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- Ko Jin-young breaks into top 5 for first time in her career
- Ko Jin-young, the latest champion on the LPGA Tour, has broken into the top five in the world rankings for the first time. Ko reached a career-best No. 4 in the world rankings, announced Tuesday, on the strength of her victory at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup in Phoenix over the weekend. Ko jumped five spots from the previous week, and she’s now the second-highest ranked Korean after world No. 1 Park Sung-hyun. Ryu So-yeon at No. 5 and Park In-bee at No. 8 are the two other Koreans inside the top 10. In Phoenix, Park Sung-hyun finished at 14th and Park In-bee finished 34th. Ryu did not compete. The world rankings evaluate a player’s performance over a rolling two-year period weighted in favor of the current year, and an extra emphasis is placed on the most recent 13 weeks. The victory in Phoenix was Ko’s third career LPGA win but her first in the United States. With the win, Ko took home $225,000 in prize money. Her win also allowed Korean golfers to continue their dominance this season - of the six LPGA tournaments so far this year, Korean golfers have won four. Ko, who turned professional in 2013, also had a successful career on the KLPGA Tour, where she won nine tournaments over four seasons. Throughout the 2016 season, when world No. 1 Park dominated the KLPGA Tour by winning six tournaments, Ko was considered her biggest competition, winning a total of three. When Park moved to the LPGA Tour, Ko was considered the player to beat in the KLPGA. Ko won her first official LPGA start in February 2018 at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, becoming only the second player, after Beverly Hanson in 1951, in the Tour’s history to win in her debut. The LPGA Tour will continue at the Kia Classic from tomorrow. BY KANG YOO-RIM, YONHAP [kang.yoorim@joongang.co.kr] (source: http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3061040)
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- 작성일 2019-03-27
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- 2019 Freshman Orientation ended successfully
- University College (Dean Hongjoon YOO) held a Freshman Orientation on February 13 ~ 15 at both campuses to inform new students about the academic affairs. In this event over 2,000 freshmen and parents participated to have a community building time with their LC (Learning Community). Sungkyun Mentor Jonghee JEON said, “We welcome all freshmen who have decided to join this innovative university which puts ‘student success’ as prime value. I hope that the students enjoy a fantastic year along with FG (Freshman Guide) mentors and fellow LC students.” Senior student Chanhee LEE (Global Management 15’) advised, “Students need to spend time constructing a future plan prior to their first year.” In the orientation held at the Natural Sciences Campus, Vice-President Sungjin SONG gave an welcoming address wishing students success. Kingo Cheer Leader Jungmin LEE (English Literature 17’) said, “It was very rewarding to see freshmen sing the school song along with other students despite the awkwardness.” University College is trying to help out students be informed of academic affairs by posting e-book and video clips on the website. The entrance ceremony will be held on February 27th 11AM at the Suseonggwan, Natural Sciences Campus.
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- 작성일 2019-02-19
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- We met a Sungkyunkwan University head coach in track and field, Doo-yeon LEE
- In May 2013, Doo-yeon LEE took over as the head coach in track and field of SKKU. Twenty-four years ago, he was a student of physical education at SKKU and an elite athlete, and now he is the great coach in track and field of SKKU. ▶ During his career as an player (1998 ~ 2006) - Awards 79th National Sports Competition 400mH 51.87, 1st place 2000 Sydney Olympics men 400mH 52.61, preliminary round 8th place 83rd National Sports Competition 400mH 52.53, 1st place 15th National Semi-pro team Athletics Competition 400mH 53.29, 1st place 84th National Sports Competition 400mH 52.64, 1st place 85th National Sports Competition 400mH 51.62, 1st place 34th National classification athletics championship 400mH 52.49, 1st place Q. What is the reason of returning to my alma mater and becoming the head coach? The previous coach went to Pocheon City and this position became vacant. The coach is selected through application form and interview, and I applied to be an alma mater and to observe my duty. Q. What is your next plan? There are 100m, 200m, 400m, 400mH, 4x400mR in track events of SKKU, and pole vault as a field event of SKKU. I do not want SKKU to lose 1600 relay win as long as I am a coach. And my goal is to win gold medals in all events. This is a translation of Eskaka’s blog. (Source: https://blog.naver.com/eskaka/221405114283)
