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Gafurov Dilshodjon from Uzbekistan completes bachelor's, master's and PhD at YU Department of Business Administration Preparing for start-up in Korea on 'online shopping mall integrating SNS' by utilizing experience as international student and major Awarded at various start-up and invention contests, currently applied for patents [December 21, 2016] An international student made news by preparing for a start-up in Korea with an idea that integrates social network services (SNS) and online shopping malls. He is Mr. Gafurov Dilshodjon (35, photo) from Uzbekistan. Mr. Dilshodjon transferred to the YU Department of Business Administration in 2005 and completed his bachelor's, master's and PhD programs at YU. After completing his PhD course, he is now currently working on his discourse and start-up. Mr. Dilshodjon is currently developing the 'Social Network System for Products Sales Service' that combines the strengths of SNS and open markets. Though he has not completed the platform yet, his idea and the initial platform constructed has already been recognized for its potential. Dilshodjon's 'Social Network System for Products Sales Service' won the bronze at the '2016 Foreigner Invention and Start-up Contest' and the '2016 Seoul International Invention Exhibit' hosted by the Korea Invention Promotion Association, and has currently applied for a Korean patent. Mr. Dilshodjon's idea utilized his experience as an international student in Korea and what he learned from his major. Mr. Dilshodjon said, "I majored in business information management and earned my master's degree with a discourse on online shopping. I am really interested in starting up online shopping malls as well." He added, "However, when I first came, I had difficulties with the language and it was hard to use online shopping malls and purchase used products. In particular, there were many things to prepare for in order to register as a business and start-up a business as an international student." Currently, in order to register and sell products on open markets, which are online electronic commercial websites, one must first register as a business, and so small-scale transactions between individuals are not allowed in open markets. However, person-to-person transactions are frequently made through services other than open market such as Kakao Story and other SNS, and therefore, Dilshodjon paid attention to the fact that there are many people using SNS for small-scale sales. Mr. Dilshodjon said, "Unlike existing open markets, I made it possible for individuals to make stores and sell products on the social network system. I am planning to improve accessibility of foreigners residing in Korea by including various language services and regional and national search conditions. For example, a Chinese person living in Daegu will be able to check items being sold by another Chinese living close by in Chinese language services." He added, "Initially, I am planning to have the services target foreigners living in Korea. Once there are more service users, I am planning that there will be many areas to additionally review such as overseas use and issues on business registration by sellers. I will concretize the platform that includes various statistics services and aim to open by next year."
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“Please become leaders of Korea...” Joined by over 300 alumni and new employees Mentor-mentee relations to continue the strong 'alumna bond' [November 25, 2016] <5th Cheonma Employment Alumna Welcoming Ceremony> “I would like to welcome our juniors who passed the eye of the needle and took their first steps into society. Many of your seniors who are active in various parts of society have taken time from their busy schedules to be here and show their interest and love for you. Though you are just starting now, I hope that you will become the leaders of Korea in the next 10 or 20 years." At 7 p.m. on the 24th at Seoul The Riverside Hotel, power leaders from YU who are leading Korea gathered. They came to encourage their juniors who just started their professional lives in the Seoul area after passing through the highly competitive job market. The YU Alumni Association (Chairman Yoon Sang-hyeon) held the 'Cheonma Employment Alumna Welcoming Ceremony'. The 'Cheonma Employment Alumna Welcoming Ceremony' that has been held every year since 2012 is already in its fifth year this year. At this welcoming ceremony were present YU Alumni Association Chairman Yoon Sang-hyeon (Commercial Science '69, CEO of Ilshin Electronics) who prepared the event for the past five years, Former Minister of Environment Kwak Gyeol-ho (Civil Engineering '67), Former Minister of Health and Welfare Jeon Jaee-hee (Public Administration '68), Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. President Kim Hwa-dong (Law '76), Lee Wan-young (Public Administration '76), Joo Ho-young (Law '78), sports stars and classmates of '88 former baseball player Yang Joon-hyuk (Economics '88) and Korean Olympic soccer team coach Shin Tae-yong (Sports Education '88), as well as a total of 150 senior YU alumni in the government, public, finance, law, and cultural sectors. They did not hesitate to take time out from their busy schedules to meet their juniors. Also, 150 junior alumni who recently landed jobs in the Seoul area also attended for a total of 300 YU alumni. They all welcomed each other and gave advice and support for their life in the professional world. YU Alumni Chairman Yoon Sang-hyeon said in his welcoming address, "The path you will take from here will not always be pleasant and warm. There will sometimes be hardships as well." He added, "Your seniors who are present here today all took that path and are now leading society in different sectors. I hope that you will also follow the path of your seniors and become pillars of society." Yoo Jong-seon from Computer Engineering class of '05 who recently landed a job at SK Planet after graduating last year said, "I hope that this opportunity today will be a chance for me to learn about professional life