The 2008 autumn festival, entitled “Lalala - Feel it! Enjoy it! Share it!” will be held under the auspices of General Student Club Association (GSCA) on Seong-seo campus from September 23 to 25. GSCA focused not just on people enjoying the festival but on actually participating in the festival. This festival has three campaigns under the theme “Be Honest, Quit Smoking, and Save Energy.” It has programs like a secondhand book store, a saving energy campaign, and a stop smoking campaign, and they will continue for three days around the campus. 5% of the total income from selling secondhand books
On September 9, the English Speaking Contest (ESCON) organized by the College of Social Sciences was held at Room 124, the Social Sciences Building, at 12:30 p.m. Seven teams participated in this contest and four professors judged their speeches.Professor David Lyons, one of the judges in the contest and a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, said, “The speech contest was a definite success. The contestants put a lot of imagination and preparation into their topics, and they performed very well. It was also good to see other students taking an interest in the contest
Maintenance Team 1 and the Facilities Management Team conducted renovations to enhance student welfare and the educational environment.Maintenance Team 1 constructed new parking places for bicycles and motorcycles. Spaces for 420 bicycles and motorcycles were made. The team also made a rest area south of Baekeun Hall. In addition, the team set up information boards at the Center for International Education and the College of Music and Performing Arts. The Facilities Management Team started wood-preservation work in Keimyung Hanhak-chon (Keimyung Culture Village); renovated C Wing of the Engine
From August 25 to 29, three Great Scholar’s Lectures on the Humanities were given in Seoul Metropolitan City and Daegu City: the first in Korea University, the second in Keimyung University, and the third in Seoul National University.On August 27, the second Great Scholar’s Lecture on the Humanities, “Democracy and Toleration,” was given by Professor Martha Nussbaum, professor of law and ethics in the University of Chicago, at Haedam Concert Hall in the College of Music and Performing Arts. Professor Nussbaum is a world-famous political philosopher, ethicist, classicist, and feminist. She was
The 2008 Daegu International Youth Festival was held under the auspices of the Office of International Affairs from August 12 to 18 in Keimyung University, Daegu City, and Gyeongsangbuk-do. In this festival, 113 students participated: thirty students from Keimyung University and eighty three foreign students from ten countries with cities affiliated as sister-cities to Daegu City. Starting from the opening ceremony, held on August 12, various programs like a campus tour, lectures on the Korean language, a field trip to Donghwasa, samulnori, and meetings with home stay families took place. Keim
On August 6, Center for International Education hosted the completion ceremony of completion of the first half of 2008 education course conducted by Center for International Education at the multimedia lecture room, New Bauer Hall at 11 a.m.Professor Oh Ik-guen (Prof. of Department of Tourism Management), head of Center for International Education, said, “Students who completed the course for the past semester should strive to the understand Korean Culture and Korean language more and more. I’m convinced that students' completion of the course will play a pivotal role in promoting cultural exc
On July 17, two books published by Keimyung University Press, An Essay on Kant’s Perpetual Peace and A Village Forest and Chamsali, were selected as “2008 Excellent Books” by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. The first book received high praise for viewing world peace from the perspective of historical philosophy, while the latter viewed forests as the mother of mankind and the hope for a better future for humanity. Professor Lee Young-chan of the Department of Sociology, the head of Keimyung University Press, said, “The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism spent nine million w
On July 16, volunteers from the Keimyung University Maintenance Team donated eight million won, which they collected by selling waste paper and empty cans, to the university. Since November 2000, they have periodically donated money to help students in difficult economic situations and old people who live alone. Jang Han-soo, the head of the volunteers in Seongseo campus, said, “We feel proud of our volunteer work when we realize that such seemingly useless materials can be a big help to our neighbors in difficult situations. We will continue to do these volunteer activities.” By Ryu Ji-younKM
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