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Construction of first international student alumni network among Korean universities Chinese graduates makes YU Alumni Association in Beijing YU Alumni Power, from Vietnam to China [May 21, 2012] Foundering members of the YU China Alumni Association pose for a photo in downtown Beijing. "Right after my wedding yesterday, I drove 12 hours to get to Beijing. Of course I had to come since the president and teachers from my university are visiting. I thank them for being so welcoming to my wife as well." Huzewei (30) is an instructor at a technical college in downtown Harbin, Heilongjiang Province in China. He graduated from YU in February 2009 and right after his wedding, he and his wife rushed to arrive at the founding ceremony of the 'YU China Alumni Association'. Lee, Hyo-soo, president of YU, gives a congratulatory address at the YU China Alumni Association's founding ceremony. For the first time for a Korean university, YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) founded an alumni association in Beijing, the heart of China. The alumni power of YU has spread from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in December of last year to Beijing, China. At 11 a.m. last Sunday (May 20), the founding ceremony of the 'YU China Alumni Association' was held at a restaurant in downtown Beijin. About 40 Chinese graduates who are working hard in their home countries after receiving a diploma at YU attended this ceremony. The age group ranged from those in their 20s who just graduated from undergraduate studies last year to those in their 50s who received PhDs in the late 1990s. However, they share a common trait that they are or will soon take important positions in various sectors of China such as public officials of provincial governments such as the Jiangsu Province Economic Development Bureau, a professor at the pharmaceutical department of the Tianjin College of Medical Sciences, professor of psychology at Yianbian University, as well as employees of large Korean conglomerates that extended out to China such as the HR manage for Samsung Group's China office, as well as for Hyuna Motors, SK, STX, E-mart, and Taepyeongyang, and persons in finance such as the Korea Exchange Bank Beijing branch and the Bank of Tianjin. In addition, despite it being a day of rest for most, they all shared a common trait that they had much passion and esteem for their school in that they invested 3~4 hours or even up to over 10 hours from all over China including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Tsingtao, Yanji, Harbin, Dalian, Suzhou, Xinxiang, Liaoxiang, Nanchang and Szechuan. Jiayuxian (26), who graduated from the YU Department of International Commerce in February of last year and currently works for the Korea Exchange Bank, Tianjin branch, stated, "I was excited at the thought of meeting YU alumni for the entire four hours on the high speed train. Today will be remembered even more than my wedding." Professor Chuixun (53, left on photo) of Nankai University was appointed as the first president of the alumni association. Professor Chu, who was the first Chinese international student to graduate from YU, enrolled in the YU Graduate School PhD program in August 1992 and received his PhD in economics in February 1999, just before the beginning of diplomacy between Korea and China. Since February of the same year for over ten years, he worked as a professor at Nankai University and has become one of the top scholars in the labor-management economics sector. After receiving the China Alumni Association flag from Lee, Hyo-soo, president of YU, who was also his counseling professor during his PhD program, Professor Chu made a statement saying, "Let us not forget our role as a bridge between Korea and China, and our pride as YU alumni." A total of 10 alumni including Professor Shuminglu (40), who earned his master's and PhD at the YU College of Pharmacology and is currently lecturing at the Henan University of Science and Technology, were appointed as regional directors to lead the alumni association in different parts of China. Lee, Hyo-soo, president of YU, who was present to congratulate the founding of the alumni association, brought a muffler with a YU logo from Korea and placed them on each of the founding members. He stated, "There are currently 960 Chinese students studying at our university. Once they join the China alumni association in the future, it will become a vast alumni organization with over a thousand members." He also added, "Alumni associations were made in Vietnam, China and will soon be established in Indonesia. I hope that the YU alumni associations in each country will act as a hub for constructing a global alumni network and develop a strong alumni power." Meanwhile, YU currently has exchange programs with 49 universities of China including Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Nanjing University, Nankai University, Huazhong University of Science Technology, and Xi'an Jiaotong University. Furthermore, it participated in the '2012 Study in Korea Exhibition' held in Beijing from the 17th to the 19th to take the initiative to attract Chinese students and engage in exchange with China. In result, over 1,000 Chinese students have graduated from YU and about 960 Chinese students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate school courses as of the first semester of 2012.
