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2016 Autumn Matriculation Ceremony

Update: September 5, 2016

On September 1 (Thu), ICU welcomed over 260 new undergraduate and graduate students, including those graduating from high schools abroad, international schools in Japan, and exchange students from partnership schools, at the matriculation ceremony held in the University Chapel.

The ceremony started with a hymn and prayer by Acting Director of the Religious Center Shoko Kitanaka. Next, Senior Associate Professor Heather Montgomery read Romans 12:3-5. Then, as is the custom at ICU, the names of the new students were called one by one.

Following Presidents Junko Hibiya's address, the students signed the Students Pledge, promising to adhere to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The chair of the board of trustees Kitashiro Kakutaro also gave a congratulatory message.