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Enhanced the sense of belonging and global community as YU students regardless of native or foreign students More than 200 participants including foreign students from 39 countries Four teams consisting of sharing, volunteering, creation, and contributing for 15 competitions including six-person-seven-legged race <YU 75th Anniversary Global Festival International Student Athletic Competition> YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) held “75th Anniversary Global Festival International Student Athletic Competition” This event was prepared to enhance a sense of belonging as YU students regardless of native and foreign students and to improve a sense of global community among young people around the world who will lead the global era. The sports competition was held on the 18th at YU artificial turf soccer field and more than 200 students such as faculty students, trainees of Korean Language Institute, students of Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul (PSPS), and foreign students from 39 countries around the world, including the United States, China, France, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Rwanda participated. Since the opening of YU, foreign students of the largest number of nationalities participated. <Entrance of teams> The students who participated in the competition were divided into four teams: sharing, volunteering, creation, and contribution. The team names contain the core shared values of YU's new vision, “Creative innovation university contributing to the prosperity of human society” suggested by YU at the 75th anniversary. The sports competition started with declaration of opening by President CHOI Oe-chool of YU and oath of each team player representative and YU General Club Association Cheonma Cheering Team cheered up the global festival with a celebratory performance. President CHOI Oe-chool of YU said, “When I see YU students from all over the world who have come to Korea to study with their dreams and are focusing on their studies, I am proud of them and my heart is excited. I am confident that the international students studying at Yeungnam University will become global leaders lead the global community. I hope that international students who have studied hard in their respective fields of study will have a good time participating in the sports competition, the field of global harmony, for one day at least. I hope they become talented persons by studying hard in Korea and accumulating various experiences to contribute to human society.” <Athlete representative oath> <Performance of Cheonma Cheerleaders> Student Bakay Yusuf (1st grade, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Netherlands), leader of Contribution Team, said, “It was disappointing that there were not many opportunities to do outside activities while studying abroad due to the spread of COVID-19. I’d like to express my thank to the university officials for hosting the sports competition that will be an enjoyable experience for international students. Among today's sports events, tug-of-war is the most anticipated. The sports competition is more exciting probably because I participate in such events after a long time and today's weather is sunny. I want to make precious memories by participating in all items.” Also, KIM Min-jin (4th grade of YU Department of Electronic Engineering said, “This is the first sports competition that I participated in while attending college. I have high expectations because main events of the university have been significantly contracted in the recent two years due to COVID-19 and I participate in these events after a long time. I will participate in various items with foreign students and leave pleasant memories during my university life.” <Rolling a rugby ball> On this day, the participants of the sports competition competed in 15 items, including rolling a rugby ball, bouncing a ball of one mind, tug-of-war, six-person-seven-legged race, and continuous running until 4 pm and Volunteering Team won the final championship and received a cash prize of KRW 5 million.
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For foreign high school and college students residing in and out of Korea … Participation of 117 persons from 18 countries Held the final contest at LEE Si-won Global Convention Hall of YU Provision of an opportunity to enhance understanding of Korean language and culture [May 19, 2022] YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) held “75th Anniversary Global Korean Speaking Contest” The contest was held for foreign high school and undergraduate (graduate) students residing in and out of Korea In the worldwide heyday of “K-culture”, the demand for Hangeul and Korean language increases as an axis of Korean Wave. This competition is expected to be an opportunity for foreigners to increase their understanding of Korean language and culture. This competition was held for pure foreigners, i.e. high school and undergraduate (graduate) students residing in and out of Korea whose both parents are foreigners. They competed with presentations for 3 minutes after selecting free topics such as “Why I Love Korea” and “Why I Learn Korean,” etc. In the contest, 117 students from 18 countries including China, Vietnam, Japan, Russia, Morocco, Thailand, Turkey, the United States, India, and Sweden, etc. participated. Through preliminary document screening and video interviews, 3 students (3 high school students and 10 undergraduate (graduate) students) were selected for final contest. The final contest was held at 2 pm on the 19th at LEE Si-won Global Convention Hall of YU Cheonma Art Center, finalists