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YU Dokdo Lab held groundbreaking ceremony of the ‘Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden’ on the 18th Fostered with development funds donated by co-presidents of Round Lab Lee Young-hak and Jung Seo-rin 30 million KRW handed over to Dokdo Lab on the 18th... Total 60 million KRW donated [May 18, 2020] <YU Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden groundbreaking ceremony> YU (President Sur Gil-soo) will open the nation's first ‘Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden’ on campus. YU held the the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden at the garden next to the University HQ Building on the 18th. The YU Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden was built using development funds donated to the YU Dokdo Lab by Round Lab co-presidents Lee Young-hak and Jung Seo-rin. Prior to the groundbreaking ceremony of the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden held in the morning of the 18th, Lee Young-hak and Jung Seo-rin of Round Lab handed over 30 million KRW to YU asking to use the funds for research and education related to Dokdo. The co-presidents visited YU in April and donated 30 million KRW saying that they wanted to contribute to the Dokdo wild vegetation and ecosystem research activities, and when combined with past donations, they donated a total of 60 million KRW to the YU Dokdo Lab. <From second from left, Co-president Lee Young-hak, YU President Sur Gil-soo, Co-president Jung Seo-rin> At this groundbreaking ceremony were present YU President Sur Gil-soo, Dokdo Lab Director Choi Jae-mok, YU Department of Biotechnology Professor Park Seon-joo, who is an expert of the Dokdo ecosystem, and co-presidents of Round Lab Lee Young-hak and Jeong Seo-rin. Round Lab, which is a cosmetic product manufacturing and distribution company, launched Dokdo-related products which have been received warmly by general consumers. Their most famous products are Dokdo-related cosmetic products named ‘1025’ that branded Dokdo Day (October 25) such as ‘1025 Dokdo Toner’ and ‘1025 Dokdo Cleanser’. Co-president Lee Young-hak said, “I am very happy to be able to contribute to the establishment of the ‘Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden’ at YU, which is a leader in Dokdo-related research. I hope that this will be used as a place to preserve the biological resources of our island Dokdo, and be used for education to learn about the beauties of its ecosystem without actually going to Dokdo. YU will establish the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden on a 500 square meter area nex tot the University HQ Building. Of the 57 wild vegetation that grow in Dokdo, 5-6 species will be planted first such as Aster spathulifolius Maxim, Campanula takesimana, Sedum takesimense Nakai, Arabis stelleri, and Sedum oryzifolium Makino, and continue to increase the number of species every year. Also, a 661 square meter Dokdo Wild Vegetation seedbed center will be operated near the east gate of campus. The YU Dokdo Lab intends to use the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden for education on Dokdo’s wild vegetation and environment for the general public as well as elementary, middle and high school students. YU currently operates the ‘Dokdo Archives’ on the 6th floor of the Central Library and a ‘Natural Museum’ was established at the College of Natural Sciences where visitors can see samples of Dokdo wildlife and vegetation. In particular, over 2,000 elementary, middle and high school students visit the ‘Dokdo Archives’ operated by the YU Dokdo Lab every year, and therefore, it is expected that the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden will also be highly used. YU Dokdo Lab Director Choi Jae-mok (Professor of Philosophy) said, “We were able to build the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden thanks to the generous support of Round Lab. This botanical garden will be important research resources for Dokdo researchers and it will provide indirect experiences of Dokdo to studetns and citizens visiting YU, and will also be a place for education to share the value of Dokdo.” Meanwhile, a work MOU agreement ceremony was held between YU and Round Lab as well. The two institutes agreed to mutually exchange human and material resources for joint development, share contents related to industry-academic cooperation, lifelong learning, and arts and culture, and gather their capacities to pursue relevant projects.
