KHMER NEW YEAR PREPARATION

April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Although the new academic semester (spring semester) has stared, and many Cambodian students in universitiesof Nagoya city are being preoccupied with our academic lives, we always take opportunity to the maximum level we can to promote the better images of our community and our country among the international students here in Japan, especially in Nagoya university. Realizing this common spirit and willing to do the best we can, Cambodian Students Association in Nagoya, better known as CSAN, as every year, plans to launch a Khmer New Year celebration on Friday, 17 April 2009 from 17:30 onwards.

CSAN plans to host more than 100 participants and extinguished guests to the event. This will not be just the celebration to enjoy among Cambodian students ourselves, yet this will be a forum to promote modern Cambodia to the guests, too. CSAN prepares to offer on stage the live cultural shows, such as Khmer folk dance, Khmer ways of salutation and video show briefing about Cambodia and her treasures. CSAN also invites foreign friends to be performers so that the world can see that we Cambodians are the friends to the world and that Cambodia is a tourists-friendly nation.

Although we are struggling with the hard works to bring the performances on stage, yet we are happy in so doing since we do it with our hearts.

We hope to see those foreign guests enjoy the celebration.

CSAN-Committee

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Welcome Gathering

April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Meanwhile every university in Japan was or is preoccupied and enjoy the honor of preparing the entrance ceremonies for the new students enrolling in April academic year, Cambodian Students Association in Nagoya (CSAN) was also proud of being able to welcome new Cambodian students who just arrived Nagoya two weeks ago.

Through a simple, but joyful gathering in the evening of Wednesday, 8 April 2009, CSAN could introduce 6 new Cambodian scholars to its new members. Four students are granted scholarship through MEXT, another is through Asian Youth Fellowship program (AYF), while the other got the scholarship from Asian Development Bank (ADB). Three of the MEXT scholars and AYF scholar are now enrolled as the research students at the Graduate School of International Development (GISD), meanwhile another MEXT student becomes the research student at Graduate School of Law. The ADB scholar is the Master’s Student of GSID from this spring semester.

Although they start to be occupied with their academic lives in their respective departments where they belong, they show their enthusiasm in contributing to the better community of CSAN. All of the six new comers volunteer to practice dances for the performances for upcoming Khmer New Year celebration in Nagoya University. Their contribution is comparatively as a generator to light up the hope for CSAN in its bid for the promotion of the developing Cambodia among international students in Japan.

CSAN would like to welcome them and is ready to extend further helps for their daily lives, and at the same time, all of their seniors are ready to learn new things from them and share experiences with them, too.

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Another Graduation and Farewell

March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment

On Sunday, 22^nd March 2009, Cambodian Students Association in Nagoya (CSAN) celebrated a graduation and farewell party for 13 Cambodian students who finished their Master’s and PhD’s degree. There were about 30 participants, including the graduates. There are eight people who will leave Nagoya City:

- Mr. SONG KOSAL, from 2003, from Graduate School of Economics

- Mr. PHIN SOVATH, from 2003, from Graduate School of Law

- Ms. LY SOPHEAP, from 2003, from Graduate School of Law

- Mr. YA SAM OL, from 2003, from Graduate School of Environmental Studies

- Mr. PHENG VUTHA, from 2003, from Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences

- Mr. Y SAMPHY, from 2006, from Graduate School of Law

- Ms. CHEA SAMRACH, from 2006, from Graduate School of Law

- Mr. IM KEUN, from 2006, from Graduate School of International Development

There are five graduates who will continue to PhD:

- Mr. NGOUN SETHYKUN, from 2006, from Graduate School of International Development

- Mr. NET SEILA, from 2006, Graduate School of International Development

- Mr. CHENG SAVUTH, from 2006, Graduate School of Economics

- Ms. HENG MOLYANETH, from 2006, Graduate School of International Development

- Mrs. NAM SOUTEANG, from 2007, Graduate School of International Development,

It was a memorial and meaningful Sunday. After dinner, each and every graduate expressed their feelings of living and studying in Nagoya University. They shared experiences to other CSANers about how to live, how to study, how to make friends, how to make CSAN a friendly community, and much more how to do. In addition, PhD graduates also reminded Master graduates who continue to their PhD about difficulty in completing requirements of PhD’s degrees.

On that Sunday, we also had a lot of enjoyable activities. CSAN committee had prepared two funny games for the participants. One is transferring balloons in groups of three. The other one is transferring ping pong balls with chopsticks and spoons in pairs. Sadly, we do not have that photos. After that we also had group singing and dancing.

It was an unforgettable day. CSAN would like to congratulate the 13 graduates. We wish them greater success in their future career and study. And hopefully, our friendship will last evermore.

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CSAJ Essay Competition 2009

March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Cambodian Students Association in Japan (CSAJ) is holding CSAJ Essay Competition 2009. This essay competition aims to encourage young Cambodians residing in Cambodia to express their practical ideas regarding their community issues to the public. Please help us spread this information to your friends or someone you know who might be interested in challenging this competition.

TOPICS: (Please choose one of the following topics)
1. What are the grave challenges facing Cambodian youth at present and what can you do as an individual to contribute to addressing those challenges for yourself in particular and for Cambodian society as a whole?

2. If you have a chance to introduce Cambodia to foreigners, what would you like to introduce? Why?

3. If you are given a chance to organize one (or more) project(s) to improve your city/village, what kind of project(s) do you want to organize? And how are you going to do it/them?