from my seniors and to grow." He added, "I will also work ceaselessly so that I can do my part in society like my seniors here and also become a senior that is respected by juniors." Acting YU President Kim Jin-sam, who attended this ceremony on behalf of the school, said, "I thank the devotion of seniors towards their juniors." He added, "I hope that this will be a meaningful event where the seniors who are our mentors in life lead their juniors and make our alumni even tighter." A talk concert was also planned for this ceremony where seniors responded to questions of juniors. This event was hosted by Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. President Kim Hwa-dong (Law '76), and Kyobo Life Insurance Executive Director Kim Sung-han (Business Administration '79), Iz Architectural Office Representative Architect Jeon Joo-hee (Architecture '87), Coach Shin Tae-yong, Suwon District Court Anyang Branch Chief Prosecuting Attorney Park Young-ho (Law '89), etc. received questions from juniors to help answer their concerns. One junior asked how to get promoted quickly and Coach Shin Tae-yong answered, "Only those who are ready can be successfully and maintain their position." He added, "When you have the opportunity, be ready and enjoy working." Kyobo Life Insurance Executive Director Kim Sung-han talked about a book that he recently read and said, "The company I work for now is my first company and I have been working here for 30 years. Each individual will have their own desire of the person they want to be, but I hope that you start your professional careers as a giving person." Meanwhile, in this three-hour event, participants made mentor-mentee agreements, and vowed to continue their relationships and promised to meet with new juniors next year.
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School of International Economics and Business 'International Economics Research Society' proves to be incubator for trade experts In past 5 years, won 4 awards including grand prize and runner-up Adapted actual case to show damaged company, highlighted with legal analysis [December 2, 2016] <School of International Economics and Business International Economics Research Society that won the grand prize for two straight years at the College Trade Remedy Contest> YU School of International Economics and Business International Economics Research Society (Professor Jeon Jeong-gi) students won the grand prize at the '2016 College Trade Remedy Contest'. It was the second consecutive year that they won the grand prize. YU won four awards in the past five years at this contest including the grand prize and runner-up, once again proving that the YU School of International Economics and Business is an incubator for trade experts. The 'College Trade Remedy Contest' has been held since 2005 with the purpose of raising interest of college students on trade remedy systems and to foster experts regarding trade remedy systems, and is supervised by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's Trade Commission and the Korean Federation of Small and Medium Businesses. This year is the 12th event and it was joined by 164 students from eight universities around the nation. The theme of the contest was traditional trade remedy systems such as anti-dumping, compensation duties, and safeguard systems, and participants demonstrated the series of processes from case-studies to trade remedy rulings by acting in a play by adapting actual cases in the unfair trading sector such as violation of intellectual property rights and violation of origin marking. At the contest recently held at the Korean Federation of Small and Medium Businesses building in Yeouido, Seoul, each team put on theatrical performances related to trade remedies for 40 minutes each. YU's 'International Economic Research Society' won the grand prize and received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award and a cash prize of 5 million won. As about 20 students made up a team and they had to do case-studies, write scripts, make props, and put on an interesting 40 minute play, it took months just to prepare for this. 22 students of the YU International Economic Research Society divided their roles into the script team, acting team, and prop team, and prepared for this contest for about five months from June. YU School of International Economics and Business sophomore Kim Jong-gyu (22), who was in charge of the scripts, said, "We carefully analyzed the conditions of the Korean company at the time based on actual cases, and searched for relevant laws for legal facts that were in dispute and used in the script." He added, "I think we received good reviews from judges and participants because we made the public hearing part, which includes relatively specialized areas such as trade and legal interpretations in a way that it was easy to understand and entertaining." The YU International Economic Research Society's theme was 'Dumping import of Japanese stainless steel thick plate and damages to the domestic industry'. They made a play to explain the process of resolving the industrial damages of domestic manufacturers due to the dumping exports of Japanese companies through the trade remedy system of the trade commission. YU School of International Economics and Business sophomore (22) who was the leader of the team at this contest said, "I thought that it was important to make a good script and act without making any mistakes. Also, because it was a theatrical contest, the acting team practiced speech to express the script clearly and held numerous rehearsals, while making editions and supplementations to make the most of the characters," and added, "I think we gained knowhow through the years of work and awards received by our seniors. I hope that next year, our juniors will also work to win the grand prize for three consecutive years." The YU School of International Economics and Business International Economic Research Society is an international economics research academic club made up mostly of undergraduates. It was founded in 1989 and there are more than 100 students registered in the club.