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2019 University Rankings by Industries based on surveys by directors of 1,105 companies School of Materials Science and Engineering with optimal education program for fostering multi-discipline convergent human resources focusing on materials engineering Department of Food Science and Technology manages student career with major tracks reflecting industry trends [April 29, 2020] YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was selected as the ‘best university’ by companies. On April 28, the Ministry of Education and the Korean Council for University Education (hereinafter KCUE) announced the results of the ‘2019 university rankings by industries’. YU School of Materials Science and Engineering was selected as the best university for new materials (metallics/ceramics) and the Department of Food Science and Technology for food in this ranking. In particular, these two departments were selected as best universities for the second time since the 2015 rankings, once again verifying the excellence of its educational programs. In this year’s rankings, a total of 88 departments from 62 universities participated in the three fields of △new materials (metals/ceramics), △food, and △media and a total of 30 departments from 25 universities received best rankings. In the new materials (metals/ceramics) sector, a total of 10 schools were selected including the YU School of Materials Science and Engineering, while 12 schools including the YU Department of Food Science and Technology were selected for the food sector, and eight schools for the media sector. The YU School of Materials Science and Engineering operates an optimized education course for fostering convergent human resources with relevant engineering fields such as electronics and mechanics while focusing on materials engineering (metals). It received good evaluations for organizing an industry-academic advisory committee and consistently reflecting the demands of students, graduates, professors, and industries in its education programs. The Department of Food Science and Technology responded to industry demands by constructing a CRM (career roadmap) based on three different major tracks such as ▲food development/quality management, ▲food process/hygiene management, and ▲functional food/biotechnology, thus being judged to offer a differentiated educational program compared to other universities. Executives and employees from 22 companies including POSCO and LG Display, as well as college ranking experts participated in this ranking to investigate educational course design, operation and outcomes based on industries. Surveys were carried out on graduates and current students to evaluate the operation of college education programs and surveys were also carried out on department heads of 1,105 companies to evaluate specialized and general work capacities. YU was selected as the best university with its Department of Biotechnology in the bio-medicine field in the 2018 university rankings by industries, and up until now, it has been selected as the best university in the oil refinery and petrochemical (2017), architecture (2016, 2012), metals, food (2015), bio-medicine (2014), electronic semiconductors, and information communication (2013). The university rankings by companies began in 2008 and it is a project to evaluate whether universities offer educational programs suitable for training human resources desired by industries, and to improve/operate educational courses based on this.
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YU offers full support to ‘improve quality and enhance learning effects’ of online classes Customized online education for instructors and increased participation in class consulting ‘Online study strategy education and 1:1 study consulting’ for students popular [April 29, 2020] <The YU Education Development Center is providing online study consulting for students> YU (President Sur Gil-soo) is speeding up its efforts to make ‘outstanding online lectures’. As the age of online education has arrived abruptly due to the spread of COVID-19, the university is providing full support to expand online teaching methods and to improve quality of education. Among them, education and consulting offered for professors and students offered by the YU Education Development Center is receiving a great deal of popularity. The YU Education Development Center turned the special teaching lecture that was offered both online and offline in the past to only online, thus providing instructors with ▲teaching strategies using SNS, ▲professor-student communication method in online classes, ▲development of visual materials to attract attention, ▲project teaching method, ▲academic motivation strategies, ▲edu-tech, and other teaching methods optimized for online education. Furthermore, 1:1 online class consulting was also offered for instructors. Consulting is offered on online education methods according to the types of classes such as major, general education, and practical classes, as well as lecture methods such as videos, real-time online classes, etc. In the future, the YU Education Development Center plans to share outstanding online class cases and class videos in the lecture portal system (LMS) through the ‘online class contents operation case contest’, and collect opinions of instructors to establish an optimized teaching model for online education. <Online real-time 1:1 class consulting> Online study strategy education and 1:1 study consulting for students are especially popular. Students are educated on study methods and learning strategies that can be used in online classes and 1:1 consulting is provided for academic plans and difficulties using Google Meet. In particular, education and consulting is being provided on various academic strategies for freshmen such as self-initiated studies, time management and practice, improving concentration, class utilization, reading and memory methods, test preparation, etc. Students are also creating their own ‘online study knowhow’ contents and sharing it as they also adapt to the online education age. YU Education Development Center Director Kim Geun-ho said, “Many instructors and students are participating in the teaching-learning online education and consulting. Instructors are operating online classes using various methods according to the major and class contents, and students are also maximizing the advantages of online classes to create their own learning knowhow.” He added, “We will expand the relevant infrastructure to maximize efficiency for instructors and students to prepare for education and to learn, and we will continue to offer education and consulting for education recipients.” The YU Education Development Center was designated by the Ministry of Education as the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional University E-learning Support Center and has constructed online lecture knowhow and infrastructure. Various contents production tool systems can be used at the 65 high-tech lecture rooms, 220 general lectures, professor research centers, labs, etc. to produce and distribute online lectures. As of the first semester of 2020, it is providing support for producing class contents and online classes for 3,082 undergraduate classes and 734 graduate school classes.
