On May 4, ‘The Room for Japanese Culture’ event from the department of Japanese Lang. & Lit. was held in the International Lounge. Many professors and students from the department of Japanese Lang. & Lit. attended the event. It began with an opening speech by You Ok-hee, a chief professor (Dept. of Japanese Lang. & Lit.).The event consisted of lots of programs such as appreciation of Japanese poems, short plays that were parodied from TV programs by students (Dept. of Japanese Lang. and Lit.), and dance and singing performances by Japanese exchange students studying at Keimyung university. Thi
On April 31, Dongsan medical center of Keimyung University was awarded ‘The 2010 Korea grand prize in global medical treatment marketing'. iMBC, Donga.com, The Daily Sports, the Korea Tourist Service and the China·Korea Medicine and Medical Treatment Exchange Association sponsored the award.This grand prize is designed to promote hospitals that attract foreign patients. The organizers examined many hospitals through expert investigations, online investigations and monitoring hospital systems for three months, and Dongsan medical center was selected. As a result of winning the grand prize, Dong
On April 14, Dr. Yang Jae-wook from Kansas University gave a special lecture in the main conference room of the administration building.When Keimyung University developed its college of pharmacy, they planned this special lecture. The theme of the special lecture was 'the current clinical pharmacology education in the U.S. and the ideal clinical strategy of clinical pharmacology education'. In the lecture, Dr. Yang said that Keimyung University is more able to develop an efficient educational system for the college of pharmacy than other pharmaceutical colleges.
On April 9, a workshop for International Faculty Members was held in a KCTL (Keimyung Center for Teaching and Learning) seminar room on the third floor in the new Bauer hall. It was started with a greeting address by Jo Young-gae, a research professor, and the subject of the workshop was 'KMU computer systems for teaching and administration'.In the workshop, they explained KMU computer systems, sectionalized the Keimyung University homepage, Intranet, Web-mail, Web-disk, T&L Support system and the KMU Library system for International Faculty Members.The speaker was David Lyons (dept. English L
Keimyung University President Synn declared that the ‘Conducting Academy’ will open in the College of Music and Performing Arts under the guidance of the National Symphony Orchestra conductor, Kwak Sung. The academy provides a unique, high level opportunity for talented conductors to work and improve their conducting ability. The academy is open to anyone majoring in music and possessing some prior conducting experience. It will provide 16 classes (32hrs) every week. Kwak Sung, an honorary professor of KMU, will give a lecture on conducting techniques, orchestral conducting, reading music note
On March 23 to 25, a freshman welcoming festival and the opening ceremony of the General Student Council were held in Seongseo and Daemyung campuses.There was a club performance, a Pizza Hut tasting event, a no-smoking campaign and the first regular general meeting on the first day. On the next day, there was a Popeye contest, a coke drinking competition, an arm wrestling competition, a lecture on overseas internships, and so on. On the final day, some things such as blood donation that were scheduled in the morning were canceled because of the rain, but the evening schedule went along as plan
On March 18, The DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) held a presentation about a study abroad program and scholarship in Germany was in room 354, Youngam Hall.The presentation began with a short speech from Park Sang-hyuk, the chief of the Office of International Affairs. Next, Michael Paulus, the chief of DAAD Seoul, led the presentation. Dr. Ho-kyung Rhee of DAAD Seoul interpreted and explained detailed information, such as the percentage of Korean students who are studying in Germany and the cost of tuition fees.If you want to get more information about DAAD, you can visit their
On March 5, the ‘Nightingale Pledge ceremony’ was taken by new nurses vowing to do their best in their career in nursing. It was held in the College of Nursing auditorium on Seongseo campus.110 junior students from the College of Nursing, who have taken their first step to becoming nurses, made the vows with candlelight to follow the nurse’s spirit in the form of respect for life and love for humanity. Around 400 people, including Kwon Young-sook, the dean of the College of Nursing, and many graduates and students attended the ceremony to support the junior students.