On March 11, a special lecture by the American Ambassador to Korea, Marc Knapper, was held in Dongsan Library. The topic was "U.S.-Korea Relations in the 21st Century."KMU joined the Window on America (WOA) Program organized by the United States Embassy in 2008. Today, KMU provides about 3000 publications of U.S. government agencies to enrolled students for free. WOA is a program that donates published materials by U.S. government agencies to educational institutions of Korea.Marc Knapper said that even though the two countries were far away, the U.S. is a neighboring country to Korea, and nei
The Ministry of Education announced that Keimyung University (KMU) was selected for CORE, the acronym for COllege of humanities Research and Education. Seven universities in the capital and nine regional universities were selected. CORE is the first financial support for research and education in colleges of humanities. This initiative was made to overcome the low popularity and the low employment rate of humanities majors. The Ministry of Education will give a total of 60 billion won under CORE to revitalize and strengthen humanities departments. In Daegu, only Keimyung University and Kyungpo
A special lecture was held on March 29 at New Bauer Hall. The theme was world travel and entrepreneurship. The writer Ryu Kwang-hyun has traveled to 31 countries and listened to the stories of Korean CEOs who have lived in foreign countries. His purpose was learning entrepreneurship from Korean CEOs in different countries and companies. He met CEOs in small and large enterprises and many different industries like agriculture, livestock and lodging. His travel story is more unique and interesting to students because instead of spending his own money, he was sponsored by CEOs. He has always trie
A special lecture about the Qualcomm Institute Global Work Experience Program was held at the College of Engineering on March 15. This special lecture was mainly for students who are in the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Game & Mobile Contents. In addition, 15 students who participated in this program last summer vacation also attended this lecture. This time, Professor Ramesh Rao from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCSD (University of California, San Diego) was the speaker.Professor Rao said, “Making an air pollution sensor applicati
On March 12, at Keimyung University’s College of Business Administration, the CEO Forum was held. The lecturer was Ju Jin-tae, Samchang Engineering Co. CEO, who gave a lecture about management. He talked about relationships with superiors, coworkers, and customers. According to Ju Jin-tae, the mind has great power to help people improve their relationships. His lecture revealed how to build harmonious relationships between coworkers, superiors, and customers. He said, “If you change yourself, your surroundings will change.” This means controlling your mind can make you much better than now.The
KMU President Synn llhi visited Turkey through the city of Istanbul’s official invitation from January 27 to February 2. President Synn and Istanbul University President Mahmut Ak discussed academic exchange for research on the Silk Road’s history and culture. Both universities decided to start student exchange in the second semester 2016 Istanbul University is a Turkish public university with a 550-year history. It has produced presidents of Turkey and the first Turkish Nobel Literature Prize winner, Orhan Pamuk. KMU opened the Silk Road Central Asia Institute in 2014 for academic research an
On January 22, every recent graduate of Keimyung University’s College of Pharmacy passed the 67th state Pharmaceutical Chemist Examination. In 2011, Keimyung University founded its College of Pharmacy, so last year was the first year that the College of Pharmacy produced graduates. Last year, those first 27 graduates all passed the state Pharmaceutical Chemist Examination.This year, all students of the second graduating class passed the 67th state exam. Therefore, the rate of successful test-takers is 100% for two consecutive years. Gong Jae-yang, dean of KMU’s College of Pharmacy said, “This
Keimyung University Startup Support Center and Daegu Metropolitan City held a startup companies EXPO. The event was held from February 17 to 19. It was held in Prime Hall in Debec Plaza. Many startup companies, university clubs, and individuals participated in it. Successful startup companies and university clubs supported by Keimyung University Startup Support Center prepared exhibition booths. They showed various products. There were foods, new materials, and craft works. Many programs were prepared for participants. For example, there were an information bureau about startups and experience
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