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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> The 3rd Korea-China University Presidents Forum will be held and organized by Yeungnam University in June of 2011. Presidents from 40 universities will be participating from both countries. The presidents will discuss the roles, innovation, and changes of the universities with respect to the beginning of the era of Asia. \"Whereas the 20th century was the one of the Atlantic, Europe and the West, the 21st century will be the era of the Pacific, Asia and the East. Simple waiting will not lead Asia to reach the center of the world. Specially, it is obvious that the 21st century will be an intelligence-based society. Universities should have the initiative of leading the era of Asia.” In order to participate in the 3rd Korea-China University Presidents Forum, the 40 top- tier university presidents from the both countries will convene at Yeungnam University in June of 2011. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_05603601613860678 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2011-01-26_10-50-39_495.jpg\" target=_blank> <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_009646499893924154 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2011-01-26_10-52-08_495.jpg\" target=_blank> President Hyo Soo Lee of Yeungnam University gives a keynote speech at the 2nd China-Korea University Presidents Forum at Jilin University, China The main theme of the 3rd forum is \"Roles, Innovation and Change of the Universities in China and Korea for the Beginning of the Era of Asia\". In the keynote speech of the 2nd China-Korea Presidents Forum held at Jilin University, Changchun, China in June of 2010, Dr. Hyo Soo Lee, President of Yeungnam University, emphasized the necessity of multilateral interchanges and cooperation among universities in China and Korea beyond traditional bilateral ones. He also delivered the message that an increase of economic aspects does not mean stepping forward to the center of the world in the intelligence-based society of the 21st century. In order to make things happen, 20 universities from the 985 Project of China are supposed to join the forum and meet with the top-tier 20 Korean universities. The purpose of the project is to promote the Chinese higher education system under the call of President Jiang Zemin in May of 1998. Therefore, it is anticipated that this forum will be a cornerstone of the international, intercontinental era beyond the typical, stereotyped collaboration of the universities in China and Korea. President Lee also states that, “The era of Asia will finally be coming to us once the things in Science, Literature and Ideology are all set up”, and “when a tremendous wave of ‘the Big West and the small East’ occupied, the East did nothing at all in the late 19th century, but the Asia will be playing a pivotal role by having the initiative of innovation and changes in the 21st century. The 3rd forum at Yeungnam University will be a momentous occasion, proclaiming the commencement of the era of Asia by the people of Asia and for the people of Asia.” <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_03888180847855969 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2011-01-26_11-05-19_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Dr. Hyo Soo Lee, President of Yeungnam University, Korea meets with Dr. Hao Ping, Vice Minister of Education, Ministry of Education, China at the 2nd China-Korea University Presidents Forum at Jilin University, China The Korea-China University Presidents Forum was first commenced for the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the establishment of Korea-China diplomatic ties, and co-hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. It sought to enhance cooperation and exchange between both countries in the higher education sector. The 1st and 2nd forum was held at Korea University, Korea in 2007 and Jilin University, China in 2010, respectively. In the 2nd forum, the 19 Korean universities including Yeungnam University, Korea University, POSTEC, Yonsei University, Sogang University, Chung-ang University, Hanyang University, Pusan National University, and others; and 22 universities from China such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Nankai University, Dalian University of Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Xiamen University came together to discuss student exchanges and academic collaboration. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_0006934296778278282 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2011-01-26_11-06-25_495.jpg\" target=_blank> In the 2nd forum at Jilin University, Changchun, China from June 9 to June 11, 2010, President Lee of Yeungnam University presented the keynote speech entitled ‘The Chance and Challenge Chinese and Korean Universities Faced during the Internationalization of Higher Education’. Specially, President Lee mentioned that roles and functions of universities confront in a global market and intelligence-based society in the 21st century, which cannot be compared with those in the 20th century, have been tremendously enlarged. He also emphasized that the regular convention of the forum should be conducted by the representatives of the higher education institutions in the two countries, and that multilateral collaboration in joint research and globalization education with respect to oriental ideology, Asian