EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
Japanese Teaching Graduate Employee at University of Oregon
• Working as a graduate employee position
• Assisting and teaching Japanese classes twice a week
Sep. 2015 - Mar. 2018
Nagasaki Global Plus Course
• Optional cross-school special program at Nagasaki University
• Received Distinguished Achievement Award
In the course, we developed academic English skills by taking lectures for two years from professional teachers from the USA, the UK, Netherlands, and Japan. Since I aimed to put myself in a higher educational environment to learn and improve my academic skills in English, I participated in the course. In the course, I developed my skills for discussions in the class, collaborating with international partners, and express myself or my opinions. As a student of the course, I had a chance to participate in the KAKEHASHI Project. After taking two years' series of lectures, I worked positively as an alumna of the course such as course information sessions and meetings with international students.
Dec. 2016
KAKEHASHI Project
• Conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
• Site: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
The KAKEHASHI Project is an exchange program between Japan and North America, conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. This project is to encourage an understanding of Japan and to convey information about Japan to the public. I was a leader of 23 students from Nagasaki University, during which we presented and demonstrated to discuss Japanese culture and unique features of Nagasaki to various universities and schools throughout the United States.
Aug. 2017
Summer School Student Assistant
• Department of Environmental Science, Nagasaki University
The faculty of Environmental Science at Nagasaki University has held a transdisciplinary summer school which is composed of laboratory internships and international environmental expert seminars every summer. In this program, students from Nagasaki University collaborated with visiting exchange students from the US, Australia, Thailand, Sweden, and Taiwan. In 2017, I participated this summer school and supported their field trips, international cultural exchange, group discussions, and group presentation by interpreting English and Japanese.
Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2018
Japanese Tutoring
• Center for Japanese Language and Student Exchange, Nagasaki University
Within the tutoring system that assigns tutors to newly-arrived international students to help make a smooth adjustment to daily life, studies, and research, I worked as a Japanese tutor for two years. I supported two international students from Netherlands and China through meetings, writing Japanese, and having Japanese conversations about a wide variety of topics. I also participated in the Japanese Table which was held periodically at Nagasaki University. It provides opportunities to communicate in Japanese with international exchange students and had conversations with them.
Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2018
Committee Aiming at Improvement of Education by Students
This is an official committee composed of both students and teachers at Nagasaki University. I worked for various activities since 2016 and served as a leader of the committee for about a year since 2017. We succeed in organizing a student-driven lecture series, which is the first attempt at Nagasaki University, in the fall semester of 2017.