On February 21, the popular TV drama, ‘Boys over flowers’, was filmed on Keimyung University’s campus. Although the filming was closed to the public, a large number of students waited a long time next to the location. Keimyung University received hundreds of phone calls from ‘Boys over flowers’ fans, resulting in the Keimyung administration system being paralyzed for some time. However, the university expressed great satisfaction with such a large response and the tremendous propaganda effect. The drama will feature many of Keimyung University’s beautiful buildings, which are frequently filmed
On February 12, a conferment of degrees ceremony was held in Adams Chapel. About 3000 graduates, their families and congratulators packed the campus.In the first part of the ceremony, a total of 903 graduates (677 masters, 119 doctorates, and 107 non-degrees) received their degree and/or diploma.The second part of the ceremony was the conferment of honorary doctorates. Synn Il-hee, as the 9th president of Keimyung University, awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Political Science and an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration to Kim Moo-yun and Ham Jeong-woong respectively.
On February 9, the Department of Athletics concluded MOU in regard to the common interest in cultural exchange related with physical education, with the Vietnam public peace department.Both parties are cooperated with each other in various fields of sports and Taekwondo, and through their mutual cooperation they can have joint training and can exchange information and their experts. In addition, there is an intensive Korean language teaching program for Vietnamese in this MOU. The MOU is expected to increase the amount of exchanges between the two departments in the future.
Professors from the College of Environment are to support their students by providing funds. They made an agreement to make a fund that should be used to help needy students. Professors will pay an endowment for a period of ten years and this money will be used for scholarships. Professors from the College of Environment have often helped disabled and parentless families. Even though the money is not enough to help everyone, it will make a difference. Some professors from the College of Environment regularly donate the necessities of life and spend time with the disabled.
For the first time, a private organization of Korea, Keimyung University, via its 'Keimyung 1% sharing love' project, donated money to Africa, parts of which are suffering from hunger and disease. From last August, after an outbreak of cholera, more then 35,000 people have been infect, and 1,700 people died in Zimbabwe due to the disease. A participant of the 'Keimyung 1% sharing love' project said, "Zimbabwe is suffering a lot of pain because of the lack of medical appliances and medicines. Zimbabwe needs help from the world.” In addition, he added that they are continually trying new methods
Keimyung University and Goryeong-Gun are cooperating to make Keimyung Goryeong-Gun's national school. President Synn Il-hi visited Goryeong-Gun and confirmed Keimyung as Goryeong-Gun's national school. On December 15, Lee Tae-gun, the county headman of Goryeong-Gun, nominated a special professor to promote more active interchange between Keimyung and Goryeong-Gun. Both parties concluded an agreement with each other and the four clauses they decided upon are as follows: development of the local area, sharing data related to study and administration, and public welfare and education for the comm
On December 18, Lee Seung-sun, a professor from the Department of Composition in Keimyung University, won a prize for his composition at the 1st Korean Opera Award with his work, Asadal and Asanyo. The award was held by the Korea Opera Group and Kimchakyung Opera Group to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the starting of opera in Korea. His work, Asadal and Asanyo, was performed at the 2004 and 2007 Daegu International Opera Festival and the 2000 Gyeongju World Culture Expo.
A museum expo is being held by the Council of Museums of Daegu in Donggok Exhibition Hall of Hengso Museum from December 22 to January 31, 2009. Admission is free.In the exhibition, spectators can see relics of the Goryeo period, including celadon, (especially grayish-blue-powdered celadon), textbooks, ancient documents, maps, postcards, traditional folk paintings, high quality brass tableware, earthenware, and clay dolls. In addition, Jinjuseongdo, a folding screen of Jinju castle in the 17th and 18th centuries, which was appointed as a national treasure in December 2008 by the Cultural Herit
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