The KMU archery team had outstanding success in the Korean University Archery Championship on July 6. The team took six gold, three silver, and three bronze medals in the 19th Korean University Archery Championship held in Gwangju Women’s University.The men’s archery team with Park Jin-eok, Park Seong-hyeok, Park Seong-cheol, and Heo Jae-woo stood at the top of the team competition. Park Seong-cheol set a new tournament record for the 70m and dominated the competition, becoming a quintuple medalist.The KMU women’s archery team with Jeon In-a, Kim Soo-rin, Jeon Soo-bin, and Im Se-ri got a silve
From July 6 to 9, KMU students in the Grocal Trade Expert Incubating Program (GTEP) participated in the Shanghai International Sports Equipment Expo and the Beijing K-Style Fair 2016. Students prepared for these for a month, analyzing products and strategizing for marketing. They also gave a lot of help to several local companies like working as interns at the companies. Through these activities, both companies and students benefited. Exports of the companies have increased, and KMU students had a good opportunity to learn about international trade and commerce. After participating in the expo
The 16th ‘Dream and Hopeful Harmony’ Concert was held in Bauer Hall on KMU’s Sungseo Campus. This concert is held twice every year to improve children’s confidence, positive mind and musical ability.The 40 children who participated in this program showed their singing and piano abilities.The 20 children who played a hand bell, ocarina or ukulele got a good reaction from the audience.The head of KMU’s local community foundation Jo Sung-suk said, “This concert is a chance to help children grow and mature.” Children who participate in this concert gain confidence and improve their musical talent,
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
On May 25, the fashion show by graduating fashion design students was held in front of Shattuck Hall on Daemyung Campus. Seventy-seven designers prepared 154 clothing items for the show. President Sin li-lee congratulated and encouraged the college graduates. He said, “The 21st century art style has changed from the 20th. Don’t mimic what you see, but express what you feel and try to express the ideas in a new way. Today’s trend is that invisible things are changed into visible. And colors naturally harmonize with the design.” He emphasized three types of fashion work: artistry, sociality and
On May 19th, a special lecture was held at the international seminar room in Dongcheon Hall, which is the graduate school building.Senegal Ambassador Mamadou Ndiaye delivered a lecture on the current development in Senegal and lessons to learn from Korea’s development experience.The ambassador mentioned Senegal’s geographical, cultural and political merits. He also emphasized that it will be a big challenge for Senegal to introduce and apply Korean policies. He expressed his opinion that “The main part of Senegal policy should be education. It means that high-quality human resources should be
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