On January 29, the Multicultural Social Institute was selected as the agency for running social adaptation programs for immigrants by the Ministry of Justice. The center started to manage a variety of programs for multi-cultural families in February. Programs for immigrants are to provide immigrants who want to acquire citizenship with educational benefits. On top of that, the course finishers can get an exemption from the written test and reduce the waiting time for acquiring citizenship.In the center, a Korean language course and an understanding Korean society course are to be established a
Keimyung Dongsan Medical Center has completed the construction of the School of Medicine and the College of Nursing. On February 5, a building dedication ceremony was held to celebrate the completion of construction 500 guests attended including Cha Soon-do, the director of Dongsan Medical Center, Jeong Soon-mo, the Chief of the Board of Directors, and President Synn Il-hi. The School of Medicine and College of Nursing start their new semester in the new building on Sung seo campus. The School of Medicine contains nine floors and the College of Nursing contains five stories high. In addition,
On January 28, Cha Soon-do, the director of Dongsan Medical Center, along with Korea Food for the Hungry International, dispatched medical volunteers to Haiti. Director Cha and Son Eun-ik, the medical service leader, participated in the ceremony of dispatching medical volunteers to East Haiti. President Synn said, "We hope to contribute to saving Haitians through the help of this volunteer organization." The medical volunteer team consists of eight specialists in internal medicine, orthopedics, and anesthesiology, nurses, and pharmacists from Dongsan Medical Center. Eight paramedic volunteers
Keimyung University students received praise for their performance in the 4th University Theater Festival in Geochang. In this festival, fifteen traditional drama teams and nine musical teams competed for eighteen days. As a result, Sweeney Todd, composed of students from the Department of Theatre Arts, was awarded the silver prize, the grand prize for a female performance, and the best actor prize.Kyonggi University team’s Crazy Bird received the grand prize in traditional drama, and Chungang University team’s Bunnaya, Come down from the Tree was awarded the prize for the best musical.
The Apple team, composed of three students from the Department of Tourism Management, was awarded the second prize at the university student idea contest for development of local tourism policies held under the auspices of the Tourism Sciences Society of Korea and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Approximately 90 teams from other universities participated in this contest.The team submitted a policy idea with the title “City Card.” They received high praise for creativity, the practicality of their proposal, and the ripple effect on the local economy. In addition, they got a certifi
The Logic & Ethics Education Center was appointed in 2009 as a supporting business of lecturing humanities for citizens. This business started in 2007 and continued until 2009. This is the only such business in Daegu and Gyeongbuk. Every semester, philosophy seminars take place every Thursday and a course by the enunciation leader has been held by the Logic & Ethics Education Center. In particular, the enunciation leader course is very popular among high school students and their parents.
On December 6, foreign students in Keimyung achieved magnificent results in the 4th Korean Speech Contest for Foreigners. This contest was sponsored by Kyongbuk University of Foreign Studies, and 100 foreign students from Russia, Japan, China, Mongolia, and other countries participated. Saishu Miyuki (Korean Language Institute) from Japan won the first prize, and Paththage Chamila (Korean Language Institute) from Sri Lanka won the second prize. Xiao Ai Di (sophomore, Dept. of Korean Studies) from China won the popularity award, and Mazana Vladislava (Korean Language Institute) from the Czech R
On December 22, President Synn Il-hi was given a letter of appreciation from the U.S. Army at the closing ceremony of the 12th Korean American Friendship Circle held at the Hotel Inter-bulgo EXCO under the auspices of KAPA (Korean American Partnership Association). In the ceremony, approximately 300 people, including Lee Cheol-hwi, the operational commander of the ROK Army Second Operations Command, and people concerned with KAPA participated. General Thomas Harvey, commander of the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, gave the letter of appreciation to President Synn. President Synn said,
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