New students, Executive Vice President for Education Noriyuki Wakabayashi,
Executive Vice President for Institute Strategy Jun-ichi Imura, Director of ToTAL Yutaka Akiyama and faculty
At Academy for Leadership (ToTAL), we have welcomed 12 new graduate students as the 7th cohort of December 2024 to the program. A registration ceremony for the new students was held on December 4 at Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza, Ookayama Campus.
Established in April 2018, ToTAL offers a five-year extracurricular program for graduate students. The academy’s mission is to provide leadership excellence education to empower students in the science and technology fields to develop core expertise and the leadership skills to bring out the best in each other and become innovative global citizens in a rapidly-changing era.
At the beginning of the registration ceremony, Executive Vice President for Education, Noriyuki Wakabayashi and Executive Vice President for Institute Strategy Jun-ichi Imura gave a welcoming speech and congratulated the new students and encouraged them to enjoy the cutting-edge educational program at ToTAL as well as to do their best in their research in order to become a leading person in the field of science.
Executive Vice President for Education Noriyuki Wakabayashi giving a welcoming speech
Then, Professor Yutaka Akiyama, Director of ToTAL, welcomed the registered students and introduced each faculty member of ToTAL. Followed by the welcoming speeches, a registration certificate was handed to each student by Executive Vice President Wakabayashi. Each student gave a self-introduction speech about their research and what they want to achieve by joining ToTAL and commemorative photos were taken at the end.
Please look forward to seeing the development and future activities of these students as they engage in friendly competition with their peers from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds!
