President Asahara’s New Year’s Address 2012

A ceremony was held on January 4, the first day of work on Higashi-Hiroshima Campus.

In his New Year’s address, President Asahara said: “Our university’s task is the ‘fostering of human resources able to build a society which is filled with hope in the future.’ That means through world leading research on solving the problems of mankind, educating professional human resources that are able to be active in a global society.”

Therefore, “University education should train broad-minded ‘strong manpower’ with high spirits, ready to understand foreign cultures and overcome all kind of difficulties.” Furthermore, the President showed enthusiasm saying “Hiroshima University promotes the acceptance of international students and the creation of a ‘global campus’. Our university will also consolidate the systems of overseas language study, short-term study abroad programs and of INU-network long-term study abroad.”

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