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Baja SAE Korea at Yeungnam Univ. ends on the 4th with the participation of 45 teams from 34 universities Many attractions including the First-ever all-women's Team, 10th Grade Student Team of Daegu Science High School, and the Electric Vehicles Team [August 4, 2012] Neither heat wave nor dust could stop the Youth's Need for Speed! The 2012 Baja SAE KOREA at Yeungnam Univ., where automobiles designed and manufactured by university students race, attracted 45 teams from 34 universities. It was held amidst an air of excitement at the Yeungnam University Gyeongsan Campus from the 1st to the 4th. The Baja SAE, which was first hosted in Korea by YU in 1996 with the goal of enhancing creativity and challenge-oriented spirits of engineering students, while integrating theory into practice, was certified by the US SAE(Society of Automotive Engineering) in 2001 and is an international competition, which is proceeded with according to the regulations of SAE. Celebrating its 17th anniversary this year, over 1,000 automobile fans including judges, volunteers and teams attended the competition, staying at YU for 4 days, and competed after a year-long preparation. On the 1st, the first day of the competition, vehicles transported from different parts of the country began arriving from 2pm. On the 2nd, teams began registration and conducted static tests from 9am. Static tests include tests on the vehicle's design, safety, uniqueness, convenience to drive, ease of maintenance, and mass production, and lasted until 7pm. In the evening, meetings were held to explain the rules and re-training was conducted for volunteers. The opening ceremony started at 9am on the third at the YU playground. Following the opening ceremony, dynamic tests on the mobility, acceleration, max speed, and braking force was performed at the playground. Rock crawling, which is in its fifth year, provided an interesting thing to see. In order to test the ability to send the engine's power, a 10-15m course was used to install rockwall obstacles in an oval shape with a width of 5m and height of 1.5m. The highest score goes to the team that passes this in the shortest amount of time. This is a difficult course that is hard even just to pass. On the last day on the 4th, the highlight of this competition, the endurance race, began at about 10am on a hill at the back of YU Gyeongsan Campus. Racers have to complete the 4km off-road track as many times as they can go around in a period of 3 hours. The race is suspended immediately when an vehicle breaks down or there is a crash. Once the maintenance team takes the vehicle off the track and to the pit outside, the race is resumed. Vehicles that are repaired by the maintenance team can return to the race whenever they are ready and begin racing again in the remaining amount of time. Teams that cannot complete the course are disqualified. Therefore, endurance races is not only used for judging the performance of the vehicles that were partially tested through static test and dynamic test, but is also a good opportunity to evaluate the teams' unity and quickness to solve problems. The teams participating in this year's race complete the endurance race, despite the sweltering heat and dust, thanks to the highly improved vehicle performance and capacities. After the four day event, the closing ceremony and awards ceremony was held at the YU playground at about 5pm. The 'Ja.Yeon.In' team of the Korea University of Technology and Education won overall championship. The first place team is given the Minister of Knowledge Economy award, winner's flag, trophy, and a prize money of 2 million won. Second place was given to the 'MIRACLE-Blue' team of Hanbat National University, who were awarded the Gyeongbuk Province Governor's award and a cash prize of 1.5 million won. Third place was taken by the 'Speed Violation Team' of Keimyung University winning the YU President's award and a prize money of 1 million won. This year, 'YU CMDM Team', which was the first women's team, was applauded by many for winning the max speed test, while also receiving the 'friendship award', and thus showing their 'girl power'. The 'STEAM' team, which was made up of 10th grade students of the Daegu Science High School, won the 'prospective talent award' and they vowed to become leaders of Korea's future automobile industry. The results of the competition will be reported to the entire world through the SAE homepage (www.sae.org) and publications. Static test (above) for testing the safety of the automobile design and the originality of the design, rock crawling (middle) for testing the gradability and instant acceleration, and the endurance race (bottom) to see how many times the 4km off-road track can be completed in a period of three hours
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New Quarantine Regulation for Dogs & Cats Importation to Korea Effective from 01 Dec 2012 Quarantine regulation regarding imported dogs and cats to Korea are going to be changed and will be put in force on 01 December 2012. [From NON Rabies free country] For Over 90 days old dogs & cats 1. Microchip : Mandatory for over 90 days old cats/dogs and also under 90 days old cats/dogs for identification. Microchip number should be stated on official health certificate. 2. Rabies Antibody Test for over 90 days old cats/dogs : Result should be equal or greater than 0.5IU/ml and this result should be stated on health certificate. Also test should be done between 30 days and 2 years prior to travel to Korea and Original test result should be accompanied with animals. 3. Rabies Vaccination : Rabies vaccination should be older than 30 days and within its expiration date (1yr~3yrs) at the time of travel. 4. Official Health certificate issued by official veterinarian and this must travel with animals. For under 90 days old dogs & cats 1. Microchip : Mandatory for over 90 days old cats/dogs and also under 90 days old cats/dogs for identification. Microchip number should be stated on official health certificate. 