On September 28, Kim Bum-il, the mayor of Daegu, gave a special lecture to Keimyung University students in the Bauer Hall multimedia room. The topic of his lecture was “Global leadership”.Kim Bum-il explained global leadership using many interesting examples. Furthermore, he said, “It is important to have a good command of a foreign language to survive in global society.” On another point, he stated, “The economic condition of Daegu is in crisis now because the speed of industrial development in Daegu is very slow. To develop the industry it is necessary to attract many conglomerates, procure
On September 16, Dongsan Student Aid Foundation‘s Delivery Ceremony of Scholarships was held in the audiovisual room of Hengso museum. Scholarship students and professors attended.Before the ceremony began, the attendees watched a video advertising Keimyung University. After prayers lead by Kim Moon-young (chaplain of keimyung university), the delivery ceremony of scholarships began. President Synn gave the certificates of scholarship and words of encouragement to scholarship students. 85 students received scholarships, including high school students, and the amount of the scholarship fund was
The 'Carpe Diem' Festival 'Gavy NJ' performing Interview with Visa Singing Festival Finalist Fireworks explode in the sky
Keimyung University will select 5476 students for admission in 2011, which is the largest number in the nation. Keimyung is planning to select 2000 new students during the regular application period and 3476 new students through nonscheduled admission. 562 students will be selected through the admissions officer system.The number of students has increased 40% compared with the previous year. Keimyung is the only regional university to give several application chances, general application and the admissions officer system. Keimyung first selects candidates through examining their personal histo
On September 9, Keimyung University and TaeguTec signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding). The contents of the MOU consist of customized job training, management innovation, improvement in quality, cooperation with cultivating specialists, exchange of professors, preferential hiring for graduate students, educational provision, and equipment support.A special lecture by Moshe Sharon, the CEO of TaeguTec, was held in the audio-visiual room in Hengso Museum. After the greeting and introduction of the speaker by Keimyung President Synn, Moshe Sharon gave a lecture, titled, “The choice is eithe
Photos on display people captivated by what they see A 3D video in the Museum People observing a special exhibition
In 2009, an article written by a professor titled “You Have No Hope” was printed in the University newspaper. He discussed the so-called “20s gaesaekkiron,” who are Korean twenty somethings who do not have passion and are not capable. In the wake of this extreme article, many controversial debates followed. This article was a criticism of Korean twentysomethings who have been indifferent to Korean issues and focused on building “specs.” It received bitter criticism for concealing the real situation of young people experiencing great challenges finding a job and the worst unemployment. KMU stud
Next July, the National Assembly will introduce a bill on chemical castration. Chemical castration means using hormone treatment on sexual criminals to reduce repeat offences.Pro Lately, the rate of child sexual assault is increasing. A law legalizing drug treatment for sex criminals was passed in the National Assembly on June 29. This is also called chemical castration. I think it is a proper countermeasure. First, chemical castration is more realistic than other physical punishments. According to the Korean Institute of Criminology, the recurrence of sexual assault is 10% greater compared to
Pride and Prejudice A few years ago there was a movie titled ‘Pride and Prejudice.’ It was a love story. During the movie, two people misunderstood each other because of their prejudices. However, after learning to swallow their pride and remove their prejudice, they find true love at last. How many chances are we missing in life because of meaningless pride and prejudice? There must be a lot. Many KMU students, including me, have prejudice toward the Gazette in that the newspaper must be very difficult because it is written in English. KMU students are generally not familiar with English news
Directed by Rob ReinerGenre: DramaStarring: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman96 min. Everyone will meet their demise some day, but everyone has a different viewpoint as to how they will deal with it. People can die in a number of ways. Some die due to an illness. Some die in a car accident. Some grow old and die naturally. If people are faced with death suddenly, they do not know what to do and just want to live more. But if you have already done what you wanted to do before you ‘kick the bucket’, death is not very painful and the death might be meaningful. Do you know what the Bucket List is? Th
Pamphlet of the KMBS Festival People waiting to watch the festival A professor giving a speech KMBS members performing a dance Introducing KMBS members
From July 10 to July 22, I visited Mongolia through the Keimyung University volunteer program. During this period, I got many chances to show my ability as well as to see spectacular landscapes. In order to make my first overseas trip a valuable experience, I had set some goals before going to Mongolia. My goals were to see as many landscapes as possible and meet many Mongolian people in order to understand their culture and compare their culture with Korea, and I wanted to overcome my limits. I knew that the main purpose of visiting Mongolia was to participate in volunteer work to make a park