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Ranked ‘First in the Nation’ after evaluating performance of the ‘GTEP Project Team’ hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea International Trade Association Fulfilled role as incubator for young trade experts for 19 years since the TI project in 2002 Only university in the nation specializing in the Middle East and fostering export experts to the Middle East in connection with major regional industries [April 27, 2020] <YU GTEP project team students participated in the 2020 Dubai GULF FOOD Expo to provide export consulting to buyers> YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was accredited as the incubator for fostering young trade experts. YU was ranked first in the nation in the ‘Global Trade Experts Incubating Program (GTEP) project team’ performance evaluations hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea International Trade Association. The GTEP project team is operated for a total of 20 universities around the nation including YU, Konkuk University, Soongsil University, Dankook University, Inha University and the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Among them, the YU GTEP project team received the highest score at 91.2 for the 2019 (13th) performance evaluations, thereby receiving an additional 20 million KRW project funding as incentives. YU also received incentives of 10 million KRW for its high ranking in the 2018 performance evaluations. The YU GTEP project team was joined by 42 students as the 13th team last year and helped 110 companies over 130 different export marketing sessions including overseas market surveys, participation in overseas expositions, and export consulting to achieve exports exceeding 2 million USD. In particular, the YU GTEP project team showed especially outstanding performance in the Middle Eastern market. YU is the only university among GTEP project teams around the nation selected to specialize in the Middle East. The YU GTEP project team is playing a big role in fostering trade experts with abilities to speak in Middle Eastern languages and practical knowledge in trade to help companies based in Daegu and Gyeongbuk engaged in major core export industries to enter foreign markets. YU was selected as a ‘GTEP overseas regional specialization project’ in 2014 and received separate project funding to pursue Middle Eastern trade expert fostering projects. YU is providing regular Middle Eastern industry and trade characteristic education for GTEP project team students and concentrated education is being provided on the characteristics of the Middle East and business practices by inviting Middle East export experts and corporate personnel in charge of Middle Eastern exports. This year’s YU GTEP project team signed agreements with 10 companies specializing in exports to the Middle East such as the agricultural corporation, Youngpoong and dispatched a total of 19 students for five days from February 16 to 20 to the 2020 UAE Dubai GULF FOOD expo. They were present at the expo demonstrating capacities equivalent to that of business professionals for product PR and buyer consulting, and acted as a spearhead for SMEs to enter foreign markets. The YU GTEP project team plans to expand participation in Middle Eastern overseas exhibits based on its network with Middle Eastern export companies and work knowhow that it accumulated over the past several years. It is expected that as automobile parts and textile industries, which are the main industries of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk regions, meet the needs of Middle Eastern countries and since demand for Middle East trade experts is expected to grow continuously, the YU GTEP project team’s Middle East trade expert fostering project will gain momentum. <YU GTEP Project Team that participated in the 2020 Dubai GULF FOOD> School of International Economics and Business Professor Son Sang-bum who leads the YU GTEP project team said, “We will foster advanced regionally specialized trade experts equipped with practical knowledge on trade and field experience desired by companies.” He added, “In particular, we will strengthen industry-academic cooperation with local SMEs to offer various practical experiences and to act as a hub that supports the supply of regionally specialized trade experts to SMEs.” Meanwhile, YU has been engaged in the young trade expert fostering project for 19 years since the TI (Trade Incubator) project under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in 2002, and this year, it is operating its 14th GTEP project team.
