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Received 610 million KRW in additional funding for selection in project to construct research equipment and to promote joint research Selected for ‘Core Research Support Center’ establishment support project last year receiving up to 3.6 billion KRW over 6 years Expected to improve university research capacities and have synergy effects in fostering professional researchers [July 6, 2020] YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was selected for the ‘2020 Basic Science Research Capacity Improvement Project’ supported by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation. The ‘Basic Science Research Capacity Improvement Project’ is a project that supports the construction of research equipment needed for growth and advancement in order to improve the university’s R&D capacities and to build an efficient research ecosystem. It is a support project overseen by the Ministry of Education with the goal of promoting joint research centering on core research support centers specialized by research fields. Universities are selected and supported in the three fields of ▲establishing a core research center ▲constructing research equipment ▲promoting joint research. This year, YU was selected for the Research Equipment Construction Support Project (Principal Researcher Professor of Pharmacy Nam Joo-won) and the Joint Research Promotion Support Project (School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Cho Dae-won). YU plans to construct the ‘High Resolution Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer’ with government funding of 310 million KRW for the research equipment construction support project. This new research equipment will be able to analyze various natural substances and medical substances, and also analyze very small quantities and highly difficult substances such as dioxin, which is very toxic. It will be used for qualitative and quantitative analysis, identification and verification of compounds encompassing all sectors including environment, food safety, clinical study, forensic toxicology, pharmaceutics, and chemicals. It is expected that with the construction of this research equipment, the YU Natural Materials Medical Substance Core Research Support Center will be reinforced with qualitative analysis functions, therefore becoming a general analysis center that can perform structural, ingredient and content analysis. In addition, a total of 300 million KRW will be received for the Joint Research Promotion Support Project from this year until February 2023 and will be used for research activity costs and material costs. Last year, the YU ‘Natural Material Medical Substance Core Research Center (Center Director Nam Joo-won)’ was selected for the basic science research capacity improvement project, and it is pursuing the project with national funding of about 3.6 billion KRW (600 million KRW annually) for up to six years (3+3 years). YU Industry-Academic Research Office Director Park Yong-wan said, “We were selected last year for the Core Research Support Center establishment project and additionally selected for the resaerch equipment construction and joint research promotion support project this year. We are thus expected to be able to create synergy in pursuing basic science research capacity improvement projects.” He added, “The university will provide full support to not only improve the qualitative levels of research, but also to foster research experts.”
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The YU Alumni Professors Association “gathered the will of alumni professors to help students who are also our juniors” Operating a scholarship fund for students... Donated 160 million KRW in scholarships Continued donations to scholarships for students by professors and employees [July 7, 2020] The YU Cheonma Professors Association (Chairman Baek Eung-yul) handed over 30 million KRW in scholarships for students. The Cheonma Professors Association is an association comprised of professors who are alumni of YU and there are currently 243 members. The Cheonma Professors Association has been operating a separate scholarship fund for students. They handed over 160 million KRW in scholarships to students so far and they decided to donate an additional 30 million KRW. At 2 p.m. On July 6, YU Cheonma Professors Association Chairman Baek Eung-yul and Vice-chairman Moon Yong-sun met with YU President Sur Gil-soo asking to use the scholarship funds for students. YU plans to use his scholarship fund for students in the second semester of 2020. YU Cheonma Professors Association Chairman Baek Eung-yul (School of Materials Science and Engineering professor) said, “As COVID-19 continues to spread, we know that students are facing many difficulties in their studies. YU alumni professors chipped in to help, however trivial, students who are also our juniors, with their studies.” He added, “I hope that you remember that you always have professors and alumni seniors who are quietly rooting for you and hope that you can navigate through such hardships.” Professors have been continuously donating to scholarship funds for students this year. On July 1, the YU Female Professors Association also donated 20 million KRW for scholarships. YU plans to use this scholarship to provide support for students having difficulties with their studies due COVID-19. YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “Both students and professors are facing difficult times due to COVID-19. Recently, professors and employees have been voluntarily giving money to be used for student scholarships.” He added, “I am very thankful as the president of the university as I have to manage the university amidst a situation with many financial difficulties for the school. I am confident that if professors, employees, students, and even alumni all unite, we will be able to wisely overcome COVID-19.”
