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- SKKU University College held freshmen LC Sports Festival successfully
- SKKU University College hosted 2019 LC Sports Festival at the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus (HSSC) on May 10, also at the Natural Sciences Campus (NSC) on May 31. Over 1,300 freshmen from both campuses joined the event, and played futsal, dodge ball, relay race, basketball, traditional games, etc. Min-ji Kwon, President of the Freshman Guide at HSSC, said, “Although it was difficult to carry out the sports festival because of the weather, I was impressed by students’ passion." Na-hyun Cho, President of the Freshman Guide at NSC, commented, "It is likely that athletic events will become more influenced by weather such as ultra-fine dust, it would be great if LC Sports Festival is held in field house like Ja-In Jeon." One of the freshmen said, "As a result of hard work with my LC friends, We were able to win three games, basketball, futsal, and tug-of-war. I am very grateful to my friends for their efforts. We will use prize money for our LC activities" H10 and H14 from the HSSC achieved good results in various events, and E13 from the NSC won foot volleyball and mission relay. Sungkyun Mentor Jong-hee Jeon said, "Many freshmen joined from both campuses, and the event has ended with great success." Based on the results of the LC sports festival this semester, University College will hold a joint sports event again for the top-ranked LC teams by the beginning of November. It will be held at the HSSC this year.
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- 작성일 2019-06-07
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- 5th SKKU Sports Festival “Ja-In-Jeon (Natural Sciences Campus vs. Humanities and Social Sciences Campus)” held successfu
- SKKU hosted the 5th sports festival “Humanities and Social Sciences Campus vs. Natural Sciences Campus” at the Natural Sciences Campus on Wednesday, May 22. This event was held five years after 2014, and 1,500 students from both campuses participated. Donghee LEE, president of Student Council at Natural Sciences Campus, said, “I was thankful to the participants, and the t-shirts and food we prepared were all distributed. I was so proud.” Seung-ah JO, director of planning team of Student Council at NSC, said, “It was hard since we were short-handed because of preparations for the Dae Dong-je, however, I was very touched seeing students enjoying the events. We hope that students were satisfied since we prepared really hard.” Natural Sciences Campus won 4 out of 5 games, and became the winner. ※ Winners for each game - Basketball: RUN & GUN (NSC) - Tug-of war: College of Sport Science (NSC) - Dodge ball: College of Sport Science (NSC) - Traditional game: College of Social Science (HSSC) - 11-legged game: College of Pharmacy (NSC) Next year’s event will be held at the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus with the title “In-Ja-Jeon (Humanities and Social Sciences Campus vs. Natural Sciences Campus).”
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- 작성일 2019-06-07
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- Student Success Center held the “1st Student Success Story”
- Student Success Center held the “1st Student Success Story” SKKU Student Success Center held the '1st Student Success Story' at the Toegye Hall on April 29. At this event, Namhoon Kim (Graduate School of Entrepreneurship) and Younghoon Choi (Department of Business administration) presented their business experiences about setting a start-up company. A person from the Student Success Center said, "We prepared this event to encourage those who dream of starting a new business. We hope that this could give courage to people who want to live out their dreams.” For further inquiry; 02-740-1768 Original Article: http://www.asiatoday.co.kr/view.php?key=20190429010019343 (in Korean)
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- 작성일 2019-05-15
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- SKKU ranked among Top 10 in “THE Asia University Rankings 2019”
- SKKU ranked among Top 10 in “THE Asia University Rankings 2019” Seoul National University ranked 9th in the Asian university rankings last year, which is the highest among Korean universities. SKKU ranked 10th and joined the top 10 Asian universities for the first time. Korea University, Kyunghee University, and Hanyang University also rose by more than five steps compared to last year. Times Higher Education (THE), the UK's leading global university evaluation agency, announced its 2019 THE Asia University Rankings 2019. A total of 417 universities from 27 countries participated in the evaluation. The number of universities in Korea increased by two from last year, which leads to a total of 29 universities. Maeil Business News Korea exclusively reports the university rankings of Korea. The top university in Asia went to Tsinghua University of China. The second place went to National University of Singapore, and the third went to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. SKKU ranked 67th in the global evaluation this year and ranked 10th among Asian universities. Previously, it ranked 13th in Asia. SKKU received 60.4 points in educational condition sector(56.2 points in 2018), 64.2 points in research achievements(60.4 points), 74.8 points in paper citation numbers(69.5 points), 96.9 points in research-business cooperation revenues(93.7 points), and 48.8 points in international programs(44.7 points). Including the research-business cooperation revenue division, which has already been highly evaluated, SKKU showed a significant increase in every evaluation criteria. Although there are no first-ranked items in the domestic universities, SKKU increased in its rankings among all evaluated criteria. SKKU has decided to promote the "Student Success" as its new vision keyword. It launched the first Student Success Center in Korea last March. Sang-Hoon Baek, head of the SKKU Student Success Center, said "The center will provide appropriate services to students who visit the Student Success Center in order to share their thoughts considering the current situation and career path." Original Article: https://www.mk.co.kr/news/society/view/2019/05/282545/ (in Korean)
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- 작성일 2019-05-15