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6 universities such as Yeungnam University, Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University, and Pusan National University selected Another achievement after being selected as 'Hub' for HRD project, established itself as 'local hub university' [May 3, 2012] Exhibits on creative engineering projects submitted in the Engineering Education Festival Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) was selected again as a hub university for government supported projects, thus reconfirming its position as a local hub university. After being selected for the 'Yeungnam Region Hub' for the HRD Project of the Ministry of Employment and Labor on the 25th of last month, it was selected this month as the 'Technological Education Hub' by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology(MEST). Recently, MEST (Minister Lee, Ju-ho) and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (director Kim, Yong-geun) selected and announced the 'Technological Education Hub', who will play a leading role among the 65 nationwide universities selected in the phase 2 technological education and innovation centers support project (2012-2021). According to this, 6 universities such as Yeungnam University, Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University and Pusan National University were selected as 'Technological Education Hubs', and the 65 technological education and innovation centers will be reorganized focusing on these 6 hub universities. YU will play a leading role for innovating engineering education for a total of 10 universities such as Keimyung University, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Daegu University, Andong National University, Kyungil University (for the Daegu-Gyeongbuk regions), Kunsan National University, Korea National University of Transportation (for the Chungcheong regions), Gangneung-Wonju National University, Halla University (for the Gangwon regions), and Changwon National University (for the southeaster region). Thus, with the ultimate goal of innovating engineering education with the '4Cs' of Creativity, Convergence, Communication, and Culture, YU will focus on the following: ▲ Creative/Convergence technological education innovation programs ▲ Good engineer fostering programs and ▲ Hub for technological education and innovation center. As part of these efforts, it will host inter-disciplinary capstone design contests, creative problem-solving skills contests, and 'best local small & medium business' contests to spread creative/convergence technological education through good-hearted competition among the participating universities. In addition, it will also focus on fostering 'good engineers' with excellent character through 'backwoods science concerts', where they will visit elementary schools in remote areas that have relatively less opportunities to learn about science, '1 night/2 days with humanities', and engineering ethics workshops. Furthermore, it is planning to organize an technological education innovation council, hold international exchange with advanced technological education universities overseas, provide texts and materials to measure the basic academic of engineering students, and spread outstanding case studies and accomplishments of the certification of engineering education, in order to fulfill its functions as the hub for leading and spreading technological education innovation. Professor Song, Dong-joo (58, School of Mechanical Engineering), who was appointed as the director of the YU Center for Innovation of Engineering Education and the general supervisor of the Technological Education and Innovation Centers of the 10 participating universities for the next three years, said, "The goal of technological education innovation is to train highly-adaptable engineers that can be immediately stationed in industrial sites based on creative problem-solving skills, admirable character and knowledge of the humanities," and added with emphasis, "We will assertively respond to the demands of participating universities and the industries to become a global top technological education hub that leads innovation."
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YU receives attention from LG Siltron and LG Innotek Operating industry-academic scholarship programs linked to employment to procure high-quality human resources in the solar cell sector in advance [May 1, 2012] 2 graduate students of the YU School of Chemical Engineering selected as industry-academic scholarship students of LG Siltron, advising professor, and people from participating companies (Front row, left to right: Kong, Soon-hyun of LG Siltron, Jung, Ho-seob, Jung, Seong-woo, Jung, Jae-hak (professor)) For the past several years, Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) has been receiving calls from companies in the solar cell sector. Companies are keeping an eye on YU to procure high-quality human resources in the solar cell sector who completed education and research programs in the green energy sector, such as the Green Energy Education & Research Center, Solar Cell Materials and Process R&D Advanced Track, and the Major of Green Energy. Jung, Seong-woo (26, 2nd term in master's degree program, advising professor Ahn, Kwang-Soon) and Jung, Ho-seob (28, 3rd term in master's degree