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- 2017 Winter Graduation Ceremony was held on Feb 24th
- SKKU held its 2017 Winter Graduation Ceremony on Feb 24th (Friday) at the 600th Anniversary Hall where a total of 4,643 students (undergraduate: 2876, graduate: 1486, Ph.D.:281) received their degrees. Before starting the graduation ceremony, the President and faculties of the academic board visited ‘Sungkyun Dae Sung Jun’ and practiced ‘Go You Rye’ which is the unique ceremony of SKKU informing the beginning of the big event (matriculation, graduation, building new construction, etc) at Confucius shrine. At the ‘Go You Rye’ ceremony, 324 students attended as the representatives. At the graduation ceremony, the president’s commencement message of “See the present with sympathy, design your future with creativity” was delivered and a student Eun Chan BAE (Dept. of Global Business Administration) gave a valedictory speech. Right after graduation, the President and students participated in a ‘Ta go’ ceremony where they beat a big drum to wish for graduates’ success and good health.
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- 작성일 2017-03-17
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- 2017 Briquette Delivery Volunteer Activity to Welcome the Lunar New Year
- On Jan 24th, SKKU held a ‘Briquette Delivery Volunteer Activity’ to welcome the Lunar New Year. 50 Participants including the President of SKKU, the Vice-President of Student Affairs Division, and University/College Student Council delivered 3,000 briquettes to neighbors in need. This event was organized in order to share love and happiness with neighbors, while providing opportunities for students to develop humanitarian capabilities through the volunteer activity. Jae Won KIM, the Vice-President of the Office of Student Affairs Division expressed his feelings as “it is a very meaningful event where students planned the day voluntarily, especially in the time of economic depression. SKKU provides full support towards this event in order to transmit students’ genuine hearts.” Yoo Bin WON and Hoon Young OH, the President of Student Council of Humanities and Social Sciences Campus and the President of Student Council of Natural Sciences Campus said “it was a very heartwarming experience and I hope we can have many opportunities to deliver our love to neighbors in the future.”
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- 작성일 2017-01-26
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- S-ANGEL Visited Solitary Senior Citizens and Delivered Presents
- 5 SKKU students in S-ANGEL and 3 staff from Hyehwa Community Service Center visited 3 households in the Hyehwa area in order to deliver winter presents. The presents were prepared from the endowment of S-ANGEL members, as well as profit from the event for helping neighbors in need.
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- 작성일 2017-01-26
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- Students of Graduate School of International Trade receive prizes at 9th Thesis Contest Exhibition
- The Korea Trade Insurance Corporation and The Korean Academy for Credit Insurance had an award ceremony on Nov. 15th for The 9th Thesis Contest Exhibition which has been open since May. 4 thesis papers were selected as winning pieces after two evaluations from internal and external experts. Min Jae KIM (Combined Master & Ph.D. program), Se Yeon HAN (Graduate student), and Chan Yeob PARK (Graduate student) all from SKKU'S Graduate School of International Trade, received bronze prizes.
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- 작성일 2016-12-16
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- SKKU placed 3rd in 'Korean Comprehensive University' by QS World University Rankings
- SKKU has shown improvement in many recent university ranking assessments. SKKU placed 12th in 2016 THE Asia University Rankings by Times Higher Education, while ranking 3rd among Korean comprehensive universities by QS World University Rankings. US News & World Report chose SKKU as the 2nd best university for Global University Rankings and Reuter put SKKU in 2nd place for their World’s Most Innovative Universities Rankings. “These outstanding evaluation results come from continuous initiatives in order to make improvements in name value, publication of international research papers, and internalization” said President Kyu Sang CHUNG. Source: http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/12/07/2016120701842.html
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- 작성일 2016-12-16
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- Ye Sung JEONG (Economics) received The Grand Prize at “2016 Idea Competition for Creating Jobs
- Graduate student Ye Sung JEONG of the Dept. of Economics (Advising Professor: Joon Mo CHO) received the grand prize at the “2016 Idea Competition for Creating Jobs”, for presenting ideas about “Career Library for solving job mismatch”. The event was organized by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and was sponsored by the Korea Labor Institute.
