There was a presentation about the Global Training Talented Individuals Program in Keimyung University’s Euiyang Hall on June 1. It was a presentation that explained overseas employment by Korea Overseas Career Development Association (KOCA).Kim Sang-hee, a staff member of KOCA, talked about the current condition of overseas employment. The government has planned to stimulate overseas employment because young people have difficulty finding jobs domestically. For this reason, college students do various activities to avoid unemployment. However, because of lack of information, college students
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
There was an award ceremony for an advertisement contest to promote Keimyung University on May 3. The topic was open but should offer fresh and unique content.Gold prizes were awarded to three teams, silver prizes to three teams and village prizes to six teams. The grand prize was removed because it was too hard to choose an obvious winner instead of increasing gold prize money.In a speech at the ceremony, President Synn Ilhi said, “I want to have love for this school and to know this school through this advertisement contest.” Ryu Jin Han, a judge of the advertisement contest, said, “I found
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 27, an event was held to celebrate World Book and Copyright Day on the first floor of Dongsan Library. This event gave a red rose to anyone who returned 115 books from KMU's education collection to the library by using the auto book lending machine. Additionally, there was a quiz about the Dongsan Library and a lottery for some prizes. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. many students participated in this event.Attendee Kim Min-ji majoring in taxation said, "I can get to know about World Book and Copyright day so I hope that many people join this event."April 23 was established as World Book and C
On April 1, Keimyung University (KMU) hosted a tree planting event to celebrate Arbor Day. This Arbor Day celebration was held in KMU’s Dongyoung Forest in Chilgok. The event attendees removed dead trees, planted valuable research trees such as white birch, hinoki cypress and oriental raisin tree and learned about their medicinal uses. Also, Dongyoung Forest has a cypress forest that was created by a donation from Chilgok-gun government. Chilgok County officer said, “Fresh and clean air in a forest releases stress and anxiety and helps the metabolism of the human body.”The forest operates vari
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