On May 26th, 2018, the 5th National College Debate Championship was held in Keimyung University. The debate, which marks its fifth anniversary this year, is held annually to help college students establish a debating culture and strengthen their democratic communication skills. The subject of the tournament was 'The juvenile law should be abolished.’ and final rounds of the competition was 'Unification is necessary.'The winning team was the Jung-in team of Chung-Ang University. The four teams from Keimyung University each received third place awards, participation prizes, and various other pri
The 119th Foundation Day of KMU was held in Adams Chapel May18,2018, and it was attended by all school personnel. President Shin Il-Hee, the president of KMU, took part in the ceremony with a congratulatory speech. A prayer quoted from Isaiah 41:10 was presented during the ceremony: "So do not fear, I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand”. All personnel were asked to keep this phrase in mind and also shared a prayer together. For this event, Klaudiusz Baran, the president of the National Chopin Un
On March 22nd, Keimyung University concluded their industrial-educational cooperation with EXCO for the expansion of the MICE Industry. MICE meeting, incentive, convention, events and exhibition, and is a promising industry led by international conferences and exhibitions. EXCO is an exhibition center located in Buk-gu, Daegu. The cooperation agreement will cultivate MICE professionals for local society and expand the platforms for future MICE business.This agreement between KMU and EXCO includes internship programs, MICE work experience, and special lectures. Also, the two groups will coopera
KMU will hold the 4th AsiaㆍPacific Ocean International Chopin Piano Competition in May 2018. The finalists will participate in the competition from May 9th to May 18th for 10 days. On May 18th, there will be a gala concert, an award ceremony, and a concert for the winners in the Keimyung Art Center. The KMU AsiaㆍPacific Ocean International Chopin Piano Competition is held every three years starting with the first competition in 2009 and has been evaluated as having been established as a world-class competition welcoming its 4th competition. In addition, from this year the Chopin Association of
A special lecture from Lee Sihyung, the president of The Korea Foundation, will be held for economics and business administration students on May 15th. In The Korea Foundation, they teach what Korea is, what Korea has furthermore what Korea can do with or to foreigners. Connected with this, Mr. Lee also talked about public diplomacy in his lecture. He emphasized the invisible power of public diplomacy. Public diplomacy can be contrasted with conventional diplomacy which is related to negotiation between governments, and wants to charm others with soft power?which contains culture, art, knowled
Hengso Museum is hosting special classes about myths and tales for 12 weeks from 13 March to 5 June. During the lectures on Tuesdays, new professors host classes on various topic. It provides opportunity for local residents to study traditions and the humanities. This lecture is composed of topics about myths and tales and lecturers which teach historical content including eastern and western culture as well. Kwon-gu Kim, the chief of Hengso Museum, said that they invited respectable lecturers who are an authorities in their filed, so he felt honored. Also he hoped the students would have a go
Dongsan Library will implement Idea-Maker Space which can actualize an imaginable idea from the new semester for the first time. The expense for the new initiative will be paid by the College of Humanities' Research and Education, CORE.The Idea-Maker Space is on the third floor of Dongsan Library. This space is utilized for convergent training for readiness for the fourth industrial revolution. This offers students practice and experiment space which is able to give shape to imagination.This has installed 3D printers, scanners, and VR experiment equipment. VR equipment space consists of variou
Over the last several years, the Keimyung Volunteering Team has volunteered from Asia to Africa in countries such as China, Nepal, Vietnam. This year, the Keimyung Volunteering Team went to Ethiopia-Laos-Cambodia-Philippines. 140 volunteers are assigned from 30 to 33 to take care each villages. As Shin Ill-hee, the president of KMU, participated in the 16 Africa countries’ monthly meeting, this volunteer work began to gel. As a result, this volunteer work was accomplished to meet the requests of the Ethiopian ambassador to Korea. The village Addis Abada where they go is there where Ethiopia Ko