program, advising professor Kim, Woo-kyoung), who are enrolled in the YU Graduate School of Chemical Engineering were recently selected as an industry-academic scholarship student for LG Siltron. They will receive full scholarships for graduate school and also land a job immediately after graduating. What is in common between the two is that they are both completing the Solar Cell Materials and Process R&D Advanced Track (hereinafter called 'Advanced Track') that has been offered by the YU Center for Solar Cell Materials and Process R&D Workforce Cultivation Program. This Advanced Track, in which a total sum of 3.55 billion won, including 2.3 billion won in national funding will be invested in until 2015 with the goal of fostering high-quality human resources customized to the solar cell sector, is an industry-academic collaboration education and research course operated by 14 professors in the YU School of Chemical Engineering and Department of Physics, as well as 20 companies including LG Innotek, LG Siltron, STX Solar, OCI Materials, and Bexel. Currently, 52 undergraduate and graduate school students are taking this track. Through concrete and clear goals, such as offering employment-linked education via special agreements between the university and companies, making it mandatory to select degree theses topics for corporate projects, visible achievements are being made in a short period of time. For one example, 3 students who completed their undergraduate education and completed the Advanced Track have already landed a job with LG Siltron, and Jung, Seong-woo and Jung, Sung-ho, who are selected as industry-academic scholarship students, have also confirmed employment as a researcher in the company's R&D center as soon as they complete their graduate school program. Earlier in February of last year, Kim, Woo-nam (27), Kim, Sung-cheol (27), and Lee, Jung-eun (24), who were in the second term of their master's degree program at the YU Graduate School of Chemical Engineering, and Park, Joon-seong (27), who was in his first term of his master's degree program, were also selected as industry-academic scholarship students of LG Innotek, and have thus received scholarship and were guaranteed employment after their graduation. LG Siltron and LG Innotek, who have procured the green talents of YU on the best conditions, are the two major electronic parts subsidiary companies of the LG Group. In particular, LG Siltron is a manufacturer that specializes in wafers to be used in semiconductors, which are core parts for solar cells, and achieved sales of 1.1027 trillion won and operating profits of 147 billion won based on the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) last year. It is currently producing polished water, EPI wafer (Epitaxial wafer), and solar substrates. It is also accelerating growth through the enhancement of production yields and extending the 300mm wafer plant, and is showing rapid progress in the solar cell materials process sector as well. LG Innotek recorded sales of 4.1035 trillion won and 156.5 billion won in operating profits based on the IFRS last year. Recently, it has constructed a pilot line for the development and mass production of CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, selenium) thin film solar cells, and is aggressively investing solar cell R&D to develop into a global electronic parts company. In addition, the 'Major of Green Energy', which received its first batch of new students in 2010, also signed the special employment-linked agreements with LG subsidiaries such as LG Electronics, LG Display and LG Siltron, thus ensuring their employment if the graduating students desire employment there. On such love calls of conglomerates for green talents of YU, Professor Jung, Jae-hak (50, School of Chemical Engineering), the director of the YU Center for Solar Cell Materials and Process R&D Workforce Cultivation Program, stated, "Despite recent issues of students avoiding to enroll in graduate schools due to the difficulties of finding employment for highly educated persons, six graduate students received not only scholarships, but guarantees for employment. This makes us very happy." He also added, "This is the result of YU becoming renown nationwide by concentrating on education and research in green energy, and particularly solar cells." The company officials said, "Students who received industry-customized education in the solar cell sector at YU have sufficient expertise and outstanding adaptability so that they could be utilized on site as soon as they graduate. Another strength is that they have a special sense of mission on green energy development and research for solar cells." Meanwhile, YU won national projects in the green energy sector such as 'Center for Solar Cell Materials and Process R&D Workforce Cultivation Program' that fosters master's and PhDs in the solar cell materials processing field, 'Daegyeong Economic Belt Green Energy Education & Research Center' (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology), and 'Daegyeong Regional Innovation Center for Solar Cell&Module' (Ministry of Knowledge Economy). Through these projects, it has concentrated efforts on fostering expert personnel and R&D, and recently, it was also selected for LINC project (technology innovation type) to establish its position as a regional hub university.
