Keimyung University and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade sponsored the Korea-Italy Forum in KMU on May 15.Synn Il-hi, KMU president, Kim Woo-sang, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, Staffan De Mistura, Italian undersecretary of foreign affairs, and Sergio Mercuri, the Italian ambassador to Korea, attended this forum. They discussed a new relationship in economics, cultural exchange, education, social welfare, and industrial technology.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was to sponsor this forum alone. However, the ministry selected universities like Seoul National Unive
Keimyung University was selected the only Innovation Center for Engineering Education (ICEE) in Daegu. The Ministry of Education & Science Technology and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology sponsor this enterprise for improving the quality of university engineering education.In the project, KMU planned the Keimyung Engineering Innovation Special Education Program (KEISEP) and the Female Smart Engineer Education Program.KMU will receive 200 million won every year for 10 years. KMU will carry out business capstone design, a local industry complex education course, KEISEP, global st
There is saying “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” This means that if you go to other countries, you have to respect and follow their traditions. Nowadays, people go abroad very often, so we have more chances to experience the cultures of other countries. If you go to a different country, you should understand the culture of the country. Table manners are etiquette when you eat meals. Table manners are different in each country. In this article, I will describe the table manners of Italy and France.Table manners in Italy In Italy, the basic manner is no hand on the table during meals. Also i
Synn Il-hi, KMU president, a signed Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) about a new German Culture Center and selection of German government scholarship students with Dr. Stefan Dreyer, the chief of the Korean-German Culture Center, and H.E. Hans-Ulrich Seidt, the German ambassador to Korea at KMU’s Seong-seo campus.The German Culture Center that was established at KMU will be the first center in Daegu. This agreement and center will increase the promotion of Germany and an outpost for training future professionals about Germany. Through this agreement, KMU will get a chance to select German gov
Keimyung University President Synn Il-hi has donated 540 Korean Studies books to the Korean Studies Center in the Institute of Oriental Studies of Uzbekistan.The Korean Studies Center in Uzbekistan was established in October, 2010, by KMU and the government of Uzbekistan. The Korean Studies Center is located in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. This center was established to promote cultural exchange programs focusing on politics, economy, and art.President Synn attended the International Conference hosted by the Uzbekistan government where he discussed cultural exchange programs betwe
Keimyung University has been selected as the only regional university Korean language institute for the Korean Government Scholarship Program. The Korean Government Scholarship Program has been run since 2008, and KMU has been selected as a training institution consistently. Keimyung University has proved a leading institution in Korean language education for foreigners.Currently, 22 students from 18 countries are learning Korean through the Korean Government Scholarship Program in Keimyung University. In the last 4 years, about 100 foreign students have taken Korean language lessons. Last yea
KMU Dongsan Medical Center was chosen as the “2012 Occupational Safety and Health Center” to Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency. Dongsan Medical Center will conduct health counseling, physical therapy, psychological counseling to organize physicians, nurses, social workers, counseling psychologists, and physical therapists for 50 workers in Seongseo Industrial Complex. Also, they will establish the workers’ health center in Seongseo Three hospitals in Korea were chosen as workers’ health centers. Donsan Medical Center was the only hospital chosen in Daegu. This three hospitals will re
December 6th, a producer, and cinematographer Sam Cullman and Lois Vossen visited Kemyung University for giving a special lecture. Sam Cullman established Yellow Cake Films in 2006 after graduating from Brown university where he had majored in urban studies and the visual arts. He made the Why We Fight and What would Jesus Buy? which awarded the first prize in the Sun Dance film festival. He also has a career as director of photography and his movie, Eugene Jarecki's won the the Sundance Grand Jury Prize. And Lois Vossen is the director of Independent Lens which won the Emmy. Vossen was also t
Do you want to see a beautiful island in Korea? Let me introduce Geojedo. Geojedo is one of the most beautiful islands in Korea. I want you to relax, seeing the beautiful views of Geojedo.Geojedo is located in Gyungsangnam-do. This island is the second biggest island in Korea. Especially, the south of Geojedo is famous for the beautiful views. So I will introduce the Hill of the Wind, Oedo, Haegeumgang and Hongpo. These places have the most beautiful scenery in Geojedo. 1. The Hill of the WindThe Hill of the Wind is famous for being a filming location of the Korean drama 'Garden of Eve.' This
At Adams Chapel on November 17, Keimyung University and Korea Food for the Hungry International (KFHI) held an event “Making Kimchi for Poor People”. Synn Il-hi, the president of KMU, Jung Jeong-seob, the president of KFHI, KMU students, professors, multicultural family members, and single mother family members attended this event. Korean TV actress Kim Jung-hwa and vocalist Choi Hwa-jin also attended.KMU professors and staff donate 1% of their salary every month. This donated money was used to make kimchi for poor people. In this event, people made 3,000 heads of kimchi. People made kimchi fo
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Professor Yoon Jae-woo in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Keimyung University was chosen as the winner of the ‘Young Scientist Prize’ at the 2011 general meeting of the Japanese Microbial Resources Association. Professor Yoon received the prize in Japan’s Sapporo convention center at September 8th. He gave a prize lecture on the system of the microorganism Phylum Verrucomicrobia.The ‘Young Scientist Prize’ was given to only one young scientist under 40 years old who did excellent research. Professor Yoon used the ‘in situ cultivation technique’ in his research. He analyzed biochem
Keimyung University held leadership training for the Student Council in Dok-do and Ulleung-do from August 17 to 19. Lee Sung-bae, the president of the General Student Council (GSC) said, “We visited Dok-do to thank the Dok-do police who work hard to protect Dok-do. It was a good chance to understand their work. This training was short, but it was very meaningful.” Originally, Keimyung University Student Council scheduled leadership training in Jeju Island. However, the Council decided to visit Dok-do for leadership training because of the situation between Korean and Japan over Dok-do. Before
Written by Kim Sung-yongGenre: Travel EssayPublished in December 2007391 pages Have you thought about escaping your competitive, stressful daily life? Many people may just think about making a change without taking action. But, the writer of “Traveling Around the World Instead of Going Abroad to Study English” is a university student who does take action. He leaves his routine to travel around the world. Instead of going abroad and living in another country to study English, he traveled from Korea to the U.S. via South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Kim Sung-yong, the author of t
Synn Il-hi, President of Keimyung University, received the Grand Cross from Germany for improving relations between Korea and Germany. Hans-Ulrich Seidt, the Germany Ambassador to Korea, gave the medal to President Synn in Sung-seo campus on August 21.Ambassador Seidt said, “President Synn has promoted cultural exchange between Korea and Germany and improved international relations as chairman of the German exchange cooperation team. He became president of Keimyung University in 1978 and established the Department of German Language and Literature in 1982. In 1985, he was appointed president o
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