AWARDS:
1st Prize: 200US$; 2nd Prize: 150US$, 3rd Prize: 100US$

ELIGIBILITY: Each participant must be:
1- Cambodian nationals residing in Cambodia , and
2- No older than 23 years old.

HOW TO SUBMIT:
E-mail your essay to: contest@csaj-khmer.org, or
Mail your essay to:
Learning for Success Center (CSAJ Essay Competition 2009)
No. 35A, Street 155, Tuol Tompoung 1, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh , Cambodia

RULES : Each essay must be:
- Original and individual essay,
- Written in either Khmer or English,
- Between 3-5 pages (A4 size),
- Include short summary on the first page,
- Include name, age, contact address/number.
• Each participant can submit only one essay.

Further information regarding this essay competition can be found at: http://essaycontest.csaj-khmer.org/

For further inquiry, please contact: Ms. Yos Seilaroath: seilaroath@csaj-khmer.org, 012-555-648, or
(+81) 90-8514-1861 ( Japan ).

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Cambodian Ambassador’s Visit to Nagoya University

February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Upon invitation of Cambodian Students Association in Nagoya, CSAN, with assistance of Associate Professor Kong Teilee, a Cambodian professor working at Nagoya University, and under cooperation with Center for Asian Legal Exchange (CALE) of Graduate School of Law (GSL) of Nagoya University (NU), on February 18, 2009, His Excellency Mr. Hor Monirath, new Cambodian ambassador to Japan, accompanied by his Second Secretary Mr. Lao Soksamphea paid a approximately two-hour visit to Nagoya University. The purpose of the visit was to pay courtesy to leaders of NU and to understand the situation of Cambodian students currently studying in NU.

During the visit, Mr. Ambassador and his secretary were guided by assistant professor NGOV Penghuy, a Cambodian working at NU, on a campus tour to see some faculties where many Cambodian students are doing their undergraduate and graduate (master and doctor) courses, such as Graduate School of Law, Graduate School of International Development, Graduate School of Economics, etc. and the main Library of NU. During the campus tour, Mr. Ambassador had chance to meet with Associate Professor OKUDA Saori, International Students Advisor to GSL. Professor OKUDA expressed her excitement towards the visit of Mr. Ambassador and briefly informed how hard Cambodian students have been putting their commitment towards their academic lives. In return, Mr. Ambassador expressed his sincere gratitude, through Professor OKUDA, to Nagoya University for every single assistance towards Cambodia and continuous supports for Cambodian students in Nagoya.

After the end of the campus tour, Mr. Ambassador was guided to the meeting room of CALE where CALE officials and tens of Cambodian students were anxiously waiting to cheerfully greet his presence.

In a welcome remark, Ms. Emi MAKINO, assistant professor of CALE, noted that the presence of Mr. Ambassador proved the long-lasting friendship and cooperation between Nagoya University and universities in Cambodia, especially that of Graduate School of Law and its counterpart in Cambodia.

Following this welcome remark, Mr. Masaki NAKAMURA, assistant professor of CALE, reported briefly about the activities of CALE in cooperation with Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE) in Cambodia and the recent establishment of Nihon Hou Kyouiku Senta (Japanese Legal Education Center) in RULE and the importance of the establishment thereof. As part of this introduction, CALE launched a live TV conference to show Mr. Ambassador the latest technology equipped in the center for such cooperation activities. Through this live TV conference, Mr. Ambassador had opportunity to talk with Cambodian first year students who were by then taking class in Japanese Legal Education Center in RULE in Cambodia.

In the end of this official meeting with officials of Nagoya University, Professor Kazutaka SUGIURA, Dean of Graduate School of Law of Nagoya University, expressed a warm welcome to Mr. Ambassador, and reported to him the supporting activities of NU to Cambodia through academic programs, and that Nagoya University plans to increase number of potential and dynamic foreign students up to 3,000 by 2020, and that there will be more Cambodian students to be among this number. Professor SUGIURA expressed to Mr. Ambassador the hope that in ten or twenty years, the Cambodian students currently studying in Nagoya University as well as those in other universities in Japan will accumulate some important roles in government to help develop Cambodia.

In return, Mr. Ambassador expressed profound thanks to Nagoya University for its contribution to human resources development in Cambodia through these academic programs, and suggested that Nagoya University continue this support for the sake of the development of Cambodia and the everlasting bond of friendship between Japan and Cambodia.

After this formal meeting with officials of NU, Excellency Mr. Hor Monirath had a short friendly talk with Cambodian students, company’s employee and staffs of Nagoya University.

Ms. Ngim Sokrachany, vice-President of CSAN, reported to Mr. Ambassador the number of Cambodian students currently studying in Aichi prefecture, types of scholarship they have been receiving and their respective majors, the number of students expected to graduate this coming March and the number of students who have lately been admitted to PhD courses.

After listening to the report, Mr. Ambassador encouraged all Cambodian students and staffs to continue putting efforts and commitment towards studying as well as working so as to build up the prestigious image for Cambodia as a whole.

To conclude the event, Mr. Sim Piseth, Secretary General of CSAN, on behalf of CSAN members, expressed heartfelt gratitude towards Mr. Ambassador and his secretary for taking busy time to visit Cambodian students, and that such visit will not only prove that Cambodians living in Nagoya are under care of the Cambodian Embassy, but the visit has built up the better reputation for Cambodians here as whole

Reported by: Senera SAR

Co-edited by: Nitro PHY and Piseth SIM

Photo by: Nitro PHY

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