We introduce the faculty, facilities and the events of the KGU. KGU was established as theTouyou Gogaku special school by one of the four private universities in Kumamoto in 1942years. The name was changed into the Kumamoto language study special school in 1945 and,the name was changed into Kumamoto University of Commerce in 1954. At that time, theCommerce Section was set up. In 1994, Kumamoto University of Commerce was changed intoKumamoto Gakuen University which is the present name. KGU is very popular s a privateuniversity in Kumamoto now. We introduce KGU to you.
First of all, we introduce the faculty and the subject of KGU. KGU has 4 faculties and 12subjects.First, the largest faculty at KGU is Department of Commercial Science. Department ofCommercial Science has three subjects which are the Commerce Section, the BusinessAdministration Section, and hospitality management and a popular subject is CommerceSection. The students study bookkeeping and accounting. The subject with the least number ofpeople is hospitality management. This subject is popular among girls but the number of boyshas increased recently.
Moreover, KGU also has a lot of subjects related to international issues because KGU hasinternational subjects such as in the Department of Economics and the Department of ForeignLanguage.
The Department of Economics has international economic as one subject. This subject requiresthe ability of the language study of English, Chinese, or Korean and also does study that appliesto the knowledge of international economy. Foreign language communications ability useful byvarious scenes is acquired from the business to economy and the social work. In addition, theDepartment of Economics has a economics department and a legal economics subject.
The Department of Foreign Language has east Asian and an English and American Section.We belong to English and American Section of this Department. The English and AmericanSection is aiming at educating people who can be active as a cosmopolitans inside and outsidethe country. There are a lot of chances to understand foreign countries like going abroad tostudy and the overseas training in this subject. This subject also helps in the acquisition of theteacher's license. In addition, this subject has achieved high results to finding employment inindustries that can make the best use of English such as airlines and hotels. The east Asiansubject is a subject of the tradition with the origin in the Touyou Gogaku special school.Students in this subject are going abroad to study and taking overseas training too, and canstudy China and South Korea.
The last is the faculty of social welfare. This faculty has four subjects, the social welfare faculty,the welfare environmentology department, the child family welfare subject, and the life wellness.
This faculty works to support the welfare society and the local environment buildings of a newage. The social welfare faculty has exchanges with senior citizens with on-site training of socialwelfare, with handicapped persons, the patients with serious diseases, and regional concerns.This subject supports the acquisition of the training camp training and the nursing license. Thewelfare environmentology department has the experience through study, staying training, andthe Kumamoto town barrier-free survey, etc. that center on the on-site training in outside theschool. The child family welfare subject can take time to learn about family and children inpractice, field training, and small colloquiua. This subject can help you acquire the license of thenursery teacher and kindergarten teacher. The life wellness subject is a subject established in2009. This subject supports the acquisition of a lot of qualifications and licenses including theteacher's license acquisition and the health fitness instructor examination qualification of thehealth education and physical education. There are a lot of faculties and subjects in KGU, andthis university is promoting diverse human resources like this.
Next, we will introduce about our school’s facilities. We have a lot of convenient facilities in thisuniversity. They are very useful for us.
We have a huge library. It is open from 9:00 am to 11:00 pm, Monday to Saturday. On Sundays,it is open from 10:00 am to 17:00 pm. The library is very quiet, so, there is very suitable for selfstudy.At there, we can do many things. We can read books, magazines, newspapers and wean also watch DVDs, listen to CDs, use computers and so on. Of course we can borrow booksfor 2 weeks. To enter the library, we have to bring our student identification card.
We also have a book store ‘Maruzen’ in the ground floor of building 12. They sell books,textbooks, magazines, comic books, stationeries, lunches, breads, ice creams, snacks, drinksand so on. It is very useful because we need not to go to an other book store far away.
At the building 14, 4th floor, there is the e-campus center. In the self-study corner, we can usethe computers freely and borrow notebook a personal computer for 1 week. Always manystudents use it.
In our university’s site, there are a convenience store, Lawson, a dining room and a bakery. Atthe Lawson, some of this university’s students work part time. Dining room’s foods and bakery’sbreads are all handmade. Regularly, the new dishes are developed and sold in the bakery. Theyare very nice. At lunch time, the dining room’s seats are filled with students.
Surprisingly, in our university’s site, there is a beauty salon called ‘Hair make Amore’. It is instudent hall’s second floor. Some students go there to get their hair cut, or get a permanent andcolor.
As you can see, we have a lot of convenient facilities. Thanks to them, we can lead useful lives.We proud and like this university.
Lastly, we are going to introduce the principal events by month. There are many excitingevents in KGU. Our university has not only substantial faculty and facility but also rich eventsand activity.
In April, we have an entrance ceremony in Kumamoto prefectural theater. More than 150new students gather in its concert hall wearing their brand-new suits. Then, some TV stationscome and interview because it is a large scale ceremony. In several days, we have a ‘ Welcomepicnic ’. This is a plan that new students can make friends with each other. More than 1000freshmen take part in this picnic every year. We go to our destination by bus, and enjoy manyevents there. This is also the big chance making friends with teachers.
In October, the most biggest event in this university is held which is the Festival called‘ Takumasai ’. This festival has a sports field and cultural field, and many circle teams play animportant role in this. The cultural field is more gorgeous than any other one . It is held for threedays with a stage concert , exhibition, stalls, and so on. We recommend you to see the stage ofMiss Campus. You can see many pretty and lovely KGU girls. And then, an entertainer guestcomes as a judge. Last year, ‘Brother tom ‘ came, and put enthusiasm into the people.
By the way, we have this festival’s advertisement parade early in October. We have a paradein the city carrying a portable shrine on our shoulder with cool and lovely costume. The portableshrine and costume are original for each circle team. The parade in the city is really worthseeing.
These are especially exciting events in KGU. We are enjoying university life with it every day.We love our lively university.
Thank you for reading.
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