On August 18, Meiji University Meiji Junior High School made a visit to the Nakano Campus for its students to meet graduates. The visit was organized as part of the school’s career education program to give students an opportunity to tour the Nakano Campus, which houses the School of Global Japanese Studies and the School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, and learn about the distinctive features of both schools. Twenty-eight students participated.
On the day, the students attended lectures by SUZUKI Kenji, Professor in the School of Global Japanese Studies and a graduate of Meiji University Meiji High School and Meiji University Junior High School, and OHNO Kohei, Associate Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences and a graduate of Meiji University Meiji High School. The students also toured the campus, visited the laboratories of Associate Professor OHNO Kohei and URANO Shoichi, Associate Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, and took part in a roundtable discussion with university students.
In their lectures, Professor SUZUKI and Associate Professor OHNO spoke about their memories of Meiji University High School and Meiji University Junior High School, their experiences working for private companies and studying abroad, their current research, and their respective career paths and lives. During the laboratory visits, the students learned about the research conducted in each laboratory and its distinctive features, providing the junior high school students with a valuable opportunity to experience university-level learning and research.
During the roundtable discussion with university students, the junior high school students asked questions about topics of particular interest to them, such as choosing a future path and what they should do during junior high and high school. The participating university students offered advice such as, “As a student at an affiliated school, you should broaden your horizons and actively participate in a variety of opportunities like today’s event.” Reflecting on their own experiences, another student commented, “I wish I had studied English and mathematics more diligently when I was in junior high school.”
The campus visit was an opportunity for the participating junior high school students to increase their motivation to study and consider their future career paths.
