Preesident’s Poosition State
ement for 2013
To Alll Faculty, Staff,
S
and Sttudents at Nanzan
NUn
niversity
I. Basic PositiionP
and RoadR
Maps
1. Poems
Speaaking at thee 2012 17th General Ch
hapter of th
he Society off the Divinee Word, Supperior
Geneeral Heinz Kulüke
K
quotes the Ameerican anthropologist CliffordCJam
mes Geertz: “It isin country unfam
miliar emottionally or topographictally that on
ne needs poeems and roa
admapss.” The roadd map - the action plann - drawn up
p at the Cha
apter needss the inspiraationof a poemp- the visionv
for a common jouurney - to becomeb
an effective tooll for the misssionof the Society. ThreeT
years ago, I introduced a key
y concept frrom a previoous Generall
Chappter, “proph
hetic dialoguue.” This year, I would like to use the image oof “road map
psand poems”
pto emphasize againathe keey words tha
at have form
med the cennter of recennt
policy statements, namely “unceasing self-reformm,” “empoweer our studeents to becom
me apoweer in and forr the world,,” and “a lea
arning place
e without boorders” to sspeak aboutt themission of Nanzzan Universsity as a Cattholic instittution of hig
gher educattion.
Whille the Engliish language version off this docum
ment is calleed “The President’s Possition
Stateement” (“Whhere are wee now?”), the title used in the Japa
anese versioon (学長方針
針 “policcy statemennt”) has a sllightly diffeerent connottation (“Whhere should we go?”).
Needdless to say, position annd policy are just two aspectsaof thhe same tassk. Without avision of where we want to go, withoutt a sense of direction, a statementt about ourpreseent positionn will be notthing more than an acccumulation of facts. At the same time,
withoout a good understanduding of wherre we are att this point in
i time (inccluding anawarreness of whhy we are wherew
we aree), statemen
nts about ann overall vission will nott leadto a sensiblescouurse of actioon.
I beliieve an accu
urate assesssment of ou
ur present positionpandd the drawin
ng up of aneffective policy needsnto takke into accoount three complementtary aspectss: the situattion
and possibilitiesps of higher educationeinn the presen
nt global ennvironment;; the tradition ofNanzzan Universsity as a Ca
atholic instittution of higher educattion with a strong histo
ory ofinterrnational exxchange; annd the spiritt of Hominiss Dignitati whichw
always transcen
nds
bordeers of culture and relig
gion.

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With
h a higher percentage ofo young peoople enterinng college, th
he presencee of so-calleddnon-ttraditional students, anda an increease in studdent mobility and onlin
ne educationn,instittutions of higherheduca
ation are ca
alled, not on
nly to adapt to changes in the locall andgloba
al society, bu
ut also to seee these cha
anges as a challengectoo devise new
w opportuniities
for a rather diveerse student population
n. At the sa
ame time, th
he specific hhistory andtradiition of Nan
nzan Univerrsity as a Ca
atholic univ
versity requuires continuous reflecttion
on its global misssion and fu
unction in th
he Chubu region.
r
As allways, this tradition iss thefundament and point of dep
parture for this statem
ment, but itss usefulnesss for establishinga well-groundedd policy will depend on the extent to which th
he third aspect, the spirrit ofHomminis Dignita
ati is shared by all mem
mbers of the Nanzan academicacommunity.
2. TraditionTannd Spirit
By distinguishin
ng between the spirit ofo Hominis DignitatiDannd the tradiitional activ
vitiesof Naanzan as a CatholicCunniversity (forr example, thet required classes onn religion, thheChristmas celeb
bration, the prayers at the entrancce and grad
duation cereemonies, theeannuual Passion Play, the In
nstitute for Religion an
nd Culture, and the Insstitute for Social
S
Ethiccs), I want tot emphasizze that Homminis Dignittati is a dim
mension that shouldperm
meate all of whatw
we leaarn, teach, anda do at NanzanNUnivversity. Tra
anscending
speciial courses oro particula
ar ceremonies, the spirit of Homin
nis Dignitatii becomes thhepoem
m that givess meaning too the road map.
m
In thiss sense, Homminis Digniitati is in thhesamee category as
a my contin
nued emphaasis on interrnationaliza
ation - it is the sharedvision of a commmon endeavor, the founndation of a cooperativee project whhere everybo
ody’s
contrribution is appreciatedad and expectted.
