Iitate Volunteer Activity Report

- Emile Yilmaz(1st Year, Master Program in Green Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology)

In the lead-up to the G7 Summit held in Iseshima in May, young future leaders aged 30 years and under from the G7 nations gathered in Tokyo from April 30 to May 3 for the Y7 Summit. Representing G7 countries they were…

Iitate Volunteer Activity Report

- Daichi Yamaoka(1st Year, Department of Global Studies, Faculty of Global Studies)

In August, thirty students from Sophia University visited the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture where all residents evacuated to Iinomachi, Fukushima due to the accident of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant…

Sophia Student Wins "Mazda make Things Better Award", the Social Policy Making Contest Hosted by Mazda Europe Headquarter

- Yuka Kawamura(Senior at Department of English Studies in Faculty of Foreign Studies)

Yuka Kawamura, Senior at Department of English Studies in Faculty of Foreign Studies became a winner of "Mazda make Things Better Award", the contest for policy making hosted by the automotive company, Mazda Europe headquarter…

Making an International Contribution through“Table for Two”

- Erika Ohinata (Second year student in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Human Sciences)

In October last year, we carried out the full-scale launch of the Table for Two (TFT) menus at three cafeterias on campus (Bldg. No.2 student dining hall, Bldg. No.9 cafeteria, and Subway). The initiative was started when members of the extra-curricular student club Table for Two Sophia (TFT Sophia Chapter) encouraged the companies that operate the cafeterias to get involved…

Aspiring to the World where Everyone Has a Decent Place to Live
Leading "Habitat for Humanity Sophia"
- Takuya Kawamoto (Senior, Department of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Liberal Arts)

Habitat for Humanity, or HFH, is a US-based international NGO that has expanded to 80 countries worldwide, developing programs to deal with the problems of housing for the poor and to support disaster recovery toward the goal…

On Receiving the Ishibashi Tanzan Award: Another Step on My Path to Becoming a Researcher
- Satoko Katada (Doctoral Program in History, Graduate School of Humanities)

My paper that won the Ishibashi Tanzan Award was published in the Sophia University academic magazine, Sophia Historical Studies, in November 2012, and focused on the activities and role of Alexander von Siebold…

Helping Cacao Farmers in Ghana with "Real" Ghana Chocolates
- Kensuke Noro (Junior, Department of Global Environmental Legal Studies, Faculty of Law)

I'm with "The Real Ghana Chocolate Production Project". The aim of our project is to introduce Ghanaian culture and the current situation of cacao farmers there to the Japanese public. We sell 100% made-in-Ghana chocolate and hold workshops on making chocolate from cacao beans…

Realizing My Potential through Magic
- Shohei Komoriya (Senior, Department of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Liberal Arts)

I saw a magic trick in person for the first time when I was in the fifth grade. At a trial class for Jiyunomori Gakuen Junior High School, a math teacher showed us a magic trick that was performed with playing cards. It was a very simple trick…