On Dec. 27, 2016, Keimyung University and the Korea Environment Corporation (KECO) signed an agreement to training environmental specialists at the Sungseo campus main building. Participating in the ceremony were, Shin Jin-gi, the administration vice president, and Lim Byeong-mu, KECO Daegu-Kyongbuk local center director, as well as 10 other officials.Both institutes agreed to support education for training local talent, exchange knowledge, technologies, and professionals. Also, they decided to share education and research facilities, and to develop an industrial university institute cooperati
It is an issue there are college students tried to improve relations between Korea and China about a ban Korean wave in China recently. Students are from Keimyung University and are attending a China Namgae University on an exchange scholarship. A few years ago, Korean celebrity's posters were found easily in Chinese campus because of the Korean wave. However, Because of the Korean THAAD deployment. The Chinese government declared a ban on the Korean wave. So, The Korean wave culture including K-Pop has disappeared. Students concerned with this problem, prepared an event to show a good image o
On November 20, Keimyung University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Expo was held at the AW Hotel in Dalseo-gu, Daegu. Executives and employees of various companies in Daegu and KMU professors and students participated in this event. At this expo, KMU shared the achievements of the Foundation through various programs such as the industry-academic cooperation forum, lecture, and consultation with companies. There were also announcements about best-practices of industry-academic cooperation, business items, and impressions about participating in overseas business programs. Moreover, KMU
Choi Soon-sil is a big issue in Korea. Choi made unwarranted interventions in government. Furthermore, her daughter, Jung Yu-ra, is suspected of allegedly entering Ehwa University fraudulently. Therefore, university students nationwide are angry and have gathered to demonstrate against President Park Geun-hye on their campuses.On November 2 at Bauer Hall, Keimyung students criticized the present situation and insisted President Park should step down. The students read a speech about the current situation in Korean and English. They said the real truth of the matter should be found out, and Pre
On September 30, Im Jong-deok, the executive director of Pyung Hwa Holdings, delivered a special lecture at Euiyang Hall. The topic of this lecture was about Pyung Hwa Holdings and relationship between the company and KMU.According to his lecture, this corporation is a good place to work. It has maintained an average annual growth of 8.4 percent. Moreover, its sales were 1.1 trillion won in 2015. Since last year, KMU and this corporation have managed Pyung Hwa Technology Academy together. Some excellent KMU students can experience working in the company, and if their grades are good, they can
On October 6, 2016, the 3rd Keimyung Goethe Golden Bell Competition was held at the College of Business Administration. This event was hosted by the KMU Goethe Institute and was supervised by the Department of German Language and Literature. The competitors gathered from a diversity of universities throughout South Korea. The Golden Bell Competition consists of 3 rounds. Each round has 25, 15, and 10 questions with general information about Germany including art, history, sports, and culture. During the first and second round, competitors who get the wrong answer to a question are out. In the
On September 5, KMU Vice President Kim Young-il donated ten million won to flood sufferers in Ulleungdo. In addition, KMU promised to send volunteers to repair the flood damage if needed. President Synn Ilhi said, “Recently, Ulleungdo had much heavy rain, so they had many problems with flood damage. Our school prepared money for Ulleungdo citizens who lost their homes. I hope this donation will help them to mend their lives, and I will give scholarships to students whose parents live in Ulleungdo. Then they will not worry about tuition or school life.”
On September 8, Chang Hye-jin, a South Korean female archer, visited Keimyung University. She became a student at Keimyung University in 2006. She captured the gold medal in the women’s individual archery at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Keimyung University held a reception to welcome her.The welcome parade started at 1:30 p.m. when Chang entered the University. She shook hands with students who greeted her and looked around the archery field where she had practiced. Keimyung decided to name it the Chang Hye-jin Archery Range.Synn Ilhi, the president of Keimyung, made a welcome speech. He gave Chang