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OutlineOkayama University SDGs President Award
Okayama University SDGs President Award
About Okayama University SDGs President Award
As its Vision 2.0, Okayama University has committed to being a research university for the advancement of SDGs that continues to create and deliver new value from Okayama to the world, and as its long-term vision for 2030, as a research university to pursue Sustainability and Well-being, we create a new value through human resource development and social innovation to the world and the region. By working together with various stakeholders, we aim to achieve the Okayama International Academic Capital boasting exceptional sustainability and inclusiveness.
In order to achieve these goals, and to honor on-campus initiatives that contribute to the advancement of the SDGs and to contribute to the spread and promotion of such efforts, the " President Award" was established in 2020 to recognize efforts by faculty, staff, and student groups to achieve the SDGs.
< Academic Year 2024>
To encourage efforts to promote the SDGs by faculty, staff, and student groups on campus, we have begun accepting applications for this year's Okayama University SDGs Promotion Award (President Award). This year, we are again accepting applications in the four categories of "Education," "Research," "Other Workplace Contributions," and "Student Groups. The application period is from June 19 to October 11, 2024. The application guidelines and application form are as follows
・Application Guidelines
・Application Form
< Academic Year 2022>
In order to encourage and promote efforts on-campus to the SDGs, we applocated from faculty, staff and student groups in the following four categories:Education, Research, Workfield and Student Group. The application period was from July 27 to October 7, 2022, and 18 applications were received. The award ceremony and presentation of the initiatives were held on February 2, 2023 at Okayama Visionary Commons.
A video of the presentation of the initiatives is available.
Presentation of the FY2022 Okayama University SDGs President Award Initiatives
6 Excellence Awards
Education
Research
Workfield
Student Group
< Academic Year 2021>
In order to encourage and promote efforts on-campus to the SDGs, we applicated from faculty, staff, and student groups in the following four categories: Education, Research, Workfield and Student group.The application period was from July 14 to October 8, 2021, and 16 applications were received.The award ceremony and presentation of the initiatives were held on January 18, 2022, at the 50th Anniversary Hall of Okayama University.
A video of the presentation of the initiatives is available.
Presentation of the FY2021 Okayama University SDGs President Award Initiatives
Excellence Award of Education:3-year students of Senior High School of Special Needs Education Attached to Faculty of Education
Excellence Award of Education: Faculty of Engineering, Okayama Ichinomiya High School, Malaysia/INTEC University of Education
Excellence Award of Research: Noutoshi Plant Resistance Inducer Development Research Group
Excellence Award of Business: Gender Equality Office, Organization for Diversity Management
Excellence Award of Business: Outpatient Clinic for COVID-19 Aftercare, Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Hospital
Excellence Award of Student Groups: Environment Club
6 Excellence Awards
Education
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3-year students of Senior High School of Special Needs Education Attached to Faculty of Education
"SDGs Initiatives in Senior High School of Special Needs with Intellectual Disabilities" -
Faculty of Engineering, Okayama Ichinomiya High School, Malaysia/INTEC University of Education
"International High School-University Collaboration Project in Japan and Malaysia to achieve the SDGs"
Research
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Noutoshi Plant Resistance Inducer Development Research Group
"Research and development of plant disease control agents (Plant Activator) that contribute to sustainable agricultural production"
Business
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Gender Equality Office, Organization for Diversity Management
"Mentor Program for Female Researchers" -
Outpatient Clinic for COVID-19 Aftercare, Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Hospital
"Outpatient Clinic Initiatives for Post-COVID"
Student Groups
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Environment Club
"Recycle Sale"
5 Encouragement Awards
Education
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Okayama University Graduate School of Education "Children and Music" Research Team
"Childcare support activities by creating schools that sing and communities that sing 'Great Chorus Festival Linking Parents, Children, and Communities: Let's Sing Together Concert'" -
Visiting Experiment Working Group, Technical Support Division, Center for Engineering Innovation Faculty of Engineering
"Science Experiment Initiatives that Weave Together Local Community and University through Children's Curiosity"
Student Groups
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Team "Kirariasu", Hidaka Seminar, School of Economics
"New Setouchi Area Trip in Coexistence with COVID-19 Era: Creation and Practice of 'Daily Life Extension Trip' ーEstablishment of a Co-creation System with Local Actors, Government, and Web Media 'Kurashi-Jozu' for 'Careful Living'"ー -
Okayama Voluntary Evening Classes at Public Junior High School Student Public Relations Department
"Creating a sustainable 'place of learning' through activities targeting students" -
[Students-Suggested Course] Okayama University SDGs Collaboration
"'[Students-Suggested Course] SDGs Collaborative Learning with Companies' Planning and Management Assistance"
< Academic Year 2020>
In order to encourage and promote efforts on-campus to the SDGs, we applicated from faculty, staff, and student groups in the following four categories: Education, Research, Improving workplace environment and Student group. The application period was from November 10, 2020 to December 25, 2020, and we received 25 applications. The following is a list of initiatives that received awards. The award ceremony was held on March 10, 2021, at the Okayama University 50th Anniversary Hall.
