In January 2008, Dongsan Medical Center concluded a medical tourist business agreement with Daegu City to bring people from overseas by advertising Dongsan Medical Center’s good treatment such as reasonable prices and good quality services and Daegu City’s attractions. The center received fifty medical tourists, including workers from LG Electronics’ Philippine dealership and Algerian newspaper reporters, from February 21-22. The party had patient-specific comprehensive medical testing and sightseeing before their return home. The party spent one day on a tour of Keimyung Hanhak-chon, Seomun M
The 2008 Keimyung Marathon, sponsored by the General Student Council, was successfully held on April 30. Two thousand students, school personnel, and general citizens took part.The Keimyung Marathon is an annual event to strengthen Keimyung people’s physical strength and their unity. This year, it celebrated the awarding of the 2011 World Athletics Championships to Daegu. It was run over two courses: 8 km for male participants (the main gate of Seongseo Campus → MODA Outlet → Korea District Heating Corporation → Daeyoung Core Tech → Gang Chang Bridge → Bauer-Hall) and 4 km for female participa
On May 2, the College of Music and Performing Arts held a dedication ceremony for Haedam Concert Hall at 11 a.m. at Seongseo Campus. About 300 guests, including Jung Kyu-jin, a graduate of Keimyung University and the chairman of Jaejoo Livestock Development Company; Shin Il-hee, the chief of the board of directors of Keimyung University; and Lee Jin-woo, the president of Keimyung University, attended.This event was arranged to honor Chairman Jung and his deceased father’s contribution to Keimyung students and Keimyung University’s development over two generations.By Kim Ga-youngKMG Contributor
The Korean Language Institute, Center for International Education, is on the way to spreading the beautiful value of the Korean language and its culture to the world. It is the first organization in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region to establish a Korean cultural center abroad. The past six years of management experience, know-how, and man power sources in the Korean Language Institute and its related departments have led to founding the “Keimyung Korean Language and Culture Center” in Vietnam (Da Nang University, Da Nang) on April 14 and Tadzhikistan (National Foreign Language University, Dushanbe)
The Institute of Intelligent Vehicle and Transportation was established to train future global experts in intelligent automobiles for the first time in Korea.Keimyung University had an opening ceremony for the Institute of Intelligent Vehicle and Transportation at 1:00 p.m. on March 21, and thereafter a tablet-unveiling ceremony at 1:20 p.m. with Lee Jin-woo, the president of KMU, Kim Bum-il, the mayor of Daegu City, Lee Myung-gyu, an Assemblyman, and Lee In-seon, the director of DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology).Daegu City was proclaimed the professional city of auto