culture and Asian values should be worked out by the universities. He also suggested that the following strategies should be concrete ways of realizing the issues: <UL style=\"MARGIN: 0px 36px\"> Regular meetings and membership of the forum Selection and presentation of Global, Asian Issues (GAI) and Asian agenda Conducting a GAI conference for faculty members and students Conducting dual degree program and joint curriculum and on-line lectures on the Oriental Ideology by establishing a Vision University (cyber university) for educating the globalized Asian human resources Participating university presidents developed a bond of consent on his speech and all agreed to host the 3rd forum at Yeungnam University. In addition, it was suggested to President Lee that Yeungnam University and the top-tier universities in China such as Tsinghua University, Jilin University establish a cooperative academic collaboration.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> First time in 60 year history of Republic of Korea Armed Forces, operational commander fluent in English [Dec 16, 2010] For the first time in the 60 year history of the army, a woman was promoted to combatant brigadier general. Brigadier general Song, Myung-soon (52, photo), class of \'76 of Yeungnam University Department of Political Science & Diplomacy, was promoted to the first female brigadier general in combat arms during the personnel shift conducted by the Ministry of National Defense on the 16th. Until now, the only female generals were from the nursing branch. Since Yang, Seung-suk became the first female brigadier general in 2001, a new female general was promoted every two years in the nursing branch. However, this is the first time that a woman was promoted to brigadier general from the combat arms branch. Brigadier general Song graduated from Gyungbuk Girl\'s High School and the Yeungnam University Department of Political Science & Diplomacy, and completed an English instructor course at the US Defense Language Institute. She joined the army in the 29th unit of the Female Military in 1981 and served as a communications officer, protocol officer and strategy officer, and also worked as the spokesperson for the Korea ground forces festival command center, commander for the woman Special Warfare, protocol officer for the Army Chief-of-Staff secretary office, chief commander of the female unit of the army, regimental commander of the army 2nd training center, commander of the public opinion department of the 2nd Operations Command, and commander of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command civilian-military operations office. While working at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command, she proved to be an outstanding strategic commander, which is uncommon for women in the military. She is currently working in the joint operations headquarters for the ROK Joint-Chief of Staff. Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of National Defense\'s data on \'2006-2010 female military officers\' university attended and major\', Yeungnam University was found to graduate the most female officers, and was selected as the first female ROTC university by the Ministry of National Defense, and has so far selected five female students as candidates.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Total investment of 35 billion won with 2.27 billion won of national funds for 5 years, Fostering graduate and doctoral students in Solar Cells Granting a government-issued official certification [Dec 13, 2010] Yeungnam University will be a cradle for fostering experts to lead the solar cell sector. Recently, Yeungnam University was selected for the \'2010 Energy Personnel Fostering Project\' supervised by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy. Thus, Yeungnam University will invest a total of 3.5 billion won (including 2.27 billion won from national funding] until June 2015 to construct a curriculum for the \'Solar cell materials and process fusion Graduate School\', and to foster graduate and doctoral students in solar cells. The solar cell materials process fusion graduate school course (hereinafter called \'fusion graduate school course\') of Yeungnam University, received the highest evaluation of the 16 selected graduate school fields through a competition of 6 to 1 and received additional funding for the first year project. The fusion graduate school course made up of professors of the School of Chemical Engineering and Department of Physics, is an industry-academic education program made for the fostering graduate and doctoral students. By fostering leading human resources in the solar cell materials and process sector from the 2011 school year to the end of June, 2015, and supplying them to related domestic companies and research centers, its final goal is to help promote the domestic solar cell industry and to help procure global competitiveness. For this, Yeungnam University is planning to select a total of 229 new students in its fusion graduate school for masters and PhD (29 in 2011, and 40 for each school year from 2012 to 2015). They will be offered \'corporate-customized Co-op masters and PhD courses\', and they will be given an internship or on-site training opportunity for a minimum of one month through special employment contracts with related companies. In particular, all students participating in the fusion graduate school will have to participate in industry-academic co-op