Campus Tour

Take a look around the OCC campus :o)

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Entrance to the OCC campus.

Chapel tower. Despite how big it is it's impossible to see

from the main street. It's quite striking if you happen upon

it while coming up the little alley way to the school. But you may not

even notice if you don't look up!

Pathway to Chapel. Very pretty.

Chapel. I will actually be speaking in chapel on October 20.

Needless to say I'm a little nervous ;o)

Pathway to the Child Education building

and library.

Bikes are about as common as sunshine in Osaka. Biking

through Abeno-ku is quite the experience. Rather

like the game "Frogger"... I'm the frog ;o)

Ceramics room in the Child Ed. building where I am

allowed to go and play every Friday afternoon! :o)

All education students take art classes so they can

decorate their future class rooms. I think that's so cool!

Main building. This is where I have my offices: one in the International

Relations department and one in the English Communication

room. It's also where I am a teaching assistant for two classes and teaching

two adult community classes.

My office in the International Relations department. I'm not here

very often because it is easier for the students to find me in the English

Communication room. Here I share an area with my helper Seike,

who has helped me with everything thing from biking through Abeno to

navigating through the crazy Tennoji train station. Inoue sensei also shares this space.

He the head of International Relations and has been very kind to me :o)

My desk at the English Communication room. I am here most of the

time between classes. Students will often come in to talk with me, and ask

questions. They really enjoy looking at the picture of my family

up on the wall and frequently ask to see more of them. They say we

look like funny people! ;o)

This is Su. She is the "go-to-gal" for English Communication. She is so

nice to have around in the office. She even took me to a high school talent show! She has also invited me to her house out in the country. I told her I am also from the country and she said anytime I feel homesick I can come stay with her hike in the mountains and streams. We get to talk a lot during the day, and she also helps me with my Japanese! She's a good friend :o)

This is Hanae. She is the president of the English speaking club

(English Speaking Society). She and I are working on the group's fundraiser for the

Student Festival on Halloween, as well as the Fall Party at my apartment! :o)

Here's the whole office (my desk is in the far right corner). Every Wednesday students are invited to come in and have lunch with me. I often have company on any given day, but that's

the official "Eat Lunch with Annie Day" :o). It's also a good time for students

to tell me about Osaka and the rest of Japan. I already have offers to go various parks, zoos, and temples, Universal Studios, Disney World, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Nara, Namba shopping

mall, and the Osaka aquarium (which I hear is an incredible must-see!).

This is a guest house on campus, and is actually where I do a lot of my teaching.

I teach seven English classes a week here. It's a very casual environment where we all

sit in big comfortable chairs and I help the students with their English and lead

vocabulary building activities. So far so good!

Hope you enjoyed the tour!

I'll keep you posted ;o)