On September 7, Jeong Kyu-jin, the chairman of Jeju Livestock Development Co., Ltd., donated five hundred million won to the KMU Development Fund. This money will be used to construct Keimyung Art Center's Central Auditorium.Jeong Kyu-jin is the son of the late Jeong Jae-ho, formerly the honorary chairman of KMU and a major contributor to the KMU Building Fund. In fact, the business building, Euiyang Hall, was named in his honor.Jeong Kyu-jn said, "I'm very proud of Keimyung University's development. I hope that my donation will be useful to the school."Translated by Kim Hye-binKMG Reporterhye
The Vietnamese ambassador to Korea, H.E. Pham Tien Van, gave a lecture in Hengso Museum on September 6. This lecture’s subject was “Fifteen years of Korean and Vietnamese cooperation.” The ambassador gave the lecture in Korean. At first, he spoke about Vietnam’s geographical position, history, and economy. Then he spoke about diplomatic relations between Korea and Vietnam. He said that Vietnam has had active exchanges with Korea in investment, trade, tourism, labor relations, and culture for the last fifteen years because Korea is near Vietnam and the two countries have similar cultures and th
Students who took more than 15 credits without dropping any classes in the previous semester and received better than average scores can be scholarship students. In addition, the score of an authorized test of foreign language ability was added in September 2006 to improve students’ foreign language abilities. From the first semester 2008, such tests will be a selection requirement for scholarship students.There are already departments which consider the score of an authorized test of foreign language ability. The College of Media and Visual Communication has operated this system since the sec
KMBS had a broadcasting festival on August 31. The festival was held at the multimedia room in Bauer Hall. The festival’s title was ‘Adapting 2/4 Rhythm’.Administrative Chief Park Ji-eun said, “We tried to keep a passionate beat like the title.”Broadcasting Chief Bang Yu-ri emceed the festival. KMBS showed many performances like production planning, VJ, and drama.Translated by Yoo Ho-sangKMG Junior Reporterenterprise65@kmu.ac.kr
The Episode Team from the Korea Internet Volunteers performed volunteer work in Zimbabwe for a month starting on July 14. Every holiday, the Episode Team publicizes Korea and Korean culture. As such, local people can easily understand Korea culture.The Episode Team consisted of four Keimyung University students. They went to Telone Education Center which is located in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. Local people came to the team to learn about IT education. The team made two groups, and local people learned intranet, programming, photo shop, making homepages, and assembling computers from 9 am to 5
Degree certificates for students graduating in summer vacation were distributed on August 21. In total, 885 students received bachelor’s degrees, including 70 from the Faculty of Social Sciences, 151 from the Faculty of Business Administration, 61 from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and 116 from the Faculty of Engineering. Thirty three graduates received doctorate degrees, and 82 graduates received master’s degrees. However, no graduation ceremonies were held. Some students were unsatisfied with that. Kim Han-dong, a member of the Academic Affairs Team, said, "Many students who received degr