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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> “Please become the most successful Minister of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs…” Tong-Ki Woo, president of Yeungnam University and Yoon Dong-han, chairman of the Seoul Alumni Association of Yeungnam Univ. et al visits Jeon Jae-hee to congratulate for appointment to minister [2008-8-29] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_01336096737420558 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2008-11-11_10-33-50_340.jpg\" target=_blank> In the afternoon of the 28th, Yeungnam University alumni directors including Tong-Ki Woo and Yoon Dong-han visited Jeon Jae-hee, minister of health, welfare and family affairs. This visit was to congratulate Minister Jeon, who is an alumni at Yeungnam University department of public administration, while also asking her to provide reliable health and welfare policies. Woo presented Minister Jeon with a congratulatory plaque and stated, \"We hope that you become the best model for public employees and the most reliable politician and take advantage of your experiences to become the most successful minister of health, welfare and family affairs in history.\" Minister Jeon replied, \"I know that I have a heavy responsibility, but I feel better with the encouragement from my fellow alumni.\" He also added, \"I will do all I can in health and welfare administration so that the entire nation can live happily.\" Meanwhile, Minister Jeon is famous for being the \'first\'. In 1968, she enrolled in the Yeungnam University department of public administration and became the \'first student\' of Yeungnam University, which was launched through the integration of Daegu University and Cheonggu University (1967). In 1973, she also became the \'first woman to pass the national public administration examinations\'. In 1994, she became the \'first female mayor appointed by the government\' and in 1995, she became the \'first female mayor to be voted into office\'. In the 16th National Assembly, she joined for proportional representation, but she resigned from this position and became a National Assembly woman from Gwangmyeong through by-elections. She won the district elections consecutively three times in this region and she held positions such as the Third Committee Chairman, Policy Committee Chairman and Head Committee Person for the Grand National Party. <Minister Jeon Jae-hee background> △Yeongcheon, Gyeongbuk △Daegu Girls\' High School △Yeungnam University Department of Public Administration △Korea University Graduate School of Labor △13th national public administration examination △Ministry of Labor Accident Compensation managerㆍFather and Daughter managerㆍWage and welfare managerㆍTraining and planning manager △Ministry of Labor director of labor insuranceㆍdirector of occupational training △10th and 12th mayor of Gwangmyeong in Gyeonggi △Grand National Party policy committee chairman △Head committee person for the Grand National Party △16∼18th National Assembly person
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Ministry of Education, Science and Technology selects as \'Outstanding HR Fostering University Education Improvement Project’ Highest among provincial universities and procured 5th highest national treasury funding [Aug 22, 2008] Yeungnam University (President Tong Ki Woo) was selected for the \'Outstanding HR Fostering University Education Improvement Project\' starting this year and has become the highest beneficiary of national treasury funds among provincial colleges. On the 22nd the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Minister Ahn Byeong-man, hereinafter \'MEST\') announced their selections of universities to receive funds for the \'Outstanding HR Fostering University Education Improvement Project\' (hereinafter \'Education Improvement Project). According to the results, Yeungnam University will be funded 1.236 billion won, which is the most national treasury fund among provincial universities. It is also fifth in the nation following Yonsei University (1.439 billion won), Korea University (1.375 billion won), Hanyang University (1.327 billion won) and Kyunghee Univeristy (1.285 billion won). In order to select the universities and confirm amount of funding, MEST introduced the \'formula funding\' method for the first time to improve transparency. Formula funding is a method for providing financial support according to a pre-composed formula based on an objective and quantitative index. For this project, five indexes that reflect the education condition and performances such as employment rate, student admission rate, full time faculty rate, scholarship payment rate, education expense per student, etc. The university\'s ranking for funding was determined in the order of highest scores. The amount of funding for each college and the number of universities selected for funding were confirmed using the resource distribution formula. Bae Cheol-ho (47), director of the Yeungnam University planning office, stated that \"This means a lot because it is the result of reflecting the Ministry of Education\'s policies for selecting universities for funding based on \'educational performance\'.