The 2009 Keimyung University Top 10 News Stories were selected at the recommendation of 390 members of Keimyung (160 school personnel and 228 students).1. KMU to Establish College of PharmacyOn June 29, Keimyung University began preparations to establish a College of Pharmacy and has already secured 100 billion won in financial resources. 2. Keimyung University Selected as HR Development Center On June 12, Keimyung University was selected as an HRD (Human Resource Development) center for fostering regional industries by the Ministry of Education and Science Technology (MEST). As a result, KMU
Keimyung University Professor Yoon Kyung-pyo and Kyungpook National University Professor Kim Soon-kwon succeeded in producing recycled resource energy, bio-ethanol, using cornstalks. Owing to this success, it can be possible to get cheap and plentiful bio-ethanol energy using non-food agricultural by-products. On October 27, a member of the research team said, “The distinctive feature of this development is in its not using corn but cornstalks, and we could extract bio-ethanol through using a much smaller amount of enzyme.”America first developed bio-ethanol extraction from corn, but this succ
On December 2, the 2009 Posco Campus Symphony Festival was held in Keimyung Art Center. The Euro-Asian Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Gum Nan-se provided the chance for Keimyung students and faculty and local residents to experience the artistic performance. This festival had already been held in Seoul National University, Hanyang University, Kwangwoon Universtiy, and Kyung Hee University.In the performance, Professor Lee Hwa-young of the College of Music and Performing Arts sang soprano, and Professor Kim Jung-hwa of the Deptartment of Practical Music Education sang mezzo soprano. They we
On November 12, the Dean of Academic Affairs announced Keimyung is going to carry out seventy-five minute classes along with the fifty minutes classes from 2010. Seventy-five minute classes are to improve the efficiency of three credit classes.Seventy-five minute classes have many advantages. First, they can increase the efficiency of study. For example, fifty minute classes cost much time calling the roll, so it was hard for the students to study effectively in the remaining time. In addition, while the previous break time was only ten minutes, it has increased to been fifteen minutes, which
On November 20, the first preparatory meeting for the 2009 Winter Overseas Volunteer Corps was held in Euiyang Hall at 4:30 p.m. This program is divided into three teams for Cambodia, the Philippines, and Laos. The Philippines team will leave Korea on December 28, followed by the Cambodia team on December 30 and the Laos team on January 12. Each team is to stay at its destination country for 12 nights.The meeting was composed of an introduction of the leaders of each team, the volunteer program, and the countries the volunteers are to go to. In the introduction of leaders, Kim Yong-il, the dea
On November 10, an international exchange program with Algoma University was introduced in the multimedia room, New Bauer Hall, at 2 p.m.The talk started with an introduction of Keimyung’s international exchange programs. First, the exchange scholarship program in which Keimyung students can study in sister schools was introduced. The next program where Keimyung students can participate was the European Union Industrialized Countries Instrument Education Cooperation Program which enables students to study in four European universities. The four countries are England, Poland, Finland, and Slove
On October 29, Keimyung Consulting Group (KCG) won prizes at two separate contests. The team won first prize at the Samsung VLUU Marketing Contest for University Students and second prize at the Lanxess-Hankyung Business Presentation Contest.KCG focused on female university students and presented marketing strategies for selling cameras. They covered the street with red carpet, and on the red carpet, they demonstrated the VLUU camera. In addition, they really sold cameras to customers. KCG was highly praised for its special marketing of the camera.On the same day, the team and Kim Yeon-jin, a
In accordance with plans by the Ministry for Health, Welfare, and Family Affairs to increase the number of colleges of pharmacy, Keimyung University has begun preparations to establish a college of pharmacy.One of the reasons Keimyung University wants to establish a college of pharmacy is Dongsan Medical Center was originally founded as a small Western medicine clinic called the “American Pharmacy” in 1899. Keimyung has tried to establish a college of pharmacy nine times since 1980 but failed because of institutional restrictions. Keimyung has already secured 100 billion won which is needed to
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