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Gathering alumni’s minds at 70th Anniversary of Faculty of Architecture Sharing experiences and communication through special lectures by seniors for juniors Encouragement of juniors in their graduation exhibition [September 05, 2022] <Alumni of Faculty of Architecture donated KRW 100 million of development fund.> Alumni of YU Faculty of Architecture donated KRW 100 million of scholarship to their alma master for their juniors. Alumni gathered their minds at 70th Anniversary of YU Faculty of Architecture. On the 5th, YU Faculty of Architecture held 70th Anniversary of establishment. YU Faculty of Architecture was established in 1952, for the third time in the country. In the anniversary ceremony held at 3:00 pm on the 5th in YU Cheonma Art Center Chamber Hall, alumni, professors, and students including YOON Jong-sik, Chairman of Alumni Association of YU Faculty of Architecture (CEO of DOSI 21 Design Group) participated. President CHOI Oe-chool of YU and BYEON Chang-hun (Chairman of YU Alumni Association of Faculty of Architecture and President of Daegu Hanny University) participated in the ceremony and congratulated the anniversary. In the ceremony, YOON Jong-sik, Chairman of Alumni Association of YU Faculty of Architecture transferred KRW 100 million of scholarship to President CHOI Oe-chool of YU for juniors. Chairman YOON Jong-sik of YU Alumni Association of Faculty of Architecture said, “Alumni gathered their minds to promote development of alma master and to cheer juniors at the 70th anniversary of establishment of the department. I hope that today’s ceremony will be a motive for alumni and all constituents including professors and students to strengthen their determination towards 100th anniversary. We will make every support for development of alma master and juniors in every possible opportunity.” <Transfer of contribution plaque in the 70th Anniversary Ceremony of Faculty of Architecture> Dean KANG Ju-won of YU Faculty of Architecture commented, “The 70 years for YU Faculty of Architecture were the 70 years for development of Korea. More than 6,500 alumni of YU Faculty of Architecture are working in the world over Korea. I feel the proud of the dean of the faculty because here are the alumni to participate in and congratulate the 70th-anniversary ceremony. We will continue innovations and challenges to make the best faculty of architecture in Korea over the performances for the past 70 years.” President CHOI Oe-chool of YU commented through his congratulatory message, “Endeavors until yesterday have determined today’s prestige and endeavors since today will determine tomorrow’s new prestige. I think that endeavors made by the alumni of YU Faculty of Architecture over the past 70 years contributed to putting Korea at the level of advanced countries. It is the time for YU, which has led cultivation of Korean talents with the founding spirit for cultivation of the pillars for national restoration, to play the role to meet the prestige of an advanced country. We will share Korea’s experiences in development with the world and will do our best for cultivation of talents to contribute to human society. We hope more cheer and interest in future, too.” In the ceremony, alumnus seniors including KIM Mu-kwon (CEO of Modern Architecture Architects & Engineers) and YOO Kun-ha (Chairman of Kunwon Engineering) who are working as architects had special lectures for juniors and communicated with them. Meanwhile, alumni visited alma master for the 70th anniversary ceremony held in the underground gallery of YU Cheonma Art Center and appreciated juniors graduation works and encouraged the juniors in the Graduation Exhibition of Faculty of Architecture. The 69th Graduation Exhibition of YU Faculty of Architecture was held until September 7 (Wednesday).
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General management of Future Car Conversion Component Project for Regional Innovation System of Daegu-Gyeongbuk Cultivation of talents to meet future car conversion and operation of shared campus for Daegu-Gyeongbuk’s innovative colleges Cluster of “future car conversion component” area of core driving industry for the 4th industrial revolution focused in YU [September 06, 2022] YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) started the project for “Regional innovation based on cooperation between local governments and colleges (Regional Innovation System, hereinafter RIS).” YU held “Conference of participants of future car conversion component project for Daegu-Gyeongbuk RIS” in Hotel Interbulgo on the 6th. YU leads the project as the central university of RIS project being implemented by “Daegu-Gyeongbuk RIS”. College and agency personnel of future car conversion component project for Daegu-Gyeongbuk RIS participated in the conference to share general direction of operation of the project and project budget payment standard and to construct a cooperation system for participants of future car conversion component project. RIS project is implemented to establish a mid-to-long-term development plan to meet industrial demands with construction of RIS by local governments, colleges, and regional innovation agencies, to select core areas for the goal of development, and to support innovation of colleges and regional industries concerned. Including Daegu-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Kyungpook National University, and YU, 23 colleges/universities, 14 regional innovation agencies and institutes, and more than 200 local enterprises participate in the project. KRW 331.6 billion will be invested for five years in maximum and the project will be implemented for reorganization of educational system and collaboration with regional innovation agencies. In this project, YU will manage the Future Car Conversion Component Project Team to implement the project for cultivation of talents and enterprise collaboration bubs by ▲ supporting cultivation of talents and local settlement to meet future car conversion and ▲ operating share campus of Daegu-Gyeongbuk Multiversity (DGM) for future car conversion and installing the major in future car integration. Gyeongsangbuk-do and regional colleges/universities, local innovation agencies and institutes, and local mid-sized automobile component companies will form a government-academy-industry-institute cluster and implement the project focused in YU.