projects proposed by participating companies, and write a thesis for their degree on the projects. Those who receive the degree will also be given an official certification by the government (Korea Institute of Energy Technology, Evaluation and Planning). In addition, it is planning to construct an organic industry-academic cooperation network by appointing prominent industrial figures as visiting professors, implementing research-year systems at industries by professors, recall education of graduates, and customized re-education of employee at participating companies. Professor Park, Chin-ho (52, School of Display and Chemical Engineering), general supervisor of the project, stated, \"With the rapid growth of the world\'s solar power generation market (photo below), the Korean government showed its intention to foster high-end human resources in the green energy sector. With Yeungnam University receiving the best assessment and being selected for this project, the foothold for going into the world\'s top 10 in the green energy sector was provided.\" He also added, \"With the undergraduate Green Energy major and the solar cell materials and process fusion graduate school being interlinked, Yeungnam University will become the \'hub of green energy education\' with global competitiveness.\" On the other hand, the energy personnel fostering project is a Ministry of Knowledge Economy sponsored project in which a total of 7.1 billion won will be funded to 25 universities for 28 sub-projects on new renewable energy and atomic energy in order to foster human resources needed for the new growth engine of the energy industry.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Testifying the superiority of the Department of Chemical Engineering and the BK21 display material process R&D Workforce Cultivation project [Dec 9, 2010] Dr Shamsuzzoha (32, photo), who received his PhD in Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology at Yeungnam University, was appointed as a professor at KFUPM (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals), which is the most prestigious university in Saudi Arabia. Dr Shamsuzzoha enrolled in the Yeungnam University Graduate School PhD course in 2003 and received his PhD in 2007 (advisor: Professor Lee, Moon-yong), and worked at the graduate school department of chemical engineering until 2008 as a BK21 post-doctorate researcher. During his PhD course, Dr Shamsuzzoha gained considerable achievements in his research on optimal tuning methods of PID controllers based on analytical methods, and was internationally recognized for his research capacities by publishing nine theses on SCI-level journals. KFUPM, which Dr Shamsuzzoha will be appointed at was ranked as the number 1 university in Saudi Arabia and the 349th in the world by the 2010 Times Higher Education evaluation.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> 4th following Seoul National University, Yonsei University and Pusan National University Fostering talents who are acquainted with Europe before the coming Korea-EU FTA [Dec 6, 2010] Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) invited the \'EU Center\', which will be supported by the European Union. Thus, Yeungnam University will foster students who are acquainted with Europe the Korea-EU FTA going into effect. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_06821218346901414 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2011-01-01_11-06-37_495.jpg\" target=_blank> After signing the protocol on the establishment and operation of the \'YU-EU Center\', President Lee, Hyo-soo hands over the protocol to Uwe Wissenbach of the EU executive committee. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_06821218346901418 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2011-01-01_11-07-06_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Yeungnam University signed the \'Protocol on the Establishment and Operation of the EU Center\' (photo) with the EU executive committee. Thus, Yeungnam University became the fourth university which hosts the \'EU Center\' in Korea. The EU will provide 600,000 Euros (app. 900 million won) for 4 and a half years to Yeungnam University to strengthen education and research on the EU, and it is also planning to utilize it as a base for improving cooperation between the Asia·Pacific region and the EU. Currently, the EU executive committee has established the EU Center at major cities around the world including 10 in the US, 4 in Canada, 3 in Korea, 3 in Japan, 3 in Australia, and 1 in Singapore for the purpose of improving cooperation in politics and economics with the 27 nations of the EU. In Korea, EU Centers have been established and operated at Seoul National University in 2006, and Yonsei University and Pusan National University in 2008. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_06821218346901415 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2011-01-01_11-07-32_495.gif\" target=_blank> Yeungnam University will open the \'YU-EU Center\' early next year and it will offer specialized educational opportunities by opening courses and developing Interdisciplinary major related to the EU. At the same time, it is planning to foster European leaders by strengthening academic exchange with universities of the 27 nations of the EU. Also, it is planning to offer majors in European studies with dual degree programs in undergraduate, interlinked Programs of masters and doctoral degrees, while offering an average of 36 classes per semester. Furthermore, it will offer internet classes and pursue exchange programs with the Max Planck Institute of Germany, EU Law Institute, European Central Bank, and other international organizations and research centers of the EU. In addition, while offering policy advice for international issues related to the EU as a research institute specializing in the EU, it will improve cooperation in commerce and cultural exchange between the local society and EU nations, and act as a local hub point through the development and pursuance of countermeasures for the Korea-EU FTA. On this, President Lee, Hyo-soo stated, \"Most Korean universities are conducting exchange policies focusing on the US, Japan and China, but there is a need to diversify this. In particular, because it is expected that the Korea-EU FTA will go into effect from July of next year, now is the time that more interchange with Europe is needed.\" He added, \"The YU-EU Center that will be opened in March of next year, will be the hub for procuring the competitiveness of the region and the Korea in the EU, which is the world\'s largest market.\" Prior to this, Lee, Hyo-soo visited Europe from the 21st to the 27th of last month to establish global partnerships with Edge Hill University and Northumbria University of England, and the University of Strasbourg of France. Edge Hill University is a prestigious public university with a 125 year old history, and won the Times Higher University Award in 2006, 2007 and 2010. In 2007 and 2010, it was chosen as the University of the Year. Northumbria University is the best new university selected by Times Online for the past 10 years. The University of Strasbourg is one of the top universities of France and has a tradition of 400 years. It graduated over 10 Nobel Prize winners including Albert Scheitzer who won the Nobel Peace Prize and Jean-Marie Lehn, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. In particular, with the recent participation in the \'Global Green Energy Cluster Network\' that connects Yeungnam University with the US, France, Germany and Australia, it is expected that more active exchange focusing on the green energy sector in the future.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Fostering talents who are acquainted with Europe before the coming Korea-EU FTA Also hosted \'EU Center\' supported by the European Union [Nov 22, 2010] Prestigious public universities of Europe that represent England and France have become global partners of Yeungnam University. Through this, local bases to foster European leaders before the coming Korea-EU FTA were procured. Lee, Hyo-soo, president of Yeungnam University, visited Europe from the 21st to the 27th and made the exchange agreements with Edge Hill University and Northumbria University of England, and the University of Strasbourg of France to construct global partnerships for student exchange programs, academic exchange and joint research. Edge Hill University is a prestigious public university with a 125 year old history located in Liverpool, England with over 20,000 enrolled students. It won the Times Higher University Award in 2006, 2007 and 2010. In 2007 and 2010, it was chosen as the University of the Year. Northumbria University is a public university located in New Castle, England and is the best new university selected by Times Online for the past 10 years. It has 35,000 students and it has over 3,000 international students, thus showing that it is quickly being globalized. The University of Strasbourg is one of the largest universities of France located in the Alsace, which is also a sister-province of Gyeongsangbuk-do. It has 43,000 students in 38 colleges and also has over 4,000 researchers, while boasting a long tradition of 379 years. It graduated over 10 Nobel Prize winners including Albert Scheitzer who won the Nobel Peace Prize and Jean-Marie Lehn, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. In particular, with the recent participation in the \'Global Green Energy Cluster Network\' that connects Yeungnam University with the US, France, Germany and Australia, it is expected that more active exchange focusing on the green energy sector in the future. In relation to starting exchanges with prominent public universities of Europe, Lee, Hyo-soo stated, \"Most Korean universities are conducting exchange policies focusing on the US, Japan and China, but there is a need to diversify this. In particular, because it is expected that the Korea-EU FTA will go into effect from July of next year, now is the time that more interchange with Europe is needed.\" He added, \"The prestigious public universities of England and France, which we now have sister-relations with, will be a base for showing all of Europe not only Yeungnam University, but the Republic of Korea.\" Meanwhile, Yeungnam University\'s plans to foster European leaders gained momentum with the hosting of the \'EU Center\'. Recently, the EU selected Yeungnam University and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies as a prime negotiation candidate for the \'2010 EU Center\', and is scheduled to visit the universities for on-site examinations. The EU will provide 600,000 Euros (app. 900 million won) for 4 and a half years to Yeungnam University to strengthen education and research on the EU, and it is also planning to utilize it as a base for improving cooperation between the Asia·Pacific region and the EU. In Korea, EU Centers have been established and operated at Seoul National University in 2006, and Yonsei University and Pusan National University in 2008.