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'70 Year Anniversary of YU, Cheonma Historical Data Collection Contest' for 5 months from June Collected a total of 2,281 pieces including publications, documents, audio/video data, administrative artifacts, etc. Honorary Professor Seo In-deok who donated the 1968 magazine 'May' wins 'grand prize' [December 2, 2016] <Honorary Professor Seo In-deok (right) who won the grand prize at the 70 Year Anniversary of YU, Cheonma Historical Data Collection Contest and Library Humanities Science Data Team Kim Mi-jeong (left) who won the runner-up award (left)> The results of the '70 Year Anniversary of YU, Cheonma Historical Data Collection Contest' hosted by the Library University Records Management Team in light of the 70 year anniversary of YU in 2017 was held. This contest was held for YU faculty, alumni and the general public possessing records regarding the history of YU from June to October. This contest that was held for five months collected a total of 2,281 historical artifacts including 463 publications, 21 documents, 513 audio/video material, and 1,284 administrative artifacts from faculty, alumni, honorary professors, students, and other individuals and organizations. <1968 magazine 'May' donated by Honorary Professor Seo In-deok and 1966 Daegu University report card> <1965 Cheonggu yearbook donated by Honorary Professor Bae Hyo-gwang> <1868 YU Newspaper special edition (left) and YU newspaper donated by alumnus Lee Won-young> After judging the submitted artifacts, one grand prize and three runner-ups were selected. Honorary Professor Seo In-deok was selected for the grand prize for donating the 1968 magazine 'May' and the 1966 Daegu University report card. Honorary Professor Bae Hyo-gwang who donated a 1965 Cheonggu yearbook, alumnus Lee Won-young who donated a YU newspaper special edition produced in January 1968 and Kim Mi-jeong (YU Library Humanities Science Material Team) who donated a YU notebook and ID card were selected as runner-ups. Also, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature Park Woon-seok submitted a total of 546 administrative artifacts including a bus ticket (1981) and faculty contract (1982), setting the record for the most donations. The awards ceremony and exhibition on important donations was held at the first floor seminar room of the Central Library on November 30. The records that were decided to be donated through this contest will be preserved and utilized as historical materials of YU.
