18 December 2009

2009 IPC Awards Ceremony: Achieving Goals and Celebrating the End of Year

The Fourth and Last IPCSA General Assembly in 2009

By Shirley Ghozalli. Edited by Hiro Tsumakura.

2009 IPCSA President Greg Ng, as Santa Claus, and Takaaki Matsubara, as Rudolph, opens the fourth General Assembly

To commemorate the achievements of the students in 2009 and to introduce its 2010 core members, IPC Students Association held the fourth General Assembly, and the last one in 2009, at Rec Centre, IPC Campus, on Friday, 4th December.

In the spirit of Christmas, 2009 IPCSA President Gregory (Greg) Ng came out on the podium as Santa Claus to open the assembly. Takaaki Matsubara, another 2009 SA core member accompanied him. Matching Greg's costume, Takaaki was wearing Rudolph's antlers and red nose. The festive appearance from both graduating students cheered up the students and staff members in the audience, and put a merry start for the assembly.

On this last assembly, Greg called all of IPCSA core members of 2009 and 2010 on to the stage. It was a good opportunity to hear the final greeting from the some of the 2009 core members as they are graduating this year. It was also a chance to get to know the new core members for 2010 with its new President, Hirotaka Ota.

Afterwards, IPC staff member James Oliver went up to the podium to announce the nominees for 2009 IPC Awards. Many great achievements of the students were mentioned and the awards reminded everyone what a good year it had been. The winners of the awards are listed at the end of this article.

Closing the assembly, Greg announced an ensuing party that night. Organized also by IPCSA, the party was a last opportunity for the graduating students to celebrate their successes with other students.

Final greetings from 2009 SA members and welcome words from 2010 SA members

Shinya Furumaki accepting the IPC Graduate Profile Award trophy from IPC President Prof Wayne Edwards

The winners of 2009 IPC Awards

The winners of 2009 IPC Awards are:

Special Mention Awards:

• Mohamed Anwar Bin Abdul Rahiman for Recycling
• Fumie Kawata for Environmentalist of the Year
• Yukiko Mukai for 100% Attendance for Four Years Awards

TOEIC Awards:

First Year Students:

• Mei Jinnouchi
• Daiki Sasaki
• Rina Okubo

Second Year Students:

• Ruka Shimomura
• Natalia Carolina Mesias Martinez
• Norie Shintai

Third Year Students:

• Takahiro Miyazaki
• Yutaro Takeuchi
• Hajime Tsuji

Fourth Year Students:

• Rei Fujimoto
• Yuki Nishikata
• Ryota Hattori

English Proficiency Test Awards:

First Year Students:

• Karina Kallas
• Mayra Brandao
• Ngoc Nga Nguyen

Second Year Students:

• Nurul Adlina Abdul Halim
• Norie Shintai
• Thuy Duong Quach

Third Year Students:

• Stephen Toukiman
• Olivia Taofifenua
• Chihiro Oyama

Fourth Year Students:

• Stephanie Lilloux
• Quynh Chi Hoang
• Miki Murase

Best Non Sporting Performance 2009: Yosakoi.
Received by Nagisa Mori and Kyohei Fujita

Sportperson of 2009: Mina Ueyama for Tae Kwon Do

Event of 2009: IPC Olympics.
Received by Gregory Ng and Hideto Kasahara

Staff member of 2009: Len Vander Byl

Graduate Profile Awards:

Activity Involvement: Reo Takaoka in Tramping and Homestay
Community Participation: Yuki Nishikata and Kei Sasaki for Charity
Leadership: Gregory Ng
Scholarship Saint: Kyohei Fujita

IPC Graduate Profile Award: Shinya Furumaki

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