Otemon Gakuin University newly established the Ibaraki Sochiji Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture in April 2019. On May 4th, the completion ceremony was held at the WIL Hall on the 5st floor of the Ibaraki Sochiji Campus.
Otemon Gakuin University is the next generation to fully develop students and students' independent learning under the new educational concept WIL (Work-Is-learning) "act, learn, and act while learning". Established Otemon Gakuin Sochiji Campus as a type campus.From the Ibaraki Ai Campus, all the first year students of Otemon Gakuin University, the Faculty of Regional Creation, and the Faculty of International Liberal Arts have moved, and Otemon Gakuin Junior and Senior High School has also moved completely.
The new campus is about a 10-minute walk from JR Soujiji Station.It is only about 2 km away from the Ibaraki Ai campus.By operating these two campuses in an integrated manner to improve the convenience of students, and by creating a regional disaster prevention / exchange base and a place for new education / research practice, a major educational district in the Hokusetsu district was born. rice field.
About 400 people from Ibaraki City and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology participated in the completion ceremony. "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" and the growth strategy "Society 5.0" set by the Cabinet Office, "Long-term concept" aiming to be a school corporation that leads Japanese education in anticipation of changes in social conditions over the next 20 years 2040 "was announced.
A campus tour was also held on the day, and about 30 student staff who had been trained through open recruitment on campus guided the university and each of the middle and high school buildings and cafeterias.At the completion ceremony, President Toshiaki Kawahara said, "We will develop human resources who will open up the future society. And we want to be a university that realizes the dreams of young people. To realize that purpose, we will make the best use of the new campus. I will do it. "