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Fostered about 10,000 business administration professionals with master’s degree course, advanced management program, professional management program, etc. Pre-ceremony such as the Graduate School of Business Administration development seminar, unveiling of the 50th year anniversary monument and tree planting ceremony [June 25, 2020] <The YU Graduate School of Business Administration held the 50th year anniversary ceremony (June 20, 2020)> The YU Graduate School of Business Administration (Dean Ahn Seung-cheol) held the 50th year anniversary ceremony. This ceremony was held at 4 p.m. on June 20 at the YU Daegu Campus (Daemyeong-dong, Daegu) Business Administration Hall auditorium. YU President Sur Gil-soo, School of Business Dean Lee Gang-il, YU Medical Center Director Kim Sung-ho, YU General Alumni Association Chairman Jung Tae-il, Master’s Degree General Alumni Association Chairman Yoon Jung-rok, AMP General Alumni Association Chairman Jang Se-cheol, as well as Daegu Superintendent of Education Kang Eun-hee, Nam-gu Office Chief Cho Jae-gu and other internal and outside figures and alumni association executives attended to congratulate the 50th anniversary of the YU Graduate School of Business Administration. Dean Ahn Seung-cheol said, “The YU Graduate School of Business Administration was opened in March of 1970 and it is the first in the region and is one of the schools with the longest history and tradition in Korea. Talented people who graduated from the YU Graduate School of Business Administration are active not only in the region, but in various areas all around the nation.” He added, “I am convinced that this 50th anniversary ceremony will be the touchstone for the next 50 years and 100 years. The YU Graduate School of Business Administration will continue to fulfill its role as a cradle for future business administration education and incubator for business professionals.” <50th year anniversary of the YU Graduate School of Business Administration sculpture ‘Ungbi - Patriotism - 2020’> Prior to the ceremony, a pre-ceremony event was held such as the Graduate School of Business Administration development seminar, unveiling of the 50th year anniversary monument, and tree planting ceremony. Academic and industry experts participated in the Graduate School of Business Administration development seminar that was held from 1 p.m. to hold presentations and discussions. This was held with the goal of innovating business administration education that will lead the future in the 4th industrial revolution and to search for business administration education plans of a new paradigm. <Commemorative tree planting> The 50th year anniversary sculpture unveiling ceremony and tree planting event were held at the garden of the Business Administration Hall at 3 p.m. The sculpture that was installed was produced with funds gathered by the graduate school’s Master’s Degree General Alumni Association and Advanced Management Program General Alumni Association alumni. The title is <Ungbi - Patriotism - 2020> (granite, 3,500x1,800xh2,850mm) and it is a work by YU alumni sculptor Lee Byung-joon. It is based on five volumes of books and it formatively expresses the aspirations for purity, love, happiness, hope and wishes. Also, the YU Graduate School of Business Administration 50 Year History Book was published to commemorate the 50-year anniversary. This book summarizes records remaining at the university and various materials stored by professors and alumni, containing the 50 years of the YU Graduate School of Business Administration. Meanwhile, the YU Graduate School of Business Administration was opened in March 1970 and graduated a total of 9.982 business professionals including 2,652 in master’s degree courses, 6,123 in the advanced management program 167 in the management research course, 112 in labor and management courses, 87 in female business administration course, 559 in the professional management program, and 309 in the golf advanced management program.
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22 meter long ‘Tunnel Fountain’ at the front gate of the campus... Walk through the water spouts to cool down LED lights at night color the water spouts attracting people looking for things to see and places to rest Alumnus Choi Hyeok-young (Civil Engineering class of ‘63 donated 100 million KRW for installation costs saying, “I hope it can be a place of rest for students and the community’ The ‘108 fountain nozzles’ hope to wash away the concerns and anguish of visitors to the school [June 19, 2020] <YU Cheonma Tunnel Fountain> The ‘Cheonma Tunnel Fountain’ that gushes out streams of water to cool down the sweltering heat of ‘Daefrica (Daegu + Africa)’ was installed at YU (President Sur Gil-soo). YU installed the ‘Cheonma Tunnel Fountain’ at Cheonmajimun, which is the main gate of the Gyeongsan Campus, from December of last year to March of this year, and recently conducted test operations. The completion ceremony was held at 5 p.m. On June 19 prior to the regular operation for the summer season. The ‘Cheonma Tunnel Fountain’ is a tunnel-type fountain where people can walk into the fountain. It stands 3 meters tall, 6 meters wide, and 22 meters long, and there are a total of 108 fountain nozzles. The 108 fountain nozzles represent the meaning of washing away concerns and anguishes of people visiting the school through this fountain. A steel walkway was installed on top of the water and below the fountain tunnel allowing visitors to walk through the refreshing spouts of water to cool off in the summer. LED lights were installed on the nozzles to embroider the campus with lighted water gushes at night. The YU campus is frequently visited by members of the community thanks to its reputation of being a beautiful campus with the mirror pond, cherry blossoms and love road along Cheonma-daero in front of the main building of YU, and the path to the folk village. The YU Cheonma Tunnel Fountain will offer extravagant attractions and a place for rest from the entrance to the campus, and it is thus expected to attract even more students and community members. This fountain cost 100 million KRW and it was paid in full by YU Department of Civil Engineering class of ‘63 alumnus and president of the Choi Hyeok-young Scholarship Foundation Choi Hyuk-yeong (77) (right on above photo). This is not the first time that Mr. Choi gave a huge gift to his alma mater. In 2018, he paid for the entire cost for installing ‘Big Time’, the large clock on the upper exterior of the Central Library, which is a landmark of YU standing 80m high. Mr. Choi said, “I hope this can be a place of rest that students and community members can take a moment to rest at while visiting YU. I will continue to support the development of YU and my juniors at YU whenever I have the chance.” <Cheonma Tunnel Fountain (Night)> Mr. Choi is also generously supporting students. He founded the Choi Hyeok-young to continuously give scholarships to not only his juniors at his alma mater, but to high school and college students nationwide. Mr. Choi not only offers scholarships to students, but also acts as a mentor who communicates with students through letters. He valued each and every one of the letters sent by students who received scholarships and published a book titled ‘Dialog of Love’ and he published a total of three books starting with ‘Dialog of Love I’ in 2015.