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- SKKU Research&Business Foundation share know-how with Asian public officers
- SKKU Research & Business Foundation pass on the know-how on Intellectual Property Infrastructure and Technology Commercialization to Asian public officers On May 3 (Fri), SKKU Research & Business Foundation held a meeting with policy makers from Asia to discuss intellectual properties at the Engineering 2 Building (Suwon campus). During this event, ▶ Sungkyunkwan university introduced its intellectual property infrastructure and technology commercialization ▶ shared various cases such as patent litigation, patent standardization, and training of intellectual property manpower possessed by the university ▶ discussed to cooperate with institutions in each country. It is expected that this event will play the role as the basis for a close cooperation between SKKU and institutes in the ASEAN. It is also expected to strengthen “Global IP SKKU” (sponsored by Korean Intellectual Property Office and Korea Invention Promotion Association) by establishing a reputation as a global IP specialized institution. Hyun-Seung Choo, head of SKKU Research & Business Foundation, said “we will strengthen cooperation with rapidly developing Asian countries, to create a diverse intellectual property environment for our university. Furthermore, we will strive to solidify SKKU’s reputation as Top 10 University in Asia.” Original Article: https://www.skku.edu/skku/campus/skk_comm/news.do?mode=view&articleNo=72201&article.offset=0&articleLimit=10
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- 작성일 2019-05-15
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- Sungkyun Nobel Prize Candidate Sponsorship Award Ceremony
- Sungkyun Nobel Prize Candidate Sponsorship Award Cerermony was held on April 11th at the President’s Office to encourage scholars with the possibility of being nominated for the Nobel Prize. Three professors have been selected for the award: Prof. Namkyu PARK (School of Chemical Engineering), Prof. Younghee LEE (Dept. of Physics) and Prof. Doojin RYU (Dept. of Economics). Prof. Namkyu PARK and Younghee LEE will receive KRW 50,000,000 and Prof. Doojin RYU will receive KRW 30,000,000 as a reward. Notable figures who joined the ceremony were Junyoung KIM (Chairman of the Board), President Dong Ryeol SHIN, Yongtaek YUN (President of Alumni Association), Hongwon JUNG (ex-Prime Minister), President Choongu LEE (Unix Corp.), Executive Director Taehyup LEE, Vice-President Hongjoon YOO, Vice-President Sungjin SONG, etc. Sungkyun Nobel Prize Fund was established by the lead of Alumni President Yongtaek YUN with the hope of producing first Korean Nobel Prize Laureate. Fundraising began in June 2018 and it has accumulated more than KRW 1,000,000,000 thanks to the support of many alumni. Awardees expressed, “We are very thankful for the unexpected award. We all feel a sense of duty to meet our supporters’ expectation. We will contribute to the school by producing a good result in research.”
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- 작성일 2019-04-26
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- 100 Days after Inauguration – Interview with President SHIN
- President Dong Ryeol SHIN received an email from a student soon after his inauguration last January. It was a request by Humanities and Social Sciences students who were studying AI (Artificial Intelligence) through Stanford University’s MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) program. Students were requesting the president to open an intensive course during the regular semester for students interested in AI. President SHIN, who is a software expert and an educator with huge interest in AI education, has immediately met with the Dean of Software College to discuss this issue. As a result, a course titled “Application of AI 1” has been established. The school has also introduced a demonstrative MOOC lecture earlier than the original plan. MOOC works like this: students first watch the lecture online and attend the offline session to discuss with other students and their professors. President SHIN argued, “University must transform into an active supporter of students and the society in order to survive in the future.” Reporters met with President SHIN on April 4th for an interview session. Q: April 10th is the 100th day of your presidency. A: “The role of universities is very important at this point. Universities that fail to change are likely to fall behind in the future. During the era of democratic movements, there were many university presidents with majors in philosophy and humanities. In the era of economic development, most of the presidents were business and economics majors. Now in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, there is a call for leaders from the Natural Sciences and Engineering majors.” Q: You’ve stressed the importance of “Student Success” and contribution to the society. A: “There are two important roles of universities that will never change; nurturing talents who will lead the future society and creating knowledge and technologies that will positively change the society. However, many students today think of the university just as a means of employment. The definition of “Student Success” does not only mean getting into global companies. It means that students find their value within their community and live autonomously. Also, professors must contribute to the development of the society even if it means writing one piece of thesis.” Q: The university opened Student Success Center last month. A: “It has systematically combined various student services within the university. Many students are anxious with their future due to the erupt change and competition within the society. In contrast to the Career Center, Student Success Center provides information in all areas such as academics, career path, school activities and exchange program. The center will consult and recommend career designing programs and arrange mentoring program with alumni. It will also run psychological counseling service for students who are suffering from mental stress.” Q: You are leading the software education in university. A: Since 2016, all students are required to take “Problem Solving-Algorithm” and “Computer Logic-Software Coding” courses. Some students oppose to this policy because they are also required to take courses in art discipline. However, I am certain that in the future one cannot survive without software skills. Moving forward from teaching basic software, we are preparing a program that will teach students application skills to apply software to their majors.” Q: I heard that your plan is to teach AI application skills to even Confucian scholars. A: Universities like Stanford and MIT are already teaching AI to Humanities & Social Sciences students. We are currently in the process of reforming the curriculum so that Confucian majors can take AI courses. 