Kindai Tuna Quiz & Tasting Event 2014

Hello everyone!!

We held our special event “Kindai Tuna Quiz & Tasting Event” on October 17^th. People who had a ticket were able to eat free Kindai Tuna sushi. We had some spare tickets for people who hadn’t got one, so lots of students enjoyed eating the sushi! We hope you all had a great time!!

A O-K Speech Contest 2014

Hello, everyone!

We had a speech contest on October 10th. This year, we had six participants, and they made a speech for five minutes each. The title of the contest was "The best way to understand America is…" It was very difficult to choose because they were all very good. However, Daisuke Furukawa from the law department got first place. He told us the best way to understand America is power. His speech was full of confidence and persuasive. Second place was Keiko Maeda from the economics department, and third place was Arisu Maki from the literature, arts and cultural studies department. We appreciate all students who joined the contest and congratulations to Daisuke, Keiko, and Arisu! We hope lots of you will join the speech contest next year again!

Study Abroad: Life Changing Experience

Hello, everyone!

We enjoyed our second special speech event of the week, by Keith Lommel, Consul for Public Affairs and Director, Kansai American Center. He spent several years studying in Germany and Japan, and he told us about his great experiences and the good things about studying abroad. Also, he gave students a chance to ask questions for one hour. Students who are interested in studying abroad or English stayed at E-cube and asked him a lot of questions! We really appreciated hearing his great speech.

UCLA Campus Life and Beyond with Yurika Yoneda

Hello, everyone!

On September 30^th, we had a special event 'UCLA Campus Life and Beyond with Yurika Yoneda'. She is now a senior student in UCLA University and came to E-cube. She told us her background, how she spends time in university, how we can improve English, and more. She is also a university student like you. Even though she is studying in America and the environment is different, she told us very important things!! We all appreciate having such a wonderful chance.

E-cube Zoo 2014

Hello, everyone!

We had our special event ‘E-cube Zoo’ on September 29^th! Students enjoyed looking at and touching animals like an alpaca, a St. Bernard’s Dog, a snake, etc. It’s very rare to be able to see the animal so close. We hope students enjoyed meeting the animals! Thank you for coming!!

Participant Recruitment for English Speech Contest!

We will hold a preliminary speech contest at E-cube at Kindai University on October 10^th. The theme of the contest is “The best way to understand America is …”. Undergraduate or graduate students of Kindai University who are non-native speakers of English can join this contest. If you want to know more details, please check the following poster.

 

Yesterday in e-cube

Thank you very much for coming to Kinki University's Open Campus yesterday!!  Did you come to e-cube?? Did you have fun???  We hope you did!  Thanks to all of our volunteer staff too, for all of their hard work.

There were thunderstorms in the afternoon, but lots of students were here and enjoyed four activities- Banana Smoothies, a World Cup Football Quiz, Slime and Making Bracelets.  Visitors also seemed to like the café, as we sold so many burgers and smoothies!

Kinki University is going to have an Open Campus again on Saturday and Sunday August 22^nd and 23^rd, from 11 to 4. E-cube will have more fun activities!

If you enjoyed the Open Campus this time, please come back next month!

Bibliobattle

Hello everyone!!

We had a special event on July 9^th! Students brought their favorite books and introduced them in front of other students. They looked a little bit nervous, but they did well! At the end of the 'battle' we chose the best book!  However, all the books which students told us about  were very interesting for us. Thank you for participating in our first Bibliobattle!!

We were glad to hold a new event in E-cube!!

The Science Show 2014

Hello everyone!

We had a science show on June 23rd with Professor Kimura from the Science and Engineering department. He showed us amazing experiments like frozen roses and bananas, gases, blowing up a balloon with air, and so on. We had a lot of fun with him while learning about science. We all appreciate him for giving us such an opportunity.

Next month, we are going to have two events. One is "Bibliobattle", at which students introduce their favorite books and decide which one is the best. It will be from 3:00 to 4:20 on July 9th. Another one is "Travel quiz", which will be from 12:10 to 13:00 on July 18th. If you can answer a question, you can get French fries, a burger or a smoothie, etc!! Please come to E-cube and enjoy these events with us!!

The Art Festival

Hello, everyone!!

 We held the E-cube Art Festival on May 19^th and 20^th.  Students sold many craft works and lots of people came to E-cube to buy their products. This year, we had a few new events like a photo contest, art & craft workshop, and lunchtime music. In the photo contest, many students joined and showed us their beautiful photos. Also, we announced the winners of the photo contest on the 20^th and four students got prizes!! In addition, students made a lot of cute jewelry and a fantastic paper town at the art & craft workshop, and furthermore three musical clubs (Orchestra Club, Guitar & Mandolin Club, and Glee Club) played and sang for us during lunch time, and gave us a great lunch time with music.

Here are some photos from the Art Festival!

We are looking for students to join our Art Festival Photo Contest!!

Our Art Festival will be held on May 19^th and 20^th  from 10:00 a.m. ~5：30p.m.　As part of our Art Festival, we will also hold a Photo Contest! Please send your photo to eigomura@gmail.com with your name, faculty, and student number by May 16^th. The winners will get an e-cube café ticket worth ￥1,000!!　We have the 4 categories of Nature, School Life, International, and Others. The 4 best from each category will be announced on May 20^th at 4:30.

There will also be the following events at the Art Festival! Come to e-cube and enjoy with them with us!!

Art Exhibition& Market:

If you have any nice art work, please show and try to sell them! We are going to have any Art Exhibition & Market on May19th and 20^th 10:00 a.m. ~5:30 p.m. Please come and join us!

Art & Craft Workshops:

Let’s make hand-made jewelry, a paper craft town and more with native staff! You can join on May 19^th and 20^th from 1:00 p.m. to 5：30 p.m.

Lunchtime Music:

You can have your lunch and listen to music from our Orchestra Club, Guitar & Mandolin Club, and Glee Club on May 19^th & 20^th from 12:10 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

The first day

Hello everyone, and to the new students, welcome to Kinki university!!

We hope you all enjoy your school life here.

Let me briefly introduce E-cube.

We are open to Kinki University students, teachers and staff from 10am to 6pm on weekdays. You can enjoy chatting with the wonderful native staff, try delicious American style food from the cafe, read the latest fashion magazines and comics, and practice guitar or play basketball with your friends and the staff. Also, we have a Nintendo Wii, so come along and challenge the staff to a game!!

Every day, we have various activities, including cooking, sports, art and cultural activities, during 3rd (1:20~2:00), 4th(3:00~3:40) and 5th period(4:40~5:20).

We often hold exciting events too. Usually, they are held about once a month and we have even had some famous celebrities visit E-cube!! Come and take a look at our pictures to see who has been here.

Please have lots of fun, relax and make friends, but ALL IN ENGLISH!!

The E-cube staff are all looking forward to seeing you soonJ

The Last Day

The spring open to the public season finished on March 27th. Thanks to everyone who came to E-cube. We hope people enjoyed the conversation and activities with E-cube staff. We are looking forward to seeing you in the summer!