On September 8, 4 books written by KMU professors were chosen as “2013 Superior Academic Books” by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). This project was carried out to promote research about literature, science, philosophy, mathematics, and history. NAS members and guest specialists consisting of professors from several universities chose 300 books from the fields of humanities, social science, Koreanology, and natural science. Among them, 4 books are by KMU professors. The 4 selected books are A New Study of Chu-tzu’s Doctrines by Prof. Lee Dong-hee, The Prose Works of Han-yu: a Korean Tra
Twin sisters Jung Woo-kyoung and Jung Woo-min passed the female ROTC test on August 22. They wanted to be commissioned officers when they were high school students, so they applied for the Armed Forces Nursing Academy. However, they failed. Then they entered Keimyung University and passed the female ROTC test. In fact, the sisters failed the fifty-third female ROTC test. After that, they took a leave of absence for one year. They stayed physically fit doing Taekwondo. Also, they asked for advice from female ROTC superiors. As a result, the sisters got through the fifty-fourth ROTC test. Keimyu
Department of Theater Arts students won the gold prize at the First H-Art Dream Festival hosted by the Hyundai Motor Group and Korea Association of Performing Arts Products. The purpose of this contest is to help students who have creativity and talent to get a job. In this contest, more than 1,500 students from 45 universities participated. The contest had a document examination last April and the preliminaries until June. A total of 14 teams including 7 teams in the field of theater and 7 teams in the field of musicals advanced to the finals. The final was held in front of four thousand spec
Chang Eun-ho (29), who graduated from the Department of Composition in Keimyung University, has won the Queen Sofia Prize for Music Composition hosted by the Ferrer-Salat Music Foundation. He won the first prize and was the youngest musician in the competition.Chang won the grand prize and prize money of 25,000 euro for “Fantasia Luminosit.” The awards ceremony is scheduled on October 10, and performances are scheduled on October 10 and 11 in the Teatro Monumental in Madrid. The Queen of Spain will present the award. The composition will be played by the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony O
Keimyung University students won the 1st and 2nd prizes at the Creative Festival held by Hyundai Department Store on July 16. This competition was held to suggest ideas for the improvement of service quality. The fields were separated into Idea Planning and Suggestions from Customers. The ideas will be used for the improvement of the service and marketing of Hyundai Department Store. About 350 university teams participated in this competition.In this competition, the KCG team won the first prize overall (first place in the field of strategy and marketing). The TNT team won the second prize in
The Korean centers in Vietnam and the United States managed by KMU were designated King Sejong institutes in August. The King Sejong Institute was launched as a Korean education center for overseas Korean nationals and foreigners who want to learn Korean. There were 51 branches in 113 countries as of July this year.The Keimyung-Auburn Korean Center in the United States and the Keimyung-Thai Nguyen Korean Center in Vietnam were chosen by the King Sejong Institute. This is KMU’s third designation as a King Sejong Institute since KMU founded the first Korean center, the Keimyung-Tajikistan Korean
On May 25, KMU regained Korea Business Education Certification from the Korea Association of Business Education Accreditation. Only 30 universities, including 16 universities in the capital area, have acquired this certification. KMU will retain the qualification until May 2016.In the evaluation, KMU got high grades in 7 sections: goal, assessment of course outcomes, curriculum and classes, students, professors, educational environment, and improvement of education.In 2011, KMU was the first private university in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do to get Korea Business Education Certification. This is
On May 20, Kim Hye-soon, who is a professor in the Department of Sociology, received a presidential citation. Professor Kim has contributed to the advancement of immigration policy in Korea.Prof. Kim is a well-known scholar of immigration and multi-cultural society in Korea. In addition, she has worked on a consultative committee for immigration policy since 2007. She played a major role in establishing the Department of Migration and Multicultural Studies in Keimyung University Graduate School of Policy Studies. Moreover, she promoted many programs to help foreigners in Korea, like Active Bra