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- 24 students of SKKU completed 9th Citizen Police Program at Hyehwa Police Station
- 24 students of SKKU participated in 9th Citizen Police Program from July 19th to 22nd at Hyehwa Police Station. During the program, they had chances to visit several institutions including Police Training Institute, the Institute of Police Investigation, and more. The Citizen Police Program provides educational courses for local residents in order to stress the importance of crime prevention. The program started in 2001, and so far 235 students have completed the program.
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- 작성일 2016-08-01
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- The president of University of St. Gallen visited SKKU
- □ Thomas Bieger, the president of University of St. Gallen visited SKKU on July 19th(Tue) and discussed possible collaboration with our president Chung. □ University of St. Gallen has the biggest business school in Switzerland, ranked 4th in the Europe business school rankings by Financial Times. □ President Bieger also had meetings with SKK GSB which is known for leading MBA program and other departments including Global Business Administration, to talk about details of collaboration such as student exchange.
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- 작성일 2016-08-01
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- Agreement of Collaboration with China Henan Education Department
- Zhu Qing Meng, director of the education department in Henan Province China, visited SKKU on July 25th to make an agreement for collaboration in the education field. Through this, both universities will have opportunities to exchange students, faculties and much more. Henan is a historical area with over 3000 years of history. It is one of the top 5 largest economic areas among 31 provinces in China, and has 107 million residents. With a developed agricultural industry, Henan provides the food supply to 1/10 of the entire Chinese population. Also, its great location makes this region a transportation hub, connecting all four directions. Many outstanding universities in chemical engineering, medical practices, history, geography, art, and foreign languages such as Zhengzhou University, are located in Henan. President Chung of SKKU offered collaborations such as, joint research in humanities, publishing of teaching materials in Korean, and MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Both President Chung and Director Zhu showed great expectations for this agreement.
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- 작성일 2016-08-01
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- 2016 International Summer Semester: A Global Spirit on Campus
- Theme: “Global Synergy: Innovating through Collaboration” 1500 students from 31 countries, 65 Universities Outstanding Summer Program in East Asia SKKU’s International Summer Semester (ISS) with the theme “Global Synergy: Innovating through Collaboration”, successfully ended on July 20th. The program started from June 27th and about 1500 students from 31 countries, 65 universities participated. SKKU opened fifty courses, where students were able to receive either major or international language credits up to six. Also, various extra-curricular activities were provided such as Old Campus Tour, Global Forum, Korean Food Festival, Hanbok Experience, Nanta Performance, Folk Village Tour, Tae Kwon Do Performance and more. Through these programs, students from SKKU and other universities had opportunities to cultivate global senses by interacting with each other, discussing global issues and sharing their opinions. With the longest history in Asia, customized curriculum with recent global issues, and outstanding faculties from various regions, the program drew many students’ attention and SKKU is seeing a rapid increase in the number of students registering each year. SKKU’s International Summer Semester became one of the most prominent summer programs not just in Korea, but in East Asia.
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- 작성일 2016-08-01
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- Bio-Oil Upgrading: using supercritical fluid to produce electricity and biofuels for next generation
- Due to the increase of concerns for draining of energy resources and environmental pollutions, academic researchers are striving to produce non-fossil energy sources and chemical products that are renewable, sustainable and environmental friendly. 1st generation biofuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel are already commercialized in the industry, but low energy content and competition with food resources, are always considered as weakness of the 1st generation biofuels. Therefore, unlike 1st generation biofuels, biofuels that have less oxygens and competition have become the main interest for researchers. Among various heat transfer processes for biomass that are not dealing with food resources, ‘fast pyrolysis’ is the most famous one. This process is derived from empty palm fruit bunch, which decomposes the material for a few seconds at the temperature of 400-600°C in an oxygen free environment, which produces liquid bio-oil. However, this process has many weaknesses like; (1) low heat stability and short storage period, (2) low energy content, (3) an instability to combine with fossil fuels, (4) low pH causing corrosion of machines, (5) separation of materials if stored for a long time. And due to these weaknesses, bio-oil is not easy materials to transfer, store, and use. This research is about bio upgrading and eliminating weaknesses we have seen in the original ‘fast pyrolysis’ process. Unlike the typical bio oil upgrading process using the usual catalyst, this research is not using a catalyst or hydrogen. Instead, they use in-situ generated hydrogen and supercritical alcohols to upgrade bio oil. And from this research, we were able to find that temperature and heat transfer characteristics are similar to medium grade oil. We believe the upgrade bio-oil from this process will generate green electricity and bio gasoline as well as, bio diesel for automobiles.
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- 작성일 2016-07-25
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- The 5th Global Cross-Country “Learn together, Walk together”
- The 5th Global Cross-country with the theme “Learn together, Walk together” has started on July 13th. 144 students from SKKU, Beijing University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University are participated in this event and they will walk together over 200km during 11days, starting from SKKU Seoul Campus to Go-Sung district.
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- 작성일 2016-07-25
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- Jin Young Ko, the winner of BMW Ladies Championship
- The winner of BMW Ladies Championship was Jin Young Ko who completed the round with the 13 under par. She took home a winner’s check worth ₩1.2 million won. Ko started the day with 13 under par by making birdies on 1st and 3rd hole of round 4. However, allowing bogey on 7th hole sent her down to 12 under par and had to share the lead with Min Young Lee for a while who made burgy on the 8th hole in the same round.
