On December 30, Daegu Technopark KMU Center, which has achieved excellent results in full-time job creation through a youth intern system, received a citation from the Ministry of Employment and Labor in the 2010 Government Supporting Job Creation awards ceremony. Daegu TP KMU Center has tried to provide many jobs for young people and to change temporary positions to permanent positions since 2009. Consequently, the Center found 534 young people employment in medium-sized enterprises in Daegu, and 85.9% of six-month interns have found permanent positions. 33% of students in the internship prog
Hanhak-chon covered in snow A snowman at Dongsan Library Main Administration Building covered in snow
On November 5, Hyundai-Kia Motors held the Autonomous Vehicle Competition. The Keimyung University team got the Yeol-jeong Prize worth five million won. 11 university teams were in this competition.An autonomous vehicle is a vehicle which does not need human control. The vehicle is equipped with a control sensor, GPS, and radar. The challenge of the Autonomous Vehicle Competition was to pass a 4km course consisting of a checkpoint, school zone, crosswalk, tunnel, and construction section within 30 minutes. If the autonomous vehicle left the course, the team received a penalty. In the crosswalk
On December 22, the “Gwanggotodaewang” team, composed of students from the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, won the grand prize at the '2010 4th Yonhanaro Communications Promotion Award', sponsored by Yonhanaro Communications.The “Gwanggotodaewang” team chose the subject, ‘Suggesting the promotion for developing the local region through the 2011 World Athletics Championships.’A member of the team, Jang Sung-jin (Senior, the Dept. of Advertising and Public Relations) said, “we sincerely hope that the 2011 World Athletics Championships will be a success, and thankfully we won the
Earlier this year, KMU got permission to establish the College of Pharmacy from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. In the first recruitment of new students for the College of Pharmacy, the competition rate was 11.4 to 1.According to the KMU Admissions Team, 285 people applied for the College of Pharmacy, which has an entrance quota of 25 students. The entrance quota for the Dept. of Pharmacy was 15, and 167 people applied. The competition rate was 11.1 to 1. Of the 15 successful applicants, the Dept. of Pharmacy will recruit 5 students from the Daegu-Gyeongbuk area through a sp
On December 22, the dispatch ceremony for overseas volunteers was held in the audio-visual room in Hengso Museum. The ceremony was composed of three parts. The first and third parts had special lectures, while the second part consisted of the dispatch ceremony for the volunteers. The theme of the first part was 'attitude as an overseas volunteer'. During the dispatching ceremony, everyone prayed for the volunteers to come back to Korea safely, and the volunteers took an oath to carry out their duties to the best of their ability. Finally, a lecture on leadership and getting a job took place.Ab
People enjoying the puppet plays A puppet play A group picture The awards ceremony
The healthy drinking club “Jujeolsajeol” of Keimyung University participated in a competition to form a healthy drinking culture. The name of the competition was 2010 Healthy Drinking Campaign Competition. This competition evaluated the club’s performance over a one-year period. In the competition, they were ranked first. Their slogan was “Healthy drinking culture with you.” As a result, they got an award from the Minister of Health and Human Services with a prize of one million won. In addition, the team received a good evaluation for the fresh ideas of the participants. For example, the team