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At YU Cheonma Art Center on the 22nd together with 'Industry-Academic Cooperation Achievements Exhibit industry-academic joint technology development projects, field work, and excellent start-up items Consulting on technologies, patents and financial support for companies to commercialize 'university possessed technologies' [November 22, 2016] <A student from a start-up club is explaining a start-up item at the '2016 YU Creative Economy Industry-Academic Cooperation Expo'.> The '2016 YU Creative Economy Industry-Academic Cooperation Expo' was held successfully at the YU Cheonma Art Center on the 22nd. This event was organized to share the excellent cases of industry-academic cooperation, construct an industry-academic cooperation system with companies, promote student employment and start-up cultures. This event, which was co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, National Research Foundation, Gyeongbuk Creative Economy Innovation Center, and YU, was co-hosted by the YU LINC project team, industry-academic cooperation team and the College of Engineering, and included △Industry-academic joint technology development project exhibits △Excellent field work case exhibits △Excellent technologies exhibit (TECH-BIZ Meeting) △Prototype production support excellent achievement exhibit △2016 Start-up contest △Drone contest. The 'Start-up contest' that displayed the creative start-up items of students especially stood out at this expo. 'Hangajeon (less electricity fees)', a self-generating air conditioner using the fan on the air conditioner exhaust, and 'OPEN-LIGHT', which is a door handle that can turn on lights as soon as the door is opened, and a total of more than 30 start-up items made with the unique ideas of students were put on display. Kwon Yong-woong (23, School of Materials Science and Engineering, junior) of 'Ome', a start-up club that participated in the start-up contest with 'Hangajeon', said, "Hangajeon is the result of gathering creative ideas of students from various majors such as engineering and business." He added, "It is a technology that can easily be commercialized to improve energy efficiency by adding an idea to existing household appliances. With financial support, it can be launched as various products." On the day after the expo, from the 23rd to 28th, banner exhibits on the excellent cases of the start-up item contest by YU students were placed on Daegu Metro Line 2 Yeungnam University Station so that the general public could also see the unique ideas of students. At the 'YU TECH-BIZ Meeting', in which commercialization is pursued by linking the excellent technologies researched and developed by the university with companies, the excellent technologies developed by YU were put on display to hold technological meetings for commercialization between the university and companies. At this expo, a total of 19 specialized technologies such as the 'climbing robot mechanism design for solar power panels on building walls' (Mechanical Engineering Professor Seo Tae-won) and 'User-experience based vehicle driving route search system and method' (Computer Engineering Professor Sa Gong-woon) were put on display and received huge interest from companies. Outside experts and institutes such as the Korea Technology Finance Corporation, financial institutes and the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology participated in the expo to provide counseling and consulting on patents, financial support and commercialization, in addition to technological consulting. YU LINC Project Leader Lee Hee-young who prepared for the expo said, "The creative economy industry-academic cooperation expo gathers the capacities of the university and local companies and institutes to display the outcomes of technology innovative-type industry-academic cooperation," and added, "It is a meaningful event to check the excellent industry-academic cooperation results of YU and to check the brilliant ideas and start-up items of students." 엑스포를 준비한 이희영 영남대 LINC사업단장은 “창조경제 산학협력 엑스포는 대학과 지역의 기업 및 관련 기관들이 힘을 모아 기술혁신형 산학협력의 성과를 보여주는 자리”라며 “영남대의 우수한 산학협력 결과물을 확인하고, 학생들의 기발한 아이디어와 창업 아이템을 확인 할 수 있는 의미있는 자리가 될 것”이라고 말했다.
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Instructor Positions at Yeungnam University in Gyeongsan, Korea Job Openings Yeungnam University is now accepting applications for full-time English language instructor of foreign language institute to fill new openings that arose due to expansion of its Freshmen English program. Located on 900 scenic acres in Gyeongsan, just minutes from Daegu, Yeungnam University is a private post-secondary institution with a student enrollment of over 25,000. 1. Job Titles: Language Instructor (Levels 1, 2, and 3) 2. Period of Contract: March 1st, 2017 - February 28th, 2018 3. Teaching Subjects Academic English, Practical English : Compulsory General Education subjects for freshmenOther credit/non-credit teaching opportunities: Pattern English (4 Levels), Intensive English Program, Current Issues and etc. 4. Teaching Load: Language Instructor (17 – 20 hours per week depending on levels) ㆍ Instructors teach 15-weeks in each of the Spring and Fall Semesters. ㆍ Instructors are required to teach in either the summer or winter vacation period for up to 15 hours per week for up to six weeks. 