On March 2020, 3, Nagoya University of Commerce canceled the "Reiwa 12nd Year Entrance Ceremony" scheduled to be held on April 19 in view of the impact of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-4), and classroom classes for the new semester. Announced to switch all online.
Regarding the cancellation of the entrance ceremony, President Hiroshi Kurimoto said, "As a place to celebrate the first steps of new students, we invited former President Dominique Turpin as a guest speaker from the IMD Business School based in Switzerland, and a total of 26 people from 1,033 countries around the world. We were planning an entrance ceremony for (last year) to participate. Although I am thinking of cutting the bowels, I thought that preparing a healthy and safe learning environment for the new year was the highest priority. "
In addition, classroom lessons for the new semester will start in an online "two-way live format" for both undergraduate and graduate schools.Since 1985, Nagoya University of Commerce has transferred laptop computers (Macintosh) to all new undergraduate students free of charge, and since 2018, it has accumulated know-how through discussion-type case classes using online.Regarding the start time of classes As "social responsibility as a higher education institution to not stop classes even when the future is uncertain", we will start classes online while referring to the correspondence status of online classes at overseas universities. Decided.
In online classes, use a laptop computer provided by the university to participate in classes using Zoom (remote conference software), and use Google Classroom for questions.If the camera is turned off, it is considered absent.In addition to holding a class on how to participate in online classes in advance, we will prepare a direct telephone for inquiries during the class.If you don't have an internet connection at home, you can bring your own computer and earphone / microphone and participate in the designated classroom.