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Introduction of <Global Korea> based on the idea obtained in the major class of Department of Visual Design Design of posters using cultural heritages and national symbols such as Sungnyemun Gate, Gyeongbokgung Palace, and Cheomseongdae [September 08, 2022] KEUM JI-won, 2nd Grade of YU Department of Visual Design (20, above photo), won Prime Minister’s Prize in the 8th Korean National Symbol Design Contest. “Korean National Symbol Design Contest” is a design contest to improve national image with use of national symbols such as Taegeukgi, Mugunghwa, national anthem, and national seal and with use of Hangeul and cultural heritages, etc. and was held for graphic design, product design, and video design parts. The contest was held being divided into general part, college (graduate school) part, and high school part and entries were filed from June 3rd to 30th. 1,849 works were filed and 40 works were finally selected in August through 1st and 2nd professional reviews. Ms Keum won Prime Minister’s Prize in graphic design area. The work of Ms Keum is “Global Korea”. The work is a poster design based on Sungnyemun Gate (National Treasure No.1), Gyeongbokgung Palace (the representative palace of Joseon Dynasty), Cheomseongdae in Gyeongju, Dabotap Pagoda, Seokgatap Pagoda, and Tomb of King Muryeong, etc. She added symbolic meanings with use of beautiful traditional patterns of Korea, Mugunghwa (national flower), Taegeukgi, and Gun-Gon-Gam-Ri. <Global Korea> (KEUM Ji-won from YU Department of Visual Design) Her work was completed based on the idea obtained in her major class in the Department of Visual Design. She designed Korean history textbook based on the class of creative illustration provided last year and completed <Global Korea> through design supplementation. The work may be used as various applications including stickers. <Refer to below-shown work> Ms Keum said, “I paid more attention because it is a design contest for participation with use of the elements of national symbols. Ms Keum said, “I paid more attention because it is a design contest for participation with use of the elements of national symbols. I made more endeavors to harmonization of Korean cultural heritages and national symbolic elements such as Taegeukgi and Mugunghwa. Participation in the contest and the winning seems to be a motive for me to be focused in design work as well as major study. I will develop my dream of a graphic designer.” Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security managed and held the contest on 1F of Blue House Guesthouse in August to encourage people’s interest.
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Enhancement of academic exchange between both universities through joint researches and academic conferences Regional innovation and development led by regional representatives, national universities, and private universities [September 07, 2022] YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) and Kyungpook National University (President HONG Won-hwa) concluded an academic exchange agreement in Conference Room 1 of Main Building of Kyungpook National University on the 7th. Main contents of the agreement consist of ▷Academic exchange including joint researches and academic conferences, ▷ Exchange of academic data, publications, and information, ▷ Cooperation in education for students (including graduate school students) through operation of joint education courses and common use of and support for laboratory equipment, ▷ Joint excavation and implementation of industry-academy-government-institute collaboration projects, and ▷Enhanced exchange and cooperation among foreign students, etc. There is a comment that the bridge for cultivation of talents and local innovation and development is provided by a national university and private university representing the region. The agreement was concluded as President HONG Won-hwa of Kyungpook National University accepted the suggestion of President CHOI Oe-chool of YU to gather the capabilities of both universities for local development. President CHOI Oe-chool of YU said, “Until now, Kyungpook National University has been playing a large role for local development for cultivation of local talents as a base national university. Especially, I suggested the agreement to President HONG Won-hwa who has been playing a role for development of Korean higher education as the Chairman of Korean University Education Council. I hope this agreement will be a motive to overcome regional crisis and for regional innovation and development over the exchange between both universities.”
