Welcoming the new semester_Ahn Hee-joon, Dean of Business School/Dean of Graduate School of Business
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- 2022-02-24
Hello, everyone. I'm Ahn Hee-joon, president of Business School and Graduate School of Business.
Finally, the new semester of 2022 has begun. I wish you all good health and that all your plans to achieve this year come true.
At the beginning of the semester, I would like to share some of the main news of business administration and share my request.
This semester, we have four great professors in business administration. Detailed introductions to the four professors will be available on the business school website soon. The new professors, along with the existing 55 professors of business administration, will elevate the level of our business school in all aspects of education and research.
The second business building is scheduled to start construction in the second half of this year. We have achieved remarkable growth over the past decade as a leader in domestic business administration education and research, but have suffered a lot of inconvenience due to restrictions on dedicated space. The 2nd Business Building, which will be designed to meet future educational needs, will not only solve the chronic lack of space, but also provide a comfortable educational environment under state-of-the-art facilities, thereby increasing the competitiveness of our business school in the post-COVID-19.
As you know well, due to the continued spread of COVID-19, classes are inevitably held online and offline at the beginning of the semester. I would like to make two requests regarding this.
First, it is a request for quarantine and safety. Unlike last semester, non-face-to-face education will be drastically reduced from this semester. Inevitably, you will spend more time in classrooms or other spaces on campus, and contact with your colleagues will become more frequent. It's a pleasure, but the most important thing is to protect your health from COVID-19. The school will do its best to prevent the disease, but we ask for thorough compliance with the quarantine guidelines such as wearing masks on campus and thorough personal quarantine.
Another thing I'd like to ask you is about participating in online classes. Participation in online classes has its own advantages, but there are many shortcomings in terms of the effectiveness of education. If you are participating in the class online, please leave the camera on and attend the class. It may be inconvenient to turn on the camera during class for various reasons, but I think the best way to overcome the shortcomings of the class due to COVID-19 is to maintain an offline educational environment as much as possible online. One effective way is for the entire class turn on the camera and attended classes. By doing so, both professors and students will be able to feel more united and participate in the class enthusiastically.
I hope you all have a bright and energetic new semester! Above all, I hope that the day will come as soon as possible when COVID-19 ends and students can freely roam the campus and actively engage in learning activities and people-to-people exchanges through various activities inside and outside the classroom. Thank you.
February 2022
Ahn Hee-joon, Dean of Business School and Dean of Graduate School of Business