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Leading research institutes on green energy of Korea, US, Germany, France and Australia gathers at Yeungnam University Announces construction of \'Global Green Energy Cluster Network\' [Nov 16, 2010] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_06821218346900313 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_14-46-58_495.jpg\" target=_blank> The \'Global Green Energy Cluster Network\', which vowed international cooperation in R&D and industrialization of green energy technology for the future society, was officially launched in the afternoon of the 16th at the Yeungnam University Chunma Arts Center Chamber Hall. We have now passed the \'age of global competition\' and are entering the \'age of global cooperation\'. At its center stands the Republic of Korea. As to prove this, the G20 summits came to Seoul to exchange ideas for international economic cooperation such as in exchange rate policies, and now, global figures have come to Yeungnam University to search for ways for international cooperation in the solar energy sector. Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) proclaimed the start of the new age of global cooperation after making an agreement with establishing the GGECN (Global Green Energy Cluster Network) to connect Korea, US, France, Germany and Australia in the afternoon of the 16th at the Chunma Arts Center Chamber Hall. Lee, Hyo-soo, who was the keynote speaker, emphasized in his speech titled, \'GIFT plan & GGECN for Sustainable Green Growth\', that the entire world must come together to develop environment-friendly green energy in order to overcome the crisis of mankind caused by climate-change as soon as possible. In particular, he presented the three directions of \'development of new technologies for environment-friendly green energy\', \'energy saving technology development in existing industrial fields\', and \'innovation of energy saving consumption\' for the \'GIFT Plan\', and proposed international cooperation for the future of humankind. This also meant what the global cooperation network must aim for in the green energy sector as well. President Lee stated, \"With the construction of the GGECN, we now lay the cornerstone for the GIFT plan, and information exchange and research cooperation in the green energy sector will be possible from a global aspect.\" He added, \"Yeungnam University\'s GIFT plan will be a big gift not only for the future, but for today\'s world as well. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_007517765399868287 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_14-47-43_495.jpg\" target=_blank> While introducing the three directions in the green innovation sector, which has been promoted by Yeungnam University for the future of humanity, Lee, Hyo-soo also proposed to open up the age of global cooperation in his keynote speech. Institutes participating in the GGECN are core institutes that have already led the research and industries of the solar energy sector in their respective nations. In Korea, centering on Yeungnam University\'s Institute of Solar Energy Research, Solar Cell/Module Materials and Process Regional Innovation Center, and the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Economic Belt Green Energy Education & Research Center, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the Gyeongbuk Technopark, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Leading Industry Development for Economic Region, and the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Energy Climate Change Center, as well as the foreign-invested company ISET (International Solar Electric Technology) will be participating. From the US are participating FESC (Florida Energy Systems Consortium), University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaics Research and Education at Georgia Tech, and CRSP (Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion). InESS (Institute of Electronics for Solids and Systems) of France, and TÜV Rheinland of Germany, and University of New South Wales of Australia join in the network. They have gathered at Yeungnam University to promise global cooperation in development of green energy for the future of humanity. They aimed at agreeing to make collaborative efforts for effective research and education in green energy sectors such as solar energy, hydro-energy, wind energy, geothermal heat, bio-mass, atomic energy, etc, and establishing sustainable development policies, while making representative communication channels from the respective countries. Accordingly, Yeungnam University and Gyeongsangbuk-do became not only the center for green energy in Korea, but debuted in the international stage as the center of global cooperation. Yeungnam University will play a role in connecting companies, institutes, research centers and universities of the domestic green energy sector with that of the US, France, Germany and Australia. In addition, it will play the role of brokering domestic consulting of world-renowned scholars in the green energy sector. As part of this, Yeungnam University is planning to drive the details of the private collaboration with InESS of France. InESS is a world-class green energy research institute located in Alsace, France, which has a sister-relationship