“Trad
dition preseerves the sp
pirit, the spiirit keeps th
he traditionn alive” - thiis is a key point I
emph
hasize in my annual ta
alk on the Spirit
Sof a Caatholic Univ
versity to all first yearr
studeents. The trradition of thet presiden
nt giving a talkt
on the spirit of a C
Catholic
univeersity is nott to say that such a preesentation constitutescthe authoriitative
pronouncement on what th
his spirit is; rather, it iss an affirma
ation of the conviction thatt
theree is more th
han one way
y to renew anda preserv
ve the spirit of Hominiss Dignitati. “Thequestion before us is how too become on
ne in spirit, not necessa
arily in opinnion” (Unive
ersityof Ch
hicago Presiident Willia
am R. Harpeer). I hope thhat, this year again, H
Hominis Dignnitatiwill becomeb
the symbol of a spirit thatt unites a ra
ather diversse populatioon, the essential
dimeension that helps us to define neww fields for promotingpth
he Nanzan Difference.

2II. Top Prioritties
G
on of Studennts, Facultyy, and Camp
puses
1. Globalizatio
ur effort of movingmtowward the goa
al of being “a“ learning place withoout borders,” theIn ouInterrnational Course
C
Cateegory (ICC) was starte
ed last yearr. The aim of ICC is notn toproviide just an
nother opp
portunity too learn a foreign lan
nguage butt to provid
de anenvirronment whhere studen
nts can learnn liberal arts and speccialized subjjects in a fo
oreignlangu
uage. Last year,ya totall of 43 courses (32 courrses at Nagoya Campu
us and 11 coourses
at Seeto Campuss) were offerred as ICC courses, and a total of nearly 1,00
00 students wereenrollled in thesse courses. Since Septtember 201
12, some of the coursees offered ata theCentter for Japanese Studiees (CJS) hav
ve been ava
ailable for undergradua
ate and gradduate
studeents to take as ICC
C courses, increasing the opporrtunity forr CJS studdents,
undeergraduate students, and gradu
uate studen
nts to stu
udy togetheer in the sameclasssroom.
w work towardtfurtther improv
ving the quuality and quantity off ICC
This year, we willt topic of the quality
y and quanttity ofcoursses and thee professors who teach them. On thethe courses,c
I reequest, for example,eth
hat some lib
beral arts coourses, inclu
uding thosee thatare notn part of thet ICC cou
urses which
h are curren
ntly conductted in Engliish, be taug
ght inforeign languages in additiion to their existing eq
quivalents th
hat are taught in Japa
anese.
s more new ICC cou
urses added
d to the exxisting list. I expect fa
acultyI alsso wish to see
memmbers who area or will beb offering ICC
I
courses to make furtherfeffoorts so that theirstudeents will acquire truee internatioonal capability. To this end, I reequest that eachFacuulty departtment and Graduate School acctively eng
gage in disscussions aboutaenha
ancing student exchange programms as well asa faculty membermexcchange prog
grams
such as the one with the Un
niversity off San Carloss.
alendar neeeds to be rev
visited, in orderoto reaalize the gloobalization ofo our
Our academic ca
puses. Possible optionss I have in mind includde a systemm thatstudeents, faculty, and campallow
ws students to graduatte in three andaa half years;ya qua
arter systemm that enha
ances
learn
ning throug
gh intensivee lectures annd also mak
kes short-teerm study aabroad proggrams
a moore viable optionofor students;sannd a shift tot include a fall enrolllment to enableFacu
ulties and Graduate
G
Scchools as weell as CJS tot start andd finish their courses ata thesamee time. I req
quest that the introducction of the quarter sysstem be actiively discussed. I
also request tha
at each Facculty explorre the possiibility of en
nrolling studdents in thee fall,3

and if this wou
uld be posssible, I ask
k that you
u advance your discussion for actualan.