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“I want to contribute as a future medical professional”... Donates 10 million KRW Following the general student government and college of medicine student government, YU students make relay in ‘donations to beat COVID-19’ [April 27, 2020] <College of Medicine Student President Bae Jae-young (second from right) donated 10 million KRW for funds to beat COVID-19 to YU> YU students have been making donations one after the other to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. On the 23rd, Bae Jae-young (24, junior, College of Medicine) handed 10 million KRW to College of Medicine Dean Yoon Sung-soo saying that he wants to help YU overcome COVID-19. Mr. Bae donated the leadership scholarship, etc. that he received after being appointed as the College of Medicine student president for funds to overcome COVID-19. Mr. Bae said, ‘Experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic both directly and indirectly as a future medical professional gave me the chance to think again about the public nature of the health and medicine sector and about the mission of medical professionals.” He added, “I am still a student so I cannot help in the medical field directly, so I wanted to do whatever I could to help.” This is the third donation from YU students. It started with the YU general student government. In March of last year, the YU general student government held a donation campaign to beat COVID-19 where they gathered about 7 million KRW to purchase daily supplies to give to the Daegu Medical Center and YU Medical Center. The student government of the YU College of Medicine also held charity drivers to gather 3.4 million KRW in donations and handed it over to the YU Medical Center on April 2, and voluntary donations have been continuing among students. YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “I am proud of the students doing their best in their given situations to help overcome COVID-19.” He added, “YU will do its best to minimize impact on the studies of students caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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Of the 12 seats of Daegu, 9 from YU Alumni continue to demonstrate political prowess following the 20th general elections and 2018 local elections [April 16, 2020] The alumni power of YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was once again confirmed in the 21st National Assembly elections held on April 15. In these elections, a total of 14 National Assembly members representing their local district and proportional representation graduated from YU. In the district elections, there were many elected in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions. In Daegu, Joo Ho-young (Law class of ‘78) won Suseong (Gap), Kim Yong-pan (Economics ’78) won Dalseo (Byeong), Kim Sang-hoon (Law ‘82) won Seo-gu, Kim Seung-soo (Public Administration ’83) won Buk-gu (Eul), Kang Dae-shik (Graduate School of Business Administration ‘09) won Dong-gu (Eul), Yoon Jae-ok (Graduate School of Business Administration Advanced Management Program ’08, hereinafter called AMP) won Dalseo (Eul), Ryu Seong-geol (AMP ‘15) won Dong-gu (Gap), Hong Seok-joon (AMP ’16) won Dalseo (Gap), and Chu Gyeong-ho (AMP ‘17) won Dalseong. Thus, 9 out of the 12 seats for Daegu were taken by graduates of YU. National Assemblyman Joo Ho-young was elected again in the 21st general elections, thus being voted into office for the fourth time. Also, in Gyeongbuk, Kim Seok-gi (Public Administration ‘71) won Gyeongju, Kim Young-shik (Mechanical Engineering ’78) won Gumi (Eul) and Kim Hee-guk (AMP ‘15) won Gunwi/Uiseong/Cheongsong/Yeongdeok, while in Seoul, Jeon Hae-suk (Pharmacy ’73) won Gwangjin (Gap). Future Korea Party proportional representative no. 9 Cho Myung-hee (AMP ‘16) also joined the 21st National Assembly. In the April 15 re-election and by-elections that were held together with the National Assembly elections, one local government head, one was elected to the metropolitan council and three to the municipal council. Kang Young-seok (Sociology ‘85) was elected as mayor of Sangju, Gyeongbuk, Lee Dong-eop (Food Industry Managment ’08) for the Gyeongbuk Province Council, Kim Sang-ho (MBA ‘20) for the Daegu Dong-gu Council, Yoon Jong-chan (Korean History ’10) for the Gyeongbuk Andong Council, and Jung Chi-rak (Credit Bank System Business Administration) for the Ulsan Buk-gu Council are all from YU. At the 20th National Assembly elections, 16 members were from YU and in the 2018 local elections, a total of 21 members were from YU including 2 metropolitan government heads, 19 local government heads, and one superintendent of education, thus showing the alumni power that is prominent in Korean politics.