5. Education and Experience Requirements Language Instructor Minimums: Bachelor’s Degree - one year of university, college or Junior College teaching experience in South Korea by February, 2017 6. Salary and Benefits: Language Instructor : 2.30 million won per month to 2.90 million won depending on the levels ㆍ Please note all salaries are subject to our final career calculation based on your teaching records. ㆍ These decisions will be made within the next few weeks. ㆍ Overtime pay: 35,000 won per hour or more ㆍ National Health Insurance: 50/50 ㆍ Instructors: contributions to the National Pension Service with a severance bonus equal to one month’s salary for each year (12 months) of employment ㆍ A university-owned apartment with basic furnishings is provided when available. If there are no vacancies, a housing allowance of 450,000 won per month is provided. Application & Deadline Documents Required: 1) cover letter (Please clearly indicate your knowledge, attributes, skills, and habits that you bring to the position.) 2) resume with photo (Please clearly indicate month/year to month/year for each item included in your work experience and education sections. ) 3) A copy of your passport identification page and alien registration card 4) Two letters of recommendation (Please include the contact details of three references on your resume.) 5) Career certificate or certificate of employment 6) Diplomas and transcripts of BA(MA or Ph.D. if any) 7) Certificate of TESOL, TESL, CELTA, DELTA(if any) ㆍ Scanned documents are also fine in this stage but you need to bring the original copies of all the documents if interviewing. ㆍ After the paperwork screening, we will individually contact the applicant who passes the paper screen to have an interview test. Deadline: Friday, December 5th, Monday, 2016 - E-mail your applications to: jobinterview@ynu.ac.kr - Contact Information Foreign Language Institute, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541, Republic of Korea (38541 Korea) Phone: +82-53-810-1632 Fax: +82-53-810-4729 http://www.yu.ac.kr/en/ We look forward to receiving your application to join the faculty at Yeungnam University
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Balanced activities in creative general design, portfolio contest, honorary ambassadors for engineering, etc. 2012 'Gold (1st)', 2014/2015 'Silver (3rd)'... Top prestigious engineering university [Nov 18, 2016] <YU took the 'grand prize' for college of the year at the '2016 Engineering Education Festa'.> YU took the 'grand prize' for college of the year at the '2016 Engineering Festa'. This is the third consecutive year of winning awards as it won silver in 2014 and 2015. YU also took first place for college of the year in 2012, but now displayed its power as a prestigious university in engineering by once again taking first place. The '2016 E2 Festa' was sponsored by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and co-hosted by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology and the Engineering Education Innovation Association from Nov 10 to Nov 11 at Ilsan KINTEX. This event, which is in its fifth year this year, was held together with the World Engineering Education Forum and Global Engineering Dean's Council (WEEF & GEDC) making it the biggest engineering event for spreading awareness and fostering talents in engineering who will lead the future convergence and new industry sectors, while sharing the excellent achievements of engineering education in Korea. <YU Car Production Club 'YUSAE' that participated in the ‘2016 E2 Festa'> 'College of the Year' evaluates the activities, awards and student participation of engineering education innovation centers of 93 universities that participated in the E2 Festa. The theme of this event was 'EN-Light our future!' A total of 25 students from YU participated in honorary ambassador for engineering, creative design contest, engineering band, engineering education innovation center achievement presentations, and student portfolio contests. The YU Education Engineering Innovation Center received good assessments through balanced activities in all sectors of the event. At the creative design contest, 'I Live alone' team comprised of students in various majors such as electronic engineering, architectural engineering and living products design won the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology award with the 'LED ceiling light for the hearing impaired' and the 'Soul Engineer' team won the special award (Women in Science, Engineering and Technology in Korea Chairperson Award) with the 'Development of bicycle with pneumatic motor system'. At the engineering education innovation center achievement presentations, Kim Hyun-gi, a junior in the School of Mechanical Engineering, won the 'Passion Award', and at the portfolio contest that makes a comprehensive evaluation on college life such as assignments, grades and extracurricular activities by students, Choi Ji-hye, a junior at the Department of Computer Engineering, won the 'Silver Prize', while Seo In-ae, a senior in the School of Architecture won the 'Bronze'. School of Mechanical Engineering Professor Kang Dong-jin, who also serves as the YU Engineering Education Innovation Center director, said, "By winning four awards in the past five years including the grand prize this year, it was possible to confirm the status of YU's College of Engineering," and added, "Using the creative/convergence engineering talent fostering education system of YU, we will take the lead in fostering creative human resources that will lead the national industry and technological innovation." Meanwhile, YU was selected for the first stage 'Engineering Education Innovation Center Support Project' held from 2007 to March 2012, and for the second stage project from April 2012 to February 2022, and is now pursuing the 'Creative Convergence Good Engineer Fostering Project'.