with Gyeongsangbuk-do, and it is within the University of Strasbourg, which is also a sister-university of Yeungnam University. The US FESC, CRSP, UCEP, and Australia\'s UNSW also promised student exchange programs, joint research, and Shared-use of solar cell manufacturing pilot lines. FESC is the world\'s largest solar energy consortium that is combined with companies, colleges and research centers in the solar energy sector in Florida. CRSP is a consortium in Colorado with members such as the US NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) which is recognized as a world-class green energy research center. In addition, by the agreement which has also been made with Germany\'s TÜV Rheinland Yeungnam University will directly operate the world-class solar cell module international certification and evaluation center from 2011. Furthermore, it agreed to cooperate in attracting foreign investments with the US ISET to promote the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region\'s CIS thin film solar cell industry. Thus, through the establishment of the fusion research paradigm, Yeungnam University has got a green light for \'Green Innovation\', which is one of the \'Global Frontier 10-3-10\', which is the university\'s goal to become one of the top 10 universities in 3 research areas within 10 years. It has already prepared 88 billion won in national funding, and has constructed world-class partnerships now. Thus, it has increased the possibility for the success of Yeungnam University\'s \'GIFT (Green Innovation For Tomorrow)\' plan, which aims at preparing a gift for following generations through green innovation. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_03648541549074868 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_14-48-13_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Professor Park, Chin-ho (52, School of Display and Chemical Engineering), who is the director of the Yeungnam University Institute of Solar Energy Research and worked hard day and night for the establishment of GGECN, expected \"GGECN will help upgrade the research capacities of the domestic solar energy sector to world-class levels, and it will not only foster human resources, but also contribute in cutting R&D investment costs of companies, and maximizing productivity.\" Meanwhile, prior to the establishment of GGECN, at 1pm on the 16th, the \'First International Symposium on Solar Energy Technology\' (photo), in which world-renowned scholars in the solar energy sector participated en masse, at the Yeungnam Chunma Arts Center Chamber Hall. This was an opportunity to identify the present and future of the world\'s solar energy technology. On the 17th, the \'Global Green Energy Cluster Network Symposium\' will be opened as a special session of the \'2010 World Green Energy Forum\' hosted by Gyeongsangbuk-do.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Chunma International Summer School, Study Korea 7 Hours a Day Various cultural experiences such as pottery, etiquette, temple stay, etc [July 16, 2010] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_0030719005912799135 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_10-03-50_495.jpg\" target=_blank> <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_08103944606319903 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_10-10-02_495.jpg\" target=_blank> <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_06636316625227652 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_10-10-25_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Afternoon on the 15th at \'Dosan Korean Etiquette Institute\' located in Daebong-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu. About a dozen foreigners are busily taking photos wearing the hanbok (traditional Korean clothes) as traditional music gently flows. Girls who are wearing the daeryebok (full-dress uniform) for the first time in their life repeat the word \"beautiful\", and the young men who are wearing durumagi (traditional overcoat) and tanggeon (horsehair scullcap worn under hats) for some reason show mature behavior. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_02974765575292949 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_10-05-30_495.jpg\" target=_blank> They are all foreign students attending the \'Chunma International Summer School\' (hereafter referred to as \'summer school\') this summer break at Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo). At this summer school, which was offered to introduce Korea\'s culture, history, society and economy to the youth around the world, is being participated by 13 foreign students from the US, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany, Tanzania, Tunisia and China. They are busy learning about Korea for 7 hours a day, Monday through Friday beginning from the 28th of last month to the 25th of this month, focusing on the current affairs of the Korean society, tradition and culture of Korea, global economic issues, etc. After classes, the students participate in various extracurricular activities such as pottery, wearing hanbok, etiquette class, tea ceremony, natural dyeing, making kimchi, etc for hands-on experience of Korean traditional culture, and also visit historical sites such as Gyeongju and Jeonju to see and learn the history of Korea. They also get a touch of the spiritual culture that flows around the lives of Koreans through home-stays at Korean homes, and through temple-stays at Unmunsa Temple in Cheongdo, Gyeongbuk. Upon completion of this short-term program, they receive 6 credits. Joshua Campbell (22), who is majoring in international studies at the University of Nebraska, Omaha in the US, said, \"I thought Koreans only said \'hurry, hurry\', but after living here in Korea I learned that they are quite patient, considerate and know how to wait. I am learning the \'beauty of slowness\' here in Korea during my summer break.