On January 28, Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education and the Confucius Institute at Keimyung University said, “We will make an agreement of mutual exchange and cooperation for developing Chinese education and culture in Daegu.” In March, Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education and the Confucius Institute will start to cooperate on after-school Chinese education programs. Both institutions will conduct classes with Chinese native-speakers and a culture and linguistics training program in China. Chinese native-speakers selected by the Chinese Ministry of Education will be sent as Chinese teachin
On February 10, the ceremony of awarding scholarships was held in Keimyung University’s Hengso museum audio-visual room. 58 students were awarded scholarships, which were donated by individual sponsors, and 20 students were awarded scholarships which were donated by supporter's organizations. Students received 50% of their tuition fees as a scholarship. Keimyung University president Synn Il-hi, Keimyung College president Kim Nam-suk, and three other representatives presented the students, one by one, shaking their hands. President Synn emphasized two things. First, to study hard, and the other
Kim Eun-jin (23, freshman, Dept. of Nursing), a volunteer interpreter at the International Clinic in Dongsan Hospital, has helped foreigners who visit Dongsan Hospital since 2009. She helps foreign patients to make a reservation for hospitalization and to find proper medical treatment. The number of foreigners who visit the hospital are about 20 to 30 a day. She works once a week during semester and twice a week during vacation.She said “I find this volunteer work very rewarding. This is not a duty for me. I experienced a language problem when I was in the States, so I hope that foreigners who
On January 6, the Dendenmusi (“snail” in Japanese) team, from the Department of Japanese Language and Literature, was chosen as the best club in the JPT (Japanese Proficiency Test) competition held by YBM Si-Sa. The team received 3,000,000 won in prize money.The Dendenmusi team members shared their know-how of the JPT test and took a mock JPT test regularly. Consequently, they were able to get a high score in a short period of time. The leader Jeon Jae-young (senior, Department of Japanese Language and Literature) said, “We won the grand prize, so we’re glad to bring honor to Keimyung Universi
On December 30, the Industry-Academic Cooperation of Research/Industry-Academic in Keimyung university made an agreement with JVM Corporation for industry-academic cooperation. Through this program, Keimyung university and the company will share human and material resources based on customized education and research cooperation. Furthermore, KMU will develop an education system to meet the needs of employers and the company by creating profits through technical skills.KMU offers highly educated human resources and equipment to the company and implements customized education to meet the family
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From January 4 to 6, Education for International Citizens (EFIC) was held in Dong Yeong Hall for local high school students. There were 45 high school students from Songhyun, Kyunghwa, and Wonhwa girls' high schools. EFIC was designed to provide international comprehension and multi-cultural experiences. The students learned many things about other countries. The program ran for six hours a day, and it was composed of English conversation, understanding world cultures, English presentation skills, negotiation training, business etiquette and culture, and team activities. A UCC contest encourag
The College of Pharmacy of KMU will assign five more members from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, in 2012. This will enable KMU to select up to 30 freshmen this year. On January 1, the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology decided that 15 new pharmacy schools would be assigned additional entrance quotas from 5 to 10 for the upcoming 2012 spring enrollment season. In this regard, these 35 pharmacy schools will select 1,700 freshmen from 2012.The Ministry also announced that they will check before March whether they have completed other plans, such as the number of p