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Agreement signed among the Korea Foundation for the Promotion of Private School, Gyeongbuk Province and 5 Universities in the Gyeongsan including YU Dormitory for 300 international students and General support center to be opened in September of next year [April 23, 2012] Nation's first Global Exchange Center will be built at YU through government-academic cooperation. At 11:30 on the 23rd, a signing ceremony was held for the establishment of the 'Gyeongbuk Global Exchange Center' (hereinafter called 'Center') at the first conference room of the Provincial Office of Gyeongsangbuk-do. At the ceremony, the Korea Foundation for the Promotion of Private School (KFPPS, director Lee, Won-hee), Gyeongsangbuk-do (governor Kim, Kwan-yong), Gyeongsan City (Vice-mayor Jung, Byung-yoon representing the mayor), and five universities of the Gyeongsan such as Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo), Kyungil University (president Chung, Hyun-tae), Catholic University of Daegu (president So, Byeong-uk), Daegu Haany University (president Lee, Joon-koo), and Daeshin University (president Jeon, Jae-gyu) agreed on administrative and financial support and cooperation for the establishment and operation of the Center in which a total of 7 billion won, including 2.5 billion on national funding and provincial funding of 500 million won, will be invested in. In particular, the special purpose company (SPC) will be established for the operation of the Center. For this, the KFPPS and Yeungnam Academy agreed to pay 50% each of the total 20 million won SPC capital, and after giving the operation rights to SPC for 20 years, it will be returned to Yeungnam Academy. The Center, which will begin construction later this year is scheduled to open its five story building on a lot 1,983㎡ in area for a total floor space of 7,000㎡ at the south end (112 Gyeyang-dong) of the YU Gyeongsan Campus Hyangtogwan(Dorm) in September of next year. In the 300 capacity dormitory, 200 international students at YU, and 25 international students each from Kyungil University, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu Haany University, and Daeshin University will reside here. It will also offer cafeterias, cultural exchange facilities, conference rooms and support centers in order to improve the residential conditions of foreign students in the region. On this, Lee, Hyo-soo, president of YU, said, "In the global area, there is no meaning in differentiating the capitol area and provinces. From a pan-global perspective, it is just one region. Therefore, it is necessary for each region to procure channels to communicate directly with the world." He added, "The Gyeongbuk Global Exchange Center that will open its doors at YU will act as such channel later next year." Meanwhile, the 5 universities of the Gyeongsan region, including YU, that signed this agreement has a combined 2,780 international students as of April 2012. YU accounts for over 44% of the total with 1,230 international students.
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Exchange Agreements signed with Miyazaki International College of Japan and the Science Po, Aix-en Province of France Pursue student exchange and short-term training programs Green light for the 'Global Campus 7-4-3' strategy [April 20, 2012] Miyazaki International College (left) and Science Po, Aix-en Province (right) that signed partnerships with YU on the same day A French university and a Japanese university visited YU separately, but on the same day. With the growing ripple effects of Hallyu and increasing interest on Korea and Korean culture, they chose YU as their global partner. At 10 am on the 20th, President Kumamoto of the Miyazaki International College of Japan visited President Lee, Hyo-soo of YU first. President Kumamoto, who signed an exchange agreement mainly on mutually exchanging two students every year, said, "By making this partnership with YU today, we will accelerate growth in our college's concentrated area of internationalization." Miyazaki International College is under the foundation of the 73 year old Miyazaki School. All classes are conducted in English and over 80% of the faculty are foreigners, making it truly a university focusing on global studies. Next, President Christian Duval of the Science Po, Aix-en Province visited President Lee, Hyo-soo. The Science Po, Aix-en Province, which is currently working together with over 100 universities around the world, chose YU for its first partner university in Korea. After signing the exchange agreement with YU, President Duval stated, "I hope that our exchange with YU will not stop short exchange between universities, but contribute to the promotion of exchange between Korea and the EU." He also suggested, "We should not only exchange students, professors and researchers, but also develop short-term programs so that we can learn each other's cultures." President Lee responded, "Yeungnam University is located nearby Gumi, Ulsan and Changwon, which are the home of Korean Confucianism and Buddhism which are the roots of Korean psychological cultures, and which are the places that have catapulted the economic development of Korea. So I hope you experience true Hallyu at YU." The Science Po, Aix-en Province is one of the top higher education institutes operated according to Grandes ？