From April 19 to 23, many students applied for the 2007 Summer Overseas Volunteer Corps. The overseas volunteer program is very popular with students, so many students want to join this program. In this Summer Overseas Volunteer Corps, about 360 students applied, but only 90 students could participate in this program. Mongolia’s competition rate was in the ratio of 8 to1, and China was in the ratio of 4 to 1 and 3.5 to 1.This program was divided into the Mongolia team and two China teams. Each team consisted of 30 students. They stayed 12 nights in those places. The first overseas volunteer ac
Many students who study in the Department of Photo Design win prizes for taking part in art exhibitions. The art exhibitions this time were the Iron and Steel Picture Contest in 2007, the 28th Great Modern Art Exhibition, and the 8th National Cultural Picture Contest.In the Iron and Steel Picture Contest in 2007, Lee Jae-won (senior) won a silver prize with a work named “Steel Composition.” In the 28th Great Modern Art Exhibition, Choi Geum-ok won first prize with a work named “Where We Go.” In addition, in the 8th Whole Country Cultural Picture Contest, 12 students won prizes besides Jeong Mi
Students form the Department of Theatre Arts won second prize at the 1st Daegu International Musical Festival with their musical, Jekyll and Hyde. The students performed two sold-out shows on June 6 at the Daegu Citizen Center. An audience member said, "The actor playing Dr. Jekyll had a great voice and all the actors danced very well."Fourteen Korean university teams and a Japanese university team attended the festival. The Keimyung University team consisted of 31 students from the Department of Theatre Arts, two students from the Department of Music Production, and one student from the Depar
A Confucian academy was established on campus for the first time in Gyeong-buk province. Confucian academies are nonprofit educational institutions that the Chinese government supports to spread its culture and language. Now, 140 universities have Confucian academies and 8 universities have them in Korea. The academy provides various Chinese programs with multi-media including teacher programs, the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK), courses to get credits for Beijing Language and Culture University, and various contests and exhibitions. The staff finished all the work for opening programs and rec
Our university held the 1st International University Taekwondo Tournament from July 7 to 9. In total, 12 teams from 9 countries participated in the tournament. The aim of the tournament is to promote the spread and development of Taekwondo. Professor Bae Young-sang said, “This tournament is quite different from existing games which focus on matches. We provide various events for participants and spectators and try to develop Taekwondo as a martial art for spiritual and physical health.” The 4th National Taekwondo Posture Tournament was held at the same time. Translated by Lee Eun-jiKMG Cub-Rep
On June 2nd, the 15th Hermes English Speech Contest was held in the multimedia room of the new Bauer Hall. Forty-seven students from universities across the Daegu and Kyungbook area competed in the morning preliminary round, with 16 chosen for the afternoon final round. Five Keimyung University students and one Keimyung College student made the final round. First prize went to Lee Sang-jun from Yeungnam University, second prize went to Park Jun-seok from Kyungbook University, and the two third prizes went to Kim Ye-Hyang and Kim Eun-hye from Handong University. Judging the contest were Keimyun
FM STUDIO, a club in the College of Fashion in Daemyeong campus, donated 2,500,000 won, the proceeds of participating in an exhibition, for improving the department on May 28. Lim Mun-young, a professor in the Department of European Studies, donated 10,000,000 won for improving the department. The fund will be used for publicizing the Department of European Studies and buying educational equipment. Adams Chapel set up a scholarship for Keimyung University’s development on May 30. The chapel donated 100,000,000 won last year and also this year. In addition, Lee Jung-woo, professor of Architectu
Students who sit on the bench Students talk to each other. There are several students in lobby. Students take a rest. Students talk freely.
A organist, Jang Dea-ho playing the organ in Adams Chapel on June 8. He playing 'Praeludium und Fuge g-moll BuxWV 149' and 'Danks sei Die.'
The announcement of a “smart car” components city in Daegu was held on May 30 in Euiyang Hall. The event’s purpose was to declare that the smart car components industry is an important industry which will improve Daegu. It was held by Daegu City under the sponsorship of Keimyung University. Kim Bum-il, the mayor of Deagu, said, "It is meaningful that the new industry was started by Daegu.” In addition, Lee Jin-woo, the president of Keimyung, said, "I hope that today’s announcement will be the springboard for the development of employment and related industries in Daegu.” He also added that he
Keimyung University hosts two to three special lectures each day for students. Special lectures such as invitational lectures and business lectures are held to give good information and improve students’ studies. If few students take the lectures, they are useless. The Keimyung Press surveyed students’ interest in invitational lectures. Among 136 students, 43 percent of them hadn’t taken the lecture even once, and only 14 percent had taken the lecture more than three times. Compared to two years ago, students’ interest in the lectures hasn’t changed much. Special lectures usually fall during s
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