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Min Ji-hoon, a senior at the School of Materials Science and Engineering unprecedently won as an undergraduate at 'IPMC 2016' Participated by over 200 master's and PhD researchers from Singapore, Finland, etc publishing over 100 studies Researchers showed huge interest in the creative approach for 'aluminum alloy coating technology' [Nov 17, 2016] <Min Ji-hoon, a senior at the School of Materials Science and Engineering won first place in the poster session at 'IPMC 2016', an international conference on the metallurgy sector> An undergraduate made the stunning feat of taking first place at an international academic conference joined by master's and PhD researchers from around the world. Mister Min Ji-hoon (25) at the School of Materials Science and Engineering won the award. With the support of the YU LINC projtec team, Mr. Min participated in the 'IPMC 2016 (International Process Metallurgy Conference 2016', which is an international academic conference on the metallurgy sector, held in Bandung, Indonesia from the 10th to 11th, and took first place in the poster session. This academic conference was joined by over 200 master's and PhD researchers from around the world including Indonesia, Canada, Singapore and Finland, and over 100 research results were submitted just in the poster session alone. As most of the participants are master's and PhD degree holding researchers, it is very rare for an undergraduate to win the award. The research results presented by Min was titled 'A Study on Plasma Coating Technologies of Aluminum Alloys', and it was revealed through this study that the size of the particles that form aluminum alloys affect the formation of plasma coating layers. It was confirmed through this study that when the size of aluminum alloy particles are smaller, the coating layer becomes thicker and more even, thus having much improved mechanical properties for the material. Aluminum alloy that is receiving attention as a material for light weight is used in many areas including airplane fuselage, electronic devices such as mobile phones, transportation devices, and structural materials, so it has high industrial value. Mr. Min said, "Among the many variables that affect the coating of aluminum alloys, this was a study on the micro-organic organization of materials that were not investigated in other studies so it received a great deal of interest from judges and researchers from around the world." While the presentations of most participants lasted about 30 minutes, there were many questions asked from judges for Mr. Min, and so his presentation lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. This reflects the fact that there was a great deal of interest for the creativity and research results of Mr. Min's studies. Mr. Min stated, "Through this study, I discovered the early factors that affect the formation process of plasma coating layers," and added, "As this is a field with high industrial utilization, it will contribute to the high-value surface finishing industry." Mr. Min, who is planning to enroll in graduate school after graduating next year in February, revealed his future research plans saying, "I want to do in-depth research on new conceptual plasma coating technologies and materials used for coating."
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20 high ranking public officials including the governor and vice-governor of Bolikhamxay Received 5 days of Saemaul Undong education and field studies at the YU Institute for International Development Unprecedented case for persons from emerging countries to receive training at own expense... Recognition of 'high quality of Saemaul education' [Nov 11, 2016] <High ranking public officials such as the governor of Bolikhamxay, Laos spent their own money at YU to receive 'Saemaul' training.> Global requests and interests on learning about the Saemaul Undong is rising. Recently, senior public officials of Laos spent their own money to come to YU and receive training Saemaul Undong. This shows that YU's Saemaul Undong training program is receiving attention as premium global education. From the 7th to 11th, the YU Institute for International Development Cooperation (Director Han Dong-geun) conducted Saemaul Undong training programs at the request of Bolikhamxay Province of Laos. This Saemaul Undong program held for four nights and five days was joined by 20 high ranking public officials of Bolikhamxay including Governor Kongkeo Xaysongkham) and Vice-governor Bounseng Pathammavong. This training session was organized through the direct request of Bolikhamxay Province, Laos to learn about the economic development experience and policy knowhow of Korea through the Saemaul Undong at YU, which is an educational institute specializing in Saemaul Undong. This was even more meaningful as all costs for the program was paid for by Bolikhamxay Province. Most of the Saemaul Undong training in Korea for personnel from emerging countries were of invitations by the central and local governments, public institutes and companies. However, the Saemaul Undong training at YU by public officials from Bolikhamxay, Laos was a very rare case where they paid for all expenses. It is judged that this is another case in which the meaning and value of the Saemaul Undong was recognized by the international community. The participants received education on 'Saemaul Undong and Korea's economic development' and 'Application plan of the Saemaul Undong and Korea's regional development policies for Bolikhamxay, Loas', while also joining various field trips to experience the development history of Korea at Ulsan Hyundai Motors and Pohang POSCO. Governor Kongkeo Xaysongkham of Bolikhamxay Province who came to YU leading a group of 20 said, "I was able to see and learn a lot about Korea's compressed growth and the role of the Saemaul Undong," and added, "Based on the Saemaul spirit that I gained through this program, I will try to integrate the Saemaul Undong and Korea's development experience in the local development of Bolikhamxay Province." Bolikhamxay Province, which is located in the central region of Laos, has an area of 15,977㎢ and a population of approximately 250,000 making it the 10th largest province of Laos. It possesses rich natural resources and various cultures, but it has a weak labor force due to its small population and the majority are in absolute poverty. However, due to the unique sentiments of Laos, it is having trouble overcoming poverty. It is expected that with the senior public officials from Bolikhamxay, Laos receiving Saemaul Undong training, it will be possible to help develop the local economy by utilizing Saemaul Undong. Institute for International Development and Cooperation Director Han Dong-geun, who oversaw this training program, said, "The success of the Saemaul Undong depends heavily on the understanding of the Saemaul spirit and the changed attitude of residents and the firm philosophy and will to continue the policies by leaders." He added, "I hope that the experiences in this program will be a good opportunity to apply the Saemaul Undong to fit the circumstances of Laos."