oles, a unique school system of France. To students who hope to work as a diplomatic, politician or with international organizations, it is as popular as Science Po, Paris and assessed as a 'small, but strong university'. It has the highest competition rates for admissions, admits students from the top 8% and fosters political and financial elites of France through the highest level of education. Majors offered are politics, law, history, sociology, and economics, and a master's degree is given after completing the 3 year undergraduate course and 2 year graduate degree program. During the 3 year course, students are required to study at a foreign university. Thus, over 100 students are sent overseas every year, and about 120 exchange students are invited from around the world to complete the half-year or one-year programs. Meanwhile, YU is pursuing its plans for globalization through the 'Global campus 7-4-3' strategy where it will send over 4,000 students to 70 countries, while admitting 3,000 international students every year. They have taken a step closer to achieving their goal through partnerships with these two universities. YU has currently established global partnerships with 204 universities from 31 countries and dispatches over 1,000 students every year and has attracted 1,200 international students to overcome the physical limitations of the campus. Photo with President Duval of Science Po, Aix-en Province (fourth from right)
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Signed exchange agreements with 12 universities in 9 countries including the US, France, Poland, Finland, and the Netherlands Over 30 students sent overseas each semester, 336 students from 10 different countries studying at the College of Business and Economics [April 19, 2012] The YU College of Business and Economics (Dean Byun, Jong-cook) is receiving attention for its progress in globalization. On the 16th, the College of Business and Economics signed an exchange agreement with IAB (International Academy of Business) of Kazakhstan. The two schools agreed to exchange students, professors and researchers, while conducting collaborative research and developing joint master's and PhD programs. The Kazakhstan IAB is located in Almaty, a sister city of Daegu, and after the Almaty Business School founded in 1988 began offering MBA courses, it was promoted to an international business academy in 1996. It is fostering high quality experts in the business, management, finance, marketing and information science sectors and has graduated major bureaucrats and key financial figures of Kazakhstan. In particular, about 10% of the students of the IAB are made up ethnic Koreans and therefore through this agreement, the two schools agreed to negotiate on summer school programs for Korean students and establishment of a Korean Culture Center for students of the IAB. Prior to this, the College of Business and Economics began the '3+2 Bachelor's + Master's Dual Diploma Program' with St. John's University of the US since 2001. Through this, it is possible to earn bachelor's and master's degrees from both universities in 5 years, while also being granted the opportunity to apply for US CPA exams. Up to now, about 10 students of YU College of Business and Economics have obtained the opportunity and two are now studying at St. John's University. In addition, it has made college-level exchange agreements with 12 universities in 9 countries, such as California State University, Fresno in the US, University of Strasbourg in France, University of Warsaw in Poland, University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Laurea University in Finland, Fudan University in China, and Hokkaido University in Japan. About 30 students are sent overseas every semester for its progress in globalization. Especially, the College of Business and Economics offers the 'overseas dispatch program seminar' for students every semester to heighten interest in globalization of among students, while motivating them for self-development. In result, applications among students for overseas exchange programs have considerably increased recently. On this, Byun, Jong-cook (55, School of Business), dean of the College of Business and Economics, stated, "Students who studied abroad have been found to not only have a global mindset, but also have certainty and confidence of the future. Thus, the College of Business and Economics will further expand and strengthen its own globalization programs, while sharing the experiences of studies who studied abroad to other students. Furthermore, we will also expand friendship programs with international students at our university so that more students will be able to experience global education opportunities." Meanwhile, 336 international students from 10 different countries are studying at YU College of Business and Economics as of the first semester of 2012.
