On January 18, Okayama University held an award ceremony at the 50th
Anniversary Hall to honor on-campus SDGs initiatives and promote their
activities. Featured initiatives were awarded the SDGs President Award,
which was established in order to raise awareness about on-campus SDGs
activities. This year, we solicited applications from initiatives that
promote the SDGs across four categories: Education, Research, Workplace
and Student Groups. We received a total of 16 applications, of which 6
were commended with Excellence Awards and 5 with Encouragement Awards.
The 11 successful applicants also had the opportunity to present their
activities at the ceremony.
The following initiatives were commended with Excellence Awards:
Third-year students at the School of Special Needs Education Attached to
the Faculty of Education, Okayama University for their “SDGs initiative
at a special needs high school”; Okayama University Faculty of
Engineering/Okayama Ichinomiya High School/INTEC Education College in
Malaysia for their “International high school-university collaboration
project in Japan and Malaysia aiming to achieve the SDGs”; Noutoshi
Research Team for its "Developmental research project on disease
resistance inducer (plant defense activator) in plants to contribute to
sustainable agriculture”; Organization for Diversity Management’s Gender
Equality Office for its “Mentor program for female researchers”;
Okayama University Hospital Department of General Medicine for its
“Specialty outpatient clinic for COVID-19 sequelae”; and Environmental
Club ECOLO for its “Recycle Market”.
At the award ceremony, President MAKINO Hirofumi remarked, “I hope that
by actively promoting these wonderful initiatives, more people will be
incentivized to contribute to the university’s SDGs efforts.”
After receiving their awards, the winning groups presented their
initiatives, outlining how they operated during the pandemic and
adjusted to online activities. Vice Executive Director in charge of SDGs
promotion KANO Mitsunobu, who moderated the presentations, interacted
with each group and encouraged them to discover a new perspective on the
future path of their initiatives.
Finally, Executive Director for Planning and General Affairs TAKAHASHI
Kayo took a moment to comment on the initiatives before thanking the
members of the university and local community for their various efforts
to promote the SDGs. She especially encouraged the young people in
attendance to maintain their passion and enthusiasm.
As a research university promoting the SDGs, Okayama University will
continue to actively promote campus initiatives and encourage
collaboration with the local community with the aim of building a
brighter future and achieving the SDGs locally.
Click here for an overview of the award-winning groups and initiatives
https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/news/index_id10839.html
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