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Students and faculty members who worked on the booths and stage

On September 28th, Josai Josai International University Day," at the professional baseball game between Chiba Lotte Marines and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, held at Zozo Marine Stadium (Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture). The event aims to deepen interactions with the local community and provide an opportunity for students to give back to the community through their learning as part of the university's educational and Research activities. On the day, 36 students from Faculty of Management and Information Sciences, Faculty Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Media Studies, and Faculty of Tourism held events at the outer booths, showcasing the fruits of their studies in a variety of faculties and departments, providing visitors with an opportunity to learn while having fun.

Faculty of Management and Information Sciences (In charge: Associate Professor Nakamura)

The Fragrance and Odor Research Seminar held "Aroma Spray Making," "Hand Treatment Experience," and "Scent Guessing Quiz." During the "Aroma Spray Making" session, students gave advice to visitors on key points of the scent as they made their creations. The experience was such a success that the 100 people who had been prepared for the workshop were all up in no time. The student in charge of the booth said, "Because this was a collaboration with baseball, which I love, I was glad to have the opportunity to have professional baseball fans experience the scents I've been studying while talking with them, which was a really fun and valuable experience. I would definitely like to participate if I have another opportunity like this while I'm still a student. Thank you to everyone who helped out."

Students preparing aroma spray

A student giving an explanation to visitors

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Professor Kobayashi)

In collaboration with Chiba Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a vegetable intake measurement corner was held. Vegetable intake was "visualized" with a 30-second measurement, and students discussed the effects of a lack of vegetables and offered advice on daily eating habits. The doping quiz corner also served as a learning opportunity for students, as visitors were informed through a quiz that even over-the-counter drugs that they casually pick up contain "doping." The student in charge of the doping quiz corner commented, "I was able to learn about the perspective that ordinary people have when choosing over-the-counter drugs, and it was an opportunity to learn how to communicate as a pharmacist. There was more interest in doping than I expected, which made me happy, and I want to spread the word to even more people."

Students giving dietary advice

Faculty of Media Studies (Assistant Professor Uchinokura)

Students from Film and Performing Arts Course in Faculty of Media Studies Department of Media And Communications put on a stage performance. Auditions were held for students from Film and Performing Arts Course in preparation for the day, and the selected students took to the stage on the day. To ensure the audience enjoyed themselves, the students selected songs from the players' entrance music and created a medley, and were in charge of stage composition, vocals, MCing, and more, creating a huge buzz on the ballpark stage before the game. The students commented, "We've never performed outside of university before, so being able to share our performance with so many people gave us confidence. It was great to be able to have such a great time together with the audience."

Students livening up the stage

Faculty of Tourism (Associate Professor Shibasaki)

Faculty of Tourism As part of the "Tourism Project B" class at Chiba, the students developed the University's original craft beer using plums, a specialty of Togane City, in collaboration with the microbrewery "Festival Brewery" in Urayasu City, Urayasu Prefecture and Togane City. The students devised the concept, name, beer style, label design, etc., with the aim of creating tourism content that will contribute to local revitalization and sustainable community development in Togane City, centered on the original craft beer. It was the first time the beer was sold after its completion, but many people enjoyed the beer, which was filled with the charms of Togane City and the students' ideas, and 120 glasses were sold out. The students said, "We felt a sense of accomplishment when visitors told us that the beer was easy to drink. We were nervous about how much we would sell since it was our first time selling beer, but we had repeat buyers, and we are looking forward to selling more in the future.

Students handling sales

A survey was also conducted

In addition to the events at the outer booths, the stadium was filled with designs for "Josai Josai International University University Day" created by fourth-year Faculty of Media Studies Faculty of Media Studies Daijiro Katsumi, and a university commercial produced by students and directed by fourth-year School of Media Studies student Ayaka Harada was broadcast on a large screen, making it a day overflowing with the fruits of the students' learning.