English Speech Contest at Icho Festival!

By nickopot on 5月 20, 2017 in CAREN

Results of 2017 Speech Contest (30th April)

Thank you for your participating in the contest 2017. Here are the results.
Congratulations to all the prizewinners!

Highest Award
Murungi Elizabeth Mwebesa (M1), Graduate School of Engineering
“Extending a hand to the elderly in our community”
Executive Vice President’s Award
Kana Magoshi (B4), School of Science
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”
Performance Award (three students)
- Sugure Ishida (B3), School of Foreign Studies
  “Listen to the local community”
- Fatma Yesil (D3), Graduate School of Science
  “One day Handaisei”
- Sohel Ahmed (D2), Graduate School of Engineering
  Earthquake disaster management
Endeavor Award (three students)
- Yuki Nakao (M1), Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
  Let’s try “Handai” flea market!
- Muhammad Radzi Iqbal Bin Misran (M2), Graduate School of Engineering
  Project OU2CE: Osaka University, Company, Community Engagement
- Taro Yamamoto (B2), School of Foreign Studies
  Active University
9^th Place
- Nanako Funahashi (M2), School of Engineering
  Let’s start local design form Mino Park
- Gakuya Torimoto (B3), School of Foreign Studies
  Interaction in the local community in Kansai

# One speaker abstained from the contest due to the delay of flight in his business trip

Scenes of the contest

Contest room

Highest Award winner, Ms. Murungi Mwebesa

Vice President Award winner, Ms. Kana Magoshi

Group picture 2017

See you next year!

INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT

With the “Live Locally, Grow Globally” motto, Osaka University has endeavored to internationalize and attract increasing numbers of international students and build research collaboration with institutions worldwide. As a part of this, CAREN has taken a role in helping to spread Osaka University’s wings by setting up international master/Ph.D. and double degree programs with overseas partners.

Last year, CAREN organized a successful English speech contest for students at the University’s Icho Festival; the theme was “How can Osaka University shine on the international stage?” For this year’s Speech Contest, we would like to focus on the motto once more with the theme “How can Osaka University be more active in the local community?” We invite all students studying at Osaka University to apply to speak at the Contest and we look for your insight from various perspectives.

“How can Osaka University be more active in the local community?”

CONTEST INFORMATION

Theme of the speech	How can Osaka University be more active in the local community? Your proposal
Date and time	30 April 2017, 13:00-16:00
Place	Icho Festival Room 407 Science Building D, Toyonaka campus (See the bottom of MAP)
Timing	Speech: 5 min or less. Q&A: 5 mins or less
Presentation	Students may rely on slides/images during their presentation. Please keep in mind that the 5 minutes allowed is only long enough for 3-4 slides. We encourage speakers to use as few slides as possible. One slide could be with the speaker’s title and affiliation.
Note for application	Students are asked to write around 200 words (maximum) about their speech during signup. This information will be considered for the preliminary selection and ten will be selected to speak at the contest.
Evaluators	OU Professors
Prize	First, second, and third place official award certificates signed by OU’s Vice President (Great for your CV, scholarship, or internship applications), 20,000Yen Gift Card and More
Sponsors	Sponsored and organized by CAREN
Pre-screening date	~~16 April 2017~~　Extended to April 22
How to apply	Apply online. (Closed)
JUDGING CRITERIA
Speech Development	Structure, Organization, Support Materials
Effectiveness	Achievement of purpose, interest, reception
Speech Value	Ideas, logic, original thought
Physical Delivery	Eye contact, body language
Voice	Flexibility, volume
Manner	Directness, assurance, enthusiasm
Correctness	Grammar, punctuation, word selection

LAST YEAR’S SPEECH CONTEST IN ENGLISH, ICHO FESTIVAL, 1 MAY 2016

Congratulations to Miss Nana Chishima, the Highest Award Winner at the first Speech Contest in English, organized by CAREN, which took place at Osaka University’s Icho Festival, 1 May 2016.

Miss Nana Chishima, being presented with the Highest Award by Professor Hoshino, Osaka University’s Executive Vice President.

The theme of the contest was what Osaka University should do to help carry the message of internationalization across our campuses and to the world. How can Osaka University shine on the international stage?

Photos from the event—