Keimyung University volunteers held a photo exhibition documenting the 2013 volunteering in Laos at CU Gallery. In the exhibition, there were pictures of volunteering and cultural performances at Van Chein Elementary School in Vientiane, Laos.Keimyung University sent 140 students to Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Laos for two weeks. They did volunteering such as remodeling classrooms and playgrounds and educational volunteering such as teaching children and taekwondo.Students made money for the exhibition themselves. They displayed pictures to show how they felt during the volunteering and their mem
On January 19, the Healing Food Project Team of Keimyung University held a Menu Development competition at Hotel The Palace in Daegu. About 30 people, including representatives of Daegu, Mungyeong, Cheongsong Agricultural Technology Center and WellSpoon business, attended this competition where they tasted, evaluated and developed various food items.The Healing Food Project Team has held 5 contests and has developed 105 food items for the Healing Food menu since January. Two features of the menu they developed are using natural seasoning instead of MSG and reducing calories. Seo Yeong-seong, c
KMU leads Korean language education in Africa. This popular Korean teaching program is designed by KMU by concluding the academic exchange agreement with the main 3 national universities in Africa such as Adama Science & Technology University in Ethiopia, University of Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe, and University of Dodoma in Tanzania.Last January 24, Tanzanian students of University of Dodoma completed the Korean program run by KMU. Since July 2012, the start date of first lecture, total 169 local students have completed this course. Moreover, KMU opened the short Korean language course in University
The Healing Food Project Team of Keimyung University held the Mungyeong Saejae Healing Camp from February 21 to 23 at Mungyeong Saejae youth hostel. This project is a part of developing a healing food valley using local specialty foods sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.The camp was held for two nights and three days for people who are interested in diseases related to bad life habits such as smoking, drinking, and eating habits. It consisted of various events such as a medical checkup, nutrition education, yoga, stretching, walking along the Mungyeong Saejae road
On January 28, Keimyung University made an agreement to develop the Daegu culture industry with Sigongtech Co., Ltd. This agreement includes mutual exchange and use of manpower, information, equipment, and facilities.Through this agreement, 5 departments, Creative Writing, Photography and Image Design, Visual Communication Design, Video and Animation, and Music Production, will jointly manage exhibitions and produce music, animation, musicals and drama with Sigongtech.KMU and Sigongtech will jointly plan the exhibition program Honeybee Experience, which is a special regional program sponsored
KMU was selected as the supporting university by Korea International Cooperation Agency(KOICA). KMU will have support for the program for international development and cooperation.This support program was designed to develop experts in international development and cooperation. KOICA will provide theory classes and practical skill classes on international development and cooperation. The Spanish and Latin American Studies Department at KMU suggested the idea to develop experts on international development and cooperation in Central and South America, and KOICA selected the idea and decided to
In December, KMU received the 2013 University Evaluations from the Ministry of Education and the Korean Council for University Education. The University Evaluations were first implemented in 2011 to promote international campuses, the quality of universities, and their continuous improvement.The evaluation process is very complicated. There are 54 criteria. The process includes documentation and survey evaluation, verification of evaluation results, the university’s self-evaluation, the chief of the evaluation group’s final review, and review by the University Evaluations committee.KMU was cho
On February 7, Keimyung University’s Dongsan Hospital concluded a research agreement for fundamental medicine with the National Nano Center at National Nanofab Center (NNFC) located in Daejeon. The purpose of this agreement is to support the field of nano-technology and exchange experts.10 people including Kim Gwon-bae (director of Dongsan Hospital), Nam Jae-yeol (leader of the KMU Industrial Cooperation) and Jo Chang-hyeon (head of Management and Planning Division at NNFC) attended this agreement ceremony. After concluding MOU, they looked around the bio lab and nano research lab.Through this