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Half of the 12 seats for the Daegu constituency from Yeungnam University 14 district electorates, 1 proportional representation 1 head of local government authority, 2 members of the local assembly [Apr 12, 2012] Alumni voted into the 19th National Assembly (Top row, left to right: Joo, Ho-young, Kim, Sang-hoon, Kim, Gwang-lim, Lee, Wan-young, Kim, Jang-sil. Second row, left to right: Yoo, Seong-min, Cho, Won-jin, Suh, Sang-kee, Yun, Jae-ok, Choi, Kyung-hwan. Bottomr row, left to right: Kim, Tae-whan, Lee, Cheol-woo, Kim, Jong-tae, Chung, Hee-soo, Choo, Mi-ae) In the April 11 the general elections for the 19th National Assembly, a total of 15 YU alumni (14 district electorates, 1 proportional representation) were elected into the National Assembly. By region, 6 of the 12 total seats for the Daegu constituency were from YU. They are Joo, Ho-young (Law '78) for Suseong-gu Eul, Kim, Sang-hoon (Law '82) for Seo-gu, Yoo, Seong-min (Graduate School of Business Administration '07) for Dong-gu Eul, Cho, Won-jin (Graduate School of Public Administration '99) for Dalseo-gu Byeong, Yun, Jae-ok (Graduate School of Business Administration '09) for Dalseo-gu Eul, Suh, Sang-kee (Graduate School of Business Administration '10) for Buk-gu Eul. In the Gyeongbuk constituency, a total of 7 are YU alumni. They are Kim, Gwang-lim (Economics '69) for Andong, Lee, Wan-young (Public Administration '76) for Goryeong- Seongju-Chilgok, Choi, Kyung-hwan (Graduate School of Business Administration '07) for Gyeongsan-Cheongdo, Kim, Tae-whan (Graduate School of Business Administration '08) for Gumi (eul), Lee, Cheol-woo (Graduate School of Business Administration '07) for Gimcheon, Kim, Jong-tae (Graduate School of Business Administration '02) for Sangju, and Chung, Hee-soo (Graduate School of Business Administration '08) for Yeongcheon. In particular, National Assemblymen Lee, Cheol-woo and Kim, Gwang-lim received 83.5% (nation's highest) and 82.5% of votes, respectively, adding to the joy. In Seoul, Choo, Mi-ae (Graduate School of Business Administration '09, Democratic United Party) was elected for Gwangjin-gu Eul, and thus a total of 14 YU alumni received their golden badge, which is an insignia for National Assemblymen, in the district electorates. In addition, Kim, Jang-sil (Public Administration '75), who is both the Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the president of the Seoul Arts Center, joined the 19th National Assembly for the proportional representation of the Saenuri Party. Also, in the by-elections that were conducted together with the general elections, Goh, Yoon-hwan (Regional Development and Welfare Administration '77) was elected as the mayor of Mungyeong, while in the elections for the local assembly, Heo, Man-jin (Economics '71) was elected for Dalseo-gu Gab 2 and Choi, Gil-young (Graduate School of Business Administration '02) was elected for Buk-gu 2. Yeungnam University is planning to host an alumni banquet and support their 19th National Assembly activities at the J's Hotel at 6pm on April 25.
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Internationally recognized as an Expert on Webometrics Invited as a speaker for the prominent figure lecture series at the School of Communication and Information [Apr 10, 2012] Professor Park, Han-woo(41, photo) of the Department of Media and Communication, who is a famed expert in 'webometrics', which refers to the quantitative analysis of the web, was invited to make a special lecture at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore on the afternoon of the 11th. The title of his lecture is 'Political talk and network in the social media sphere : A webometrics perspective'. At this lecture, Professor Park analyzes data collected from the homepages, blogs and Twitter accounts of the National Assembly members of Korea using webometrics network methodologies in order to present communication patterns of Korean politicians in social media. He also explains how Twitter, a famous social media, is used as the mobilization channel for Korea's political and social issues, and he will talk about new issues and factors for change in the webometrics field. Professor Park is leading the 'YU WCU Webometrics Institute' that is funded by the government since 2008. He has exhibited outstanding research achievements such as publishing over 50 theses in world renowned academic journals under the theme of social network analysis via website contents and hyperlinks. In particular, his works were also recognized internationally and is currently serving as an editing committee member of the SSCI-level overseas journals 'JCMC' and 'Scientometrics' and the co-editor of 'The Journal of Contemporary Asia'. SSCI is an internationally acclaimed academic journal in the social science and humanities sector, and its recognition is so high that one SSCI level paper is equal to about five SCI level (science citation index) papers. On the other hand, Nanyang Technological University is a prestigious university that was ranked 58th in the 2011 QS World University Rankings. The School of Communication and Information, which is hosting the prominent figure lecture series was established in 1992 named after the 4th president of Singapore and a legendary journalist, We Kim We. It is celebrating its 20th year anniversary this year.