implementation
A Open Un
niversity tha
at Utilizes “the“Nanzann Difference”
2. AnU
carries on thet tradition
ns and valu
ues of the Ca
atholic Chu
urch based ono the
The University
philoosophy of “pproviding ana educatioon rooted inn Christiann values acrross all fiellds ofknow
wledge and developingdstudents wh
ho respect anda promotee human dignity.” In tooday’sgloba
alized societty, it is not easy for th
he Universitty to enhan
nce its stren
ngths on its own,
and therefore,t
it needs to beb more opeen to societyy. At Nanza
an we have been incre
easingconta
act points withw
society by collaborrating with external orrganizationss through effortsesuch as the prom
motion of innternationa
alization, an
nd through collaboratin
ng with thee localmunity (inclluding Nan
nzan Extenssion College, business-a
academia coollaborationn, andcommuniveersity consortiums) ass well as throught
thee summer programs sshared withh theInterrnational Feederation off Catholic Universities
Us. We shouldd re-acknow
wledge that these
efforts effectivelly utilize “tthe Nanzan
n Differencee.” Recognizzing the sig
gnificance ofo theat are beneeficial in tooday’s societty will certtainly lead us toNanzzan charactteristics tha
furth
her self-awa
areness, butt it will alsoo enable us to rediscov
ver our forgootten merits andwill helphus conv
vey to socieety our raisoon d’être.
ble extent ono the meanns used forr such conta
acts, the coontactDepeending to a considerab
pointts we have with exterrnal organizzations for the purposse of becom
ming a unive
ersityopen
n to society function differently.
dday’s globa
alization ow
wes much to theI think tod
sprea
ad of the In
nternet. Lasst year, we set
s up our officialoFaceebook page in an attem
mpt tocreatte a new con
ntact point to
t communiicate “the Nanzan
N
Diffe
ference” to tthe outside world.
w
We shouldsconsiider broadeening our coontact pointts with exteernal organizations thrroughactiv
ve utilizationn of the Intternet. For instance,i
if we acknow
wledge creditts earned onnline,
it will be possib
ble to expannd the conta
act points between the University
y and studen
nts ofnalities and ages. Mean
nwhile, in orderoto resspond effecttively to cha
anges
differrent nationin th
he quality and quantity
y of studentts as a resu
ult of expannding our coontact pointts, wemustt improve ourosystemm of acceptiing foreign students, improve ou
ur staff me
ember
train
ning, and im
mprove the housing sittuation. I reequest Facu
ulties and G
Graduate Scchools
sort out problem
ms that ma
ay coincide with increa
ased contact points thrrough the activeans and popu
ulations, foor example, anduse of the Inteernet with external orrganizationp
disccussions on
n how to solvessuch problems from your own
subsequently pursue
dpoints.
stand4

III. Future
F
Plan
nning
anzan Univ
versity as ann Appealingg Institutionn
1. Na
nhance “thee Nanzan Difference,”D
Nanzan University
U
n
needs
to be appealing as
a an
To en
education and researchrinnstitution. At
A the samee time, it iss important to identiffy thed play in socciety from a long-term perspectivee.
roless the Univerrsity should
M
Prrogram of th
he Graduatte School off Science an
nd Engineerring that sttarted
The Master’s
this year
ycame fromfsuch a perspectivee. According
gly, the Ph.D
D. Programm of the Grad
duate
Schoool of Matheematical Scciences andd Informatio
on Engineeering will be reorganizzed toformm the Ph.D. ProgramPof the Gradua
ate School of Science an
nd Engineerring. In add
dition,the FacultyFof In
nformation Science andd Engineeriing will be reorganizedrd into the Fa
acultyof Sccience and Engineerinng to meet the demand from the manufactu
uring indusstries.
