Keimyung University is planning to resurrect the tradition of displaying the Bisa Scholarship Board after twenty years’ absence. The board, made from the wood of the paulownia tree, has the carved names of each Keimyung University student who received a Bisa Scholarship since 1979.The Bisa Scholarship Board used to appear in graduation ceremonies in Keimyung University every year, following its introduction by President Synn Il-hi in 1978. It was modeled on similar boards in famous Ivy League universities. However, the tradition of displaying the board disappeared in the mid 1980s as graduatio
A museum expo is being held by the Council of Museums of Daegu in Donggok Exhibition Hall of Hengso Museum from December 22 to January 31, 2009. Admission is free.In the exhibition, spectators can see relics of the Goryeo period, including celadon, (especially grayish-blue-powdered celadon), textbooks, ancient documents, maps, postcards, traditional folk paintings, high quality brass tableware, earthenware, and clay dolls. In addition, Jinjuseongdo, a folding screen of Jinju castle in the 17th and 18th centuries, which was appointed as a national treasure in December 2008 by the Cultural Herit
On December 10, ‘Warm Wintering’, a sharing love charity bazaar for foreign students, was held in the International Education Center lobby. The bazaar was held by the labor union of the personnel of Keimyung university.From December 13-15, about 1,000 goods, including winter coats and gloves, were collected from people and then went on sale to foreign students. Proceeds from the bazaar will be used for scholarships, while the rest of the goods will be offered to foreign students for free after the bazaar is over. By Ryu Ji-younKMG Reporterwhitefox11@kmu.ac.kr
As the economic slump is continuing, most of the metropolitan universities in Korea are determined to freeze their registration fee next year. Therefore, Keimyung University decided to freeze its registration fee on December 1, making it the first provincial university to do so. President Synn Il-hi said, “Keimyung decided to freeze its registration fee because of the difficult economic situation Korea is facing. The freezing of the registration fee is to prevent a low student enrollment in the next semester due to the increased financial burden that students will suffer.”This decision to free
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On November 27, Kwon Yung-ho, president of the Interburgo Group and specially appointed professor of FISEP, donated his personal land to Keimyung University. The amount reached approximately 20 billion won, the largest contribution since the foundation of Keimyung. The land is located around Chilgok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and the area of land (7.4 million pyeong - 2,434,547㎡) amounts to 1.5 times the size of Seongseo campus. Dr. Kwon said, “My decision to contribute my personal land to Keimyung University originated from my belief that Keimyung University, which has kept a high reputation amon
With winter vacation coming, many students are getting interested in working holidays because of the possibility of both earning money and studying English. Hence, the Gazette chose the topic of working holidays in issue 132. The Gazette hopes all Keimyung students can get much information about working holidays and enjoy their winter vacation.● Working holidayA working holiday makes it possible to both work and travel in a country. People can make money through part-time jobs and use that money to travel and to study and improve their English skills. A working holiday is popular with young pe
Gazette : How did you prepare for your working holiday and get useful information before departure?Kim Tae-jin : I read a book about working holidays and visited Internet sites and language institutes to get advice. I visited to get free counseling. In my case, I applied for the working holiday visa through a language institute.Kim Jong-hyun : Basically, the important thing is acquire a habit of being self-sufficient. It was a great help to me. This can make your stay in a foreign country more successful.Gazette : What kinds of benefits did you get?Kim Tae-jin : First of all, I raised my confi
Falling in Love with a “Young world”(“Young World” is the slogan of Yeongwol-gun) Yeongwol-gun is an area of culture with beautiful natural resources and cultural remains. It's located in southern Gangwon-do. I visited Yeongwol-gun from November 1 to 2. The maple leaves were awesome and still colorful even at the end of fall. Let's look around Yeongwol-gun's famous places: Seonam village, Cheongryeongpo, Gwanpungheon, and Jangneung. Seonam village is popular because it's shaped like the Korean peninsula (Hanban-do). Seogang River's clean water flows around Seonam village. It is similar to the
The expression "Black revolution" is frequently used when the mass media report the election of the 44th U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, the first African-American president. Following the greatest turnout since the election of John F. Kennedy, Obama got the support of 96% of African-American voters, 67% of Hispanic voters, and 43% of white voters. As a result, he swept Republican candidate John McCain by getting more than double the votes in the Electoral Colleges.Obama's election pledges were "hope" and "change" through which he promised that he would bring many changes from the Bush admi
The sudden plunge in temperatures and the increasingly short days presage the end to yet another year. Within weeks, students will have taken their finals, campus will have that deserted feel about it, and elevators will be assaulting us with a dreadful mixture of false cheer and mind-numbing melodies. Yes, Christmas is coming, and the time to take stock of yet another 365 days of existence is fast approaching. To paraphrase a beloved Christmas ditty, it's time to look at the "12 Months of 2008.""In the first month of 2008, my true love sent to me … oil for $100 a barrel." Yes, a delightful st
Recently, Keimyung University came to have another celebrity after Katheryn Bailey. Her name is Yin Dong Ling, and she appears on the talk show Misuda. She is from China, and now she is a graduate school student in the Department of Tourism Management. Now, the Gazette would like to introduce Yin Dong Ling's hometown and her impression of Korea and Korean people through our interview with her. 1) Why did you choose to study in Korea, and why in KMU? We heard there are interesting reasons.When I was a high school student, I liked the Korean group HOT. At that time, the walls of my room were cov
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