Keimyung University helped local people in the Philippines from January 21 for 10 days. The team from Keimyung University included a professor from Fashion Design, a volunteer from Caritas, and 4 students from Fashion Design. They headed to Negros Islandin the Philippines. They taught local people how to make products and sell them.Keimyung University visited Negros Island before with 34 students from July 5 to 18, 2015. They built a new elementary school and improved the learning environment for students. This was the second visit of Keimyung University.The Fashion Design students taught loca
KMU’s Department of Textile Design Students have participated in the Heimtextil International Trade Fair for Home and Contract Textiles for three years. This year, they participated in Heimtextil 2016 from January 12 to 15 in Frankfurt, Germany. Heimtextil is the biggest international trade fair for home and contract textiles with buyers attending from all over the world, including Europe, Asia and the United States.During this fair, textile design students exhibited their ‘Blending Age’ concept design. This highly regarded design is a creative blend of unique Asian cultural and modern sensibi
Keimyung University held a workshop to commemorate the adoption of the Ability Test Support Center in Daegu on December 23 in the Smart Venture Institute. Officials, including Ryu Seonggeol, Saenuri Party chairman, Choei Unbaek, director of Daegu’s Creative Economy Bureau, and Synn llhi, president of Keimyung University, attended the event. The event was composed of conferences that share some commonalities: necessity of consumer participation in product development and case studies of consumer participation.Through development of high-tech products, people have various IT devices now, but the
On November 27, the Keimyung Cantata Recital was held at the Keimyung Art Center. The Keimyung Cantata is a musical work created to commemorate the 115th anniversary of Keimyung University. The main pieces were composed based on Jang Ok-Kwan’s poems. Jang Ok-Kwan is a Fine Arts professor at Keimyung University. The whole recital is composed of nine different pieces performed by several talented musicians. It starts with the brass instrument ensemble and continues with the aria of the soprano, tenor, and the baritone. The recital ends with the famous and elegant Beethoven’s Symphony #9. Through
A guest lecture by Kishimi Ichiro, the author of the best seller Courage to be Disliked, was held at KMU’s College of Business Administration on November 13. The theme of the lecture was a message that he hopes to convey to young people about philosophies of life.Kishimi Ichiro believes that “We should not be afraid to be hated by others. If you are hated by someone, it is proof that you live by your own rules.” His ideas about relationships are based on the psychology of Adler. He also gave students under stress due to human relationships caused by harsh competition a variety of good advice.H
The Dongsan Hospital medical service team provided medical services for 10 days in Nepal’s small country villages Pulbari and Rum returned to Korea on November 7. The team consisted of 24 people in various medical areas including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, administrators, religious support people and nursing students. They carried out a plan to help 1,000 Nepalese people who hadn’t received medical treatment. They not only gave treatment consultations, but also performed some procedures like esophagogastroscopy, otitis media surgery and strabotomy. The medical service volunteers also prepar
On November 20, a Learning Talk lecture was held in the Multimedia-room on the third floor of New Bauer Hall.The speaker was Chae Ra-da, a product director for EBS. The topic of the lecture was “Why are we going to university?,” which is the same as her documentary’s name. The six-part documentary was designed to ask Korean youths why they study to get good grades so they can find a job without thinking about what they really want. She said, “Korean students don’t share their thoughts as well as students from other countries. During the past called Open Your Mouth, she insisted that “universit
The Special Lecture by the former Minister of Unification was held in the College of Social Science building at 1:30 p.m. on October 30. Ryu Gil-jae, the former Minister of Unification, talked about the reasons for unification. He explained that we are the same race and we cultivated a long history before the war. He also said that we should prepare for and overcome the difficulties that unification will cause. In addition, he said that we should meet, talk and cooperate with North Korea to reconcile our differences. His lecture awakened in us the necessity of unification and the divided natur