Furthermore, th
he Graduatee Schools off Economicss, Business Administraation, and PolicyPdies will be merged andd reorganizzed into the Graduate School of Social Sciencces toStuddevelop highly professionalpl graduates who have acquiredabrroad professsional know
wledgetfields of social science and too nurture futurefleaders for the local
and ability in themunities an
nd businessees.
commquest that th
he future plans for Nan
nzan Juniorr College, whhich saw itss inaugural class
I req
graduate in Ma
arch this year, be revieewed consid
dering the positionptha
at junior collleges
ng a portionn of its appllicant
hold in today’s society, inclluding the possibility of allocatina to a new four-yearfFa
aculty of the Universitty.
quota
anzan’s Inteegrated Edu
ucation
2. Na
ation is deveeloping stea
adily. The fiirst Nanzann Primary School
S
Nanzzan’s integrrated educa
graduates who enteredeNanzan Junioor High School last yea
ar have receeived high praisepm the Juniorr High School as “nobbiyaka” (relaaxed and inn good spirrits), We neeed tofromexpa
and on this progress inn the futuree. The Univ
versity playys a particu
ularly signifficant
role within Nan
nzan Gaku
uen as the final step forf our stu
udent as th
hey enter so
ocietyng completed a numbber of yearss of education in Gak
kuen’s integ
grated educcation
havinsysteem. We shou
uld maintaiin our activ
ve engageme
ent in the in
ntegrated eeducation sy
ystem
as th
he leader within Nanzaan Gakuen. Continuinng from lastt year, we w
will make effortse5

againn this yearr to strengtthen the collaboration between the Universsity and Na
anzan
High
h Schools an
nd will holdd an open ca
ampus in Ju
une for Nan
nzan Gakueen’s studentts. We
will also continnue our disscussion with Holy Spirit
S
High School abbout the criteria
Uw
withinthe fframework ofo theappropriate for student reccommendatiion for the University
n recommen
ndation adm
missions.
Nanzzan Gakuen
CPhyysical Propeerty Manag
gement
3. Campus
ars since thee Nagoya Campus wass established
d in 1964. It
I willNextt year, it willl be 50 yea
be 14
4 years forr Seto Cam
mpus. Now is
i an appro
opriate timee for us to initiate sp
pecific
discu
ussions on howhour futture campuses should be structurred, taking into accoun
nt theaging
g buildings and the social circumstances surrrounding th
he Universiity. We will start
makiing a preciise plan wiith a speciffic timeline
e, including
g the possib
bility of campus
reloccation. Alonng with thiss, we will reeview the proper alloca
ation of facu
ulty membe
ers atNagooya Campuss and start discussionss including the realloca
ation of faculty membe
ers tothe fields/areasfat have beeen short on facultyfperssonnel.
of study tha
IV. Educcation and ResearchR
nal Environm
ment Policy
y and Impro
ovement of RelevantRFa
acilities
1. Informationh the diversiification of informationin terminals such as tab
blets and sm
martphones, most
With
of ou
ur students use SNS an
nd cloud serrvices. As pointedpout by the Exteernal Evalu
uationCommittee lastt year, we are faced withw
a presssing need to develop an inform
mationaly meets th
he needs of the times. We will sttart aenvirronment poolicy that appropriatel
compprehensive discussion across the University on issues includingithhe reinforce
ement
of ou
ur informattion media education asa part of ouroinformaation ethicss as well asa ouracademic literaccy educationn.
w also woork on improving our Internet env
vironment andathe faciilities that allow
We willthe utilizationuo informatioon tools. At the library,, we will proomote the dofdigitization ofo our
in-hoouse journa
als and othher materia
als using an
n institutioonal reposittory and fu
urthervitalize the operration of e-L
Learning methods and the Learnin
ng Commonns.