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KIM Dong-yeong and CHOI Yeong-heon Team, top prize in a world architectural competition with “CITY 2040” project Potential local landmark design...containing Daegu Law Town Historic Site Development Plan Top in KEPCO’s Daegu HQ Building Design Competition, too...Domestic and foreign acceptance of major practical capability [August 18, 2022] <Students of Faculty of Architecture got the grand prize in “SKYHIVE skyscraper challenge” (From the left, CHOI Yeong-heon and KIM Dong-yeong)> Students of YU’s Faculty of Architecture got the grand prize in “SKYHIVE skyscraper challenge,” an international architectural competition. The heroes are KIM Dong-yeong (4th Grade) and CHOI Yeong-heon (5th Grade) of Yu’s Faculty of Architecture. The second winner next to YU was found to be a graduate from Department of Architecture of Graduate School of Harvard University. “SKYHIVE skyscraper challenge” is being held by Buildner, which holds international architectural competition, for consecutive five years and is a yearly international architectural competition for the newest and best design of symbolic skyscraper. Not only students majoring architecture but also practical professionals of the world participate in the competition and the levels of submitted works are quite high. The competition participants should make the concepts of the most advanced towers over the standard. The participants should plan works with integration of not only spaces but also aesthetics, designs, and new technologies and materials. Especially, they should complete works in consideration of economic, social, and cultural elements with establishment of designs and new architectural methods to make innovation of sustainable systems. The work of Yu’s Faculty of Architecture which got the grand prize is “CITY 2040 : MICRO CLIMATE CONTROL CENTER.” <Below photo> Their work contains Law Town Historic Site Development Plan for Suseong-gu, Daegu. Current Daegu Law Town is to be moved in 2020’s due to aging and they suggested a method of future use and a development plan to cover the functional loss of an existing downtown. KIM Dong-yeong explained their work saying, “CITY 2040 is a spatial project to contain the diversity and flexibility of future cities escaping from current inflexible urban plans. The new skyscraper was constructed by environment-friendly method with minimum development concept and suggested spatial potential to invite new industries to restore contracted industrial foundation. We designed it to be positioned as a local landmark having development potential.” CHOI Yeong-hyeon commented, “We intended to suggest a development direction of a central commercial area in addition to preservation of current buildings. We put a flexibly changeable modular integrated culture center in the development plan to preserve current complexes as natural spaces to be freely used by urban citizens and to respond actively to future industries. We intended to make urban ecological work facilities to be used by citizens in two standpoints of natural preservation and urban development focused on sustainable concept and green tech.” Meanwhile, the two winners of grand prize had gotten grand prize in KEPCO’s Daegu HQ Building Design Competition for college students, too, which was held last year. At that time, they submitted “Open Frame Office” focused on establishment of relationship with a city by containing functional aspect of office spaces and public spaces and got good assessment.
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Degree conferment to representative, etc. of graduates of the general graduate school in Cheonma Art Center Chamber Hall on the 22nd Colleges and graduate school produced 89 doctoral students, 320 master’s students, and 916 bachelor’s students. [August 22, 2022] YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) held “2021 Second-Semester Degree Conferment Ceremony” in the morning on the 22nd. President CHOI Oe-chool of YU and President PARK Seung-woo of Graduate School conferred degrees to and congratulated the representative of master’s students and all doctoral students of the general graduate school in YU Cheonma Art Center Chamber Hall. On that day, 916 bachelors, 320 masters, and 89 doctors were produced by YU. Degree pendants and diplomas were conferred for colleges and seven special graduate schools such as Graduate School of Environmental Health, Graduate School of Sports Science, Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of Culture and Art Design, and Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul. <President CHOI Oe-chool confers degrees> President CHOI Oe-chool made a congratulatory message in the graduation ceremony, “The knowledge and capability accumulated for several years in YU will become motive power to lead innovation of our society and contribute in human society. Today’s graduation ceremony may be a new starting point towards future world. Current society asks vital knowledge seeking for continuous innovation. I hope you to have the courage and wisdom to challenge the search for vital knowledge on strange roads. I hope you to be proud Cheonma People to lead prosperity of global community.” In the degree conferment ceremony, 137 foreign students (65 bachelors, 42 masters, and 31 doctors) received degrees and 128 faculty graduates received double degree with double majors.