2. Official Health certificate issued by official veterinarian and this must travel with animals. [From Rabies free country] Japan, Taiwan, Cyprus, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Iceland, Guam, Hawaii, Samoa, Cayman Islands, French Polynesia, Martinique, Department of Reunion, Wails and Futuna, Albania, Dominican Republic, Macedonia, Lichtenstein, Malaysia, Switzerland, Ireland, Fiji, Singapore, Jamaica, United Kingdom 1. Microchip : Mandatory for over 90 days old cats/dogs and also under 90 days old cats/dogs for identification. Microchip number should be stated on official health certificate. 2. Official Health certificate issued by official veterinarian and this must travel with animals. And if one of them doesn’t match with the regulation, animal will be quarantined. 1. Microchip missing : until implantation 2. Blood test missing : until getting the right result and test will be done by Korean government. 3. Blood test result is not greater than 0.5IU/ml : until getting the right result after rabies vaccination Note. And Korea considers the Rabies free country according to recent OIE standard. Korea allows 4 animals max. per one person / company to import. Please refer this list of laboratory for rabies antibody test : http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/liveanimals/pets/approval_en.htm In case that microchips don’t belong to internationally standardized products(ISO 11784/11785), Importers should prepare themselves for appropriate readers regarding these microchips. ☎ Contact number of animal quarantine service in international airport and seaport Gimpo airport : +82-2-2664-2601, Incheon airport : +82-32-740-2660-1 Incheon seaport : +82-32-883-4938 Gimhae airport : +82-51-971-1925 Daegu airport : +82-53-763-5016 Pusan seaport : +82-51-469-0822 Muan airport : +82-62-975-6033 Gunsan seaport : +82-63-442-5071 Jeju airport : +82-64-746-0761 ☞ Homepage URL : www.qia.go.kr
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32 New Students from 15 Developing Countries of Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and South America YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul is Korea's only International Special Graduate School named after a president, and spreads the Korean economic development model to the world [August 27, 2012] First International students of Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul pose for a photo with VIP guests. "The African continent is suffering hunger because of the long-lasting political instability. I applied to YU in order to find a way to help them. I am confident that the Saemaul Movement and Korea's public policies and leadership will be the solution. Once I finish the course, I will become a seed and put into practice the Saemaul Movement at my village and make it successful first. It will soon become a ray of hope for the African continent, and will result in great changes based on the confidence that 'all of us can do it." Reshad Kemal SEID (33), a public official of Ethiopia, Africa, is now a YU student. He enrolled in the master's degree program (major in Public Policy and Leadership) at the 'YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul‘, which is the first in Korea, and the only program named after a former president. YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) held the 2012 matriculation ceremony for the 1st International students to the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul at the Sapphire Hall located on the 3rd floor of the Chunma Arts Center at 4:30pm on the 27th. On this day, Gyeongbuk Governor Kim, Kwan-yong, chairperson of the Saemau Center Lee, Jae-chang, Minister of the Korea Forest Service Lee, Don-koo, president of YU Lee, Hyo-soo, and a number of professors attended to congratulate the admissions of the first batch of students to this program. The 32 new students came from 15 countries (including 2 from Korea) such as Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Africa and South America. The backgrounds of the international students were quite astonishing. There were high-ranking public officials, executives of public corporations, politicians, professors, law-makers, local members of KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency), social activists, and others who already have promising jobs and high social status. However why did they come all the way to the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul? Their answers are all the same. They want to give hopes and courage to the people of their nations who suffer from absolute poverty and under-development. They opted for the difficult and lonely life of studying abroad in order to achieve their dreams. In order to help them achieve their dreams, YU allotted 14 full-time professors from diverse majors including business administration, economics, finances, social sciences, regional studies, public welfare and administration, landscape architecture, forest resources, environmental engineering, and political science and diplomacy. All classes, research and administrative services are offered in English, and though it is a special graduate school, it offers classes all day so that students can complete their master's degree course in one year and six months. International students are offered full scholarships, dormitories, and a monthly allowance of 1 million won. This was because YU took into consideration that it would not be an easy to choice to go abroad to study from an under-developed country. For this, YU has already raised about 800 million won in scholarship funds by signing agreements with Gyeongsangbuk-do, Daegu City, and the Korea Forest Service and is looking for ways to cooperate with related institutes such as KOICA. Through this, YU is expected to △support the poverty eradication