On May 31, a Northeast Normal University (NENU) cultural group gave a performance at the College of Business Administration. This event was sponsored by the Confucius Institute at KMU. The group comes from Chilin Province, China.The NENU students played traditional Chinese musical instruments including the mandolin, the lute, and the dizi (a Chinese flute). They also performed a short Tibetan drama with martial arts. Then a group of girls from the Tai minority group performed a dance. In addition, Zhang Jian Hua, a professor of Chinese painting at NENU, painted a Chinese painting while a mando
A special lecture on start-ups was held on May 11 in new Bauer Hall. The lecture was for students who are interested in establishing a business. At the beginning of the lecture, Kim Jong-hwa, the manager of Daegu Center for Creative Economy & Innovation, introduced a business which helps young people find jobs. The main lecturer was Lee Jung-wook, who is a member of the national team for flying paper airplanes. He won the championship at the 5th Korea Cup Paper Airplane Festival. He is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for flying 12 paper airplanes into a watermelon in one minute. The poi
On May 27, the 2016 International Symposium on Comparative Literature (the 1st Hengso Forum) was held at Dongcheon Hall. It was sponsored by the National Research Foundation of Korea. Eleven distinguished scholars from Korea, the US, Canada, the UK, Iran, China, and Japan were invited to this symposium. It went on for 8 hours with 5 sessions.In the first session, Edith Hall and Simon Goldhill lectured about modern reinterpretation of classics. Lectures about cross-cultural adaptation and education were given by Sandra L. Beckett, Brother Anthony of Taize, Massimo Verdicchio, and Mich Nyawalo d
On May 16, a presentation about Australian government scholarships was held in Keimyung University Youngam Hall. It was a presentation for students who are interested in Australia and want to study abroad.A member of the staff of the Australian Embassy explained the education system of Australia and government scholarships. First, she introduced the educational system, the socio-economic situation, and college education in Australia. She said that Australia is a popular place to study. Next, she introduced Australian government scholarships. She explained the eligibility conditions and how to
On May 2, an organ solo was held at Keimyung University Adams Chapel. The recital was arranged by the College of Music and Performing Arts. Willy Ippolito, who comes from France, played the organ. The recital contained Bach’s Toccata, Adagio and Fuga, Pachelbel’s Aria Quinta from Hexacordum Appolinis, Cabanilles’ Passacalles, and Vivaldi’s Concerto Grosso d-Moll RV 565.Willy Ippolito served as the Notre-Dame de Boulogne-Billancourt organist and currently serves as harpsichord and organ professor at the National Conservatory in Charleville-Mzires, his hometown. He is also engaged in organ resea
On April 20, the Personality Education Symposium was held in the audiovisual room of Keimyung University Hengso Museum. It was a symposium by several experts on the present state of personality education in the global age.Park Hee-Gu, the dean of the College of Liberal Education, gave a brief introductory greeting instead of the president of Keimyung. Son Dong-Hyun, a professor at Sungkyunkwan University, emphasized the importance of personality education. His presentation was followed by other presentations on personality education. Lee Hyun-Ji, the head of Keimyung University Personality Edu
Keimyung University was the top private regional university in the 2016 University Social Responsibility Index. This measure was designed by the Korea Social Responsibility Network (KSRN) and Tomato Corporate Social Responsibility research institute. The evaluation involved 149 private universities nationwide. A perfect score on this evaluation was 4.5. Keimyung University got an average of 3.635. Keimyung got excellent grades in various fields. The university was particularly praised in the student, community and environment categories. It was praised for educational expenses per student and
The Ministry of Education announced that Keimyung University (KMU) was selected for CORE, the acronym for COllege of humanities Research and Education. Seven universities in the capital and nine regional universities were selected. CORE is the first financial support for research and education in colleges of humanities. This initiative was made to overcome the low popularity and the low employment rate of humanities majors. The Ministry of Education will give a total of 60 billion won under CORE to revitalize and strengthen humanities departments. In Daegu, only Keimyung University and Kyungpo
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