, Germany
Participants: about 40 students & Professor (Japan, China, Vietnam,Burundi etc.)
International Talks were held in collaboration with the Center forGlobalization.
International students from Vietnam, Hong Kong and Germany were invitedas speakers and they introduced some of their culture, history, nature, food,lifestyle, and traditions. International Talks are important activities for UoA
students, broadening their understanding of international knowledge andglobal/local dynamics.

4.4 Elementary School Visit
Date: February 15, 2019
Location: Ikki Elementary School（3rd Grade Students）
Presenter: International students from Germany and China (Hong Kong andQingdao)
This program was sponsored by Office for Strategy of International Program(OSIP). Three International Students visited Ikki elementary school in
Aizuwakamatsu city, and exchanged with 119 3rd grade students. Students
were divided into two groups and International students introduced about
their home country. They also played a traditional game of their homecountries together and the students asked international students a lot ofquestions. It was a very good opportunity to interact with the community anddeepen their international understanding.

5. Increasing donor Project
5.1 Labo Party Visit
Date: September 6, 2018
Location: Kakujo Community Center
Presenter: International students from France and Nepal
Donation received: 20,855 JPY
Three International students invited to the Mini International Talk by “LaboParty” Aizu branch. 25 children and 17 staff attended, and the students
talked about their home country. After that, they played a tag using Spanish
traditional songs and had a fun time. “Labo Party” Aizu branch donated toSAISUA.