in developing countries, △support the national development of developing countries, △foster leaders for developing countries, △accelerate the National Advancement of Korea, △create Saemaul as an academic discipline and globalize it, and △enhance the image of both YU and the nation of Korea. On this, president of YU Lee, Hyo-soo, stated, "Demand for wanting to learn the successful Korean development model such as the leadership, Saemaul Movement, and five year economic development plan of President Park Chung-hee is spreading quickly around the world focusing mainly on developing countries." He added, "The founding of the 'Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul', which is an international special graduate school, will act as an intellectual support for Korea to fulfill its responsibilities towards the international society after switching from a nation that received aide to one that gives aide. It will be a way to make the Saemaul Movement into a new Hallyu brand." Meanwhile, the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul was opened on November 1, 2011 and is operating a master's degree program offering three majors (major in Saemaul Undong Theory and Practices, major in Forest Resources and Ecological Restoration, and major in Public Policy and Leadership). Graduate schools named after national leaders in the world include the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government and the National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
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YU Attracts 2 core researchers and 8 billion won worth of the high-tech equipment. YU Constructs the Global research cooperation and the corporate support infrastructure in the medical and bio fields. YU Starts developing first FDA approved anti-cancer medicine [August 27, 2012] Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) hired Kanegasaki Shiro (金ヶ崎 史朗, 74), an honorary professor of the University of Tokyo Medical Science, who is known to be one of the top scholars in the world in the BT field as a endowed chair professor. Professor Kanegasaki who will begin working at the YU Department of Nano, Medical and Polymer Materials from the second semester as the 'First Foreign Endowed Chair Professor', is the founder of ECI (Effector Cell Institute), a listed venture company dealing with stem cells in Japan, and is a prominent figure in terms of development of next-generation anti-cancer medicine and new anti-inflammation drugs. After earning his doctorate's at Tufts University in the US, he worked as a visiting professor at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and has won a number of awards such as from the Japanese Society for Bacteriology, Japanese Biochemical Society, and International Society of Immunity Deficiency. Furthermore, he published over 150 theses in prominent international journals including 'The LACENT', which is a top academic journal in immunology equal to 'Science' and 'Cell'. Recently, he has developed a comprehensive next-generation anti-cancer medicine using the immune system of the human body, and is clinically testing the medicine in both the US and Japan. It is expected that the medicine will be launched in the market within the next several years. Professor Kanegasaki, who is currently serving as the honorary chairman of ECI, came to YU together with two of his core researchers who he worked with for over ten years, as well as advanced high-tech research equipment and facilities amounting to over 8 billion won. In particular, 'TAXIScan', which can easily measure the cell functions and the cell reaction process for the newly developed drugs, is a cutting-edge equipment that can monitor the movements of cells in real time using special video scanning and was developed by Professor Kanegasaki. The automatic TAXIScan is the one and only equipment of its kind in the world, and a total of four TAXIScan were brought to and installed at YU. Accordingly, the process for development of new drugs, which does not have any anti-cancer medicine that received FDA approval in Korea yet, was reduced drastically. In particular, it has now become possible for YU to upgrade from the basic research stage for the development of new drugs and medical materials, to the stage for applying them at actual clinical stages. Furthermore, it is expected that the research capacities of participating manpower including graduate school students will be enhanced, and thus effectively foster and supply outstanding human resources needed in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk High-tech Medical Complex. It is also expected to contribute greatly in constructing the infrastructure for the establishment of the 'global open innovation research center' together with business support systems involved in the Daegu High-tech Medical Complex and the YU Polymer Gel Research Cluster Project Team. Professor Kanegasaki, who is also developing drugs for diseases such as diabetes and dementia, stated, "My goal is to develop the first FDA approved anti-cancer medicine in Gyeongbuk. The research philosophy and accumulated technologies of ECI, with the addition of the creative research personnel of YU, will make it possible to achieve this goal in the near future." He also added, "By allowing many graduate school students to participate in the process of developing new drugs and medical materials, we will allow them to learn about creative research and how they are applied on the field so that they may become core human resources that will guarantee a healthy and happy future for humanity." YU President Lee, Hyo-soo also stated, "In addition to the capacities of YU school of medicine and YU college of pharmacy that has a long and rich history, the addition of advanced engineering technologies such as BT and IT will be integrated and converged to make YU a hub university that opens new horizons in the medical and bio fields."