Excellence Award of Education：Faculty of Agriculture
Excellence Award of Reserch：Okayama prefecture’s COVID-19 cluster Intervention Team (OCIT)
Excellence Award of Student Groups：Okayama University TABLE FOR TWO
Excellence Award of Student Groups：SHARE&CHILL!!
Round-table conference
Four Excellence Awards
Education
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Faculty of Agriculture
“SDGs-Orientated Educational Program Focusing on Glocal Development and Regional Cooperation”
Research
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Okayama prefecture’s COVID-19 cluster Intervention Team (OCIT)
“Prevention of Infection and Cluster Control of COVID-19”
Student Groups
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Okayama University TABLE FOR TWO
“TABLE FOR TWO”
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SHARE&CHILL!!
“Supporting Japanese language Education and Cultural Exchange Among Vietnamese Technical Intern Trainees”
12 Encouragement Awards
Education
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All faculty and staff of the Junior High School Attached to the Faculty of Education
“Curriculum Management for Developing Creators of a Sustainable Society”
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YOSHIKAWA Miyuki of Institute for Education and Student Services
“A Practical Social Cooperation Education Subject That Considers Contributions to Regional Revitalization in Mountainous Regions”
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ABE Masanobu, SAKAKURA Akira, KAWAHARA Nobuyuki, MIZOGUCHI Haruki, OSAKA Akiyoshi and NAKAMURA Yuri of Faculty of Engineering
“East Asia SDGs Online Seminar”
Research
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Sakou’s laboratory of Faculty of Education
“The Disaster Prevention Dance Development Project”
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TAKAGUCHI Yutaka, TAJIMA Tomoyuki of Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, KANO Jun of Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and ORITA Akihiro of Okayama University of Science
“CO2-Free Hydrogen Production by the use of Carbon Nanotube Photocatalyst and solar energy”
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Next Generation Research and Development Group (Battery)
“Contributing to the Spread of Clean Energy Through the Development of Next-Generation Energy Storage Devices”
Student Groups
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Okayama University Hoyukai
“Practice of Legal Education by Law Students”
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HultPrize Okayama staff
“The Hult Prize Okayama University Competition for the International Business Contest Was Held for the First Time
More Than 150 People, Including Students, Faculty, and Staff, Were Involved in Creating Connections to Work on the SDGs”
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c4c (community for children) 2019 ver
“Local Junior High School Students' Film Production in Collaboration With Community Center!”
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Kuwanoki Dormitory for international student’s resident assistant
“Donation System in International Student Dormitories”
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English Education of Faculty of Education
“Tamano Student Guide Training Program: Aiming to Promote Cooperation and Collaboration between School Education and Social Education”
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TAMASAKI Aoi, Nagaileben co., Ltd.
“Remaking Nursing Practice Clothes”