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Introduced ‘Google G-Suite Service’ from the first semester of 2020 Can use Google G-SUite with school e-mail accounts Real-time online video lectures and team projects using Classroom and Meet [April 13, 2020] <School of Fine Arts Professor Shin Gi-woon conducting online classes in real-time using Google Meet> G-Suite service (Google G Suite for Education) that YU (President Sur Gil-soo) introduced from the first semester of 2020 is maximizing usage during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Google G-Suite service is a service that Google offers for free to educational institutions and the Google G-Suite service has become available for YU students and faculty using their college e-mail accounts since March of this year. All YU members having school e-mail accounts including students and faculty can not only use unlimited Google Drive and Mail, but also use other G-Suite services such as Classroom and Meet for educational and research activities as well as administrative work. <Workshop using Google Classroom> Professors can give online video lectures in real-time using Meet and students can share materials needed for class and perform team projects regardless of time and place. In particular, as most college classes are being conducted online due to the spread of COVID-19, it is expected that the use of Google G-Suite will continue to grow for college education. The YU Education Development Center operates study coaching and consulting online in real-time through Meet so that students can continue to engage in self-initiated learning and to strengthen their capacities for self-development. Google G-Suite is being applied for the administrative duties of faculty as well. The efficiency of Google G-Suite can be checked in work-at-home enacted by YU as part of social distancing efforts. YU faculty holds online meetings through Meet and use Google Drive to share various materials in real-time to minimize work deficiencies resulting from work-at-home. YU Systems Operation Team Leader Kim Byung-soo said, “YU has actively reviewed implementing Google G-Suite even before the spread of COVID-19. Members have formed consensus on the utilization of Google G-Suite especially with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.” YU conducts integrated operation for university information systems dispersed per function such as lecture support, e-mail and web drives by implementing the Google G-Suite service, and therefore, it is expected to cut costs significantly compared to operating a proprietary system, not to mention improving education efficiency. YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “As the use of mobile devices such as smart phones continue to grow, it is quickly switching to an environment so that students can study not only in class, but study and communicate wherever they are.” Furthermore, “The university will provide full support to construct ICT infrastructure so that students can learn more efficiently.”
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Evaluated hospitals in 21 countries based on assessment of medical expertise, patient satisfaction, and medical performance index Demonstrated status as a local hub university hospital. [April 14, 2020] <Photo of YU Medical Center> YU Medical Center (Director Kim Sung-ho) was ranked first place in the Yeongnam region for the ‘World’s Best Hospitals 2020’ selected by News Week of the US on the 13th. This survey was conducted through a partnership with the global data survey company, Statista Inc of Germany. It analyzed medical experts (55% national, 5% foreign where hospital is located), patient satisfaction levels, and medical performance indices (KPI) to rank hospitals in 21 countries. When considering that domestic medical experts assessment account for a large portion of the evaluations, the recent ranking shows that YU Medical Center is a prominent hospital that domestic medical experts recommend. In particular, as most of the hospitals in the top 20 are large general hospitals of the capital area including the Big 5, YU Medical Center clearly showed its presence as a leading private university hospital of the region. Director Kim Sung-ho said, “We will not become complacent with these results, but continue to work hard to improve the quality of research and medicine so that more patients can become healthy in the future.”
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College of Music students film videos of them playing the instruments they major in while taking online classes Showing support to students practicing ‘social distancing’ while taking online classes [April 2, 2020] YU College of Music students gathered their talents to perform an online concert to students practicing ‘social distancing’ while taking online classes for this semester that began on the 16th of last month, as well as for everyone helping to beat COVID-19. This ensemble was completed by the students filming themselves playing the instruments they major in and editing the videos to create a single orchestra performance. The students who saw a video of the members of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra of the Netherlands that has been trenading on YouTube decided to film themselves playing as well. At this online concert, 25 students at the College of Music majoring in cello, violin, bass, trumpet, flute, etc. performed a beautiful harmony with Beethoven’s 9th Symphony ‘Choral’ 4th Movement ‘Ode to Joy’. ‘Ode to Joy’ is a song that praises the friendship of all humanity and it is conveying a message of consideration and harmony in this challenge faced by the entire world because of COVID-19. YU College of Music Professor of Orchestral Music Baek Yoon-hak said, “I was proud to see the students who are experiencing huge changes in their everyday lives due to social distancing doing their best in their respective fields and supporting each other. Like the message that the students delivered through music, I hope that they will become members of society who harmonize with each other more out of this COVID-19 situation. This video can be seen on the YU homepage (http://www.yu.ac.kr/) or Youtube account (https://youtu.be/oxk0z1d-j_w).