\" He added, \"I would like to come to Yeungnam University as an exchange student during a regular school term and really learn about Korea.\" <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_08579704113895952 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_10-05-55_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Gharbi Mohamed (30), who majors in business administration at the University of Tunis, stated, \"Interest of Korea has probably risen in Africa because of the World Cup in South Africa,\" and added, \"I will enroll in Korean language courses at Yeungnam University from the fall semester, and I hope that in the long-run I can contribute in promoting interchange between Korea and Africa.\" Meanwhile, the Yeungnam University School of International Studies, which offers summer school programs for the first time this year, is planning to expand them in the future so that more foreign students from more countries can have the opportunity to learn about Korea.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Team from Isfahan University of Technology in Iran joins the \'Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) KOREA at Yeungnam University\' First appearance in international competition, scheduled to participate in event in South Africa 3 months later also [July 7, 2010] “We prepared very hard for the past year for this event, but we aren\'t thinking too much about the results. What\'s more important to us is that we do our best so that we have no regrets and that we make friends with university students around the world. At the automobile engineering student festival, we\'ll have fun.\" On the morning of the 7th at the plant lab of Yeungnam University. The IUT team (photo) of the Isfahan University of Technology are working hard from early in the morning. After finally checking the vehicle that arrived late last night, they will be participate in the Baja SAE Korea at Yeungnam University that will be held from the afternoon on this day until the 10th. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_05400010076814252 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_09-50-09_495.jpg\" target=_blank> IUT is the KAIST of Iran. It is a university geared to the engineering sector and is located approximately 400km from the capital, Tehran. They decided to participate in the event after finding out that it would be held at Yeungnam University from the US SAE homepage last summer, but there were many obstacles to overcome. The biggest obstacle was the financial issue. Not to mention the cost to manufacture a vehicle, but the round trip airfares and cost to transport the vehicle were quite expensive. After soliciting a number of companies, they received financial support from the well-known Iranian oil refinery companies Nargan and North Drilling Company. The IUT team focused mainly on the suspension system for their vehicle. Because there is an offroad race, it absorbed shock from the road to minimize fatigue of the driver and controls irregular motion of the vehicle when driving on severely bumpy surfaces through increasing the tire grip for better control to enhance its driving power and braking power. Thus, they have strong confidence in the dynamic test that inspects the vehicle\'s braking power, traction power, control power, etc as well as in endurance race in which the track must be completed in 3 and a half hours. The team\'s leader Mortez (23) stated, \"It is not common for university students to receive support from a company in Iran to participate in an international event, so it was very difficult for us to find sponsors. But, after continuously persuading them without giving up they pledged their support to us beyond our expectation,\" and added, \"We will do our best until the end for those who trusted and supported us.\" Another hurdle to overcome was that they never experienced international competitions. The only experience is that their upperclassmen participated in an international competition five years ago in South Africa. Thus, for the past year the 6 mechanical engineering students, 1 industrial engineering student and 1 material engineering student came together as a team of pioneers and had to learn for theirselves and gain experience from A to Z. Dr. Mohsen Esfahanian (46), who guided these students, stated, \"We had to overcome many trials-and-errors to join this event in Korea, but I am very proud of the students who solved and overcame every problem.\" He also added, \"One thing I would like to tell my students is to be willing to learn at all times wherever they are, and I hope they can enjoy this experience, regardless of the results.\" The IUT team is planning to take another challenge in the Republic of South Africa in the coming October using the experience from this event. