From January 4 to 6, Education for International Citizens (EFIC) was held in Dong Yeong Hall for local high school students. There were 45 high school students from Songhyun, Kyunghwa, and Wonhwa girls' high schools. EFIC was designed to provide international comprehension and multi-cultural experiences. The students learned many things about other countries. The program ran for six hours a day, and it was composed of English conversation, understanding world cultures, English presentation skills, negotiation training, business etiquette and culture, and team activities. A UCC contest encourag
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
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
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
On November 27, the final debate contest hosted by Keimyung University was held in Shattuck Hall. The final contestants had a heated discussion for 50 minutes.There were two different topics which were the abolition of the death penalty in the first round and semi-final and conscientious objection to military service in the quarterfinal and final. They selected pro and con through a lottery before the contest. The winner of each contest was selected by College of Architectural Studies professors.The awards ceremony began after the final in Shattuck Hall. The team members who won the top prize
Keimyung University decided to make a donation for residents of Yeonpyeong Island. Keimyung University will donate 10 million won raised from Keimyng 1% Love Sharing through the Republic of Korea National Red Cross. Keimyung also plans to send volunteers composed of Keimyung staffs and students to Yeonpyeong Island to do restoration works and aid after getting permission from the authorities.Keimyung 1% Love Sharing is composed of 741 Keimyung staff and has operated since 2004. The organization has been maintained by 1% of Keimyung staffs’ pay. They have raised about 260 million won to help th
On November 10, the “Allergy-free” team comprised of students from the Department of Food and Nutrition was awarded the grand prize in the field of new food development at the 2010 Seoul Food Safety Contest sponsored by the Seoul Food Safety Information (FSI). The purpose of the contest was making a healthy city through safe food. The “Allergy-free” team participated in the contest with the theme “Replacing Allergy-Causing Elements.”The “Allergy-free” team replaced ingredients causing allergies with safe ingredients. For example, they replaced cream with soymilk, tomato with Korean raspberries
From November 4 to 5, a mock meeting for the tenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP10) was held in Changwon University. It was held to help explain desertification and understand climate change and to promote the UNCCD COP 10 which will be held in Asia for the first time in Changwon in 2011.The mock meeting included 3 committees. The agenda for the mock meeting was to find better solutions through cooperation between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the UNCCD COP10. Only the first committ
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