From 2 to 5 P.M. on February 24, KMU Business Start Up Support Center held training for making UCCs to promote KMU in room 205 of Susan Hall in Daemyeong-dong campus. Promotional videos can be registered at portal sites like Daum, Naver, Nate, and Yahoo, and the registering cost is free. These videos cause people to visit businesses.In this training, Professor Cho-Hyoun-suk from Daegu University gave a lecture on how to make promotional UCCs using digital cameras, pictures, and camcorders. Professor Kim Young-moon of KMU gave a lecture on how to register promotional UCCs on YouTube, Twitter, a
On February 20, it was announced that a new educational program, Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (CIE) will be run. It is designed to find and support talented freshmen in setting up businesses, and to cultivate the ability of faculty members to teach students setting up businesses. The CIE program, which was carried out last year, had positive effects on professors and staff for setting up business, and it was decided that the CIE would be expanded to freshmen. The CIE intended for freshmen focuses on learning the concept and importance of setting up businesses and understanding
Keimyung University has been selected as the only regional university Korean language institute for the Korean Government Scholarship Program. The Korean Government Scholarship Program has been run since 2008, and KMU has been selected as a training institution consistently. Keimyung University has proved a leading institution in Korean language education for foreigners.Currently, 22 students from 18 countries are learning Korean through the Korean Government Scholarship Program in Keimyung University. In the last 4 years, about 100 foreign students have taken Korean language lessons. Last yea
This year will mark the 10th anniversary of the overseas voluntary service of Keimyung University. For the last 10 years, Keinyung students have performed voluntary service in China, Nepal, Vietnam, Mongolia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Laos, and Myanmar. Prior to sending volunteers, the Overseas Voluntary Service Team surveys the region and items such as school supplies and equipment for education to offer people practical assistance. Volunteers have to wear uniforms, vests, and hats given by Keimyung University and they must not act individually and take photographs du
KMU campus is increasingly becoming a popular spot for dramas and movies. Sarangbi, directed by Yoon Suk-ho, who is famous for Gaeul Donghwa and Winter Sonata, has been filmed on KMU campus since September 2011. The drama has attracted nationwide attention because Yun-a and Jang Geun-suk star in this drama. Since KMU campus became known as the filming location of Sarangbi, many Japanese fans have visited KMU campus. In February this year, various dramas of KBS, MBC, and SBS are scheduled to be filmed on KMU campus. Han Yeo-dong, KMU promotional team leader, said, “When a drama is over, a capti
67 students in the Dept. of Police Administration in KMU passed the civil service exams for police officers. 67 students is over the ratio of successful applicants compared to 30 students last year.KMU motivated students by running study rooms, awarding scholarships to superior students, providing text books for free, taking them on a field trip to police stations, and inviting well-known people for special lectures.Lee Hyun-gi (Dept. of Police Administration), who passed a special employment exam, said, “I prepared for the exam for 3 months and I passed. I am so happy.” He added, “I think I p
A Koreanology journal published by Keimyung University will be registered on the Arts and Humanities Citation index (A&HCI). A&HCI is a citation index in the humanities published by Thomson Reuters’ Healthcare Science division. It is known as an authoritative citation index like the Science Citation Index (SCI) and the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI).There are only 6 journals in Korea that are registered on A&HCI including Seoul Journal of Koreana published by Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies (KIKS). Among the universities that have registered journals, Keimyung University is the t
Kwon Sang-chul (Dept. of Japanese Lang. &Lit) was selected to study in Japan at the government’s expense. He will receive a round-trip plane ticket and 123,000¥ every month in scholarship, and study in Tokyo University of Foreign Studies from October for a year.The program of studying Japanese and the culture in Japan has been run since 1981 to produce students who can contribute their talents and knowledge about Japan and its culture to developing relations between Korea and Japan.Kwon Sang-chul said, “I’m very glad that I was selected to study in Japan at the government’s expense. I think I