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- 작성일 2019-02-18
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- Orientation for 2019 Freshmen (rolling recruitment) ended successfully
- On December 28th and January 4th, University College (Dean Hong Joon YOO) held an orientation session at each campus for freshmen who were accepted on a rolling-basis for the 2019 academic year. 1,124 students and parents took part in this year’s event and the increase of students enrolled in engineering and natural sciences programs was prevalent. The overall number of participants increased as well, recording about 220 more participants in comparison to the previous year. Programs in the orientation were designed to help the adjustment of the newcomers and it included a session with Sungkyun Mentor on the detail of preliminary school, welcoming performance by Kingo cheering squad and a session on the Freshman Guide. Soon Hyun JUNG, the Sungkyun Mentor who led the orientation at the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus expressed, “New students showed great interest in the details of university life such as dorm, scholarship, exchange program, cafeteria and shuttle bus. I feel that the university will take a bigger role for the success of the students.” One of the parents who participated in the orientation said, “At first, we were worried that the general program will be different from the specialized programs. But after listening to the lectures by Sungkyun Mentors and other Freshman Guide seniors, we are relieved.” University College has published an e-book containing information about course, library, and issuing Kingo-M for students who were unable to attend the orientation due to the distance. The college has also sent out a mobile message to individual students so that new students will be informed of academic affairs prior to the admission. University College is planning to have an orientation session for each program after mid-February and the entrance ceremony will be held at February 27th 11:00 AM in Suseonggwan (Natural Sciences Campus).
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- 작성일 2019-02-08
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- 2018 College of Sport Science held "the Mentoring Day"
- The Smart, Sports Mentoring and Real Tips program was held on December 13(THU), 2018 in the seminar room on the eighth floor of Sungkyunkwan University's Research Complex 1. Through "the Mentoring Day," the College would like to provide students with opportunities for career exploration and for exchange with their seniors. The event attended by about 100 people including the alumni started with a special lecture by Professor Jeong-hak LEE of the Physical Education Department of Kyunghee University ('86), followed by a variety of programs including an introduction of alumni, the Young-ki CHA scholarship delivery ceremony, celebration performance and a round-table talk for mentors and mentees. It was a meaningful place to communicate the experiences and advice of the graduates to the students and to share the students' concerns about the future.
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- 작성일 2019-01-22
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- In December, 2018, warm donation news was delivered to College of Sport Science
- In December, 2018, warm donation news was delivered to College of Sport Science. KBL donated 44 million won, SKKU sport team donated 19 million won, Won-seok JOO(INT ‘78/ President of Media Will Co,. LTD.) donated 10 million won, Kang-woon SEO(BUI ’92/ CEO of Seo-hoo Co,. LTD.) donated 10 million won, Sungkyun Sport Scholarship Committee donated 10 million won and Sungkyunkwan Univ. Baseball team donated 3 million won to the Sport team development fund. Young-ki CHA (Physical Education 81/CEO of Humake) donated 1 million won to the dept. of the Sport Science development fund. Many other alumni have been very helpful for the development of College of Sport Science. They said, "We will continue to give support to SKKU students and juniors so that they can concentrate on their studies."
