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
On July 17 to 22, there was a contest for selecting national taekwondo competitors for the Summer Universiad which will be held in Chungcheongnam-do in Cheongyang-gun. Through this contest, student Jang Min-ho, majoring in the Department of Taekwondo at Keimyung University, was chosen, winning the first prize in the man's 63kg class. The contest was supported by Korea University Taekwondo Federation.The purpose of the contest was to select national taekwondo competitors for the Summer Universiad that will be held from August 12 in Shenzhen, China. Lots of teams form all over the world particip
Two actors walking on the red carpet People awaiting celebrities Daegu Mayor, Kim Bum-il, introducing himself An actor and actress introducing their work
The Department of Industrial Design produced finalists in the International Design Excellence Awards 2011 (IDEA), which is sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Choi Jee-min, Lee Han-sub, Jin Jun-ho, Choi Jung-ju, Park Mi-rim, and Kim Mee-yeon represented Keimyung.In IDEA, the judging standards are how innovative the design is, how useful it is to society and the environment, and appearance. These standards are hard to meet. Lee Han-sub said that he was motivated by a TV documentary. In that documentary, a blind man bought chocolate milk although he wanted to buy whi
Thai Nguyen University 'Keimyung Korean education program' in North Hanoi has completed the 2nd year of co-operation on July, 25th.education program' had a 17 weeks regular course. It taught basic Korean to 22 university students and local citizens. Through a test, the program, 15 people received a certificate for Korean proficiency at Level 1 or Level 2.Keimyung University managed the Korean ability test preparative class for students who hope to study in Korea during August. The Korean proficiency test will take in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. A Korean intermediate course third level class wi
On June 27, 17 students from the Department of Photography and Image Design had their works selected in the photography section of the 2011 Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival (ASYAAF).ASYAAF has been held every year since 2008. Undergraduates, graduate students, and under 30-year-old creative students from Asian countries like Korea, Japan, China, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines participate in ASYAAF. It has 6 fields – Western painting, Korean painting, engraving, photography, crafts, and media art. In 2011, 3182 people submitted their works, and 777 people were selected
On June 9, regional representatives of 97 leading companies, KMU president Synn Il-hi, and 120 officials attended the inauguration ceremony which was held in Euiyang Hall on Seongseo Campus.The ceremony is important in terms of supporting lots of Industry-University collaboration policies by constructing a ‘hub’ that systemically manages the network.The supporting programs include many aspects such as a family business collaboration system construction, R&D (research and development) businesses, expansion of CEO (chief executive officer) professors, and a family company scholarship.These contr
The department of fashion at Keimyung University hosted a meeting and introduced various styles of clothes from UN FIT, Japan culture academy college , and China’s Qinghua college.The event took place for over 2 hours and was composed of the international fashion show and the graduation project fashion show, which was conducted by Keimyung University students.Through this event, Keimyung University got the opportunity to gain a name as the internationally leading university in the field of fashion by exchanging with FIT, the prestigious American school.