Message from the President : Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts

FY1995	April	Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts established. (First president: Hideo Ishihara) (Developed out of a special program offered by Akita City Vocational School of Arts and Crafts, which was founded in 1952. Akita City Vocational School of Arts and Crafts became a high school attached to Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts.)
FY1996	April	College Extension Center “Atelier Momosada” opened.
FY1996	April	Department of Handicrafts was restructured from a five-course program grouped by materials to an eight-course selective program.
FY1997	April	First students entered the special course.
FY1997	April	Our school buildings received several awards from May 1997 to November 2000. (Good Design Facility Award in 1997, 13th Akita City Landscape Design Award selected by citizens for “Atelier Momosada,” etc.)
FY1998	March	First “Teachers Exhibition” held at the Atorion (cultural complex facility in Akita City).
FY1999	October	Alma mater and school emblem introduced.
FY2001	April	Yoshimi Ishikawa appointed president.
FY2002	April	Fine Art Course newly established in the Department of Handicrafts.
	May	General meeting of Japan Association of Public Junior Colleges held at the school.
	September	Renovation of Practical Training Building A completed.
	March	First “Graduate Exhibition” held at the Atorion (cultural complex facility in Akita City) (off-campus exhibition).
FY2003	September	Renovation of Practical Training Building B completed.
FY2003	October	Letter and memorandum of agreement signed regarding credit transfer among universities, junior colleges, and specialized vocational high schools in Akita Prefecture (launched April 2004).
FY2004	September	Renovation of Practical Training Building C completed.
		“College Festival,” a pre-event for the 10th anniversary of the school establishment, held.
		“Araya Cityscape Design Symposium”
	March	Renovation of exhibition room of the College Extension Center completed.
FY2005	September	Ceremony and celebration event for the 10th anniversary of the school establishment held.
FY2006	April	Department of Industrial Design restructured from three-course program to nine-course program.
FY2006	April	Web Design Course newly established.
FY2007	April	Toyojiro Hida appointed president.
		“College System Investigation Committee” launched to study the ideal form of the college towards the future.
		Public Design Course newly established in the Department of Industrial Design.