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- 작성일 2019-01-16
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- New Year’s Message from the President of SKKU
- Dear Sungkyun Family, The year of Golden Dog has passed, and the new year of 2019 has come. This year is the year of the Golden Pig, which brings abundance to life. I sincerely hope that all SKKU members’ dreams and wishes are realized in accordance with the meaning of the year. Despite the tough domestic and foreign environment, our university has made a great achievement by entering the list of top 100 global universities. SKKU now takes rank with many prestigious universities in the world by achieving 82nd place in THE and 100th place in QS world university rankings. This will leave a significant mark on our university’s long history. Last year, SKKU was selected for the demonstration of university innovation project (PILOT) and has achieved 1st place in the National Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI) for 12 consecutive years. Also, we saw great results such as recording the highest job employment rate for 5 consecutive years and producing an increasing number of successful candidates for the national exams. We have newly established prospective majors to meet the needs of the era of fusion and convergence. Academic affairs have been reorganized to a flexible and student-centered system, setting the foundation for a new takeoff. In addition, SKKU has exhibited a high level of research power in the global academic world. In 2018, four of our researchers were selected as ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ and we have made excellent academic achievements in both quantity and quality. More than 5000 theses (SCI) were published for 2 years in a row and each piece was cited more than 10 times. Also, SKKU has gained a foothold of GT10+Convergence R&E cluster centered research by establishing the Institute of Quantum Biophysics and Institute of Art & Culture Media Convergence. SKKU was able to maintain inner stability and move on as a global leading university by the united efforts of university, foundation and alumnus. I would like to express my sincere appreciation for all the Sungkyun members for their dedication to our university. We should now take a powerful step toward our goal of being a ‘Global Leading University’. We should bear in mind that if we remain content of our previous achievements, we will fall behind of competition. Our university is now confronting challenges such as: the call for futuristic human resource education, decrease in number of school age population and the appearance of new form in education. SKKU will not remain content of our 600 years of history but move on by overcoming hardships with the collective wisdom of Sungkyun family. This year, I feel a great sense of responsibility and duty as the new president of SKKU. I will do my best to make SKKU a successful model of an innovative university and a truly Global Leading University. I suggest the following policies to achieve this goal: First, strengthen data · convergence education Second, achieve Global TOP 50 researches Third, advance as the leading university of new industries Fourth, manage based on the principle of communication and participation Again, thank you very much for all the dedication towards the development of our university. I wish each and every one of you good health and success in the year of our school’s 621st anniversary. January 1st, 2019 Dong Ryeol SHIN, The President of SKKU
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- 작성일 2019-01-07
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- The SKKU Baseball Team got the grand prize of Sungkyunkwan Family Award
- The Baseball Team got the grand prize of Sungkyunkwan Family Award The SKKU baseball team won the grand prize in the student category of the 22nd Sungkyunkwan Family Award. The Sungkyunkwan Family Award was established in 1997 to reward professors, students, and employees for their contributions to school development by practicing the school's teaching principle (仁義禮智) based on the founding philosophy (修己治人) of Sungkyunkwan University. This year's Sungkyunkwan Family Award 16 winners (individuals or teams) were selected in four categories (education, students, community service, administration). The baseball team was selected as the winner of the student category and Ji-seung JANG ('17) participated in the award ceremony as a representative.
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- 작성일 2018-12-28
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- In November, 2018, warm donation news was delivered to College of Sport Science
- In November, 2018, warm donation news was delivered to College of Sport Science. Asia Today Co,. LTD. donated 7.6 million won to the sport development. Jae-boong CHOI(Professor of the dept. of Mechanical Engineering) donated 2.2 million won to Kim Myeong-jin memorial scholarship fund and the sport development fund. Ki-ahn PARK(CEO, RS4 Co,. LTD.) donated 2 million won and Won-Seo JANG(CEO, Sesin Technomics Co,. LTD.) donated 1 million won to the sport development fund and Young-ki CHA (Physical Education 81/CEO of Humake) donated 1 million KRW to the Sport Science development fund. Many other alumni have been very helpful for the development of College of Sport Science. They said, "We will continue to give support to SKKU students and juniors so that they can concentrate on their studies."
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- 작성일 2018-12-17
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- Prof. Dong Ryeol SHIN Named as the 21st President of Sungkyunkwan University
- Prof. Dong Ryeol SHIN Named as the 21st President of Sungkyunkwan University Sungkyunkwan University announced on November 8th that it held a board of trustee meeting and appointed professor Dong Ryeol SHIN as the 21st Sungkyunkwan University president. Born in 1956 in Seoul, he graduated from Yongsan High School and Sungkyunkwan University Dept. of Electrical Engineering in 1980. He received his master's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992. Since 1994, he has been working as the professor of Sungkyunkwan University. He was a Dean of the College of Information and Communication Engineering and Dean of Sungkyun Convergence Institute and demonstrated his outstanding ability in education and administration. Prof. SHIN said, “I will do my best to make the school become a truly global leading university in the 4th industrial revolution, based on the consensus with members through active communication and dedication." His term will commence on January 1st, 2019.
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- 작성일 2018-12-06
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