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Sharing kimchi of YU’s love on the 18th...Participation of more than 80 persons including Student Council students and foreign students Transfer of 350 heads of kimchi to vulnerable neighbors through Gyeongsan-si Voluntary Service Center [August 18, 2022] “Have you ever heard the word of Summer Gimjang?” YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) held an event to share Summer Gimjang kimchi with local neighbors. On the 18th, YU held an event of “Sharing kimchi of love” together with TheKN Co., Ltd which is operating the University Student Restaurant. The event was managed by YU Social Contribution Support Team; more than 80 persons including YU staff and Student Council students participated in the event and made 350 heads of kimchi in YU Student Restaurant. Foreign students studying in YU also made kimchi and had the opportunity to experience Korean culture and practice neighbor love. Especially, KIM Tae-woo, former 44th Chairman of YU Student Council and current Daegu-si Councilor participated in and supported the event. YU has been holding the event of Sharing Kimchi of Love in every winter. It is a social contribution program to practice sharing with local vulnerable neighbors. This year, the event was held in summer vacation considering that the opportunity to share Gimjang kimchi with neighbors is relatively less in summer compared with winter. The kimchi made in the event was transferred to local vulnerable neighbors through Gyeongsan-si Voluntary Service Center. KIM Jae-choon (Vice-President of YU Education Innovation), Director of YU Social Contribution Team, prepared the kimchi sharing event on that day and commented, “This year, YU planned and is implementing various programs to enhance the sense of community of students as social constituents and basic knowledge as global citizens with installation “Social Contribution and Service” as essential common liberal arts. The kimchi sharing event was prepared to enhance the sense of contribution and service activities for the community. I hope that the students may get an opportunity to practice neighbor love by making kimchi and sharing it with neighbors instead of summer leaves.”
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Class 93 Alumnus Council, chipping for development of alma master and juniors Alumni of College of Pharmacy led “Gathering construction fund of college of pharmacy” for construction Pharmacy Building. [August 19, 2022] Alumni of YU College of Pharmacy donated KRW 54 million as alma mater development fund. In the morning on the 19th, Class 93 Alumnus Council (Chairman, KIM Jung-hwan) of YU College of Pharmacy visited the alma master. They met President CHOI Oe-chool of YU and donated KRW 54 million to be used for development of the university. Chairman KIM Jung-hwan of Class 93 Alumnus Council of YU College of Pharmacy said, “A long time has elapsed after graduation but my mind to love my alma master YU is not changed. The alumni had a meeting recently. YU College of Pharmacy has been the foundation for Class 93 alumni to work in every part of the society and to be in this place now. Alumni made a united effort to give back some of the benefits received from the alma mater. I hope all YU alumni to cheer development of alma master and juniors. Starting with today’s donation of development fund, our Alumnus Council will spare no effort to support the development of our alma mater.” In response to such words, President CHOI Oe-chool of YU commented, “I thank numerous alumni for cheering alma master as the president. I think that the capability and prestige of the university may be enhanced due to existence of such alumni working in every place of the society. The environment surrounding the university is not easy but alumni’s interest and cheering is highly helpful. I will do my best for development of the university to meet the will of alumni cheering development of alma master. I want continuous interest and cheering in future, too.” The love of alma master by alumni of YU College of Pharmacy is extraordinary. In addition to many times of donations of development funds by alumnus councils of all classes, Chairman LEE Su-geun of YU College of Pharmacy Sponsored Scholarship donated KRW 50 million of alma master development fund and, last year, Vice-Chairman PARK Jeong-kwan of WithPharm Co., Ltd, Class 75 of YU College of Pharmacy, donated KRW 100 million as scholarship of YU. Especially, alumni of YU College of Pharmacy led “Project to gather construction fund of college of pharmacy” for many years and brought completion of construction Pharmacy Building in 2020 which had been long-awaited project of YU College of Pharmacy.