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First Women's Team participated in the Baja SAE KOREA at Yeungnam University 2012 August 1st to 4th, 10th Grade Team of Daegu Science High School, Electric Vehicles Team, and More [Jul 31, 2012] "You're stereotyping if you think girls don't care or don't know about cars. We wanted to show that girls are not only good drivers, but can also complete the entire process from automobile production, maintenance and even racing. We are making new headways!" Lee, Hyo-jin (21, driver in photo) is a senior at the YU School of Mechanical Engineering. Instead of preparing to find a job, she decided to spend her last summer preparing for an automobile competition. Leading her female colleagues driven by a fiery passion for automobiles, she will be competing in the 'Baja SAE' that will be held at the YU Gyeongsan Campus from August 1 to 4. The 'CMDM' team (photo) is made up of 5 female students of the YU School of Mechanical Engineering, and has become the 'first female team' in the 16 year history of this competition that was first held in 1996. The entire team is made up of former members of the 'Chunma DM', a self made automobile club of YU, and have experience in the field spanning from 6 months to three and a half years. Lee, Hyo-jin, a senior, is the team leader and in charge of the suspensions, while Lee, Joo-hee (22) and Ahn, Soo-kyung (20), juniors, is in charge of the brake parts and power train parts, respectively. Lee, Joo-hee is currently in rehab following a back disk surgery, but joined the team with an undying passion for automobiles. Also, Lim, Eun-joo (19) and Park, Bo-seul (19), freshmen, are in charge of the engine and power train parts, and SNS advertising and photographing, respectively. For over six months from late last year, they designed, produced, test-drove and conducted maintenance. The first hand-made automobile produced purely by female students was named 'Triumph W'. The fact that the first all-girls' team entered the competition is even more significant than victory itself. The CMDM Team, which plans to overcome their lack in human resources through the spirit of '1 person worth a 100 persons', stated, "We will do our best to the very end with a sense of responsibility and will that 'we can do it' as the first ever all-girls' team for this competition. Meanwhile, at the 'Baja SAE KOREA at Yeungnam University 2012' (competition chairman, Hwang, Pyung, professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering), 42 teams will be participating from 32 universities from August 1 to 4 with their 125cc engine self made automobiles. On the first day, the automobiles will enter the sheds from 2pm, followed by presentations of theses, training for volunteers, and technical seminars. From 9am on the second day, participants will complete registration, followed by static tests on the creativity, safety, ease of maintenance, and mass production for the vehicles from 10am to 7pm. From 9am on the third day, the official opening ceremony will be held followed by dynamic tests to check acceleration, top speeds, traction force, and rock-climbing until 7pm. On the final day of the competition, an endurance race will be conducted for 210 minutes on a 4 kilometer off-road track at a mountain behind YU. The overall winner will be awarded the Minister of Knowledge Economy Award, winner's flag and trophy. The results of the competition will be published worldwide through SAE's official homepage (www.sae.org). In addition, the 'STEAM' team made up of eight 10th graders including Song, Young-woon (15) of the Daegu Science High School will be making a special presentation sponsored by the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity, together with two electric automobile teams of the YU School of Mechanical Engineering. - static test - - rock-climbing -
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YUMC is Being Reborn as a Leader in the Molecular Imaging Age [Jul 23, 2012] The YU Medical Center(YUMC) is being reborn as a medical institute leading the molecular imaging age. It completed the installation of the 'Biograph mMR' (also known as single-unit PET-MR), which is a world-class cancer diagnosis device, for the first time in Korea and began its operation from the 23rd. For this, the PET-MR opening ceremony was held at the Department of Nuclear Medicine at 9am on July 25. The Biograph mMR is the world's first single-unit molecular magnetic resonance imaging system that was successfully developed by combining MR(Magnetic Resonance) and PET (Positron Emission Tomography) devices by Siemens Health Care to acquire data on full-body scans simultaneously. It is said to be an advanced device that will open new doors in the imaging diagnosis sector because of its 3T-class hybrid system that boasts high resolution. After being introduced in 2010, only about 20 of these machines were distributed throughout the world, including the US Harvard Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Brigham. This cutting-edge imaging medical instrument was first introduced in Korea by the YU Medical Center, and YU is armed with the world-class cancer diagnosis facilities. The Biograph mMR can cut the time needed for full-body scans that required more than an hour when filming separately with MRs and PETs into half, allowing patients to complete examinations more simply and in less amount of time. Furthermore, by taking advantage of the device's advantage that it does not emit ionizing radiation, it can be safely used to examine cancer patients who regularly take PETCT scans, without concerns over radiation. In addition, doctors can also minimize concerns on margins of errors caused by movements of patients and patients' organs to acquire accurate inspection results, in order to use it for not only general examinations, but also on diagnosis tumors as well as heart and nervous system diseases. Ha, Jung-ok, director of the YU Medical Center, stated, "By introducing Korea's first single-unit PET-MR, the YU Medical Center is now equipped with advanced medical examination equipment not only in terms of Korea, but worldwide." He also added, "It will not only provide early diagnosis of diseases and observation of its progress, but also customized treatment for individual patients based on these, and it is also expected to be useful in helping cancer patients by lowering the radiation quantity emitted from the system."