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Business & Economics Hall and IT Hall newly opened, offering high-tech educational environment Completed construction of CRC building, procured research base for conversion in campus Increased power supply by 10,000KW to for providing stable energy supply [Apr 6, 2012] Yeungnam University campus underwent a major facelift. YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) recently held its construction and remodeling completion ceremony for the Business & Economics Halll, IT Hall and CRC building and completed its change into a high-tech and pleasant campus. The new building of the Business & Economics Hall that just opened its doors has one underground level and stands four stories tall with a total floor area of 3,131m². Construction for this began in April of last year and was completed in late February of this year. The new building of the Business & Economics Hall, in which 3.6 billion won was invested for construction, is equipped with graduate school research labs, information retrieval rooms, high-tech multi-functional lecture room, small and medium sized classrooms, seminar rooms, and a global lounge to provide the best educational environment for academics and research. The IT Hall(Information & Telecommunication Hall) extended and remodeled the main building of the College of Engineering, recreating it into a high-tech building with a vast floor areas of 7,141m². The IT Hall, in which about 3.3 billion won was invested in equipped with an electric room, is aiming to generate synergy effects for IT education and research by locating the Departments of Information and Communication Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Electronic Engineering here. The CRC (Convergence Research Cluster) building, which will act as a base for convergence within the campus, also held its completion ceremony on this day. About 11.8 billion won was invested for the construction of this building and took about 10 months to build since beginning its construction in mid April last year. This building spans across a total floor space of 7,738m² and has one underground level, while standing five stories tall. The CRC building is planning to integrate human and material resources for the technological research in green energy such as the LED-IT Fusion Technology Research Center, Center for Green Car Parts, Solar Cell Materials and Process R&D Workforce Cultivation Program, and LINC project team, while also fostering the human resources. Using this as a stepping stone, YU is preparing takes its next leap into becoming a world-class local hub university that will lead convergence research. In addition, for the stable supple of energy within the campus, YU invested 7.9 billion won from late last year for two months for construction to increase the energy supply. In result, an additional 10,000KW supply was added to the original electric power capacity so to make it possible to supply a total of 20,000KW of electric power in the campus. The voltage of the supply of electric power was also doubled from 3.3KV to 6.6KV. Furthermore, cutting-edge electric power control facilities were also added to the substation in order to minimize unnecessary waste of energy. On these changes, YU president Lee, Hyo-soo stated, "YU keeps an audacious challenge to shift the paradigm of current university education. In such course, changes in not only software such as education and research, but also changes in the hardware are needed." He added, "We will continuously work on making the best campus environment for world-class education and research." Woo, Eui-Hyung, chairman of Yeungnam Academy Foundation, who participated in this event to congratulate the completion of construction stated in his address, "As of today, Yeungnam University is equipped with grand facilities including 188 buildings and a total area of over 460,000m². I hope that with the upgraded education and research environments, the entire faculty of our university will work harder to train world-class human resources, while publishing research papers that the entire world will take notice of." He also added, "Yeungnam Academy Foundation will also provide its full support to enhance the competitiveness of the university."
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Another result of the new vision of YU, 'Glocal Initiative' For two and a half hours from 16:30 to 19:00 on March 26, 2012 at the College of Medicine of Yeungnam university, 13 medical student(7 of YU, 6 of Kyushu University) has held a heated teleconference meeting. The teleconference meeting is a student-oriented one to follow up on the overseas field-training for clinical studies at the College of Medicine of Kyshu University and Hara-Doi Hospital in Japan which was sponsored by the educational capacity strengthening project of YU in 2011. Though the budget for the College of Medicine alloted from the total budget of the project was 10 million won, additional field trips were made to the Kyushu region, which was relatively cheaper, after having sent students to the US and Australia, in order to develop new regions for overseas clinical training and to increase the number of students for such field trips. Finally, this choice proved to be very effective. At this teleconference, Jung Heo(student representative, senior) and Hyeon-jeong Jung (senior) of the YU College of Medicine made a case presentation and review presentation on “Petechiae on both forearms & lower legs“, while Ji-yeon Koo, Chang-hwi Park(seniors), and Jae-won Kim, Jong-myeong Yoon, and Joon-hyeok Lee (juniors) held discussions. Students from the Kyushu University presented cases on 'multiple injuries'. The two and a half hour meeting was conducted in English generally, but Ji-yeon Koo, proficient in Japanese as well, footnoted some parts in Japanese which were difficult to communicate only in English. The meeting has been carried out with hot passion, yet a friendly atmosphere. Though other colleges of medicine in the region have sent students for overseas training in advance of YU, there has never been such a case that showed so visible and practical results in such a short period of time. Such achievements owe to not only the strong will of Dean Su-jeong Lee for clinical training in Japan, but also that of Vice-Dean Young-hwan Lee, who led the case studies for the conference, and that of Vice-Dean for student affairs Gyeong-soo Lee, who led the training in Japan and coordinated student exchange program. Henceforth, we will hold the international teleconference regularly and actively solve such issues as lack of budget, aging of equipment, etc. in order to realize YU's vision 'Glocal University', and to train 'a respected global doctor', which is the educational goal of the YU College of Medicine.
