Twelve Keimyung University students including Park Jae-wook and Lim Hyun-chul, who are Hyundai-Kia automotive research scholarship students, received the highest award for their car “Cuties” at the final of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Research Scholarship Student Design Contest.Cuties was completely made by the students, from its design and assembly to the installation of new technology. The main parts of the car made use of parts from secondhand cars. Cuties is the result of 9 months’ effort and received high scores for its appearance and engine capacity.Park Jae-wook and Lim Hyun-chul are stu
On January 19, President Synn Il-hi received a letter of appointment as the Italian honorary consul to Korea, authorized by the Italian Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Korea at the special conferment ceremony in the Korean and Italian Association’s ordinary general meeting. It is assumed that this appointment is to acknowledge President Synn’s non-governmental diplomatic ability in improving bilateral friendly relations of the two countries and his big role in founding the Korean and Italian Association in January, 2006. President Synn received a medal for his merit
Keimyung University students won the first and third prizes at the 2008 Yonhanaro Communications Promotion Award sponsored by Yonhanaro Communications. The names of the winning teams were ManaMana and Big MaMa, Keimyung University clubs that take part in “idea challenges.”ManaMana won the first prize among twelve participating teams in the final selection and won high praise from the judges for their special proposal entitled “ManaMana’s Proposal to SK Broadband” and their suggestion of how to enhance its advertizing and customer information services. In addition, ManaMana received three milli
On December 8, six professors from the Department of Christian Studies made a donation for Lee Chang-yeol, their student with kidney trouble.Lee has suffered from nephropathy since he was 15, so he has been treated for over ten years. Although he is not well off and labors under his disease, he studies hard. However, his condition took a serious turn recently, so he was listed for a kidney transplant. Fortunately, his brother is a compatible donor, so he is expected to get a kidney transplant early this year.He said, “The true hearts of my schoolmates and professors are extremely valuable to m
Keimyung University is planning to resurrect the tradition of displaying the Bisa Scholarship Board after twenty years’ absence. The board, made from the wood of the paulownia tree, has the carved names of each Keimyung University student who received a Bisa Scholarship since 1979.The Bisa Scholarship Board used to appear in graduation ceremonies in Keimyung University every year, following its introduction by President Synn Il-hi in 1978. It was modeled on similar boards in famous Ivy League universities. However, the tradition of displaying the board disappeared in the mid 1980s as graduatio
On November 27, Kwon Yung-ho, president of the Interburgo Group and specially appointed professor of FISEP, donated his personal land to Keimyung University. The amount reached approximately 20 billion won, the largest contribution since the foundation of Keimyung. The land is located around Chilgok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and the area of land (7.4 million pyeong - 2,434,547㎡) amounts to 1.5 times the size of Seongseo campus. Dr. Kwon said, “My decision to contribute my personal land to Keimyung University originated from my belief that Keimyung University, which has kept a high reputation amon
An environment ecology protection campaign was held at Keimyung University. Keimyung ecology committee developed an 'Eco Campus' campaign with 26,000 participants. The aim of the campaign is to help people to understand the importance of the ecological environment and how to practice ecological environment protection on campus. From November 28, this movement is composed of 3 parts: 'Beautiful table,' 'No car day,' and 'Honest exam.''Beautiful table' is a campaign for children in developing countries dying of starvation. It was held in a staff and student cafeteria. Staff cafeteria's food tick
On November 5, Kim Jin-myung, a senior in the Department of English Language and Literature, was selected to join the 2009 Study of the U.S. Institute for Korean Undergraduate Student Leaders. Since September, the U.S Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has tested university students through resume submission, English screening, a telephone interview, and a final videophone interview. From next January, Kim Jin-myung will participate in a leadership program, history and culture courses, and cultural exchange for six weeks in Chicago. ECA provides a round-trip airplane ticket, boar
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