On July 6, Synn Il-hi, the president of Keimyung University, started his term of 4 years with an inauguration held at Adams Chapel. More than one thousand officials including board president Jung Sun-mo and faculty members attended the inauguration.President Synn said, “I will change the crisis which KMU faces caused by the decrease in population and pressure from reduction of tuition to opportunities.” He emphasized the need for increasing academic and administrative productivity and to explore new routes. He also demanded, “Members of Keimyung University have to change and overcome the crisi
There was a special lecture by Mr. Roland Joseph Davies, Director of the British Council in Korea. Mr. Davies received his master’s degree from the University of London in England. He was also the Director of the British council in Brazil and Japan. This lecture was held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 8, in the audiovisual room in Hengso Museum. Dr. Synn Ilhi, President of Keimyung University, delivered a welcoming address. After the welcoming address, Mr. Davies gave a speech on “Intercultural Understanding”. He said that intercultural understanding is primarily language and etiquette strategie
On May 26, KMU club students who belong to the association of 52 clubs did volunteer work and held culture performances for local residents in Dalseo-gu. This festival is operated by whole clubs of KMU and is supported by Dalseo-gu office. This festival had many events like campaign for publicizing ‘making clean streets’, face painting, balloon art, nail art, sampling tea and sharing cultural experiences etc. At the beginning of the festival, KMU students joined in the campaign ‘making clean streets’ by cleaning the streets in Dalseo-gu Shindang-dong and Igok-dong. Also, students of mural pain
There was a special lecture by H.E. Lengyel Miklὁs, the ambassador of the Republic of Hungary at the Hengso Museum on Wednesday ,May 2nd. The topic of the lecture was “My experience in Korea”. The special lecture began with opening remarks by Dr. Seo Jung-Soo, Director of International Affairs , and a welcoming address by Synn Il-hi, President of Keimyung University. H.E. Lengyel Miklὁs started his work at the Hungarian Embassy in North Korea as the third secretary in 1986, and now he is the Hungarian Ambassador to South Korea.H.E. Lengyel Miklὁs can speak English, Korean, Ru
Keimyung University and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade sponsored the Korea-Italy Forum in KMU on May 15.Synn Il-hi, KMU president, Kim Woo-sang, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, Staffan De Mistura, Italian undersecretary of foreign affairs, and Sergio Mercuri, the Italian ambassador to Korea, attended this forum. They discussed a new relationship in economics, cultural exchange, education, social welfare, and industrial technology.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was to sponsor this forum alone. However, the ministry selected universities like Seoul National Unive
Keimyung University was selected the only Innovation Center for Engineering Education (ICEE) in Daegu. The Ministry of Education & Science Technology and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology sponsor this enterprise for improving the quality of university engineering education.In the project, KMU planned the Keimyung Engineering Innovation Special Education Program (KEISEP) and the Female Smart Engineer Education Program.KMU will receive 200 million won every year for 10 years. KMU will carry out business capstone design, a local industry complex education course, KEISEP, global st
On May 22, Kim Chang Jong, a chief of the Daegu District Court gave a lecture in the audio-visual room of Hengso Museum. He visited Keimyung University to give some advice and information about laws to students who are in the Department of Law and the Department of Police Administration. The theme of his lecture was 'The Era of Change : Including Citizens in the Judicial Process' and he explained civil participation in trials. Recently, the court system has adopted the Dreiinstanzen system to weigh offenses objectively and properly and provide a rational judicial system for citizens. In additi
Keimyung University student Ji Da-young(22), a senior majoring in accounting, earned the highest score on the manager examination of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). It is the only examination that verifies executive ability in the nation, targeting university students, executives and others. Although nearly 1,000 people take the exam every year all over the country, it is widely known as a hard test to pass because of the low pass rate. She got the highest exam score and a scholarship last April in the 8th IFRS examination. “I went home after I finished my allotted study ho