{"id":1289,"date":"2022-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eikei.dev.db-force.net\/english\/news\/1289\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T03:48:37","slug":"details_00530","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/news\/1289\/","title":{"rendered":"The English Lounge Welcome party for new students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span>The English Lounge hosted Welcome party for new students<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"cms_text\">\n<p>On Friday, April 22, the English Lounge hosted Welcome Party for new students, which about 70 students and faculty members attended to build friendships.<br \/>\nThis welcome party was planned and organized by seven student staff members with the hopes of &#8220;helping new students to feel at ease as they start their new university&nbsp;lives by building deeper relationships with each other&#8221; and &#8220;helping new students to get to know and strengthen their English skills.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cms_text\">\n<p>After opening greetings, we invited Mr. Damian Rentoule, Principal of Hiroshima International School, as a guest speaker on &#8220;Multicultural Understanding and Multiculturalism.&#8221;<br \/>\nAfterward, Participants&nbsp;played English board games, bingo games, and other games with great excitement while taking precautions against infection of the covid-19.<br \/>\nIn the music quiz, questions were given about the countries of the international students and foreign faculty members, which provided an opportunity to expand the conversation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The Scenes from The English Lounge Welcome Party<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cmn_gallery col1\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cmsdata\/att\/00530_06905_010.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Yuko Uesugi, Director of the Center for International Exchange, gives the opening greeting.\" \/><figcaption>Professor Yuko Uesugi, Director of the Center for International Exchange, gives the opening greeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmn_gallery col1\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cmsdata\/att\/00530_06906_010.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. Damian Rentoule, Principal, Hiroshima International School\" \/><figcaption>Mr. Damian Rentoule, Principal, Hiroshima International School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmn_gallery col2\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cmsdata\/att\/00530_06907_010.jpg\" alt=\"Student staff who planned and managed this event\" \/><figcaption>Student staff who planned and managed this event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cmsdata\/att\/00530_06907_020.jpg\" alt=\"Participants enjoy recreation in groups\" \/><figcaption>Participants enjoy recreation in groups<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2>New students voice<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cms_text\">\n<p>New students who attended said<br \/>\n\u300cI know it may be limited by the Covid-19, but I&#8217;m looking forward to more fun events in the future!\u300d<br \/>\n\u300cI had a great time talking to people I wouldn&#8217;t normally talk to! Thank you for holding this event.\u300d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1290,"template":"","categories":[14],"class_list":["post-1289","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 06:41:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}