07/01/2019
[Global Ambassador Program at Keio Univeristy]
Perrine Villers from Louvain School of Management made a huge impact as the Global Ambassodar at Keio! Many thanks to Perrine! 🎉🎉🎉
> What was your goal as the GA?
(1) to encourage CSR and sustainable events in Tokyo, (2) to establish a contact between the different CEMS Clubs in Asia to reinforce the network and CEMS spirit in that part of the world, (3) to foster a good integration of CEMS exchange students with the Japanese culture
> What activities have you done with the CEMS Club?
Apart from grabbing drinks, memorable group works, company visits and some other casual and academic activities, we had some specific events that were a lot of fun:
(1) An eventful CEMS Global Responsibility week:
- Cultivating Taro potatoes and ginger in the middle of the city with the local Japanese urban farming club
- A Challenge in place for CEMSies to reduce their plastic consumption,
- A global sustainable potluck dinner,
- A movie night to raise awareness about environmental issues.
(2) A dinner and drinks in a traditional Japanese pub (izakaya) to welcome visiting CEMSies from South Korea
(3) Several trips in Japan, including one in Kawaguchiko at the bottom of Mount Fuji, with a night and breakfast in a traditional Japanese inn (ryokan)
> What was the most memorable moment of your exchange term?
I’ve had many memorable moments, I’d say that the farming session with CEMSies in the middle of the city was a very memorable one, as well as the group work sessions on our Design&Thinking project which were a lot of fun to work on together. A special mention goes to the moment where we got to see Mount Fuji emerge from the clouds at sunset in Kawaguchiko, all while enchanting music was played by a group of observers, I think it was a great moment for most of CEMSies present!