participated with zoom function, and the contest was broadcasted in real time on YouTube. In addition to the fluency of communication such as Korean vocabulary and expressions, the contents of the presentation and non-verbal expressions such as facial expressions, gestures, and postures were comprehensively evaluated; Karimov Husniddin Odiljonovich (Jangdeok High School, Uzbekistan) who presented on the theme of “My high school life in Korea” and Vu Hoai Lan (Vietnam, Tongsang University) who presented on the theme of “Korea’s vitality, traditional markets” took first place in high school part and undergraduate (graduate) parts, respectively, and received the YU President's Award and designated amount of money. Vu Hoai Lan (upper photo) from Vietnam, Rank 1 in undergraduate (graduate) part, said, “It is an honor to receive such an unexpected award. As a student who loves and learns Korean, I thank to YU for organizing the Korean speaking contest. I first thought deeply about the topic during preparation for the contest. I had a lot of memories of traditional markets during studying in Korea and I chose this theme. I’d like to recommend other foreign students to experience Korean culture in traditional markets if they have the opportunity to visit Korea.” President CHOI Oe-chool of YU said, “I was surprised at the considerable level of Korean proficiency of the foreign students who participated in this contest. During the time that stu dents did writing and made presentations in Korean on the subjects selected by them based on their learned Korean, they must improve their Korean ability and take one step toward Korean culture. I hope that many foreign students interested in Korea and the Korean language develop not only Korean but also various foreign language skills and global capabilities to become leaders in solving common global problems and leading global development.
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Development of “E. coli-mimicking photothermal/immune complex cancer drug” using gold nanorods Suggestion of a new concept treatment method that blocks metastasis and recurrence through selective cancer treatment Published in <ACS Nano>, the world's most authoritative journal in the field of nano-science [May 26, 2022] <Research team of YU Department of Biomedical Engineering (From left, Researcher HWANG Joo-young and Professor JIN Jun-oh> The research team of Professor JIN Jun-oh of YU Department of Biomedical Engineering developed a new type of cancer treatment that mimics E. coli. Especially, the YU research team is drawing attention from academic societies by suggesting a new concept treatment method that can block metastasis and recurrence of cancer through primary cancer treatment. More than 90% of cancer patients die due to recurrence and metastasis. Local treatments such as surgery, chemical treatment, and photothermal therapy are used to treat cancer but hidden cancer cells frequently recur after months or years after treatment or metastasize through blood vessels to cause cancer in other tissues. As an alternative to the method to lead cancer cells to dead with activation of human immune cells, “Immune cancer treatment” is drawing a lot of attention recently. Immunotherapy is a cancer treatment that can selectively kill cancer cells without side effects by inducing specific immune activity against cancer antigens. YU research team manufactured “E. coli mimetic gold nanorod (ECA)” by coating FimH, an E. coli adhesion protein having immune activation ability, on gold nanorods used for photothermal therapy. The research team selectively killed only tumor cells with administration of ECA and irradiation of a laser on the tumor site. In this process, it was found that cancer antigen-specific immune activity was induced by cancer antigen released during cancer cell death and by FimH, an immune activator released from ECA, resulting in complete block of metastasis and growth of recurrent cancer completely. The research team said, “Endeavors were focused on inducing antigen-specific immune activity using cancer antigens and immune enhancers to overcome the limit of immune cancer treatment. Especially, in order to overcome the difficulty of finding effective antigens caused by diversity of cancer, photothermal treatment of the primary cancer was used to induce antigen expression in the cancer cells itself, and at the same time, a structure was designed to secrete immune enhancers.” Professor JIN Jun-oh showed his plan for follow-up studies saying, “In this research, we developed a photothermal immunotherapeutic agent that contains both a photothermal agent for photothermal treatment and an immune activator that can activate immune cells in the body with E. coli-mimicking gold nanorods. This photothermal immunotherapeutic agent should be applied to cancers that can be treated with photothermal treatment such as melanoma and breast cancer, in order to completely block metastasis and recurrence of cancer through primary cancer treatment. We will develop a photothermal immunotherapeutic agent to be used for various kinds of cancers and will develop nanomaterials to treat primary cancer and prevent metastatic and recurrent cancers at the same time.” This research was conducted as a support project for Excellent New Researcher Project by National Research Foundation of Korea with participation of Researcher HWANG Joo-young (Ph.D. completion) of YU Department of Biomedical Engineering as lead author and Professor JIN Jun-oh as corresponding author. The result of this research was published on April 25th in the online version of <ACS Nano> (IF 15.880), a world-class journal in the field of nanoscience.