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'First YU Exchange Student Expo' held on 9th and 10th Current exchange students abroad and foreign exchange students at YU joined to offer vivid accounts and information Participated by 14 sister universities from 12 countries, provide exchange student information and local living tips [Nov 10, 2016] <First YU Exchange Student Expo> YU held its first Exchange Student Expo. This expo was held at the square in front of the clock tower at the main gate of YU for two days on the 9th and 10th. This event was organized with the goal of improving the global capacities of students by providing overseas exchange student program information and to encourage participation. This expo, which was held under the supervision of the YU International Exchange Team, was joined by 14 sister universities from 12 countries including Germany, France, Sweden, England and China. At the booths for each university, YU's international PR ambassador students, foreign students studying at YU as exchange students, and students who studied abroad as exchange students participated in the event. Leonie Mahacke (22) from the Philipp University of Marburg in Germany said, "Through the exchange student program, I was able to learn a lot especially in the cultural sector," and added, "Through this expo, I would like to give detailed information such as studying majors in foreign universities, local cultures and environment, and cost of living to my friends who are interested in exchange student programs." At the expo, domestic and foreign students who participated in actual exchange student programs offered vivid and realist information based on their experiences such as housing, life, culture and education in a foreign country, and received great reviews from students. Yang Min-seok (22, YU School of Mechanical Engineering, sophomore) who visited several booths including Germany and Vietnam, said, "I wanted to study abroad as an exchange student when I am a junior. I came here to receive information." He added, "By studying as an exchange student, I will noy only be able to improve my foreign language skills, but also gain global capacities that will help me to find the job I want and can also help me at work as well. I hope to gain information on many universities through this opportunity and choose the country and university I want to go as an exchange student to." Sung Gyung-mo (25, YU School of Mechanical Engineering, senior), who returned after studying at Skovde University in Sweden for one year from August 2015 said, "While experiencing the culture and classes different than that of Korea, I was able to learn a lot despite the short time. The exchange student program is a program to kill four birds with one stone to improve global capacities, earn credits, and to save time and expenses compared to other study-abroad programs." He added, "I wanted to recommend by friends and juniors to this and that is why I participated in this expo." In addition to the exchange student program, YU also used the expo to provide information on various overseas programs such as the concentrated domestic and foreign outbound pilot program (OPP), themed backpacking program (Window to the World), language and cultural exchange program between foreign exchange students and domestic students (LPP, buddy program), and mid- to long-term language programs with overseas sister universities. 15th YU International PR Ambassador Chairperson Jung In-joon (25, School of Economics and Finance, junior) who prepared for this expo said, "In addition to exchange student programs, YU operates various overseas dispatch programs and global capacity improvement programs. I hope that students come not only to events such as this expo, but also regularly visit the school's international exchange team or homepage to obtain information and participate in actual programs in order to take another step out to internationalization." Meanwhile, YU signed sisterhood relations with 358 universities in 50 countries as of November 2016 and is currently operating various international exchange programs. Every semester, over 200 YU students are sent overseas as exchange students, while over 200 foreign students from overseas sister schools are studying at YU. YU is planning to expand upon the exchange student expo held for the first time this year to improve the international capacities of students next year.
