Social Gathering for International Students and Researchers in 2019
A social gathering for international students and researchers was held on Dec 13th 2019 at Kofu Campus. About 170 people, including community representative, international students and researchers together with their family members, and university staff took part in the event this year.
This annual event hosted by the President of University of Yamanashi, Dr. Shinji Shimada aims at deepening mutual understanding among the international students and researchers, university staff and community representatives.
The gathering started with a welcome address by the President and followed by the speeches from the Mayor of Kofu city and the Mayor of Chuo city. One Vietnam student from Medical Campus and two German students from Kofu Campus delivered their speech to express their appreciation as representative of all international students.
All participants enjoyed Japanese and Halal dishes and a chorus by the residents of international dormitory.