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Exhibition under joint-management by Dokdo Research Institute and Museum until April 28, 2023 Exhibition of historical materials and research materials in various fields, such as treasure “Old copy of Daedongunbugunok”, old maps, Ulleungdo excavated relics, and Dokdo wild flowers, etc., at a place for the first time in Korea [May 27, 2022] YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) will hold a planned special exhibition, “Dokdo blossoms”, for 75th Anniversary. This special exhibition was jointly planned by Dokdo Research Institute and Museum of YU. YU Dokdo Research Institute is the first professional Dokdo research institute in domestic colleges to collect and study Dokdo-related data and was established in May 2005. It was designated as a strategic focused institution of the Ministry of Education since 2007 and has been leading studies on Dokdo to keep Dokdo sovereignty. This special exhibition was planned jointly with YU Museum to show the results of studies until now and to establish future research directions. In this special exhibition, a variety of historical materials including 19 old maps that prove that Dokdo is our own territory, Ulleungdo Encyclopedia, Oh Seong-il’s teaching paper, and Dokdo-related relics excavated from Ulleungdo and Gyeongju and various areas of Dokdo studies such as plant specimens collected from Dokdo and wild flowers of Dokdo, etc. will be disclosed. Especially, in this special exhibition, Visitors can also see Treasure No. 878, “The Old Book of Daedong Unbugunok (大東韻府群玉) [left photo],” which contains many articles related to Ulleungdo and Dokdo. This is a treasure of Yecheon Museum and is on loan for exhibition in YU Museum this time. This book is a kind of encyclopedia compiled by KWON Mun-hae (草澗權文海, 1534-1591), a scholar in the middle of the Joseon Dynasty. It is highly meaningful in the respect that a vast amount of Korean history and culture was collected through various documents. Also, it is very valuable bibliographical data because it can identify one side of the books lost after the Imjin War. In addition, 'Dongguk Notice', which is being applied for designation as a treasure by Yecheon Museum, will also be exhibited. This book is also an important document that proves sovereignty over Ulleungdo and Dokdo and is highly regarded in that it is a historical book written by intellectuals in the Yeongnam region and deals with various topics. Visitors can meet pottery from the Unified Silla period unearthed on Ulleungdo in this special exhibition. This porcelain is a historical material that reveals that the maritime kingdom Usan-guk (Ulleungdo) entered the history and culture of the Korean Peninsula before the 6th century. The sea lion bones of the Unified Silla period (right pictured) discovered in Gyeongju are believed to had been captured in Ulleungdo and Dokdo and transported to Gyeongju, the capital of Silla, indicating that, at that time, Ulleungdo and Dokdo belonged to the living area of Silla. CHOI Jae-mok, director of the Dokdo Research Institute (professor of Department of Philosophy) of YU who prepared this special exhibition said, “We will be able to clearly know that Dokdo is our territory with disclosure of the ancient original maps, documents, and pottery related to Dokdo’s sovereignty in Korea.” Director JEONG In-seung of YU Museum (professor of Department of Cultural Anthropology) also said, “I hope this special exhibition will be a place where you can see how vain Japan’s claim to sovereignty over Dokdo is. I hope it will be a place to understand our land, Dokdo, and the Dokdo issue.” The special exhibition, which will open on May 30th at 2:30 pm in the special exhibition room on the 2nd floor of YU Museum, will be continued until April 28, 2023. Visiting hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and the museum will be closed on Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays. For more information, visit the YU Museum website (http://museum.yu.ac.kr/).
