2024.03.22
On Friday, March 22, 2024, the Take-off Rally was held at Keio University's Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC).
The Take-off Rally is a graduation event for graduating students about to take flight from SFC. It began when the first graduating class of SFC, upon their graduation, expressed their desire to "take off from SFC for our final departure."
Although the event was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was revived for the first time in five years thanks to the dedication of volunteer students.
At the Take-off Rally, in addition to degree conferral, the 2023 SFC STUDENT AWARD Ceremony and the SFC Final Presentation were held.
The SFC STUDENT AWARD, supported by the Educational Encouragement Fund, recognizes individuals or groups of students for their outstanding external activities, on-campus activities, and research that are deemed representative of SFC. This year, awards were given to 10 groups of graduate and undergraduate students. At the ceremony, five of these groups, who are graduating or completing their studies this year, were honored. The awards for current students will be presented at the Kick-off Lecture on Friday, April 5.
The SFC Final Presentation is an event where graduating SFC students deliver passionate presentations to everyone associated with SFC—including current students, new students, prospective students, alumni, and faculty and staff—sharing the knowledge and experiences they gained during their time at SFC. This year, 11 graduating students took the stage.
At the graduation ceremony that concluded the Take-off Rally, Dean Kamo of the Faculty of Policy Management, Dean Ichinose of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, and Mr. Ryutaro Matsuda, representative of the SFC Mita-kai, delivered congratulatory messages to celebrate the graduates' new beginnings.
Many graduating students were seen taking commemorative photos at a photo space set up for the day.
At the end of the Take-off Rally, graduating students, current students, and faculty and staff gathered for a group photo.
The university's undergraduate commencement will be held on Monday, March 25, and the graduate school commencement will be held on Tuesday, March 26, at Hiyoshi Campus.
Congratulations to all the graduates.
Source: General Affairs Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office