Send 50 Students for foreign exchange studies every year
[January 30, 2009]
"It's extremely important for our future to learn about China in order to face off against China, which will be the 21st century 'black hole'. With this the case, how can we not invest in our students?"
Professors of the School of Chinese Language & Culture has donated a heavy chunk of their personal money for their students. They want their students to study as much as they want without worrying about tuition. The group of professors in the School of Chinese Language & Culture visited the president of the university on the 30th and donated 300 million won from 13 professors for scholarships.
Park Woon-seok (57), dean of the School of Chinese Language & Culture, asked, "Why should we think twice about this money when we are educating young talent who will compete with the Chinese in the global arena?" He also added, "We will provide support for our students by sending 50 students to China as exchange students every year for 1 year so that they can learn not only the Chinese language but also the Chinese culture."
The love of their students by these professors was also a big issue in 2004 as well. 5 professors of Chinese Language & Culture made dumplings and Chinese food during the Daedong festival and sold them to make 2 million won, which they donated as scholarship funds. Honorary professor Jang-woo Lee and Professor Woon-seok Park also donated 5 million won each by taking out part of their retirement allowances in advance. In addition, the professors also donated all royalty on their copyrighted documents as scholarships, which has amounted to 300 million won now.
Based on this, Yeungnam University School of Chinese Language & Culture is planning to work harder on learning all about China. While sending 50 exchange students for 1 year to 15 universities in China annually, short-term education programs such as exploring China will be expanded in order to help all students in this school to experience the culture and lifestyle of China. Furthermore, over 50% of major-level classes are to be conducted in Chinese in order to help students attain HSK level 9 (equivalent to 900 on TOEIC) before they graduate. For this, 7 Chinese full-time professors from Beijing University and Fudan University have already been recruited. Moreover, the school's own scholarships are also to be paid in order to motivate students to pursue knowledge.
Since opening its doors as the Chinese Language & Culture Department in 1975, the School of Chinese Language & Culture has graduated over 1,000 students and was promoted to an independent school in 2007.
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