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
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
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
On 3 December, KMU 'From Idea' team was awarded the grand prize in the contest, 'The first Charm soju marketing & design company KUMBOKJU.' They got the 2,000,000 won scholarships with the marketing idea, 'Creating new brand value strategy of Charm soju.'The contest, aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, has held from October, 11 to October, 21. In the contest, 159 teams competed. Seven teams passed the initial screening, and the grand prize team was selected from a presentation.A KUMBOKJU official said, "We will reflect the local university participants' attentions and passion to our
On December 3, Lee Un-koo, Hyundae automotive’s vice president, gave a special lecture in the engineering building. The topic was the expected attitude of engineers in the future. Many mechanical automotive engineering students and professors listened to the lecture. Lee Un-koo said that, recently, development of technology has been found to cause environmental change. In particular, carbon dioxide emissions have been linked to climate change. The environment should be protected by developing alternative sources of energy. Furthermore, Lee Un-koo explained that future engineers will need to be
On November 25, the 8th Kemmy Awards was held in Bauer Hall multimedia room. The students, who are taking a Communication English class and were recommended by their professor, could participate in this competition.Communication English class professors judged the competition. The judges where looking for creativity, good preparation, good delivery, and a clear structure. Fourteen students participated. They chose a subject and gave a five minute presentation about it. The subjects chose topics such as the butterfly effect, airway obstruction, and differences between the sexes. Some students p
On November 16, the student arts troupe of China Shandong University, Wei Hai branch, visited Keimyung University and performed in the Bauer Hall multimedia room.The students troupe performed a quartet (horse racing), a solo (rattan), martial arts, a dance (Aagacci), among other things. The martial art performance, including Palguekgwon, Taeguekgwon, Pyeongwon, and swordmanship, attracted the audience’s attention. Also, in the quartet, we were able to enjoy Chinese traditional instruments which made beautiful harmonious sounds.Shandong University Wei Hai branch school vice president, Ryu Wi Di
Johnny Chun, who was the interpreter of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, gave a special lecture on November, 10 at Euiyang Hall.The subject of the lecture was ‘How to study English?’. He told students before starting the lecture, “Don’t think that English is difficult. Believe you can do it. Although I couldn’t talk with foreigners, I am teaching English now. Make your dream come true.” He said that ‘how’ is more important than ‘what’ in studying English and he also said that when you study English, follow this order: listening, reading, speaking, and writing. In addition, he stressed that