Support Association for International Students of the University of Aizu (SAISUA)
AY 2010 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 – 4 students
2nd semester – 4 students (20,000 yen × 6 months)
2 students (10,000 yen × 6 months)* Breakdown：5 Chinese, 3 Sri Lankan, 1 Vietnamese,
1 Tunisian（２）Partial subsidy for National Health Insurance：9 students (10,000 yen)
* Breakdown：4 Chinese, 2 Sri Lankan, 1 Taiwanese, 1 Korean, 1 Bangladeshi
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： May 17, 2010 6:00 PM - 7:00PM
November 11, 2010 6:00 PM - 7:00PM
Location：Keyaki, 2nd floor of Student Hall
The party was jointly hosted by SAISUA and OSIP in Ketyaki to welcome
new international students and faculty members, and they deepened theirfriendship there. Over 20 people including UoA President Tsunoyama and SAISUA President Rozycki
participated in the event, and first UoA students from Tunisia and Thailand, non-degree students fromTaiwan, and exchange students from Rose Hulman were invited. The students introduced themselvesindividually and successfully deepened friendship with other students in this event.

≪International Talk≫
Day/Time：
The 11th - June 7 6:10 PM – 7:10 PM“Story of Tanzania: Country of Mt. Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar Island”
The 12th -June 14 6:10 PM – 7:10 PM“New Zealand and University of Waikato”
The 13th- February 7 6:10 PM – 7:10 PM“Poland: Tell you everything about Poland”
Location：Conference Room on 2nd floor of Research Quadrangles, LoungeInternational Talk was co-hosted by SAISUA and OSIP. Since the topics about foreign countries wereinteresting for students, many of them joined this event and gave a lot of questions during the talks.
≪Cross Cultural Exchange in Elementary School≫
Date: May 18, June 29, July 13, 2010
Location: Matsunaga Elementary School, Aizu Wakamatsu
This activity was jointly offered with UAISO as a part of crosscultural activity. The international students introduced theircountries in each group, and the elementary school students
proactively gave questions, which built a great connection
between them.
Date: October 29, 2010
Location: Kozashi Elementary School, Aizu Wakamatsu
UoA international students were invited to the elementary school by
the 5th year students and visited there wearing a Halloween costume.
They enjoyed playing game, etc. to deepen their friendship. Further, theinternational students introduced their countries, and the elementaryschool students were able to touch English culture.
Date: February 4, 2011
Location: Ikki Elementary School, Aizu Wakamatsu
Cross-cultural learning activity was jointly offered by OSIP andthe elementary school to nurture international mind of theelementary school students. The international students provided
information about their country’s daily culture such as music andclothes through power point slides and played games of eachcountry with the elementary school students.