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Acceleration for achievement of the vision of “A creative & innovative university to contribute to prosperity of human societies” Held various events for 75th Anniversary - Held photo exhibition of 75 years and opened History Hall Finale of the festival with a commemorative concert with local residents [May 13, 2022] <Congratulatory message by President CHOI Oe-chool of YU> YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) held 75th Anniversary and accelerated achievement of the vision of “A creative & innovative university to contribute to prosperity of human societies.” At 14:00 on the 13th in LEE Si-won Global Convention Hall of YU Cheonma Art Center, 75th Anniversary was held and Chung Hong-won (Former Prime Minister), KIM Kwan-yong (Former Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do), CHOI Young-jo (Mayor of Gyeongsan-si), JOO Ho-young (Assembly Member), KIM Sang-hun (Assembly Member), KIM Seung-su (Assembly Member), HONG Seok-jun (Assembly Member), HONG Won-hwa (Chairman of Korea Council for University Education), HAN Jae-sook (Chairman of Yeungnm School Corporation), LEE Jong-woo (Director), LEE Si-won (Director), YOON Sang-hyeon (Director), KIM Jin-sam (Director), YOON Dong-han (Chairman of YU Alumni Association), LEE Cheol-woo (Director of Alumni Association), LEE Sang-cheon (Former President of YU), LEE Hyo-soo (Former President of YU), SEO Gil-soo (Former President of YU), KIM Bong-sik (President of Honorary Professors Association), KIM Sam-soo (President of Professors Association), KWON Ki-young (Chairman of Employee Union), and KANG Tae-wook (Chairman of YU Student Council), etc. congratulated the anniversary. KIM Byong-joon (Chairman of Special Committee for Balanced Regional Development of 20th Presidential Transition Committee) congratulated the anniversary through a congratulatory video. <Congratulatory message by Chung Hong-won (Former Prime Minister)> Former Prime Minister Chung Hong-won said in his congratulatory message, “The history of YU for last 75 years is the same way with Korean modern history. To meet the educational vision, i.e. cultivation of pillars for national revival, asserted by Former President PARK Chung-hee who is the founder, talents of YU have become the leaders of Korean development. First of all, I’d like to give you a warm round of applause in relation to globalization activities of Saemaul Undong which has been made by YU.Although the vision of global prosperity is the whole human challenge to be made by international societies, it has been independently tried by YU. I salute President CHOI Oe-chool for his endeavors to achieve the dream of global prosperity that is the hope of whole human. The slogan of 75th Anniverssary, “75 years with people and 75 years shared with human” shows the essence of educational goal oriented by YU until now. Due to the firm vision towards better future, brighter future of YU is expected. I wish YU to grow to be a prestigious school in the world through continuous moving forward with its growth power. I expect that internationalization activities of Saemaul Undong of YU are upgraded to a national project.” <Commemorative speech by HAN Jae-sook (Chairman of Yeungnm School Corporation)> President CHOI Oe-chool of YU said in his commemorative speech, “Last 75 years of YU was the 75 years shared with the people in the bright development of Korea. Korea was officially accepted as an advanced country by international societies last year and should play the role and fulfill the responsibility to meet the prestige of an advanced country. To meet such role and responsibility, YU intends to suggest a new vision, 75 years to be shared with human.YU intends to cultivate talents to contribute to global prosperity.” indicating a new start. He also said, “Domestic colleges are suffering from a lot of difficulties including continuous reduction of school-age population and centralization of the metropolitan area, etc. YU accelerates innovation including drastic reorganization of educational systems and educational courses to become a university to be accepted by education demanders, i.e. the students. Such endeavors made such performances as achievement of 99.9% of freshman recruit rate and large scale governmental financial support projects including RIS Project, and Link 3.0 Project, etc. This is the result of endeavors of all YU members. All YU members should gather power to satisfy the order and wish of Yu’s song, <Become the creators of a new history for the people and for the human>, celebrating the 75th anniversary of YU. Young people should dream lovely children, achievement of self-actualization, and contribution to human society.” In