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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.
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Yeungnam University and Gyeongsangbuk-do run 'US Business Course' jointly, which is recognized as a shortcut to the overseas employment. YU will begin 'GE4U Program' from May in collaboration with the Ministry of Employment & Labor, the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, and the local governments. [Apr 3, 2012] YU graduates that are hired in the US (from left to right, Lee, Yu-jin, Kim, Jae-wan, Maeng, Hyeon-ah) "No matter how tough it is to find a job, there is always a way. Try finding a job overseas. First, hone your abilities through systematic programs at a reliable educational institute and be confident in making challenges. Then, you will have the opportunity to use your skills in a bigger world. That is my case." Lee, Yu-jin (23) graduated last February from the YU Department of Sociology. She is working as an intern at the Custom Services, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia from April 1. After her 12 month full-time internship, she will have the opportunity to be hired as a full-time employee. She says that the reason why she is able to be hired at a customs service in the US even as a major in sociology, was because of the 'US Business Course' that was opened by YU since November of last year. The US Business Course that is overseen by the YU Center for Continuing Education (director Paik, Gwon-ho, School of Business) in connection with Gyeongsanbuk-do is a program that aims at gaining employing in their related major. Every day from Monday to Friday for 6 months for a total of 960 hours, students receive English education, work education (office), general education (lectures from experts, US culture, employment information, interview skills, etc). 41 million won for educational expenses per person is provided from national funding. Those who successfully land jobs in the US receive 2 million won for airfare from YU and 1.2 million won as an employment bonus from Gyeongsangbuk-do. Lee, who landed her job even before completing the course, said, "I did not even think about getting a job overseas when I first became a senior. But after hearing that our university and Gyeongsangbuk-do will work together to provide support for getting jobs in the US, I gathered the courage and challenged it. It provided a systematic and effective language education without having to go abroad for language courses, work training focusing on the actual work, overseas employment support with proven reliability, as well as education expense grants. Basically, it was like killing four birds with one stone. Thanks to this, I was able to attain good results, and I am very thankful for this." Kim, Jae-wan (28) who also graduated from the YU Department of Electrical Engineering in August of last year was hired by a mobile communications company in Dallas, while Maeng, Hyeon-ah (24) who graduated in February of last year from the School of Economics and Finance was also hired by a information & communication technology company in New Jersey. On the 2nd of this month, Kim, Ji-eun (25) who graduate School of Business this past February was picked up by a medical instrument company in New Jersey. Park, Na-ra (24) and Oh, Yu-ri (25), who just graduated from School of Business and Department of Statistics, respectively, in February also departed the country after being hired together at a logistics company in California. 6 of the 12 students in this course have already confirmed overseas employment, despite the fact that there is still a month left in the course. Other students are also preparing to find employment. They said, "Youthfulness is a special right to make challenges. Since we have successfully landed jobs overseas, we will have bigger dreams in a bigger world." They also added, "We participated in various development programs offered by our university such as presentation contents, job camps, and CEO courses, as well as extracurricular activities such as volunteer work at World Vision and Holt Children's Services, mentoring programs at the Korea Student Aid Foundation, and the 6 Sigma Green Belt course, which probably gave us additional points. You should keep this in mind when preparing to find a job in the US." Based on the success of the 'US Business Course', YU will operate the 'GE4U (Global Employment For You) together with the Ministry of Employment and Labor, Human Resources Development Service of Korea, and Gyeongsangbuk-do. 20 students will be selected and applications are accepted until April 20. Systematic employment education and overseas employment support is offered for 8 months and of the 6.1 million won for educational expenses, 4.1 million will be provided by national funding. Contact the YU Center for Continuing Education for details (Tel : 053-624-4442~3).