Aof Grants-in
n-Aid for Sccientific Ressearch and Other Exteernal Fundss
2. Acquisition

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Coop
peration annd efforts byb Faculty members area essentiial in estab
blishing Na
anzan
Univ
versity as ann appealing
g research innstitution. Since
S
2010,, none of our new initia
ativeshavee been acceepted for th
he various grants andd subsidies offered by the Ministtry of
Educcation and ScienceS
inclluding the 21st2
Centurry COE Program. Our internal su
upportsysteems concern
ning appliccations may
y have been insufficieent. The saame can bee saidabou
ut the support systems for post-a
acceptance administraation. We w
will improve
e and
expa
and these innternal supp
port system
ms going forw
ward. At th
he same timme, we needd eachFacuulty memberr to take ann active role in obtaininng external funds
fsuch aas Grants-in-Aid
for Scientific
S
R
Research.
Inn principle,, I request that all FacultyFmemmbers applly forexterrnal funding of some form.
f
In doiing so, theyy should try
y to explore a wide ran
nge offunding possibillities, not limited to fu
unding offe
ered by the Ministry oof Educationn andnce but theyy should alsso explore fundingfoffe
ered by otheer organizattions such as
a the
Scien
Miniistry of Ecoonomy, Traade and Ind
dustry, andd the Minisstry of Hea
alth, Laborr and
Welfa
fare.
U
E
Evaluationa Accrediitation in 20
and013
3. Universityuassessments for accrediitation by external
eorrganizationss: theThis year, we undergo
versity will be revieweed by the JapanJ
Univ
versity Acccreditation Associationn, the
Univ
Junioor College will
w be revieewed by thee Japan Asssociation forr College Acccreditationn, andthe Nanzan
NSch
hool of Law
w will be reviewedrby
y the Japan University Accredittation
Association. At present, universitiesus in Japan are requirred by law
w to underg
go anaon by extern
nal organiza
ations once every sevenn years andd onceassesssment for accreditatio
every
y five years for professional gradu
uate schoolss. I hope we will use thiis opportun
nity toassesss and eva
aluate wheether our internaliquuality assu
urance systtem is pro
operlyfuncttioning, andd that this review proocess leads to a substa
antiation off our reformm andimprrovement acctivities.
012, the Peeer Review Committeee composed of faculty members aappointed by
b the
In 20
Presiident was established
e
u
under
the Self-Assessm
S
ment and Seelf-Evaluatiion Committtee. I
woulld like the PeerP
Review
w Committeee to assesss and evalua
ate the selff-assessmen
nt andevalu
uation activ
vities of ourr education and research organiza
ations and, when necesssary,issuee critical coomments. For
F the Univ
versity to beb able to consistentlycy provide quualityeducation and researchracctivities, it is importan
nt to make effective u
use of the PDCAP
n Do Check Action) method for asssessing andd evaluatingg one’s own sself-assessm
ments
(Plan
and evaluationses. As our socciety changes with the flow of the times, so ddo its needs.. This7

is ann instantiatiion of the id
dea of “Unceeasing Self-Reform” ad
dvocated by my predece
essor.
Po Student SupportofS
4. Promotion
as become increasing
gly important for univ
versities too provide sstudent sup
pport,
It ha
inclu
uding job pllacement su
upport. Lasst year, the University
y provided p
professiona
al andhigh-quality job placement and career support thrrough the use
u of careerr counselorss withurveysexpertise in thosse areas. Sttarting this year, we wiill have morre tightly-coontrolled su
a well as surveyssof all graduattes toof all students on their poost-graduattion plans astemployyment. Morreover, we will
w appointt pre-gradu
uationobtaiin informattion about theirstudeents who ha
ave received
d job offers as well as ouro graduattes who are already working
as job placemen
nt support staffsand carreer advisorrs. With reg
gard to the teacher traainingucation will be establisshed to proovide system
maticcoursses, the Ceenter for Teeacher Edu
supp
port.
As mentionedmearlier, globa
alization of our studen
nts and cam
mpuses is an
nother impo
ortantaspecct that con
ntributes too student su
upport. In order for thistto happpen, we neeed torecog
gnize poten
ntial problem
ms with ou
ur regular classescandd curricula and continnue toreforrm and improve our ed
ducation. Wiith the PDC
CA method in
i mind, wee must deve
elop asysteem that ena
ables consta
ant self-imprrovement too provide hiigh-quality student sup
pport.