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- 작성일 2016-07-25
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- Society-Customized Majors Growing in Popularity
- A ‘society-customized major’ is a program where a student enters a university with the certainty that he or she will get a job through a connection between a business and a curriculum. To raise smart professionals that meet social needs, a business and a university work together to develop the curriculum. [Yunnyeong Lee’s report] A student named Byeonguk Kim whose major is Semiconductor Systems Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SSKU) takes classes from professors that used to work for semiconductor companies during the semester and works for a large company partnered with SKKU during vacations. Interviewee: Byeonguk Kim “When I see students whose majors are different from mine, they look very tired. However, I don’t have to worry about finding a job, so I can experience various things as well as focus on my studies.” This kind of major is a so-called ‘hiring qualification’ contract major whereby a business provides students with money for tuition and manages a curriculum with a university. To meet industrial demands the university can raise professional students in the semiconductor field. Also, students can be guaranteed jobs after graduating and newly admitted students’ skill levels are of the highest caliber. Interviewee: Giwon Kwon, Dean of Semiconductor Systems Engineering at SKKU “Since semiconductors use almost all physics theories, there is a high demand for knowledgeable students who can work in international markets.” To lower unemployment of young people the government decided to promote society-customized majors with curricula connected with businesses to increase the availability of jobs. Since the curriculum managed by a university cannot always accurately meet the demands of businesses, representatives from the companies can join student interviews and take part in choosing who gets to participate in the programs. The business and the university develop the curriculum as well as the textbook with the condition that graduates receive employment. Also, the university can take a professional working for a company to be a lecturer. The government will give local universities situated in poor environments money to manage society-customized majors and participating companies will receive tax exemption benefits. Interviewee: Seungbok Choi, Section Chief of Youth Employment & Entrepreneurship Education Support Division of the Ministry of Education “Individual companies and regions educate students in accordance with industrial and regional demands which enables them to avoid worrying about their futures and jobs.” The Ministry of Education will increase the number of students who are in society-customized majors to 25,000 by 2020 and it will also raise the employment rate of the graduates from these majors to 70%.
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- 작성일 2016-07-14
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- 505 People Participated in Volunteer Work in 35 Villages on 10th Anniversary of Sisterhood Relations
- President Kyu Sang Chung said, “Volunteering for rural communities is a good opportunity for Sungkyungwan students to give energy to agriculture in the communities.” Sungkyungwan University President Kyu Sang Chung mentioned on Monday, June 27th that 314 students have been volunteering in 21 villages in Chungju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do Thursday, June 23rd to Tuesday, June 28th. Also, 191 students have been doing volunteer work in 14 villages in Sangju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do Friday, June 24th to Wednesday, June 29th. A total of 505 students have been participating for 5 nights and 6 days. Even though it is hot, students are helping to pick potatoes, plant beans, thin out unnecessary fruits, and farm grapes. The president and 10 academic executives have visited 2 villages (Masa Village, Sindae Village) in Chungju-si to encourage students. President Kyu Sang Chung, who visited Chungju-si to cheer up students on Sunday, June 26th, said, “I am so pleased that many students can do volunteer work for rural communities this year, and I hope that students’ help will be very useful to shorthanded rural communities during busy season for farmers. This volunteer work will be a good opportunity for Sungkyungwan students to give energy to agriculture and these communities.” This year is the 10th anniversary since Sungkyungwan University was paired with Chunju-si in “a sisterhood relationship of 1 school with 30 villages.” On Sunday, June 26th, there is a ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this relationship and at that time, 20 representatives including president Kyu Sang Chung and the branch manager of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation in Chungju-si participated in this event. Sungkyungwan University was awarded an appreciation plaque to celebrate their consistent relationships and they decided to try and continue them.
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- 작성일 2016-07-06
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- 2016 Times Higher Education Asian University Rankings Released
- Times Higher Education (THE) presented their Asian university rankings for 2016 on June 20th. Among Korean universities, POSTEC, Seoul National University, and KAIST were ranked eighth to tenth, respectively. POSTEC climbed to eighth from eleventh last year, but Seoul National University went down to ninth from sixth, and KAIST also went down to tenth from eighth. Sungkyungwan University (16th in 2015 → 12th in 2016), Korea University (26th → 17th), GIST (32nd), Yonsei University (28th → 37th), Hanyang University (54th → 39th), Kyunghee University (67th → 42nd), the University of Ulsan (85th → 52nd), Ewha Women’s University (53rd → 55th), Chungang University (97th → 70th), and Pusan National University (100th → 84th) were placed in the top 100 Asian universities this year. The honor of the top university in Asia, according to THE, this year was returned to the National University of Singapore which was in second place last year. The University of Tokyo, which was last year's winner, dropped to 7th place. Both Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Peking University in China earned the second title. Also, the University of Hong Kong got 4th and Tsinghua University earned 5th. THE announces their world university rankings every year by conducting a comprehensive evaluation of universities' educational environment, international reputation, income from research and business cooperation, volume of research, and citation ratio of papers.
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- 작성일 2016-06-30
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