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Procure national funding of 200 million won every year for up to 10 years Focus on fostering creative and convergence-type engineering personnel [Apr 3, 2012] Yeungnam University (President Lee, Hyo-soo) was finally selected for the 'Center for Innovation of Engineering Education Support Project'. After receiving national funding for five years since being selected for the first stage in 2007, it was again selected for the second stage for the next ten years to 2022. According to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology, a total of 65 universities, including Yeungnam University, were selected for the 'Center for Innovation of Engineering Education Support Project' that aims at fostering creative and convergence-type engineering talents. By region, ▲ 10 universities including Yeungnam University, Kangwon National University, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Daegu University, and Handong University were selected from the Daegu, Gyeongbuk and Gangwon regions, ▲ 24 including Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University, Ewha Womans University, Chungang University, Sungkyunkwan University, and Ajou University were selected in the greater Seoul area ▲ 9 including Korea National University of Transportation (Chungju), Dankook University (Cheonan), Soonchunhyang University, and the Korea University of Technology and Education were selected from the Chungcheong region ▲ 11 including Chonnam National Univeristy, Chonbuk National University and Chosun University were selected from the Honam region, and ▲ 11 universities including Pusan National University, Donga University, Univerity of Ulsan and Changwon National University were selected from the southeastern region. This shows that of the 86 universities that applied after first regional assessment and second national integrated evaluations last month, 21 universities were disqualified. In addition, of the 60 universities that participated in the first stage project from 2007-2011, 12 universities that showed poor performance were left off, while 17 universities that presented systematic educational program operation plans were newly selected. YU were selected for the first stage (Jun 2007 - Feb 2012) and also for the second stage (Mar 2012 - Feb 2022), and will thus receive national funding of about 200 million won per year for up to the next ten years. Accordingly, YU is planning to set the Center for Innovation of Engineering Education (director Song, Dong-joo) as the control tower in the College of Engineering and to focus on fostering creative and convergence-type engineering talents. In particular, it is planning to strengthen the 'ABEEK' certification system in order to foster engineers who fit global standards. As of March 2012, there are a total 5,741 engineering students who are in the ABEEK certification program at YU, which is 70.3% of all engineering students. YU is planning to enhance this in terms of both quantity and quality. Furthermore, plans are also being made to support the accumulate of various creative design experience by jointly conducting inter-disciplinary programs, as well as capstone design (general design) programs with overseas universities. It is also planning to cooperate with domestic and foreign companies and government bodies, while connecting it to LINC projects, HRD projects and the human resource training projects for regional innovation to concentrate on fostering creative engineering talents with strong character and leadership. The 'Center for Innovation of Engineering Education Support Project' was pursued since 2007 in order to resolve the imbalances caused by the differences in the skill level of university graduate engineers and the level needed in industries. In the first stage, hardware innovation such as construction of an engineering education improvement system in colleges and development of educational programs were conducted. In the second stage, the software innovation such as industrial work programs including capstone design and field work will be strengthened, and programs that are integrated with humanities and arts will be focused upon. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology will subdivide the total project period into three periods (3+3+4 years) and is planning to disqualify the lowest performers through mid-term evaluations.
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First demonstration of 'Raonatti' in front of a Dutch minister Joint development by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Gyeongsangbuk-do, grand opening scheduled in December Use traditional cultural heritages and characters of the local government body to open possibilities of globalizing cultural contents industries [March 29, 2012] Yeungnam University finally revealed the online platform-based 'cultural contents education serious game' that it is currently developing together with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism(MCST) and Gyeongsangbuk-do. The YU Convergence Media Design Center (director Hong, Chang-kee) attended the 'Korea-Netherlands Serious Game Seminar' at the Seoul JW Marriott Hotel on the 28th and gave a demonstration on 'Raonatti' (Korean word meaning 'fun friend'), a game that YU developed. The demonstration was made by Kim, Chan-woo, a fifth-grader at Sawol Elementary School in Daegu and Hong, Ji-ho, a second-grader at Samyuk Elementary School in Daegu. Due to the 'fun' and 'immersion' character of games, Serious Games can be a way to effectively conduct education, therapy and training. It is receiving high attention as a core sector that can lead next-generation technologies and contents. Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Uri Rosenthal and Joke Witteveen of the Dutch Games Association (DGA), and Director of the Gyeonggi Digital Content Agency Sung, Yeol-hong were present and watched the demonstration of 'Raonatti'. Features of this is that it utilizes Korea's traditional cultural heritages such as Bulguksa Temple, Seokguram, and Andong Hahoe Village, as well as characters of the local governing bodies as contents. In addition, by integrating the entertainment factors, which is the main function of serious games, together with education, tourism and PR, it induces elementary and secondary school students to enjoy games while having continued interest in Korea's unique traditional cultural heritages and cultural contents. Representatives from both nations that watched the demonstration praised it saying that it was entertaining. The YU Convergence Media Design Center, which began development of the games with a total investment of 720 million won made up of both national and provincial funding from June of last year, is reinforcing the contents such as 'Knowing Dokdo' with the goal of having the grand opening at the end of the year. Meanwhile, it is also planning to conduct test classes at elementary schools, as well as an online beta test in the coming months of June and October. On this, Professor Hong, Chang-kee (42, Department of Visual Communication Design), who is serving as the director of the YU Convergence Media Design Center, stated, "The education, culture and IT contents of the Gyeongbuk region finally took its first step towards globalization and popularization." He added, "Starting off at Gyeongbuk, by establishing a cultural U-learning system nationwide and by utilizing 'Knowing History Properly' learning contents that use the UNESCO designated cultural heritages and cultural properties of local governments, we can expect not only educational effects, but the creation of new growth engines by adding value to local cultures." Meanwhile, this event was hosted by the Embassy of Korea to the Netherlands, the Gyeonggi Digital Content Agency, and the Korean Society for Computer Game, and sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. As part of the friendly match of Serious Games between Korea and the Netherlands, Korea demonstrated cultural contents serious games that YU is developing, while the Dutch showed a fire fighting drill serious game.
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Four private universities in the nation, including Yeungnam University, selected as technology-innovation types Procure national funding of 20 to 25 billion won for 5 years, Improve the structure of the university in being a industry-university cooperation friendly [Mar 28, 2012] YU was selected for LINC sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. On the 28th, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology(MEST) and the National Research Foundation of Korea announced that it made its final selections for 51 universities for the 'Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation (LINC)' in order to create various industry-university cooperation models connected to local industries. They were selected from either technology-innovation types or on-site types. For technology-innovation types, 3 to 5 billion won will be granted to each university. A total of 14 were selected for this including Yeungnam University, Sungkyunkwan University, Hanyang University, Pusan University, Kyungpook National University and Chonnam National University. Two to four billion won will be supported to each university for on-site types, and 37 universities such as Dongkuk University, Konyang University, Gwangju University, and University of Ulsan were selected. Among the fourteen selected for technology-innovation types, only four are private universities (Yeungnam University, Sungkyunkwan University, Hanyang University, Chosun University). In the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions, only Yeungnam University and Kyungpook National University were selected for technology-innovation types. Kyungwoon University, Keimyung University, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu University, and Andong National University were selected for on-site types. The 'LINC Project' is in its first year this year initiated by MEST. The 'Metropolitan Human Resource Development Center for Economic Region Leading Industry Project', 'Industry-University Centered University', and 'Regional Core Research Program' to which 145.5 billion won were granted to 44 universities until last year, were combined this year into the LINC project. It will thus provide a total of 170 billion won to 51 universities. By being selected for the LINC, YU procured national funding of 20 to 25 billion won over the next 5 years. Thus, while newly hiring 'professors for industry-university cooperation', it will also newly construct a 'Business Startup Education Center' and 'Field Training Support Center', while strengthening its industry-university cooperation friendly education curriculum such as 'interdisciplinary/business-connected Capstone Design Project' and 'industry-university cooperation track'. In particular, based on the research abilities and educational capacities in the green sector that YU accumulated thus far, it is planning to lead the region's green industry development by fostering specialized 'Green Collar', such as newly offering green energy and green car courses in the graduate school. It is also planning to continuously create win-win models for the university and local companies by providing a 'one-stop service' for companies such as retraining and reeducation of employees, utilizating common equipments, etc through the establishment of the 'corporate support center'. Lee, Hyo-soo, president of YU, emphasized, "By developing and using various industry-university cooperation models linked to local industries, our university will be reshuffled into being more industry-university cooperation friendly." He also added, "It will resolve the mismatch in the job market and construct an infrastructure that strengthens the competitiveness of local industries."
