The University of Shiga Prefecture (滋賀県立大学, Shiga Kenritsu Daigaku) is a public university in Hikone, Shiga, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1950, and it was chartered as a university in 1995.
The nickname of the university is "Kendai". The first university president was Hidaka Toshitaka (Japanese: 日高敏隆) who was an ethologist.[1] Before 1995, this university was a junior college: Shiga Prefecture College (Japanese: 滋賀県立短期大学). In 2003, Shiga Prefecture College was reorganized as The University of Shiga Prefecture.
History
・Nov 27, 1991: The university set up an establishment preparatory committee and hold the first meeting.[2]
・Sep 16, 1993: The university holds a groundbreaking ceremony of the school building maintenance business.[3]
・Apr 28,1994: The university apply for the setting authorization.[4]
・April 10, 1995: The University of Shiga Prefecture opens studies and has its first entering ceremony.[6] It set up department of environmental science, engineering, human culture.[7]
The school festival is held for 3 days on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in the second week of November. This festival is called "Kofu-festival".[23]
・ Features: As universities have the Department of Environmental Science, school festivals are actively engaged in considering the environment.[24] The festival has sorting of garbage by a garbage can character called "Gomilla", "my own chopsticks" project, DRP (Dish Return Project) which is adopting a plastic dish which can be used any number of times, not a disposable dish. This is to work on resource conservation measures. The school festival displays students' handmade feeling all over, such as "Environment Squadron Gomilla Ranger Show" born from the garbage can character "Gomilla", "Fashion Show" centered on the 3rd grader of Department of Life and Culture Studies Department of Life and Culture.
Summer Festival
It is held on Saturday around late May. It is called the summer festival, or "Umi Kaze Natsu Matsuri".[25]
・This event gives a privilege to people who put on the kimono by distributing a fan.[25] This festival's concept is "connection with the local community" so organizations which play an active part in the local area engage in this festival and participants dance "Goshu Ondo" which is a traditional dance in this prefecture.
Events
・The orchestra in USP is held a concert annual autumn in Hikone Cultural Plaza.
Clubs
・University of Shiga Prefecture Sports Clubs
・Men's volleyball club
・Women's volleyball club
・Men's basketball club
・Men's tennis club
・Women's tennis club
・Badminton club
・Track and field club
・Kendo club
・Kyudo club
・Judo club
・Aikido club
・Hardball baseball club
・Rubberball baseball
・Windsurfing club
・Canoe club
・Rowing club (Suspension of club activities)
・Swimming club
・Golf club
・Table tennis club
・Soccer club
・Futsal club
・Gymnastics and trampoline club
Footnotes
^"日高敏隆氏が死去 動物行動学草分け、初代県立大学長". 京都新聞. 京都新聞社: 朝刊 1. November 24, 2009.
^"年度内に基本構想 平成7年向け初会合 滋賀県立大開設準備委". 京都新聞. 京都新聞社: 朝刊 3. November 28, 1991.