\" He also added, \"Yeungnam University will use the national treasury support funds for scholarships, improved education and research environments, developing various employment programs and to assist students with finding employment, while strictly administering the performance index in order to maximize the achievements of the education improvement project.\" The \'Education Improvement Project\' is in its first year and colleges selected for funding can autonomously use the national treasury funds according to their plans in order to construct educational infrastructure, scholarship grants and to enhance their educational abilities. 151 4-year universities and 127 technical colleges applied for this program, in which 64 4-year universities and 72 technical colleges for a total of 136 schools were selected for these funds. 52 schools (25 4-year and 27 technical schools) were located in the Seoul area, while 84 (39 4-year and 45 technical schools) were located in provincial areas. Amongst them 35 school (25 4-year and 10 technical schools) were national or public schools and 84 were private (39 4-year and 45 technical schools).
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Choi Min-jae and 6 others of the Design Department awarded at Contest in Greece [July 24, 2008] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_07626462570124908 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2008-10-06_10-53-06_335.jpg\" target=_blank> We are now in an age that is passing \'intellectual management\' based on technology to an age of \'emotional management\' based on creativity. Thus, the value of design is becoming greater than ever before. Korean college students are being recognized for their skills in design across the world, which shows the possibility of Korean design for the future. Yeungnam University announced on the 24th that seven students in the School of Design won awards at the International Poster Contest held in Greece. Those who were honored were Choi Min-jae, Kim Hye-min, Park Hyeon-jeong, Bae Woo-ri, Yoo Seon-young, Kim Yoo-mi and Lee Min-ji, who are all sophomores in School of Design. This is the first time that they participated in an international contest, but they were all part of the 123 finalists of the 7th Poster Competition of the Island of Ithaca, Greece. The subject of the competition was \'Dream\'. 1,900 art pieces from 70 different countries across the world participated, while Choi Min-jae (photo) was selected as the \'Best 10\'. Together with the nine other best pieces, they will be exhibited in the hiking trail at Ithaca (resort island in the Ionian Sea, also known as the home of Odyssey) throughout the summer. Furthermore, they will be given free lodging at Ithaca on the weekends for one month during July. This represents that they have been recognized as the \'best\' in Europe, which is the center of global design. Moreover, only Choi and one other Malaysian were chosen as the \'Best 10\' from Asia. Last year, there were no Asians chosen as the \'Best 10\'. The 12 Distinction Awards were also given to only two Asians including Kim Yoo-mi and one other Indian. This shows how conservative the European art world is. But despite this, they showed their skills and received better-than-expected results. These young artists who dream to become designers can now have a broader perspective and greater confidence. The participants stated that they were able to be free from their preconceptions and that they realized that they were small fish in a big pond while preparing for the international competition and that they were able to have a more free and creative mindset. In addition, they all agreed that they would study harder until their designs will wow the world and that they would not stop their challenges against the world. They also did not forget to mention their appreciation to Lu Xin Jian (31, visual design), who instructed them for this competition. Thanks to the guidance of Professor Lu who majored in graphic design and pure arts, worked as a graphic designer in Canada and won many international competitions such as the world renown \'Chaumont Poster Festival in France\', students were able to acquire information related to the competition and also expand the limits of their imagination. The students said that they were able to realize how much walls of stereotypes and biases were erected and also learn the eye-level of the world. They also added that Lu took time from her busy schedule to take extra care to guide her students. Thanks to her, the new challenge was not a burden, but in fact, fun. Professor Lu stated, \"Participation in these competitions alone is a great educational opportunity. Students are able to discover their inner-self and realize what they truly want by doing their best for a concrete goal. However, they should not be stressed and compete while looking only at the results. This is because great results come only from free and fun imagination.