V. Contributing tot and Workking with Society
SRo the Anthrropological MuseumofM
1. Reopenings
the relocationro the Anthrropological Museum laofast year, andd in October thisWe started
year,, it will reopen on the basement floor of the R Buildingg. The new Anthropolo
ogicalMuseeum aims to stimulatte everyonee’s curiosity
y by becom
ming a “univversal musseum”
wherre visitors canchave inntimate encounters witth the exhib
bits by toucching themm withtheirr own hands. We will aspire tot make th
he museumm open to society thrroughcollaboration wiith the schoools of the Gakuen
G
as wellw as with the elemen
ntary, juniorr, andhools in thee communitty. The museum will also continnue collaborrative
senioor high sch
projeects with the Meiji University
U
M
Museum,playingpthee role of a core unive
ersitymuseeum in Japaan.

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2. Business-Ac
B
cademia Colllaborationw move forward withh the improv
vement of ou
ur researchh and educattion programs in
We willcollaboration wiith the loca
al communitty, especiallly with the business coommunity ini theai region. The
Tbusinesss-academia
a collaborattion agreem
ment signed
d two years ago
Toka
betw
ween the Ban
nk of Nagoyya and Nanzzan University produceed a specificc result lastt year
in th
he form of “Research on the Sa
avings of YoungY
Adullts.” We w
will continue
e the
busin
ness-academ
mia collaboration withh the Bank
k of Nagoya
a while seeeking addittional
collaboration wiith other bu
usinesses. GivenG
the suuccessful reesult of the course end
dowed
he Asahi Sh
himbun twoo years ago, this year wew will conttinue the coollaborative classby thwith the Asahhi Shimbun
n that starrted last year.
yWe willw
also coontinue to offer
asses with Nagoya
N
Broadcasting Network
N
and Chukyo T
TV Broadcassting.
collaborative cla
demia joint research ini the Gra
aduate Schoool ofWhille we will pursue business-acadScien
nce and Engineering (fformerly th
he Graduatee School of Mathemati
M
cal Sciences andInforrmation Engineering) and in the Graduate School
Sof Bu
usiness Adm
ministration, we
will identify corporate neeeds in the Tokai regio
on in term
ms of humann resourcess andato prom
mote the deevelopmentt of quality
y graduates with high-level
expertise and aim
at we, as a university in the Tokaai region, cancfulfill ou
ur responsiibility
expertise so thaards our colllaboration partnerpcom
mpanies andd towards th
he local com
mmunity.
towa
D
nt of Disasteer Risk Man
nagement System
S
3. Developmen
T
regionn is suscepttible to variious naturall disasters suchs
as eartthquakes annd
The Tokai
riverr flooding. Itt is importa
ant for a uniiversity to determinedw
whatrole it should playy inthe communitycduring emeergency situ
uations. As a university
y rooted in tthe commun
nity,
the rolerof the UniversityU
iss not small. The gymna
asium on ca
ampus has aalready been
desig
gnated as ann evacuatioon site by th
he City of Nagoya, and the swimm
ming pool on
camp
pus has been designateed as a wateer source for fire defense by the firre chief of theShow
wa Fire Stattion of the CityC
of Nagooya. Risk managementmt efforts succh as these areaalso issues
ithat need to be dealt with notn just by thet Universsity in isolattion but tog
getherwith the commu
unity. We arre also coopeerating withh the Acadeemic eXchannge forvironment anda Strateggy (AXIES) in developinng a safety confirmatio
on
Inforrmation Env
systeem in times of disaster. We will consider the possiblepusee of this safe
fety confirm
mationsysteem as we deesign our syystem for deealing with an emergenncy. We are also preparring arisk managemen
nt manual. The Univerrsity will deevelop a riskk managem
ment systemmusive of the above pointts in collabooration withh the local community.