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Received best evaluation thus receiving 7.8 billion KRW for second year project cost High evaluations for university long-term development plans and consistency Also received good assessments for achieving business goal and program operation performance [June 11, 2020] YU (President Sur Gil-soo) received the highest grade, ‘A’, in the first annual evaluation of the ‘University Innovation Support Project’ supported by the Ministry of Education and National Research Foundation. The University Innovation Support Project aims at improving the basic capacities of universities and support strategic specialization to respond to changes in the future society, while constructing a future-oriented creative personnel incubation system based on national innovative growth through the autonomous innovation of universities. The project period is from 2019 to 2021. The second year (2020) and third year (2021) project cost distribution will be supported in connection with the previous year’s annual evaluation results. Universities participating in the project are categorized into type 1 (autonomous agreement type) and type 2 (empowerment type). For type 1, 131 autonomous improvement universities based on the ‘2018 University Basic Capacity Diagnosis and Faculty Fostering Institute Diagnosis’ results participated in five regions (capital area/Daegu-Gyeongbuk-Gangwon/Chungcheong/Honam-Jeju/Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam regions). For type 2, 12 universities that passes the selection evaluation among 30 empowerment universities according to the ‘2018 University Basic Capacity Diagnosis’ results were selected. YU, which is under the type 1 Daegu-Gyeongbuk-Gangwon region, received the highest ranking in the 2019 annual evaluation with an ‘A’, and will thus receive about 7.8 billion KRW for the second year project funds. YU received approximately 6.5 billion KRW in the project cost for the first year last year. The University Innovation Support Project annual evaluation that the Ministry of Education notified to each university is the result of qualitative and quantitative evaluations for the first year project pursuance performance. In this evaluation, YU was assessed to have systematic internal and external analysis and diagnosis, and therefore, the University Innovation Support Project judged that YU had outstanding long-term development plans and consistency. Furthermore, it received good evaluations as its project goal was set in detail and reasonably, and for its first year project goal achievement and program operation performance. YU President Sur Gil-soo said “By receiving the top ranking in the first year of the University Innovation Support Project, the competitiveness and performance of the university innovation project being pursued by YU has been proven.” He added, “As we have procured more project funding by receiving the A rating, we will provide full support to achieve the goal of the University Innovation Support Project.”
