For the next 3 weeks, Mr Woolbright and five 3rd year students will be studying at Winchester University in the U.K. as part of the Comparative Culture course. You can follow their trip on our Travel Blog.
At Fukuoka Airport
We were very pleased to see that our Faculty of Humanities (人文学部) was ranked 43rd in Japan for numbers of graduate students finding employment in 2010. In fact, we were the highest ranked faculty in Kyushu!
During the 1st semester, all 1st and 2nd year students write and perform speeches within their Oral English and Discussion classes. This week, all classes have performed their speeches, with three finalists being chosen from each 1st-year class, and two from each 2nd-year class. These finalists will practice their speeches during the summer vacation, before the semi-final and final in mid-October. We wish them all the best of luck!
1st Year Semi-finalists
Class 1a
- Mika Yasuda – Important for us
- Miyuki Fujita – Being a Japanese teacher
- Rei Mizukami – My favorite place
Class 1b
- Misato Takahashi – My future foretold
- Ami Takeda – I love Japan
- Saki Takeda – Loving Miyazaki
Class 1c
- Yuki Kumagawa – I won’t forget my resolution
- Akiho Tsuji – What I want to change in myself
- Misato Hiwatashi – My favorite place
Class 1d
- Satoko Murata – Fighting women
- Yukariko Tenokuchi – Change the world with TFT
- Akane Takeya – I’m afraid
2nd Year Semi-finalists
Class 2a
- Shouen Lin – World of smiles
- Mami Kawahara – Power of music
Class 2b
- Atsumi Ueno – Funky Monkey Babies
- Miwa Sashiki – Ghibli
Class 2c
- Sakisako Misaki – Thanks to…
- Iwasaki Tomoka – A Daughter of Hong Kong
Class 2d
- Kana Tabata – B blood type
- Moeko Hayashi – Forever a teenager
Twice a year, we put out a faculty newsletter called “Humanitas.” It is created by students and staff under the guidance of Prof. Hashimoto, and is crammed full of news and reports from our faculty. Here is the latest issue:
Volume 4, Issue 1
This month we ran a survey about use of our website and email services by students and staff. Our thanks go to the 64 students and staff who responded. Below are the results of the survey questions. Click the images to see a larger version.
On July 22, a TV crew from RKB visited our campus to film one of our students, Yuka Sakaguchi. Yuka is a member of Kitakyushu City’s soccer club’s cheerleading team, and RKB are producing a programme about her life. While on campus they joined Malcolm Swanson’s seminar class to film Yuka as a student. The programme will be aired in September.
Filming in Mr. Swanson's office
On July 15, we were privileged to enjoy Mr. Rio Imamura’s lecture entitled “Dear Miss Breed” [see info]. He spoke about the work of Clara Breed, in particular focusing on her support for the Japanese-American children who were placed in internment camps during World War II.
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- Friends of Mr. Imamura
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- Prof. Yamamoto’s intro
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- Mr Imamura’s lecture
UPDATE
The winners of the chocolate cake challenge were: Tomomi T, Yukiko M, Kyouko K, Akiho T, Tomoka I, and Emi M. Congratulations!
Would you like to win one of Malcolm’s delicious chocolate cakes? Here’s your chance… you only have to do 2 things before July 26, 2010:
- Go to this website [click link] and answer the survey
- Then, find the answers to the following questions on this SeiJo English website. FIVE people with the correct answers will be chosen to get one of Malcolm’s cakes!
QUESTIONS (email your answers to Malcolm)
- Q1- What event will take place in September this year?
- Q2 – What class did their Tanabata in English?
- Q3 – What staff (faculty) member was born in 1942?
- Q4 – What will happen at 2:00pm during Open Campus?
- Q5 – What is the countdown for?
- Q6 – In September 2009, who went to Iki Island?
- Q7 – What was the topic of our very first English Lecture?
- Q8 – Who wrote “The Scarlet Letter”?
- Q9 – What is in Olivia’s bag in her goodbye photo?
- Q10 – November is Movie month… how much did it cost to go to the movies last year?
Good luck!! We hope you enjoy reading this website!!
PS: This competition is only open to students…
In February, 2011, we will once again be traveling to Nelson, New Zealand for 4 weeks. On Friday, July 16 we will have an orientation session to give you more information. You can then think about it during the summer vacation.
- Friday, July 16
- 12:15-12:45 (don’t be late!)
- Room 527
Even if you are not sure about traveling abroad, you should come to this orientation so you can see for yourself if this is what you want to do. You can also visit our Travel Blog [link] to read about our 2010 trip.