c
inclu
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VI. Entran
nce Exams anda Post-Grraduation EmploymentEtntrance Exa
ams
1. En
G
Uniified
This year, the tootal numberr of applicattions, combining the General,mination (UUniversity’s own examss and a comb
bination of its own exa
ams and Cen
nter
Exam
exam
ms), and Cennter Entran
nce Examinations (firstt applicationn term A & B and second
appliication termm) was 24,19
97, the larg
gest ever witth an increa
ase of 4,040
0 over last year’s
y20,15
57. The intrroduction off the unified
d examinatiion (University’s own eexams)
contrributed to boostingbthee number of application
ns. Howeverr, we cannott be overly
optim
mistic aboutt the situatiion as the numbernof applications from outsidde the threeeprefeectures in th
he Tokai reggion remain
ns unchange
ed and the numbernof aapplicationss forthe recommendaration-basedd admissions from Cathholic high scchools, a systemcharaacteristic off the Univerrsity, is on thet decline. The shrink
king 18-yearr-old populaation
and thet prolongged economic downturn
n suggest th
hat student solicitation remains achalllenge. To attract more applicants, we need to accurately grasp the ssituations thhatsurroound the Un
niversity annd continue to impleme
ent approprriate measu
ures.
Pation Emplooyment
3. Post-Gradua
012, the effeective ratio of job openiings to new
w college gra
aduates seek
king jobs piicked
In 20
up sllightly afterr the continued downw
ward trend fo
ollowing the Lehman S
Shock. How
wever,
the employmentet situation remainsrverry severe. AlthoughAthee ratio of informal job offersoto fouurth year sttudents of thet University has conttinued to ex
xceed the na
ational averrage,
we needn
to make more efforrts toward achievingathhe ratio of 100
1 percent. The JunioorColleege has beenn struggling
g a little in this regardd, requiring a further reeview on ho
ow toproviide career anda placemeent supportt during thee two year period.
nces, a syste
em was deveeloped last yyear to allow theIn orrder to cope with these circumstan
shariing of inform
mation betw
ween the Ca
areer Suppo
ort Committtee and thee Job Placem
mentCommittee. Thee Working GroupGfor puublicizing ou
ur job placeement capab
bilities madde up
m Publicityof the chairpersons of thesee Committeees plus thatt of the Enttrance Exam
unction effecctively. Thiss year, I req
quest that w
we further
Committee is sttarting to fu
ance our suppport systemm while coooperating wiith the Center for the T
Teacherenha
Educcation and thet Extensioon College Committee.
C
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and
a post-gra
aduate/job pplacement, it
i isTo prrovide effecttive support in career education
cruciial that the Career Sup
pport Officee and the Fa
aculties andd Departmen
nts work
handd-in-hand on
n a regular basis. I req
quest that inndividual Faculties andd Departme
ents
develop a systemm that makes this happpen.
VII. Public Relaationsntroduced neew publicity
y portals su
uch as Faceb
book, YouTu
ube, and a
Last year, we inplication. Uttilizing thesse new med
dia will becoome increassingly imporrtant
smarrtphone app
to th
he Universitty’s publicity
y efforts in the future. While disseeminating iinformationn willbecom
me easier and more div
versified, ou
ur underlyin
ng strategiees as to how
w we utilize thesemediia will be crritical. We neednspecificc publicity strategiessfoor reinforcin
ng our efforrts inpubliicizing our internationi
nalization an
nd job place
ement capab
bilities. We also need toproperly target our publicitty toward sttudents inside and outtside the thrree prefectu
ures
he Tokai reg
gion.
in th
aboration withw
the Alum
mni Associaation and NanzanNTom
mo no Kai is also anCollaimpoortant issuee in terms off publicity. We
W will consider develooping publiccity using the
new media in coollaborationn with thesee organizatio
ons.
quest all of you,y
as Facu
ulty and Sta
aff members of the Uniiversity, reccognize thatt you
I req
also play a part in the Univ
versity’s pub
blicity and that you heelp enhance Nanzan
versity’s app
peal at all tiimes.
Univ

Michael CALM
MANO
Pressident
Naanzan University

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