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_02860512930665488 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_09-50-47_495.jpg\" target=_blank> On another note, the participation of the team from Iran is giving as a fresh impetus to domestic teams. Team leader Lee, Si-mok (24, Junior, Major of Mechanical System) of Yeungnam University \'Chunma DM\', which is a veteran team that participated in this event for the past 15 years and won on several occasions, stated, \"The fact that friends from foreign countries to take part in this competition is heating things up,\" adding, \"We will play fair so that they can go back to their home countries with good memories of Korea.\" The Baja SAE Korea at Yeungnam University, which is hosted by Yeungnam University, has been hosted for the past 15 years, and it will be held at the Yeungnam University Gyeongsan campus until July 10. 56 teams from Korea and abroad will compete in this event, and the first place winner will receive the Minister of Knowledge Economy Award, winner\'s flag and a trophy. Results of the event will be announced worldwide through the official homepage of SAE (www.sae.org) and through various publications. <Photo> The IUT team and Chunma DM team are making final checks at the plant lab.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Yeungnam University-United Nations Foundation, Hosting of Joint Campaign Foster the first partner \'Global Leader\' in Asia [July 2, 2010] Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) and the United Nations Foundation (founder Ted Turner) will begin the \'Nets Go!\' campaign. The \'Nets Go!\' campaign is a campaign to raise funds to send mosquito nets with killing insects to Africa in order to prevent malaria, which is the number 1 killer of children in Africa. This is the Korean version of the \'Nothing But Nets\' campaign of the US, which has been led for the past three years by the UN. The UN Foundation is a non-profit organization that was founded with a 1 billion dollar donation by Ted Turner, the founder of CNN and vice-chairman of AOL Time Warner, to the UN, and globally prominent figures including Turner and Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general are actively participating as members of the executive board. Currently, it has made partnerships with over 300 organizations and companies, 40 UN organizations, and over 100 national governments to champion for women and population, child health care, environment, world peace and stability. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_017496434726199333 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_09-36-37_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Yeungnam University became the first cooperation partner in Asia of the UN Foundation last June. And for the first cooperation project, the presentation on the \'Nets Go!\' campaign was held at the Yeungnam University Gyeongsan campus in the afternoon of the 1st and 2nd (photo). At this event, Andreana Rogalbo (28), director of the \'Nets Go!\' campaign and Ryu, Jong-soo, senior advisor, were dispatched by the UN Foundation to explain the aim of the campaign, how to participate, and future plans to students of Yeungnam University. Lee, Jung-min (22, female), a junior in the Department of English Language and Literature who participated in this presentation, stated, \"I learned today that one child dies from malaria every 30 seconds. I feel sorry that I was so negligent about the frightening reality on the opposite side of the world.\" She added, \"They say that a 10 thousand won mosquito net can ensure the life of a 4 member family for 5 years, so I hope that all of us pitch in and help.\" <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_04797224873171761 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_09-37-04_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Yeungnam University and the UN Foundation is planning to hold a \'Nets Go!\' campaign launching ceremony in Seoul at the end of August. Over 20 students from Yeungnam University are expected to participate in this event as leaders. Also promoting internships at UN organizations and English speaking competitions together Ahead of this, an MOU was signed to establish a partnership with the UN Foundation in LA on the 12th of last month. On the day of the signing, Lee, Hyo-soo, president of Yeungnam University, and Ms. Kathy Bushkin Calvin, the CEO of the UN Foundation, vowed to cooperate in fostering global leaders who will take the initiative in solving global issues with a sincere interest. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_08420465445512817 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_09-37-28_495.jpg\" target=_blank> In the US Alumni Association, president Lee, Hyo-soo and Ms. Calvin, CEO of UNF, signs an MOU promising to cooperate in fostering global human resources (From the first row, left to right, Bae, Gi-won, former supreme justice, Ms. Calvin, president Lee, Hyo-soo, special minister Joo, Ho-young) The \'Nets Go!\' campaign will also be jointly pursued as part of it. In addition, Yeungnam University and the UN Foundation also agreed to cooperate and promote internship programs at UN organizations for Yeungnam University students, and English speaking competitions on UN activities and global issues. On this, president Lee, Hyo-soo stated, \"A global leader should sincerely consider global issues and take the initiative to solve them with a cool head and a warm heart.\" He added, \"While fostering our students as true global leaders through cooperation with the UN Foundation, we will also contribute in enhancing the national prestige of Korea.\"