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A businessman from the class of 63 of Department of Commerce of YU (former Daegu College) donated KRW 1,070 million as alma mater development fund. Major donor courtesy … encouragement of college donation culture is expected. Construction of “LEE Si-won Global Convention Hall” with use of Chairman LEE’s donation … Foundation for communication against COVID-19 [August 05, 2022] <The bust unveiling ceremony for Chairman LEE Si-won of PuCheon Corporation (Left)> YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) held the bust unveiling ceremony for Chairman LEE Si-won of PuCheon Corporation on the 4th. The bust of Chairman LEE Si-won is located at the entrance of “LEE Si-won Global Convention Hall” on the 3rd floor of YU Cheonma Art Center Chamber Hall.It was intended to respect Chairman LEE’s lead of Korean economic growth as a businessman and his contribution in the development of the university with donation of as large as KRW 1,070 million as a development fund. Chairman LEE Si-won of the class of 63 of YU (former Daegu College) Department of Commerce is a businessman who established PuCheon Corporation in 1975 and developed the company to be a textile company of which the quality was globally accepted. He received Honorary Doctor of Business Administration from YU in April, 2018 with acceptance of his excellent capability as a businessman and “LEE Si-won Lecture Room” was opened in YU Business Administration Building with use of his name in 2018. Chairman LEE Si-won attended the bust unveiling ceremony and commented, “YU grew up to be a businessman to play his role for development of the country and society. I made a small effort to repay my alma mater a little but receive a large gift from my lama mater today and thank for such gift. In future, I will do my best for national development and social contribution activities as a businessman with possession of the self-pride of a YU alumnus. I hope that the juniors who study on the YU campus will grow to be global talents.” “LEE Si-won Global Convention Hall” in which the bust of Chairman LEE is located was constructed in February with use of the development fund donated by Chairman LEE. It has about 519㎡ (157 pyeong) of area for real-time video lectures and online live relay, etc. as well as multinational conferences, international academic conferences, and seminars. Inside of the convention hall consists of main hall for conferences and special lectures, etc., control room for control of whole systems, and simultaneous interpretation room. “LEE Si-won Global Convention Hall” is equipped with the most advanced systems not inferior to multinational meeting rooms of main international organizations. YU is the only one in domestic universities which has such scale of international meeting systems. In this year, large global events such as YU 75th Anniversary Global Forum, Honorary Doctor of International Development Degree Conferment Ceremony for Secretary General David M. Beasley of UN WFP, and Yu’s China Forum, etc. were held in this place. YU has been holding large events including international academic conferences every year and, as various events were recently held in untact type due to COVID-19, “LEE Si-won Global Convention Hall” is expected to more frequently used. President CHOI Oe-chool of YU said, “He is one of the businessmen who led Korean economic growth and the footsteps of Chairman LEE Si-won will serve as a model for juniors as a proud YU alumnus. The valuable will of Chairman LEE who has been supporting his alma mater for development for tens of years is felt in every places of YU campus. Especially, “LEE Si-won Global Convention Hall” constructed with his donation will become the foundation for cultivation of global talents. Our university will accelerate cultivation of talents contributable for human society keeping the valuable will of the persons, who support the development of the university, deep in our mind.”
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Receiving four prizes including first prize in oral session part in the academic conference of The Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers External acceptance of research performances from faculty students to graduate school students [August 03, 2022] <Students of Department of New Materials Engineering who won various prizes in main academic conferences with acceptance of their research power> The students of YU Department of New Materials Engineering won various prizes in main academic conferences held in this year and their research power is externally accepted. The graduate school students and faculty students of YU Department of New Materials Engineering won four prizes in 2022 Summer Academic Conference of The Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers held in Gangwon-do Pyeongchang Alpensia Convention Center in June. More than 1,400 researchers from domestic universities and research institutes, etc. participated in this conference and presented 630 cases of research performances. CHOI Han-seung (4th Master's) of YU Graduate School of Department of New Materials Engineering won the first prize in oral session and 12 faculty students including KIM Min-woo of 4th Grade of Department of New Materials Engineering presented joint research result and won the first prize in faculty student competition. They presented the result of a research on design and optimization of energy harvesting elements to generate electric power with use of magnetic field to be discarded in the surroundings and the performance was accepted. Especially, the faculty research team, which won the first prize, got good evaluation result with presentation of the result of “A study on hybrid energy harvesting with use of both frictional-electric effect and piezoelectric effect” which was conducted in capstone design education course in the last semester. In poster session, YE Ji-won (1st Master’s) of graduate school won the first prize with suggestion of direction of the research applicable to flexible energy storage elements based on a research on improvement of electric properties with optical heat treatment of ceramic films on traditional plates that cannot heat treated. A joint research team consisting of faculty students including LEE Ho-young of 4th Grade and five graduate school students won the first prize with presentation of a research result on elements applicable to small electronic devices after manufacture of a ceramic heater having extended life time and improved stability for current electronic cigarettes. In addition, KANG Min-ji (3rd Master’s) of YU Graduate School of Department of New Material Engineering and LEE Sang-min of 4th Grade of the faculty won excellent poster prizes, respectively, in 2022 Engineering Ceramics Symposium held in Jeollanam-do Mokpo Sinan Beach Hotel from 30th June to 1st July. Their research was evaluated to have contributed in reduction of import dependence with localization of alumina to be used in semiconductor and display industry.
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