\" Lu also added, \"The results of this competition will be a motivation for not only the winners, but other students as well, and I hope that this will be an opportunity for them to grow as representative designers for \'Design Korea\'.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> \'World First\' report on effects against inflammation, asthma and allergies of Cow Parsley Opened possibility to develop herbal pharmaceutical products for inflammation and asthma [July 11, 2008] The research of professors at the Yeungnam University College of Pharmacy wrote the cover thesis for the prominent SCI journal. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_08712201890689828 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2008-10-06_10-50-49_334.jpg\" target=_blank> This team consists of Professor Jang Hyeon-wook (56, right) and Lee Seung-ho (50). Their thesis was selected as the Highlighted Paper for the SCI Journal <Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin> issued by the Japan Medicine Association. This paper is causing a stir because it was the first in the world to report that deoxypodophyllotoxin (DPT), which is the main ingredient of cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), has an effect against inflammation, asthma and allergies. Cow parsley is a type of dropwort that can be found in Korea, Japan, China and Eastern Europe, which is also widely used for Oriental herbal medicines. In this research, which was a project supported by the central research center of MEST (The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) starting from July 2003 to June of this year, Professor Lee Seung-ho concentrated on the isolation of deoxypodophyllotoxin (DPT) while Professor Jang Hyeon-wook worked on defining the effects of deoxypodophyllotoxin (DPT) against inflammation, asthma and allergies. In result, Lee was able to isolate 20g of deoxypodophyllotoxin (DPT) from 10kg of cow parsley, while Jang successfully revealed the effects of it through animal tests. Lee stated, \"Cow parsley has been used for alleviating fevers, discharge of the phlegm, fight against cancer and allergies. It has been empirically known that it worked on lungs and the respiratory system to remove congestions, bring down fevers and stop coughs. However, this research scientifically revealed how allergies were treated through what ingredients of cow parsley, while also revealing that it had much smaller side effects compared to existing medicines for suppressing inflammation and asthma.\" He also added, \"This basically set the foundation for making oriental medicinal herbs a science.\" Jang, who wrote over 100 theses in international journals through his research and development on medicines to treat inflammation, asthma and allergies said, \"Inflammation, asthma and allergies are the most common ailments of people today. Due to the recent environmental pollution, these symptoms are increasing and becoming more severe and thus, there is a growing need to develop preventive medicines and treatments.\" He also added, \"Based on the results of this study, I will dedicate my life in developing treatments for chronic diseases using herbal ingredients.\" On another note, the results of this research was reported on the \'Europe-US Cooperative Herbal Society\' held in Athens, Greece.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> IBC ‘100 Scientists’, Who\'s Who 2009, etc; 4th in this year alone International certification of research of scholar in 30s [June 24, 2008] Professor Park Han-woo (37, Department of Media and Communication) was entered on both major people guides. Professor Park was notified that he was selected as (Top 100 Scientists in 2008) by IBC of England and then was later notified that he had been registered in the Who\'s Who in the World 2009 by Marquis of the US. In March and April, he was also selected as one of the 2,000 Outstanding Scientists in 2008-2009 by IBC and the Foremost Scientists of the World in 2008 by IBC. Thus, Park placed his name in both prominent guides to intellects four times just this year. This represents the international certification of his research achievements, which is very rare for a professor in his 30s. Park majored in media and communications at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Seoul National University graduate school (Masters) and State University of New York (PhD). He is one of only a handful of experts in webometrics in the country. Webometrics is a new academic field that analyzes social networks using the contents and hyperlinks of websites. He has written seven papers in international journals just this year and a total of 21 theses since 2002. He is well-known by the domestic and international academia for his research results of \'web space analysis for political websites\', which he performed together with the Korea Research Foundation. He is currently a co-editor of the international journal, \'Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia\', and the operations director for the \'Information Analysis and e-Research Forum\', which is a cooperative of academia and industries. His books include \'Use of Media in the Digital Times: Media Use Encyclopedia for the 21st Century\' (co-writer, 2006), \'Internet and International Academic Information Network Hyperlink\' (Asan Research Volume 179, 2005) and \'Media and Culture in the Information Era (co-writer, 1998).