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Kim, Kyung-hee and Kim, Kuen-tae, Mother and Son of Multi-cultural Family Volunteer as Mentors Mother a Bilingual Instructor, Son a Mentor for Children of Multi-cultural Families [Jul 27, 2012] “I remember having a hard time because everything was so unfamiliar when I first came to Korea 19 years ago. I want to use my experiences to help women of multi-cultural families settle down in the Korean society more easily." Mother and son of a multi-cultural family, who successfully settled down in the Korean society, is catching the attention of many as they are now working as mentors for multi-cultural families in Daegu. They are Kim, Kyung-hee (47, bilingual instructor), a mother from Shenyang, China, and her son, Kim, Kuen-tae (18, freshman at YU Department of Urban Planning and Engineering). Kim, Kyung-hee, who completed the YU Multi-cultural Family Leader School and her son Kim, Kuen-tae, who is a mentor for children of multi-cultural families Mrs. Kim met her Korean husband in China and soon after their wedding, she moved to Korea in 1993. Though she had difficulty getting used to the Korean society, she was able to settle down in Korea by overcoming many difficulties with the help of family and neighbors. Mrs. Kim said that whenever she hears news about women of multi-cultural families being given the cold shoulder, and sometimes even being abused, she sympathized greatly. That is why she applied for the 'YU Multi-cultural Family Leader School' two years ago as part of the 2nd class (Feb 15-Dec 31, 2010), and began helping multi-cultural families having difficulties. Mrs. Kim also said, "I am living a new life after studying at the YU Multi-cultural Family Leader School." In 2011, she completed the bilingual instructor course and is currently working as a bilingual instructor teaching Chinese and multi-cultures in elementary schools in downtown Daegu. The 'Multi-cultural Family Leader School', which gave Mrs. Kim a new life, is offered by YU every year with the goal of fostering leaders for the multi-cultural society in order to contribute in the successful adaptation and settlement of multi-cultural families in the community for married immigrants. Students receive 156 hours of education from February to December and then become leaders in creating regional multi-cultural communities in various sectors such as language instructors and consultants for home abuse. Since 2009, 138 people completed this program. Mrs. Kim's son, Kim, Kuen-tae (18) is also a mentor for multi-cultural families. Kim learned Korean together with his Chinese mother and after enrolling at the YU Department of Urban Planning and Engineering in March of this year, he applied for the multi-cultural family college mentor program, and is currently teaching Korean and schoolwork to children of multi-cultural families. He sometimes assumes the role as a big brother who children can talk anything about with him. He said, "I look like a Korean so I didn't have too much problems, but in high school, I was heartbroken over the fact that I was teased because of being Chinese." He also said that he hoped to help children of multi-cultural families saying that he knows how they feel. Mrs. Kim said, "I am very proud of my son who is now a university student and helping children that are a lot like him," and added with a smile, "I hope our society becomes one that is open to multi-cultural families and that tolerates and respects other societies. Though it might not be much, my son and I will do all we can to help." On another note, YU was selected as a regional hub university for the 2012 Multi-cultural/North Korean Defector Student Mentoring project in the Yeungnam region by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Korea Student Aid Foundation, and is fulfilling its role as a leader in creating a multi-cultural community culture.
