The Vietnamese ambassador to Korea, H.E. Pham Tien Van, gave a lecture in Hengso Museum on September 6. This lecture’s subject was “Fifteen years of Korean and Vietnamese cooperation.” The ambassador gave the lecture in Korean. At first, he spoke about Vietnam’s geographical position, history, and economy. Then he spoke about diplomatic relations between Korea and Vietnam. He said that Vietnam has had active exchanges with Korea in investment, trade, tourism, labor relations, and culture for the last fifteen years because Korea is near Vietnam and the two countries have similar cultures and th
The Episode Team from the Korea Internet Volunteers performed volunteer work in Zimbabwe for a month starting on July 14. Every holiday, the Episode Team publicizes Korea and Korean culture. As such, local people can easily understand Korea culture.The Episode Team consisted of four Keimyung University students. They went to Telone Education Center which is located in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. Local people came to the team to learn about IT education. The team made two groups, and local people learned intranet, programming, photo shop, making homepages, and assembling computers from 9 am to 5
The announcement of a “smart car” components city in Daegu was held on May 30 in Euiyang Hall. The event’s purpose was to declare that the smart car components industry is an important industry which will improve Daegu. It was held by Daegu City under the sponsorship of Keimyung University. Kim Bum-il, the mayor of Deagu, said, "It is meaningful that the new industry was started by Daegu.” In addition, Lee Jin-woo, the president of Keimyung, said, "I hope that today’s announcement will be the springboard for the development of employment and related industries in Daegu.” He also added that he
European Studies is holding a series of forum on European themes. This forum on "Scotland`s Identity in Europe" is going to be held in Smith Hall, Room 304 on May 30 at 6 pm. The lecturer is Prof. Stephen McGuckin.
Shin Ilhi, the chairman of the Keimyung University Board of Trustees, won the 42nd 5.16 People`s Prize for education on May 16. Shin was acknowledged for rendering great services to the development of education and raising our country`s prestige worldwide through non-governmental diplomatic activities. "I do not think that this prize was awarded only to me. It is for all the members of Keimyung University," Shin said in his acceptance speech. He donated the prize money of 30,000,000 won to Keimyung University. The university said this fund will be used for poor students. The 5.16 People`s Priz
The 2007 Keimyung Marathon, which was held by the General Student Council on May 2, was a great success. Keimyung students and staff and Daegu citizens participated. The marathon was held not only to promote our students' health and relationships, but also to celebrate the 2011 Daegu IAAF World Athletics Championships.The marathon showed several changes from past marathons. These were the 53rd Anniversary Commemoration Prize, the 44th General Student Council Prize, and a changed marathon course. The old course linked the Dae-myeong campus and the Seong-seo campus. However, the new course is ju
On May 4, a staff service consciousness seminar was held in the International Conference Hall. The topic was "strategies for customer satisfaction and interpersonal skills for high quality administrative service." Choi Moon-hee, a lecturer in female leadership at Sookmyung Woman's University said, "Address people like your family and children. Then everyone can be happy." She added, "Do not show your anger to other people. You should know how to control your emotions."In July 2006, President Lee Jin-woo, all administrative staff, and some professors received service training from a professiona
The Department of Public Administration launched the 3C☆3A+ Campaign at their spring camp from April 7-8. About 160 professors, students, and alumni attended this event.This campaign aims to promote cooperation between students, professors, and alumni. 3C stands for Campus Communication Culture, while 3A refers to Academy, Association, and Administration. "Academy" symbolizes academic endeavors; "Association" cooperation among professors, students, and alumni; and "Administration" volunteer activities.The campaign's ideal is that each student in the department should belong to one activity clu