20 years after the dissemination of internet, anyone can use smartphones and computers to access the internet. Like this, we need to prepare for a future where everyone can access AI regardless of their majors. Language skills alone is not competitive in the future. One must be equipped with AI application skills along with language skills to survive in the global market.” Q: You are also working hard to remove the barriers between disciplines. A: We are living in an era where a person needs to change their jobs at least 4~5 times during their lifetime. Students must be trained to accept and apply new knowledge and technologies. “C-School” is a good example of this. Students get to creatively solve problems in the society by forming a team with group of students from different backgrounds. They get a chance to learn different knowledge outside of their discipline. The result of this is the creation of lens case that notifies the period of expiration and a smart doorknob that vibrates when a person leaves the house without taking their phone. The number of student patent application has exceeded 50 cases. We have also established Data Science-Informatics and global convergence departments in March.” Q: You’ve spent a long time working at different corporate research institutions. You seem to have interest in Research and Business cooperation. A: “Universities should no longer remain distant from the society. It must communicate and cooperate with the government, district and companies to produce solutions to the society’s problems. It means that the university will commercialize its technologies. We have recently recruited a researcher from Stanford SRI International to search for research areas with potential for commercialization. As a result, 5 enterprises have been founded just in 2019. These enterprises include a company that develops medicine by using neural stem cells.”
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- 작성일 2019-04-26
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- A new vehicle for disabled students
- A new vehicle for disabled students SKKU introduced a new vehicle equipped with wheel-chair slope to commemorate the National Day of Disabled Persons on April 20th. It was provided from Professor Haeryong SONG of the Department of Media and Communication, and will operate from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Because of high slopes in the campus, students with disabilities, especially those who use wheelchairs, have experienced many difficulties when they move around the campus. So far, they had to use their own vehicles or needed helps from other students. However, it is expected that the new vehicle will improve the mobility of disabled students in the campus.
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- 작성일 2019-04-26
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- 2019 Entrance Celebration
- “SKKU has been waiting for you for 621 years.” 2019 SKKU entrance Celebration will be at Suseong Hall of Natural Sciences Campus on February 27th, 11AM. 4,039 people will be new members of SKKU at this celebration. The President of SKKU, Shin Dong-Ryeol, and the academic board will visit ‘Sungkyun Dae Sung Jun’ before the ceremony and practice ‘Go You Rye.’ It is unique and traditional ceremony of SKKU that informs the beginnning of big events at Confucius shrine. In the ceremony, freshmen will fly ‘Hope Paperplane’ with their dream and ambition written on, and watch welcoming videos from their parents and SKKU alumni in various fields. Isroilova Guzalkhon, from Uzbekistan, will read ‘Cheong Hak Mun’ as representative of all freshmen. Cheong Hak Mun is an oath of SKKU freshmen, asking for knowledge and lessons to mentors. Yoo Hong-Jun, Executive Vice President of Humanities and Social Sciences Campus and Dean of University College, said that it will be a meaningful ceremony for all the freshmen, arousing their SKKU mind of dignity and global competency.
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- 작성일 2019-03-15
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- 2019 Freshmen Orientation
- University College (Dean Yoo Hong-Jun) held 2019 freshmen orientation for 3 days from Feb. 13th to 15th at each campus of Sungkyunkwan University, with about 2,000 freshmen and their parents. The orientation had programs such as how to map out one’s career path from SKKU Career Development Center, celebrations from Kingo Cheerleaders, introduction to academic system from each Sungkyun Mentor and community building for each LC(Learning Community) with FG(Freshman Guide). Sungkyun Mentor Jeon Jong-Hee, the presenter of Social Sciences College orientaion, celebrated all the freshmen with their entrance to SKKU and wished them meaningful university lives with Sungkyun Mentors, FGs and LC friends. Lee Chan-Hee(Global Business Administration 15, passed Public Administration Examinations) gave freshmen some advice to freshmen as a senior student, said “You need to map out your future by yourselves before you start university lives.” Song Seong-Jin, Executive Vice President of Natural Sciences Campus, celebrated freshmen of Engineering and wished Sungkyunkwan freshmen access to success. Lee Jeong-Min(English Literature 17, Head of Kingo Cheerleaders) said “All the freshmen actively participated in the program we prepared, though they might have felt little bit awkward. I feel really thankful to them and proud of all the freshmen of SKKU.” The University College provides video clips of introduction to academic system and e-brochures for freshmen on its homepage, helping out freshmen with their registration for courses and overall university lives. The Entrance Celebration will be at Suseong Hall in Natural Sciences Campus on February 27th, 11AM.
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- 작성일 2019-03-15
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