When I was in the second year of high school, I had a chance to study in an American public high school as an exchange student. When I was younger, I always dreamt about studying in a foreign country. I stayed in Iowa State, which is in the middle of America. It is famous for corn and potatoes. The small town I stayed in, Moville, was green and peaceful, surrounded by endless wide farms, horses, pretty houses, bright blue sky, and cows in fields. It was the most beautiful place I had ever seen. I went to the public high school, which is a small school in the town. The school went from kinderga
I was looking forward to seeing theGazette No. 122, which met my expectation as previous editions. First of all, “Global Programs” was the most interesting and useful article for me. My major is English language, so I’m interested in global programs which help me to improve my English ability. In fact, I live in KELI dormitory, and I often drop by the International Lounge to be in an English environment. However, I did not know much about what global programs KMU offers students. Firstly, I was surprised at the various global programs, and then I decided to join some of them. Now, I’m planning
The Gazette questioned 200 Keimyung University students about their reading habits. 1. How many books do you read a month?a. None 10%b. 1 38% c. 2 10% d. 3 8%e. 4 2% f. 5 2%2. What percentage of your monthly allowance do you spend on books? a. 0~5% 52%b. 6~10% 38%c. 11~20% 6%d. 21~25% 3%3. What subjects do you usually read about? a. Human knowledge and education 40% b. Politics and economics 7%c. Society and culture 20%d. Art 6%e. Language study 25%f. IT (Information Technology) 2%4. When do you usually read?a. Before bed 42%b. In the restroom 6%c. Between classes 9%d. On the way to and from s
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New freshmen enter Keimyung University annually. They need some help to get to know Keimyung University. That is why we have students guides, called EeKkeumi in Korean. These guides help freshmen and transfer students get information and guide them around the campus. I interviewed Jeong Yeon-chul, the leader of the students guides and a junior from the Faculty of Tourism Management Information System.Q. Could you introduce the freshmen guides? We help new students enter university. We belong to Admission Affairs, and we started in April, 2005. Now we have four members and we are going to have
When you are suddenly sick, where do you go? A hospital? A pharmacy? Our university has a place like a hospital and a pharmacy. The Student Health Center in Keimyung University is located in Bauer Hall (104-106). The health center section chief, two nurses, and a dental hygienist work in this center. From 1999, students visited on average 10,443 times, and staff of the school visited 1,325 times a semester. On average about 10 foreigners visited the center a month last year. The center has a consultation room. People who need nurses’ special care can use a room with 4 beds to relax in the cent
Keimyung University increased tuition fees by 6.4% in 2007. The university and student representatives negotiated 12 times from January 16 to 30 before finally agreeing on that amount. First, the university suggested raising tuition fees by 9.8% due to the remodeling of lobbies, administrative offices, and classrooms; the recruiting of staff and professors; the building of the International Garden; and the increasing price of ordinary commodities. Student representatives didn`t accept those reasons and after days of wrangling the university and student representatives reached an agreement to i
Shin Sang-ok is well known as the husband of Choi Eun-hee, a star actress in the 1960s, and he was a director that created new style movies for the first time in Korea. He made many hit movies, for example, Sung Choon-Hyang, My Mother and Her Guest, and The Red Muffler, in the 1960s. He died on April 11, 2006, leaving his last film Winter Story.Shin Sang-ok founded the first Korean film company, Sheen Film, in 1966. Many 1960s’ movies were created by Sheen Film, and it has modernized Korean movies. He led a renaissance of Korean movies with the directors Yu Hyun-mok, Kim Soo-yong, and Kang Dae
The 2007 entrance ceremony was held in the main gymnasium on February 28. Five thousand and thirty two new students began their life at Keimyung University. President Lee Jin-woo said, “Welcome to Keimyung University. I hope that all freshmen will have a great campus life in Keimyung and will be competent people in a global world.” The 2007 graduation ceremonies were held on Seongseo, Deamyung, and Dongsan campuses on February 21 and 22. Graduate schools held their graduation ceremonies in Adams Chapel on February 21. Seventy-nine graduates received doctorates and 679 graduates received master
The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) was established in 1948 in London to offer researchers studying science and engineering the chances to study abroad, gain international experience, and promote their specialities. Keimyung University joined IAESTE in early 2007.Nowadays, many famous universities and companies are involved with IAESTE. They include Harvard University, Yale University, Oxford University, Berlin University, Tokyo University, 3M, IBM, GE, and Sanyo Chemical Industries. Due to KMU joining IAESTE, our students now have more
The International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT) is the world’s largest student festival with a thematic focus. Every second year since 1990, ISFiT has been held in Trondheim, Norway. During the 10 days of the festival from February 16~25, more than 400 students from all over the world gathered in Trondheim. Fourteen Korean students participate in it, with Bae Gyeon-hee, a junior from Keimyung's Department of American Studies, being the only student not from the Seoul metropolitan area. The 2007 ISFiT had 16 different workshops which highlighted the festival's theme of globalization fro
Keimyung University gives scholarships to students who travel abroad to visit international organizations, multinational corporations, government agencies, or universities for the purpose of pursuing their major. On February 5, the Overseas Culture Reporting Program published a book of reports submitted by the scholarship students. The book depicts students' concern about art, society, and welfare throughout Asia, America, and Europe. The Overseas Culture Reporting Program is going to publish the book every year. A copy of the book will be supplied to each department to help motivate students
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