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> 10,000 USD Disaster Relief Fund Donated to Sichuan University of China Chinese foreign student association voluntarily performed fund drives and donated 5 million won [May 29, 2008] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_02583691340810235 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2008-10-06_10-45-03_332.jpg\" target=_blank> “There are 820 Chinese international students at our university and we have more sister-relationships with different Chinese colleges than any other university in the country. That\'s why we feel very sorry for the earthquake in China. We hope that they know how much we want to share their pain and hope that we can be at least a small help in restoring the damages.\" Yeungnam University rolled up their sleeves to help with restoring the damages of the earthquake in China. In the morning of the 29th, president of Yeungnam University Tong Ki Woo (56) showed his support and encouraged international students from China at the reception room. He also put 10,000USD in donations for the faculty to be sent to Sichuan Unviersity in Sichuan, China. Sichuan University is the largest national university in Sichuan province, China. The two universities became sister-colleges since 2005 and has had a close relationship. There have been more than 20 exchange students between the two schools. Therefore, Yeungnam University felt obliged to do something for the sister university\'s direct and indirect damages. On the 16th, Yeungnam University received a letter from Sichuan University. They asked for help in establishing a relief fund to help the students in the area of the earthquake. Yeungnam University immediately collected 10,000 USD and sent it to Sichuan University. Wang Meng Jiong (21, junior majoring in English), who came as an exchange student from Sichuan University in September of last year, said that he was \"Impressed not on how much that was donated, but at their attitude to help as if it was their own problem.\" He also added, \"I will never forget Yeungnam University for their help in our time of need.\" In addition, international students from China at Yeungnam University also had a fund on the 15th and 16th and collected about 4.5 million won and donated it to the Chinese Red Cross. Last week, they also held another fund drive during the college festival and raised another 500 thousand won and sent it to the donation box to Sichuan University on the 29th. Vice president of the Yeungnam University Chinese student association, Woo Zi Liang (masters degree in fiber fashion) said, \"At first we were going to quitely hold a fund drive among the Chinese students because of the unfortunate incident recently with the Olympic torch. But, we were surprised with the support of the Korean students and we are very thankful. The hearts of the Koreans who helped us will be a great help for the Chinese to overcome this terrible disaster.\" Meanwhile, Sichuan University donated 1 million RMB (app. 150 million won) on the 15th and officially announced the \'establishment of student relief funds for the disaster area\'. Sichuan University asked its sister universities in Korea such as Dongguk University, Konkuk University and Woosong University, as well as universities in Taiwan, Japan and Thailand in order to continuously provide relief efforts such as scholarships and financial support to students, volunteer groups composed of faculties and graduate school students, medical and education services, psychiatrist programs for post traumatic stress disorders, etc. Currently, Lee Eun-joo (22, senior majoring in Chinese) of Yeungnam University studying at Sichuan University is working as a volunteer at ground zero.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> First ever Korean Vice Chief Editor since establishment, Tenure guaranteed 110 SCI level theses, screener for 50 SCI level journals [April 11, 2008] A young professor just entering his 40s became the vice editor in chief for the first time as a Korean in an SCI level journal in the US and received tenureship. Park Joo-hyeon (40, photo) of the Yeungnam University college of electrical engineering was appointed as the first ever vice chief editor of the international journal Applied Mathematics and Computation issued by Elsevier of the US. <Applied Mathematics and Computation> is a SCI level journal that deals with applied sciences (mathematics, engineering, physics, biology, etc) that can be interpreted based on applied mathematics and is famous for its stringent quality management having almost no changes in its editors since launching in 1975. But, Professor Park was appointed