Congratulations on your admission.Welcome to KUISs.39 graduate students and 6 students from 18 faculties from 6 prefectures in Japan, from Aomori in the north to Okinawa in the south, and China, Vietnam, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Myanmar from overseas attended the entrance ceremony. On behalf of Kansai University of International Studies, I would like to extend my congratulations and welcome to you.
Well, it's been 2 years since the corona misfortune started.I hope you all have overcome various anxieties and inconveniences to reach today.Looking back, the number of people infected by the corona virus in Japan is currently over 47, and the number of infected people worldwide has exceeded 7 million. It has been decided to issue "Priority Measures for Spread Prevention, etc." was designated.Due to the spread of mutation stocks, the tension is increasing again, and it is becoming a situation that has to be wary of the arrival of the 1th wave.
In particular, the rising infection rate among young people is not someone else's problem, and you must make sure to follow the rules for infectious disease control that were explained in yesterday's guidance.The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the mass media have praised our university's measures against COVID-2 as meticulous and close to students.We've taken steps to ensure that both your safety and your learning are not delayed.However, from now on, it is essential for everyone to follow the rules, manage their physical condition, and consult with the infirmary or advisors when they feel uneasy about their physical or mental health.
Today's entrance ceremony was held in two parts, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, in order to take measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.However, it is not possible to shake hands with each and every one of you and welcome guests as usual.
The number of deaths in Japan has reached 9, and the world has already lost more than 1 million lives in the past year, which is a tragedy. increase.It should not be overlooked that latent issues and problems have surfaced, rather than having arisen.
One of them is the emergence of discrimination and persecution.The gap between rich and poor, and the disparities due to differences in various attributes such as race, ethnicity, and gender, have expanded and surfaced due to the corona disaster.There was a movement called Black lives matters in America last year.I believe that the origin of this movement is the civil rights movement and the movement against racial discrimination that took place in the late 1950s and early 60s.Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize winner, a very good leader who was assassinated in his thirties, when Martin Luther King Jr. held a rally in Washington, D.C. More than one person is said to have attended.His speech at that time is still handed down as a famous speech in history. While repeating the words "I have a dream" over and over again, changing the words over and over again to make that dream come true, a future where discrimination will disappear from this world and American society. I was.It is sad that a similar racist tragedy happened 30 years later.With the spread of the new coronavirus infection from China to the world, Asian Hate has now spread in the United States, and there is a rapid increase in the number of cases where people are targeted for abusive language and violence just because they are Asian.Sadly, it is said that the perpetrators are often black.The cycle of persecution, in which the weak discriminate and persecute those who are even more vulnerable than themselves, is very sad.Imagine the severity of an innocent person being attacked because of their race or appearance.Tennis players Naomi Osaka and Kei Nishikori are taking action #Stop Asian Hate, what do you think about these events and their actions?
In the lyrics of the university's school song, the phrase "the boundaries of the heart disappear and disappear" is used repeatedly.It is a school song with a wonderful message of acknowledging diversity and respecting others.Imagine everyone.Innate attributes that are determined by when and where you were born, or if you happen to be in a vulnerable position, you may be subject to prejudice and discrimination.The same is true for discrimination against people who have been infected with the new coronavirus, so please do not forget to think from the other person's point of view.I ask you to remove the boundaries from the map of your own mind.And I would like you to be able to sing this school song as soon as possible.Today, in consideration of infection prevention, we will have the music department of Kobe Yamate Girls' High School, which is a sister school of the same corporation, sing later.
Now, instead of the congratulatory handshake that I exchange with the new students at this ceremony every year, what I handed to them earlier was written with the educational mission 4C of our university and the KUISs learning benchmarks, which are the goals that I would like you to acquire in the four years. It is a "bookmark" that has been cut.At the university, there are more opportunities to obtain not only information overflowing on SNS, but also established knowledge and information through literature.In the process, it was created so that you can remember again and again what kind of power you learn to acquire.
The educational mission of Hamana Yamate Gakuin is to send out into the world human beings who can independently and actively carve out their own lives while respecting others. The message is that it is necessary to acquire the power of the 3 C's: Communication, Consideration, and Commitment. Communication means the transmission and transmission of information, dialogue, and coordination of different opinions. In the dictionary, consideration comes out as the primary meaning of deliberation and consideration, but academically, it means thinking logically based on consideration, that is, information and facts.In addition, there is also a vocabulary to be considerate of others. Commitment includes learning, thinking, participating, and contributing to society and others.The founding spirit of our school is "Iaii-en", which means that we want to be a school that nurtures human beings who have an attitude of caring and accepting people, and the XNUMXCs can be said to be the development of that. .
I hope that by the time you graduate, you will have mastered these three C's, and will be able to actively and autonomously play an active role in the world in a rapidly changing society. The goal KUISs learning benchmark is a scale for you to check and evaluate whether you have mastered the three Cs.
Uncertainty accompanies the current society and the way society should be in the future.The end of the corona crisis is one of them, but it is becoming difficult to predict the future in the midst of rapid social changes such as globalization, technological innovation due to AI and digital transformation, and the fluidization of industrial and employment structures. is a fact.It is no longer the time to find a job after graduation.Globalization has been unavoidable for the past four years, and even the prospect of a coronavirus vaccine would not be possible without the involvement of other countries.Thanks to the exchange of information, technology and goods from a global perspective, we are in a situation where the exit is vaguely visible.Currently, travel to and from overseas is restricted, and the Global Study program, which is a distinctive educational program of our university, cannot be implemented as usual.However, we must never let our progress toward a global age that cannot be avoided be avoided, such as studying remotely or taking classes at partner universities overseas in English.Later, we will introduce congratulatory messages to all of you from the presidents of three of our partner universities around the world.
For everyone living in the future, learning at university will become even more important.You cannot survive the next generation just by having an academic background.It is important for you to acquire the skills that will serve as the foundation for your own survival in the next generation during your university life.There is a term in psychology called resilience.In general, it is a word that means the ability to respond with flexibility.I hope that you will learn on this campus the driving force that enables you to respond resiliently to change and find a way forward for the future.
Kansai University of International Studies, which you will study from today, is a university that respects diversity and places importance on allowing you to learn from both sides of your own experiences, experiences and specialized knowledge, and to be able to make comprehensive use of them.The biggest mission for college students is to grow through learning.Graduation does not necessarily guarantee your future.I would like everyone to set their own goals, make their own plans, actively learn on their own, inspect and evaluate their own progress, be able to explain their own growth, and participate in and contribute to the world on their own. .For the sake of your own future and the world, I would like you to take the first step toward your own university life.
At our university, we often use this word as a catchphrase.
I would like everyone to realize these words, "If you try, you can do more."Finally, once again, congratulations to all the incoming students and their parents.
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President Atsushi Hamana