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- 작성일 2016-12-13
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- SKKU Reached The Top Level in Korea for Main Research Businesses in 2016
- SKKU has been recognized as a university which has received the largest research fund in 2016. 10 research centers in SKKU have been selected for the mid-large size research project from the first half of 2016, with financial support of around ₩3800 million won. 107 researchers of SKKU were selected for RF (Research Fellow) Business which is designed to cultivate researchers of the next generation, by providing funds of ₩50 million won to each doctorate researcher. Also, SKKU placed No.1 in the second half of 2016 for the Korea Basic Science Support Business (Foreign Researcher Sector) out of 17 nominated researchers. Furthermore, not only did SKKU show its outstanding results in the 2016 Global Ph.D. Fellowship, where 30 researchers were selected and placed No.1 in private universities in Korea; but also, ranked at No.1 in the nation for ‘Creative Convergence Research Business for Undergraduate Students’ with 14 selected students. The Vice-President of SKKU, Ji Beom YOO said “SKKU’s outstanding performance is the result of cooperation from all members in our university.This index shows that SKKU is stepping forward toward its VISION 2020 with aims to becoming a world top 50 in research ability. We will continuously give our best support in order to accomplish our goal as a research-oriented university in the world.”
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- 작성일 2016-12-02
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- Suwon City named a road after SKKU
- Suwon City assigned the honored name “Sungdae-ro” to the road which is located around 1600m of SKKU’s Natural Science Campus and the botanical garden. The honor can be given under special circumstances such as corporation installation and international exchanges. SKKU requested to receive the road name last October. The Committee of Road Name Address reviewed the request and decided to give the name due to recognizing SKKU’s contribution to the city as a landmark of local society; as well as the positive effect the university has had for raising the brand value of Suwon City. According to the Road Name Address Act, “Sungdae-ro” will be used in conjunction with the legal road name (Ilwol-ro, Yuljun-ro) for 5 years, which can be extended after a review from the committee. The exact location of “Sungdae-ro” can be found at Road Name Address System, http://www.juso.go.kr.
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- 작성일 2016-11-21
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- 18 Students of SKKU passed The 2016 Public Administration Exam
- 18 students of SKKU have passed at 2016 Public Administration Exam as listed below: [General Administration] Kwang Min KO (Law, ’07), Ja Hyun PARK (History, ’08), Min Kyung SON (Economics, ’08), Sang Ah YOO (Public Administration, ’11), Ji Eun HONG (Global Leader, ’13), Yong Jin KIM (Economics, ’02), Jae Sin LEE (Global Leader, ’09) [Finance] Yeon Jae KANG (Public Administration, ’09), Eun Hyang KIM(Economics, ’07), Ji Woo KIM (Business, ’11), In Seok HONG (Global Leader, ’14) [Education] Jong Hoon YANG (Global Economics, ’10), Ji Won YOO (Education, ’12), Seung Jae LEE (Classical Chinese Education, ’08) [Human Resources] Eun Sung KIM (Business, ’10), Ji Won SEO (Public Administration, ’04) [Immigration] In Pyo HONG (Global Leader, ’09) Advising professor, Keun Sei KIM of the Department of Public Administration said “The class of Public Administration is providing much support in order to cultivate core elites who can lead the development of the country. Every year we see an increase of passing students through various programs such as scholarship, special lecture, etc. If you are interested in public administration, this class will be useful.”
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- 작성일 2016-11-21
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- SKKU University for Creative Korea held the ‘Sungkyun C-School Intensive Program’
- Talent Cultivation Business Unit of Creative Informatics based on Convergence (Head: Dong Ryeol SHIN), which is a part of SKKU’s ‘University Creative for Korea Project’ held the ‘Sungkyun C-School Intensive Program’ at Business Hall Creative Design Studio. This event was held 5 times between September to November, with sponsorship by the Center of Higher Education Innovation (Head: Sang Hoon BAE). Sungkyun C-School Intensive Program is a short-term intensive extracurricular program for developing SW capability, which is easy and fun for all students even for non-majors of Software. 3 courses were available on the program; ‘Processing’ course on data visualization trough processing (for beginners), ‘Creative Models and Realization’ course on short-term SW capability development by using Lego Mind Storm EV3 which is a Robot Brick, and ‘Programming Media’ course on problem solving capability development by using Little Bits, an electronic coding kit. Field experts including Jong In LEE (Interaction Designer), Hyung Woong KANG (President of Handson Tech), Sang Hyung PARK (President of Doguin) gave lectures and students had the opportunity to practice programming and take an electronic coding module over a short period of time. In order to activate regional networks, Sungkyun C-School Intensive Program was opened to all high schools belonging to the JungBu District Office of Education, with 28 students from 10 high schools participating. High school students worked together with undergraduate students and participated in practical training. A Certificate of Participation was also given to students. Yeon Woo KIM (Hwan Il High School, 2nd Grade) said “It was impressive to realize my idea through new and practical tools such as ‘Little Bits’. I will challenge myself more while holding onto my precious ideas.”
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- 작성일 2016-11-11
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