as the chief editor. Elsevier selected Park not only because of his activities in the nonlinear dynamics field for the past 10 years, but also because he was very devoted as a reviewer for theses applying for the journals. Professor Park, who majored in control engineering, has written 110 articles for SCI level journals as of March 2008 as well as other research achievements such as registering 20 papers with the Korea Research Foundation. In addition, he is also actively working as an editor for the Journal of the Frankline Institute, which is one of the oldest academic journals founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1826, as well as a reviewer for 50 other SCI level journals. In addition, he was registered on the Marquis Who\'s Who In The World consecutively in 2007 and 2008 as well as in the 2007/2008 issue of the Great Minds of the 21st Century of ABI.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Students and Foreign Exchange Students 1:1 Friendships 79 buddies in first semester, Global cultural communication [March 6, 2008] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_07818313098765799 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2008-10-06_10-38-29_330.jpg\" target=_blank><A class=imageUtil id=thumb_006228812491543856 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2008-10-06_10-37-53_329.jpg\" target=_blank> \"Is it really necessary to spend a lot of time and money to go abroad? It helps a lot to learn a foreign language and culture by becoming friends with foreigners in Korea. I think the shortcut to globalization is to become friends.\" Cho Jin-wook (25), a senior at Yeungnam University School of Material Science and Engineering, now has a buddy from Germany in the new semester. He has become buddies for one semester with exchange student Anja Busemann (22) from Saxion University in the Netherlands through the Buddy Program. The Buddy Program is a so-called \'cultural communication\' program that gives opportunities for students at Yeungnam University and exchange students to become buddies. By becoming the closest friend of a foreign student who is unfamiliar with life in Korea, they can easily learn each other\'s language and culture. Thus, unlike internationalized education that focus mainly on \'language education\', it is an educational opportunity to become a true international and global person. In addition, there are no additional expenses and students can receive a work credit (1 credit unit), making it very popular among students. These advantages could be seen by the fact that in just two days from announcing the buddy program at the university homepage in February, double the number of accepted students applied for it and 79 students were finally selected through screening of plans and individual interviews. They met their foreign exchange student buddies on the evening of the 4th. A total of 79 buddy couples were made including not only Anja Busemann and Cho Jin-wook, but also Park Se-hoon (26, Advanced Materials) and Stacey Pellegrin (22, State University of New York), Lee Yoo-kyeong (22, senior in international economics and business) and Fumiko Abe (23, Shizuoka University), etc. Pellegrin, who said that she was a Korean-American adopted four months after birth, stated \"I missed Korea all the time and I applied at the first chance I had for exchange students. Korea is still unfamiliar being gone from it for over 20 years and my Korean is bad, but I think I will do fine with Se-hoon helping me. I want to learn more Korean, meet more Koreans and eat a lot of Korean food during this opportunity so that I don\'t forget my roots as a Korean.\" Park replied, \"Though we have different citizenships, I think we can be friends forever that can depend on each other and talk about things with each other. I would like to invite her over to my home soon to help her feel the warmth and hospitality of Korean families.\" Anja Busemann and Fujiko Abe said that they had difficulties with communication outside of campus, but that they feel a lot more assured because of their buddies. They also said that they wanted to learn and experience the Korean language and culture as much as they could before returning to their home countries. Professor Lee Dong-joo (53, Mechanical Engineering), who supervises the Buddy Program states, \"The number of times one visits foreign countries and their fluency in a foreign language does not mean that they are internationalized. The most practical way to become globalized is probably to expand their social network through exchange with foreigners in Korea, meet the world and have more opportunities to show the world about Korea.\" Meanwhile, as of March 2008, there are 79 foreign exchange students and 561 international students paying their own tuition at Yeungnam University, as well as 290 studying in Korean classes for a total of 930 foreigners. This is an increase of approximately 250 students compared to the previous year, and thus, it reflects the fact that the Yeungnam University campus is becoming more and more globalized.
