The Realbird team won the first prize in the UCC contest hosted by Nutrilite. This contest is a part of a campaign called “Health Is a Genuine Spec.” It was held to give students an opportunity to have novel ideas and give awareness about health to many university students who are indifferent to their health.The contest had two categories for university students and graduate students. Many students participated in this contest and it was really competitive. The Realbird team participated in the UCC category. They won the first prize and got a three million won scholarship. Ahn Gwang-ho, the te
Keimyung University President Synn Il-hi was appointed as an honorary consul general of Korea in Poland from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Polish government on December 20th, 2012.President Synn has been Poland’s honorary consul since October 2005. His new position’s term is 5 years.President Synn has a deep relationship with Poland. He established the Korea-Poland Association in 1995 and served as the first president until 2006. He also established a dual-degree program with Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and opened the Keimyung F. Chopin Academy of Music in 1998.Also
Nam, Jun-gu, a senior at Keimyung University majoring in Japanese Language and Literature, was awarded the first prize at the 12th University Student's Japanese Competition. His topic was “Passive Life” and he presented in excellent Japanese that although he has lived driven by others, he has enjoyed his life.He said, "I wasn't interested in entering university but my friend recommended this major. I won this prize, now I feel interested in being here. If I enjoy and am satisfied my life, even though other people pushed me to do this, the result will still be optimistic and good."His victory i
Keimyung University Professor Kwon Dae-joong’s research paper was selected for 'Best Humanities and Social Science Research for the last 10 years'. This competition was held by the NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea) to celebrate the program intended to nurture humanities and social science research.There were 147 research papers from universities all over the country selected by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation of Korea. Professor Kwon, from the Department of Philosophy, examined Hegelian philosophy of language and claimed
KMU student Im Hyun-mi (20), a freshman in the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the School of Medicine, was awarded the grand prize at the 2012 Undergraduate Conference organized by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of Korea.This contest was designed for university students and was held to promote undergraduate academic work in rehabilitation engineering at the society’s 2012 Annual Fall Conference. Im Hyun-mi presented a thesis on the development of an upper limb rehabilitation program based on mobile games (co-authors: Prof. Lee Jong-ha and Prof. Gu Jung-
A Keimyung University student won second prize in the 31st National Exhibition of Korean Architecture. This exhibition is the most famous and best competition in the Korean architecture field. Among 800 competitors, Lim Hoon, whose major is architecture, got a 2,000,000 won scholarship. The exhibition’s theme was houses and science. Lim Hoon exhibited his work Linear Yard. His work was a presentation of a way to improve the quality of life of students who live near Keimyung University. He said he got the idea from an advertisement near the school. In his opinion, residents can make residents g
On November 7, Yu Woo-ik, the Minister of Unification, gave a special lecture in the audio-visual room of Bauer Hall. The topic of his lecture was the Korean peninsula’s circumstances and unification policies. Synn Il-hi, the president of KMU, professors, and students attended the lecture.Yu Woo-ik explained that he has given 50 lectures because he felt the necessity to heighten the new generation’s awareness of unification. He stressed the appropriateness of unification, saying that “Reunification is necessary to overcome the division cost and develop our potential as a unified nation.” He em
On November 20, Keimyung University Caritas, Keimyung College University, and Daegu Office of Education had an event called “Loving our neighbors and giving kimchi” to help underprivileged people at Adam’s Chapel.The ingredients of kimchi were prepared by Keimyung University and Keimyung College University staff who donated 1% from their salaries every month. Using those ingredients, the university prepared kimchi for 1100 houses. Also, they made a line over 100m long to make kimchi for 5 hours at Adam’s Chapel. Keimyung Caritas prepared 5kg of kimchi and rice and packed them in a box. They wi