the anniversary, excellent Staff were awarded. Award was given to 41 long-term service Staff, 7 excellent professors of Cheonma Honors Lecture, 18 excellent professors of lectures, 16 excellent researchers, 9 model Staff, and 5 persons (by Alumni Association) and Industry-Academy Promotion Team and Cheonma Art Center Operation Team were selected as model teams. Especially, Songam LEE Jong-woo Achievement Award was prepared in the anniversary and was given to 3 professors for their contributions in development and innovation of YU.Songam LEE Jong-woo Achievement Award was given using KRW 200 million of development fund donated by Director LEE Jong-woo of Yeungnam School Corporation in order to award selected Staff who made large contributions in development of YU. Meanwhile, YU planned and is implementing various events for 75th anniversary. Before the anniversary, 75th Anniversary Photo Exhibition, <Watched! Met!, and Talked!>, was held at 14:00 on the 13th. In the exhibition, more than 100 photos showing historical moments of YU since foundation to 2020 are shown by year. History Hall was opened at 1:00 on that day to show 75 years of history including foundation and development of YU. History Hall is on the second floor of YU Museum and is a full-time exhibition space to show various data, videos, and panels of developmental unification process of Daegu College and Cheonggu College which are the ancestors of YU, development of campus, main performances of YU, and activities of alumni, etc. At 7:00 in the evening, a commemorative concert was held for local citizens for 75th Anniversary in the Grand Hall of YU Cheonma Art Center. Performances were made for the audience of invitation cards by singers LEE Chan-won and Ailee who are alumni of YU, WJSN, Norazo, Seomoon Tak, Project Rock, JUNG Hye-rin, and JUNG Eun-ju and an orchestra consisting of HAN Yong-hee (Tenor), LEE Dong-hwan (Bariton), BAEK Yoon-hak (Conductor), and YU alumni finished the anniversary as a ground of festival.
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Seeking for the role of education for global prosperity by international organizations, senior public officials, NGOs, and academic societies, etc. BAN Ki-moon (Former UN Secretary-General) asserted Education ODA, world citizen education, and global leadership education in his basic lecture. Sharing of new educational paradigm for sustainable development of the world Suggestion of a vision, “Cultivation of talents to contribute to human society” [May 10, 2022] <Global Forum, 75th Anniversary of Yeungnam University> “Global Forum, 75th Anniversary of Yeungnam University” was held to seek for role of education for global prosperity. It was held to share new educational paradigm asked for global sustainable development and to suggest future vision of YU for cultivation of talents to contribute to development of human society. Staff of international organizations, ambassadors to Korea, senior public officials, and professionals of academic societies and NGOs participated in the global forum held in LEE Si-won Global Convention Hall of YU Cheonma Art Center for two days on the 10th and 11th and the forum was broadcasted in real time through YouTube. David Beasley (Secretary General of WFP) sent a congratulatory telegram and Michael Reiffenstuel (German Ambassador to Korea), LEE Cheol-woo (Director of YU Alumni Association), Hang Chuon Naron (Minister of Education, Youth, and Athletics of Cambodia), and JEONG Jin-taek (Korean Association of Private University Presidents) made congratulatory speeches in the opening ceremony of the global forum. David Beasley (Secretary General of WFP) said in his congratulatory telegram, “Korea had been one of the countries received the most support but has become one of top 15 supporting countries. Korea is said as a marvelous case in international societies which inspired Zero Hunger program. Especially, Saemaul spirit of Korea is a core case to show the value of WFP, <Sharing development experience to help localized development and other persons>. “Saemaul Hunger Zero” project implemented by WFP in the world made considerable achievements. YU is in the center by making Saemaul Undong a scholarly culture and by possessing the professional knowledge and know-how. When binding development experiences of Korea with execution capability of WFP in a large scale, Saemaul Undong may be used for unite of local societies and socioeconomic development. I hope that the discussions in the global forum of YU become the ground to understand and share the role of education for free and brighter future out of hunger,” indicating the meaning of the global forum. The global forum started with a basic lecture of BAN Ki-moon (8th General