●Pearlianne Miranda, International Lounge Assistant The International Lounge is a place for students from all over the world. In the Lounge, there are staff who are bridges between those people. In this issue, KMG Information Corner will introduce the International Lounge’s foreign staff member Pearlianne Miranda.1. Please introduce yourself I’m Pearl from the Philippines. This is my fourth semester in Keimyung University, and I’ve been here in the Lounge for more than one year. I took a bachelor’s in psychology in the Philippines. My parents are professors here in KMU. That’s how I got to kno
There are a variety of activities held in the International Lounge to promote understandingof diverse cultures from around the globe. The activities give students in KMU a chance toshare cultures and enhance the global awareness of both Korean and international students.The events are Culture Week and International Day.Culture Week will be held eight times in fall semester, and each week will last for twoweeks. During Culture Week, the International Lounge will be decorated with pictures andartwork that are representative of the culture to make the Lounge look like the specific culture. Cultur
Visual Communication Design student’s graduation work “Lullaby” Visual Communication Design student’s graduation work “MODlife” Visual Communication Design student’s graduation work “Candle”
Keimyung University Sports Industry Developers opened the Sports Industry Start-up Space on the 7th floor of the Daegu Trade Center to offer support to start-up companies. KMU selected Sports ICT convergence field companies who have outstanding products to be the resident companies.Sports. N, KD-Soft and Fun-key are among the 10 selected start-up companies. These companies will be supported in the space until February of 2017This Sports Industry Start-up Space is one of the KMU Sports Industry Developer’s foundation projects. There are conference and office rooms that resident companies can us
KMU has been appointed one of the leading startup universities by the Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA). Keimyung Startup Support Center (KESOC) supports students who want to start their own company by providing prototype invention funds and mentoring. Oh Min-teak (25, Industrial and Management Engineering) was awarded the grand prize for a bicycle headlight including a black-box function at the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Student Start-Up Contest held on July 12. After that, with the help of the university, he set up his own company, Libro. Noh Hyeon-tae (27, Industrial Design graduate) inv
Foreign students in KMU occasionally plan to go on a trip by train. There are tickets for foreigners so that they can ride trains without buying a ticket. Those are the Korail Pass (KR Pass) and Happy Rail Pass (HR Pass), which can be purchased from Korail.The KR Pass is a ticket for foreigners who have stayed in Korea for less than 6 months. With this pass, you can ride general trains (mugunghwa, saemaeul, ITX-saemaeul), sight-seeing trains (O-train, V-train, A-train, S-train, DMZ train, West-Gold train), and high-speed trains (KTX, KTX-sancheon). The HR Pass is a ticket for foreigners who ha
BISA Cheerleaders performing at Daemyung Campus The band Doremi singing a song The dance group BEAT performing a hip-hop dance
On July 11, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center (Director, Kim Kwon-bae) received a plaque of appreciation from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS). The center has participated in a medical volunteer activity, Healthy Angels with Love, with the National Health Insurance Service since 2013. This volunteer work aims to reduce a dead zone of the medical treatment for the underprivileged. Dongsan Medical Center’s excellent social contribution activities were recognized and highly evaluated by the NHIS center in Daegu (Director, Lee Tae-hyeong), so it was awarded the plaque. The cer
On May 31, a Northeast Normal University (NENU) cultural group gave a performance at the College of Business Administration. This event was sponsored by the Confucius Institute at KMU. The group comes from Chilin Province, China.The NENU students played traditional Chinese musical instruments including the mandolin, the lute, and the dizi (a Chinese flute). They also performed a short Tibetan drama with martial arts. Then a group of girls from the Tai minority group performed a dance. In addition, Zhang Jian Hua, a professor of Chinese painting at NENU, painted a Chinese painting while a mando
Students voting for the new rest area Students eating and drinking in the festival tents SG Wannabe singing on the stage