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YU opens ‘HuStar Water Industry Innovation University Project Team’ on the 19th Signs ‘Water Industry Human Resource Fostering’ MOU with the Korea Environment Corporation National Water Industry Cluster Project Team Daegu City funds 3.9 billion KRW for project... Professors, companies and alumni gather development fund for the success of the project [June 19, 2020] <HuStar water industry innovation university project team opening ceremony> YU (President Sur Gil-soo) will accelerate its efforts to foster human resources for the water industry, which is a future growth engine. The ‘HuStar Water Industry Innovation University Project Team (Leader Jung Jin-young)’ was held at Room 524 of the Materials Hall at 2 p.m. on the 19th. The ceremony was attended by YU President Sur Gil-soo, Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin, professors, institutes participating in the project, corporate personnel, etc. <YU President Sur Gil-soo (left) giving a welcoming address and Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin (right)> The HuStar Innovation University Project is a project for fostering local human resources being pursued by Daegu City and Gyeongsangbuk-do. YU linked the Department of Civil Engineering and School of Chemical Engineering (chemical engineering system major) centering on the Department of Environmental Engineering to open the Smart Water System Convergence Major to pursue the HuStar Innovation University Project. The newly opened HuStar Water Industry Innovation University Project Team is expected to serve as a hub for the construction of local water industry infrastructure and to foster experts. Following the opening ceremony at around 3 p.m., an MOU ceremony (photo below) was held for the YU HuStar Water Industry Project Team and the Korea Environment Corporation National Water Industry Cluster Project Team. It aims at gathering the capacities of the two institutes to foster practical personnel by operating a curriculum based on water industry demands. The two institutes agreed to cooperate in ▲operating the water industry innovation human resource fostering course and ▲operating practical human resource fostering course using the national water industry cluster infrastructure. <From left to right: HuStar Water Industry Innovation University Project Team Leader Jung Jin-young, Korea Environment Corporation National Water Industry Cluster Project Team Leader Jung Sang-yong> YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “As a university equipped with education and research capacities partnered up with professional institutes and companies, while the local government provided administrative and financial support, the HuStar Water Industry Innovation University Project was placed in orbit,” and added, “Our university will take the lead to create synergy for fostering experts in fields related to water industry development through the construction of a government-academic-industry cooperation system.” In particular, the HuStar Water Industry Innovation University Project that YU is pursuing not only received 3.9 billion KRW in funding by Daegu City, but also donations by participating professors, companies and alumni, thus receiving huge momentum. Professor Jung Jin-young who is leading the project team and participating professors (Department of Environmental Engineering Professors Won Yang-soo, Lee Soon-hwa, Gong In-cheol, Kim Seung-hyeon, Jeon Gwan-soo) also donated 20 million KRW. Companies taking part in the HuStar Project together with YU such as Korea Fluid Technology (CEO Seo Sung-soo), Midni (CEO Choi In-jong), Tae Sung Engineering Consultants (CEO Jung Chang-hwa), HANIL ENG (CEO Yoon Beom-seok), KD (CEO Jung Tae-hwa) and ATT (CEO Kim Jae-cheol) donated a combined 33 million KRW. Alumni from the YU Department of Environmental Engineering also gathered a combined 10 million KRW to help support their juniors currently studying, thus gathering a total of 63 million KRW in development funds for the success of this project. The project team plans to use this development fund to build better educational infrastructure. Project Leader Jung Jin-young said, “It is expected that the HuStar Innovation University Project will contribute significantly in fostering local water industry experts in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions. It has added even more meaning through voluntary donations by not only participating professors, but also participating companies and alumni.” He added, “I hope that students will be able to develop their capacities in the nation’s best educational environment. YU will take the initiative in fostering innovative human resources in the water industry, which is a future growth engine.” Meanwhile, YU’s HuStar Water Industry Innovation University Project is receiving a lot of attention as it is expected to develop the future cash crop industry for the region, while creating jobs for youths. In particular, it is placing emphasis on constructing a system linked with the employment of students taking the courses, and it is thus expected to improve the employment rate of local students. An agreement was already entered to hire 42 people annually (as of 2022) with 21 water companies in the region, and anticipations about the project outcomes are high. In addition, discussions are being held actively for long-term internship programs linked to employment with relevant companies (field work) and therefore, synergy is expected to foster human resources and develop the local industry through industry-academic cooperation.
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Students share individual effective online learning methods and strategies Sharing in the outstanding work lecture portal system [June 18, 2020] The YU Education Development Center held the 2020 first semester ‘Extracurricular Learning Activity Online Contest - YU Online Learning Award’. This contest included submissions related to efficient online lecture utilization plans in the current situation where students have no choice but to take online classes due to COVID-19. In the contest, individual effective online learning methods and strategies were shared through creative and smart knowhow produced using PPT, voice and recording methods. The submitted works contained various novel methods compared to offline classes by freely using time and space amidst the environment of online classes. The awards ceremony for the YU Online Learning Award was also held online. All winners excluding grand prize winners participated in the awards ceremony remotely via Google Meet. The YU Online Learning Award confirmed that our students have the ability to come up with their own learning methods and put it into practice amidst the confusing situation where all classes are held remotely this semester. The purpose of this contest was to help students upgrade their leaning capacities and methods through online classes and find this method on their own. Works submitted to the contest were reviewed focusing on production relativity, uniqueness, and possibility to spread the case. The awarded works will be opened first in extracurricular courses within the school’s lecture portal system from June 22 (Mon) and will be shared to all students. A total of one person won the grand prize, three silver medals and six bronze medals. Han Jin-ah (Department of Electrical Engineering, senior) with ‘My Online Study Strategy’. This contained an idea to elevate learning goal achievement rates through the ‘small but certain happiness point system (3-stage study motivation strategy)’. Education Development Center Director Kim Geun-ho (Professor at the Department of Forest Resources and Landscape Architecture) said, “We are currently operating programs such as online study consulting, YU Can Do, etc. to strengthen the learning capacities of students. We are also planning to various contests, IT empowerment programs, and learning method lectures with the goal of sharing outstanding study strategies and improving study capacities in the second semester.”