Secretary of UN and Chairman of BAN Ki-moon Foundation for Better Future). Chairman of BAN Ki-moon said three topics, i.e. Education ODA, world citizen education, and global leadership education, in relation to the role of education for global prosperity and asserted roles of advanced countries in education ODA, responsibility and liability of world citizens in human society, and qualification of global leaders to solve global issues. Especially, he said, “It is the foundation of sustainable development to guarantee inclusive and fair qualified education for all persons. Joint human endeavors are required to improve poor educational situations of developing countries. In case of Korea, drastic expansion of support is required to meet the prestige of an advanced country. Education ODA should have the property and clear goals and subjects. YU is the best model. YU established Department of Saemaul International Development, Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul, and International Development & Cooperation Center, shares economic development experiences of Korea focused on Saemaul Undong with the world, and contributes in global antipoverty and prosperity by cultivating international development leaders. Saemaul Undong is evaluated as the most successful local society development model in the contemporary history of the world. It will contribute to sustainable development of developing countries.” <Global Forum, 75th Anniversary of Yeungnam University (BAN Ki-moon (Former General Secretary of UN)> The forum was held in the afternoon in three sections. YOON Sang-jik (Former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy) took charge of chairman in Session 1, SHIN Seong-cheol (Former President of KAIST) made keynote presentation on subject of <Changes in global environment and changes in educational paradigm>, HAN Kyeong-goo (General Secretary of Korean Committee of UNESCO), RYU Jeong-woo (President of Pennsylvania State University Duboys Campus), and Suos Yara (Assembly Member of Cambodia) made presentations. In Session 2 with the subject of <Yu’s education to share development experiences of Korea with developing countries>, KIM Jae-choon (Vice-President of YU Education Innovation) took charge of chairman. Session 2 was started with keynote presentation by KIM Ki-soo (Chairman of International Development & Cooperation Center) and KIM Young-mok (Former Chairman of KOICA and Representative of G&M Global Culture Foundation), Rotana Kieng (President of Western University of Cambodia), and Wylbur Simuusa (Zambian Ambassador to Korea) participated as presenters. LEE Hyo-soo (Former President of YU) took charge of chairman of Session 3, SOHN Hyeok-sang (Chairman of KOICA) make keynote presentation on the subject of <Role of education for global prosperity>, Danilo Lardizabal Concepcion (President of National Philippine University), Mekuria Teklemariam (Minister of Ethiopia), YOON Jong-jin (Local Government Officials Development Institute), and Arthur Lee (President of SUNY Korea) made presentations. <Global Forum, 75th Anniversary of Yeungnam University (Congratulatory message by President CHOI Oe-chool of YU)> President CHOI Oe-chool of YU said, “This forum provides a ground for YU, which has cultivated leaders of Korean development for last 75 years, to declare the will to be reborn as a university to lead sustainable development of the world and contribute to qualitative improvement of human life for 75 years in future. Especially, as Korea has become an advanced country, it should share its development experiences with developing countries and universities should suggest the direction to seek for human prosperity through global educational & research activities. YU has been making educational endeavors to cultivate global talents to lead development of developing countries. This forum should provide a ground to evaluate Yu’s endeavors for cultivation of global talents, to suggest direction of universities’ education innovation and effective strategies, and to suggest education models to cultivate talents to contribute to human society.” Meanwhile, on the second day of the forum on the 11th, research results were presented by students. YU held a contest of “Global Challenge Story” to strengthen capability of global leaders in order to improve global challenge spirit of students and lead global prosperity. The contest was divided into <Direction of researches for global prosperity> (graduate school part) and <My future and global future as global leaders> (undergraduate part), 5 persons and 1 team were selected as winners, and award ceremony is conducted before the forum. The winners show the sentences and videos of their research in the global forum.