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Silver Medal at ‘IDEA 2012’ and Bronze Medal at ‘Spark Design Awards’ Displayed at IDSA International Conference and Exhibited Permanently at the 'Henry Ford Museum' [Jul 25, 2012] An undergraduate student at YU won awards at the top two design awards of the US. Yang, Joon-won (25, photo), a senior at the YU Department of Industrial and Interaction Design, won the silver medal at 'IDEA 2012' (International Design Excellence Awards 2012) hosted by the US IDSA(Industrial Designers Society of America) and the bronze medal at the 'Spark Design Awards'. The IDEA international design contest is one of the world's top three industrial design contests. The three major design awards that lead the global industrial design trends are the US IDEA, Singapore's Reddot Design Awards, and Germany's iF (International Forum) Design Awards. IDEA is being held in the first half of every year since 1980 in order to help business and the public better understand just how important the quality of designs are in the quality of life and the economy. Judges focus on creativity, artistry, eco-friendliness, business feasibility, and problem-solving abilities. Awarded pieces are displayed on the IDEA online gallery and America's top industrial design portal site, 'Core77' (www.core77.com), which is an annual publication of IDSA. The gold medal winning work and the silver medal winning work are displayed on the IDSA International Conference that will be held in Boston in August. In addition, it will be permanently placed on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Greenfield Village of Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Henry Ford, known as 'the King of the Automobile', successfully popularized the 'Ford Model T' and pioneered today's automobile industry. Over 10,000 pieces competed in this year's contest. With professional and aspiring designers all over the world participating in the event, Yang won second place among students with 'Easy to Press'. 'Easy to Press' uses the lever principle to design thumbtacks that have new uses. It was judged to have made a revolution for existing thumbtacks. Yang's 'Easy to Press' also won the bronze medal at the US 'Spark Awards'. The 'Spark Awards' are also opened to professional and amateur and student designers around the world, and it is a world-class design contest sponsored by companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Autodesk. Yang, Joon-won, said, "I was highly interested in creating 'better harmony' in everyday life" and added, "I prepared this design thinking that even a small item like a thumbtack can be completely changed. I am happy to have great results. I will not give upon my efforts to create more comfortable and more beautiful designs by looking at everyday items from a different perspective."
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10 Students Majoring in Korean Studies at the University of Malaya, one of the prestigious universities of Malaysia, Visit the YU 'Park Chung Hee School' New 'Hallyu' expected in the Political and Economic Sector [July 20, 2012] Students from the University of Malaya visiting the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul pose in front of the camera together with the president Lee, Hyo-soo. “Seeing and hearing it here makes it more amazing. We were able to see for ourselves the development of Korea that we learned about through the news and books such as the 'Miracle on the Han River', 'Saemaul Movement' and the 'Saemaul Spirit'. We were also able to get a gist of how Korea was able to grow so much through this opportunity. After graduating from university, I would like to enroll in the 'Park Chung Hee School' and learn more." This is what Devi A. Poetri (18, female), a freshman majoring in Korean Studies at the University of Malaysa in Malaysia, said after taking a look around at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul. On the morning of the 20th, 10 female students from Malaysia visited YU. The purpose of the visit of these students who major in Korean Studies at the University of Malaya, which is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Malaysia, was to explore the 'Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul', which was opened in March of this year. Led by Park, Chang-gyu, professor of Korean Studies at the University of Malaya, these students took their tour with an air of sincerity while visiting the classrooms, library, dorms, various places on campus, as well as the curriculum, enrollment and scholarship programs, educational environment, and information prepared by staff members of the Park Chung Hee School. They asked many questions during a luncheon with YU president, Lee, Hyo-soo. The most frequently asked question was the secret behind Korea's high speed development. The president Lee said that the most important thing was for the philosophy and leadership of the person in charge of the policies and a national consensus and participation. When asked about the purpose of founding the Park Chung Hee School, he said with emphasis, "The purpose and mission of establishing this school is to localize the successful economic development model of Korea, which is best known through the Saemaul Movement, while also providing SDA (Self Development Assistance) rather than ODA (Official Development Assistance)." He also added, "The YU Park Chung Hee School will also assertively engage in realizing the dreams of youths in third world countries to become future leaders that lead development for their nation, while constructing a global human network." Meanwhile, the 'Yeungnam University Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul' was opened in March of this year to become a global graduate school of policies like that of the 'Kennedy School' of Harvard University in the US and the 'Lee Kuan Yew School' of the National University of Singapore. It offers three majors such as Saemaul Studies, Public Policy Leadership, and Forest Resource and Ecological Restoration. 38 students including 34 foreigners from 15 countries (9 from Asia, 4 from Africa, and 2 from South America) are currently working on their master's degree here. The backgrounds of the international students are quite astonishing. Most of them are elites serving in public offices or serving as professors in their nations. They receive full scholarships, one million won monthly living expenses, and a dormitory. Agreements were signed with the governments of Gyeongbuk and Daegu, and the Korea Forest Service to come up with the funds for the scholarship, while looking for ways to cooperate with institutes such as KOICA. Though it is operated as a special graduate school, it offers full-time classes and has three terms in a year. Therefore, it is possible to graduate in a year and a half. The faculty is composed of the best experts and scholars in the field such as Lee, Jai-chang, president of the Korea Saemaul Undong Center, Song, Byeong-rak, honorary professor of Seoul National University, and Lee, Don-koo, Minister of Korea Forest Service.
