On March 8, President Donald J. Trump of United States of America signed an executive order that placed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The tariff on steel is 25% but only 10% on aluminum. Canada and Mexico which are countries in NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) have been temporarily exempted from the tariffs. President Trump’s act of protectionism has set the stage for a trade war between the US and the rest of the worl.Before the executive order was signed, President Trump tweeted that the current trade situation is not fair or smart for the US and forewarned that tariffs w
The #MeToo movement was started by Alyssa Jayne Milano who was sexually assaulted by movie producer and director Harvey Weinstein. She posted that if you have been the victim of any kind of sexual assault or harassment, don't hesitate to write ‘Me too’on Twitter. After only 24 hours, #MeToo had spread like wildfire with many people retweeting the hashtag. The movement continued to spread to other countries around the world including Korea. In January 2018, a Korean female prosecutor appeared on news and confessed that she had been assaulted by a superior in the workplace. This shocked many peo
On March 23rd, the Ability Reinforcement Program for incoming faculty was opened in the New Bauer Hall. This program is based on the education of essential abilities for the newly appointed faculty members and is supported by the Center for Teaching & Learning at KMU. The ability reinforcement has been operating since 2015 and was implemented for the first time at KMU among all universities in Korea. Through the Ability Reinforcement Program for incoming faculty, all faculty members will work to improve the satisfaction of students as well as the quality of education in KMU. Jang Han-yi KMG Re
The education for students’ group activity was held on March 14th in Bauer Hall. This education aims at safety education and prevention of human rights abuse for students who belong to student groups without a professor in charge, such as student council and clubs. This training was prepared to lead students to wholesome school group activity. The attendees included not only students but school personnel who directly deal with students. Professor Kim Hijung from Human Rights Counseling Center shared this with the attendees, “Listen carefully to this lesson and practice these well. Always look
The Academic Affairs Office of Keimyung University announced that the electronic attendance system will be mandatory from March of this year. Keimyung University implemented the electronic attendance system in the second semester of 2017 when it was still okay for student attendance records to be recorded by hand. However, as of March, every class has to record student attendance through the electronic system on the mobile app or PC. This will help to reduce complaints about keeping the roll book and to improve the efficiency of notifying who is not coming to class. Seo Sang-ah KMG Reporterssa
The 2018 College of Nursing Nightingale Pledge Ceremony was held at Johnson Hall on March 9th, 2018. It is a ritual performed by the third year nursing students who have completed two years of basic nursing education. The Nightingale Pledge has been made in the USA since 1893. It is a ceremony where Nursing students pledge nursing ethics and nursing principles, and on that day, students lit candles promising to do their best in nursing. They keep the nightingale spirit in mind before doing practice. The Nightingale Pledge includes a commitment to look after patients and continue the nightingal
On March 22nd, Keimyung University concluded their industrial-educational cooperation with EXCO for the expansion of the MICE Industry. MICE meeting, incentive, convention, events and exhibition, and is a promising industry led by international conferences and exhibitions. EXCO is an exhibition center located in Buk-gu, Daegu. The cooperation agreement will cultivate MICE professionals for local society and expand the platforms for future MICE business.This agreement between KMU and EXCO includes internship programs, MICE work experience, and special lectures. Also, the two groups will coopera
KMU will hold the 4th AsiaㆍPacific Ocean International Chopin Piano Competition in May 2018. The finalists will participate in the competition from May 9th to May 18th for 10 days. On May 18th, there will be a gala concert, an award ceremony, and a concert for the winners in the Keimyung Art Center. The KMU AsiaㆍPacific Ocean International Chopin Piano Competition is held every three years starting with the first competition in 2009 and has been evaluated as having been established as a world-class competition welcoming its 4th competition. In addition, from this year the Chopin Association of
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