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Conclusion of a business agreement on legal counseling service with Disabled Right Protection Agency in Daegu Metropolitan City Configuration of counselors of Legal Clinic Center with 10 practical Staff and 23 students Continuous endeavors to support vulnerable groups and legal blind-spots More than 230 cases of counseling in recent five years [May 12, 2022] <Business Agreement between YU Law School and Daegu Disabled Right Protection Agency> (Chairman KIM In-ah and President LEE Dong-hyeong from the second on the left) YU Law School (President LEE Dong-hyeong) and Daegu Disabled Right Protection Agency (Chairman KIM In-ah) concluded a business agreement on development of local societies and social contribution. In the agreement ceremony, YU Law School promised to support victims through legal counseling cooperation with recognition of serious increase in disabled abuse cases. It was agreed to gather capabilities to contribute to development of local societies through Yu’s social contribution and service activities. As the agreement was made, both organizations will cooperate in ▲ Legal counseling to support disabled victims of abuse, ▲ Cooperation projects to improve disabled rights, ▲ Academic research for protection of rights of the disabled, ▲ Service activities for social contribution, and ▲ Cooperation projects for development of local societies and social contribution, etc. YU Law School is a prestigious school which recorded the highest bar exam pass rate in whole country and has contributed to development of local societies through free legal counseling before concluding this agreement. Legal Clinic Center consisting of former judges and prosecutors, 10 lawyers, and students has been operated and legal counseling was provided for local residents, school staff, students, etc. in cooperation with Free Legal Counseling Center of Federation of Korean Trade Unions Gyeongbuk Gumi Branch, Gyeongsangbuk-do Disabled Right Association, and YU Student Council, etc. Chairman KIM In-ah of Daegu Disabled Right Protection Agency said, “We will try for restoration of disabled victims of abuse and prevention of recurrence of abuse by providing legal counseling service through this agreement,” indicating the will for effective disabled support services. President LEE Dong-hyeong of YU Law School expressed aggressive will for support saying, “I strongly agree in necessity for legal support of disabled victims of abuse. We will actively contribute to development of local societies through social contributions and will fulfill social responsibility of the university.” Meanwhile, Disabled Right Protection Agency will protect disabled victims of abuse by providing disabled victims of abuse with the best support services through medical support by YU Medical Center as well as legal support by YU Law School.
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University members and Alumni Association, etc. gathered in a place and hold a vision declaration ceremony on the 75th Anniversary. One voice for achievement of the vision of “A creative & innovative university to contribute in prosperity of human societies” Built a consensus for “Development plans for education innovation, management strategy, industry-academy studies, international education, and medical center” [April 25, 2022] YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) suggested a new vision and a powerful sump started on the 75th Anniversary. YU held a vision declaration ceremony in LEE Si-won Global Convention Hall of Cheonma Art Center at 2 pm on the 22nd. YU suggested a new vision and students, professors, staff, and all members of the university including Alumni Association made a determination for a new start. Chairman YOON Dong-han of the Alumni Association, Faculty Chairman KIM Sam-soo, Chairman KWON Ki-young of Labor Union, and Chairman KHANG Tae-wook of YU Student Council as well as Chairman HAN Jae-sook of YU Educational Foundation and President CHOI Oe-chool of YU participated in the ceremony and made a determination. The vision declaration ceremony was held by YU to suggest the blueprints to achieve educational goals in future 75 years and to share the development plans with the members. New vision suggested by YU on the 75th Anniversary is “A creative & innovative university to contribute in prosperity of human societies.” The vision has the meaning to contribute in prosperity of human societies by creating the values to be shared for global win-win, by escaping from existing college systems and customs, and by leading creation & innovation. YU suggested Sharing, Service, and Creativity as the enhancement values of human societies. The policy to achieve the vision of the university is that five areas such as education innovation, management strategy, industry-academy studies, international education, and medical center will establish innovation goals consisting of ▲ Construction of education innovation systems for education demanders, ▲ Sustainable stabilization of the university and strengthening future competitiveness, ▲ Leading growth power of the university through innovation of industry-academy studies, ▲ Substantialization and diversification of international education systems, and ▲ Construction of foundation for development of medical center and establish and execute 15 innovation strategies and detailed execution tasks. The vision declaration ceremony was on/off-line broadcasted through YouTube in real time and university