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YU Multi-cultural Education Research Center leads mentoring trainings for 6 universities in the Yeungnam region YU held the Orientation training of mentoring for 500 mentors at the YU Chunma Arts Center at 1pm on the 10th [July 11, 2012] YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) was selected as the regional hub university of the Yeungnam region for the 2012 'Multi-cultural/North Korean Defector Student Mentoring' project, which is being pursued by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology(MEST), and the Korea Student Aid Foundation(KOSAF). The 'Multi-cultural/North Korean Defector Student Mentoring' project is a program that unites regional university students with the children of multi-cultural families and North Korean defectors to lessen learning gaps by enhancing their basic academic standards and offering emotional support so that the children may not be excluded from the reaches of public education. Participating universities in the Yeungnam region include Yeungnam University, Daegu National University of Education, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu University, Keimyung University, and the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology. Prior to the mentoring activities at 1pm on the 10th, the 'Orientation for the Yeungnam Region for Multi-Cultural/North Korean Defector Student Mentoring' was held at the Chamber Hall in the YU Chunma Arts Center until 5pm. At this event hosted by the YU Multi-cultural Education Research Center, over 600 people were present, including mentors, and personnel from MEST, the KOSAF, governments of Daegu and Gyeongbuk, as well as the 6 universities in the Yeungnam Region. The orientation session was made up of ▲introducing the mentoring project and activity plans, ▲understanding multi-cultural families, ▲education for mentors, and ▲case-study presentationg on outstanding mentors. Ahn, Sang-ho (male, 26), a senior at the YU Department of Public Administration, who is acting as a mentor for the second year, stated, "I began doing this because of my interest in different cultures, and I am happy to be able to give direct help to the emotional stabilization and improved academic progress of the children in multi-cultural families. I feel a sense of accomplishment seeing the positive changes in students. I will continue to work hard and be responsible and diligent in my mentoring activities so that I can become an exemplary mentor." Park, Seung-woo, director of the YU Multi-cultural Education Research Center and representatives of mentors from the 6 universities in the Yeungnam region pose for a photo. (back row, left to right: Jang, Won-ju of the Daegu University, Kim, Min-sik of the Daegu National University of Education, Cha, Jun-hyuk of the Catholic University of Daegu; bottom row, left to right: Jung, In-hye of Keimyung University, Ahn, Sang-ho of Yeungnam University, Kim, Yoon-seon of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) The 500 mentors from the 6 universities in the Yeungnam region who were selected through a competition of 5 to 1 will begin mentoring activities for Multi-cultural and North Korean Defector students for 130 hours until February of next year. Park, Seung-woo (Department of Sociology), director of the YU Multi-cultural Education Research Center who is in charge of the 'Multi-cultural/North Korean Defector Student Mentoring' project for the Yeungnam region, stated, "The multi-cultural family online mentoring program, which is the only such program in Korea, is now in its third year. Using the system and operational knowhow of the YU Multi-cultural Education Research Center, which is assessed to be an outstanding model by MEST, the KOSAF, and government organizations around the nation, as a role model, we are planning to expand it nationwide starting next year." He also added, "As a regional hub university for the Multi-cultural/North Korean Defector Student Mentoring project in the Yeungnam region, YU will play a leading role in creating a desirable multi-cultural community culture in our society."
