On March 8, 2017, the Center for Collaborative Study with Community held AY Second-Half Internship Joint Report Session.

Many Gifu University students take internship classes of a university-wide "Next-Generation Regional Leader Fostering Program" as well as practical business problem-solving classes today. The report session is designed to provide the students an opportunity to publicize their activities, and give their achievements back to local and business communities. Equally important objective of the session is to help students get inspirations from other participants and make new discoveries for their future careers.

On March 8, presentations were made for four different subjects that the center is offering to the students; three internship programs (Business Collaborative Type Internship II, Regional Collaborative Type Internship, and Project Type Internship), and Practical Business Problem-Solving Program (Business Leader Practice). A total of 60 people attended (22 from companies and municipalities accepting students, and 38 from Gifu COC+^* Project Promotion Consortium)

Some of the company officials later gave the following messages: "We realized that internship programs serve as a bridge between students and companies, and are quite instrumental in developing human resources." "While I was listening to the presentations, I strongly felt that all the students took part in the internship with great interest. They did not simply focus on obtaining credits." The session also offered an opportunity to the companies in deepening their understanding about the students. Participating students made these comments: "I came to know the importance of getting my messages across to people through my presentation." "After listening to the presentations of other students, I thought I must study harder to emulate them," "I would like to try another internship program in the near future."

In the session, a lot of questions were raised among participants. Students and company officials alike have gained a better understanding of each other as well as Gifu University's ongoing initiatives. The university plans to hold a report session from the next year onwards.

COC+^* (Center of Community Program for Local Revitalization) projects:
Projects of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Their objectives include assembling people together to regions for revitalization by:
　 - offering attractive job opportunities to students in collaboration with universities,
　　local governments and businesses and,
　 - supporting university's curriculum reform efforts necessary to cultivate personnel sought
　　by regions.