operation plans for the five areas were also presented. Vice-presidents to manage the areas presented policies and a Q&A session was provided for university members. Especially, the vision declaration ceremony was meaningful in the respect that all university members gathered in a place and made a single voice for development of the university one year after April in last year. The members had such earnest desire to achieve sustainable development and vision of the university. Last year, YU members gathered in a place and declared joint cooperation to overcome survival crisis of the university and for sustainable development of the university and such united look of university members became a topic of discussion. Chairman HAN Jae-sook of YU Educational Foundation attended the vision declaration ceremony and said, “The 75 years of YU is an honorable and proud history which has been made with the people and is the national history of Korea. Current educational environment put in front of us requires continuous challenges and limitless changes and innovations. It is very meaningful to have a place to share future vision of YU in such a time. It will be a valuable first step for the happiness and welfare of future generations. I want that all the university members try for development of the university in one mind and will since the vision declaration ceremony held today. I hope that YU will lead prosperity of the people and human beings and make hopeful future.” <Chairman HAN Jae-sook of YU Educational Foundation (Left) and Chairman YOON Dong-han of the Alumni Association (Right)> Chairman YOON Dong-han of the Alumni Association commented, “It may be said that 75-year history of YU is the history of Korea. More than 250,000 alumni cultivated by YU have been with the development of Korea. I think what embodied dream and hope that is the motive power for development is a vision. It is possible to make a history by sharing and implementing the vision with the members. Today’s vision declaration ceremony will be a starting point to realize the dream and generate a history. More than 250,000 alumni will support the university in one voice to achieve the vision.” In the vision declaration ceremony alumni working in every class of society including politics and business such as Mayor CHOI Yeongg-jo of Gyeongsan-si, President Lim Seong-hun of DGB Daegu Bank, Manager SHIN Tae-yong of National Soccer Team cheered development of the university and participated in achievement of the new vision through videos. President CHOI Oe-chool of YU said, “YU has been with growth of Korea with achievement of the value of school foundation spirit, that is, “cultivation of pillars of the national restoration,” for 75 years since foundation in 1947.Today’s vision declaration ceremony is a place for YU to take the first step for a second jump with the wings of a new vision, that is, “A creative & innovative university to contribute in prosperity of human societies.” Korea is the only country among more than 240 countries in the world which developed from a poorest country to an advanced country. Korea is accepted as an advanced country by international societies and should share its experiences in development with the world and should play the suitable role. YU will start cultivation of qualified talents to lead development to an advanced country and talents to contribute in human societies. I want all YU members unite minds to achieve the goal and vision for cultivation of talents of YU.”
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President CHOI Oe-chool delivered “A+ Snack” on the first day of 1st semester midterm exam. He encouraged students distributing them Fried Tofu Rice Balls and beverages with Student Council together. [April 20, 2022] “Take A+ Snack and good luck on the exam! I cheer you, students!” President CHOI Oe-chool of YU and Student Council delivered snacks early in the morning. They cheered students who were studying in YU early in the morning for midterm exam. At 8 o’clock am on the 20th, the first day of 1st semester midterm exam in 2022, front side of YU Central Library was crowded with students visiting the library in spite of early morning. On that day, President CHOI, professors, and Student Council encouraged students with distributing Fried Tofu Rice Balls and beverages to those who visited the library early in the morning to study for their exams. Chairman KHANG Tae-wook (4th grade of Department of New Materials) of YU Student Council prepared the A+ Snack Project and said, “Student Council and University HQ have been preparing snack projects every semester to cheer students who study hard without even breakfast during the period of exam. In addition to this snack project, Student Council will actively make support help students for study and school life.” Delivery of the snack started in the morning at YU Central Library and was also done at 12 o’clock in the plaza of LEE Jong-woo science Library and snack sets for 800 students were delivered. President CHOI Oe-chool of YU cheered students saying, “I know that students are studying in more difficult environment than ever due to prolonged dispersion of COVID-19. I am pleased to see students who study hard early in the morning even in the difficult situation. Students must be difficult and tired for study for exams and for preparation for employment but I want them to use a little more power knowing that teachers and schoolmates cheer them always.
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