22 meter long ‘Tunnel Fountain’ at the front gate of the campus... Walk through the water spouts to cool down
LED lights at night color the water spouts attracting people looking for things to see and places to rest
Alumnus Choi Hyeok-young (Civil Engineering class of ‘63 donated 100 million KRW for installation costs saying, “I hope it can be a place of rest for students and the community’
The ‘108 fountain nozzles’ hope to wash away the concerns and anguish of visitors to the school
[June 19, 2020]
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The ‘Cheonma Tunnel Fountain’ that gushes out streams of water to cool down the sweltering heat of ‘Daefrica (Daegu + Africa)’ was installed at YU (President Sur Gil-soo).
YU installed the ‘Cheonma Tunnel Fountain’ at Cheonmajimun, which is the main gate of the Gyeongsan Campus, from December of last year to March of this year, and recently conducted test operations. The completion ceremony was held at 5 p.m. On June 19 prior to the regular operation for the summer season.
The ‘Cheonma Tunnel Fountain’ is a tunnel-type fountain where people can walk into the fountain. It stands 3 meters tall, 6 meters wide, and 22 meters long, and there are a total of 108 fountain nozzles. The 108 fountain nozzles represent the meaning of washing away concerns and anguishes of people visiting the school through this fountain. A steel walkway was installed on top of the water and below the fountain tunnel allowing visitors to walk through the refreshing spouts of water to cool off in the summer. LED lights were installed on the nozzles to embroider the campus with lighted water gushes at night.
The YU campus is frequently visited by members of the community thanks to its reputation of being a beautiful campus with the mirror pond, cherry blossoms and love road along Cheonma-daero in front of the main building of YU, and the path to the folk village. The YU Cheonma Tunnel Fountain will offer extravagant attractions and a place for rest from the entrance to the campus, and it is thus expected to attract even more students and community members.
This fountain cost 100 million KRW and it was paid in full by YU Department of Civil Engineering class of ‘63 alumnus and president of the Choi Hyeok-young Scholarship Foundation Choi Hyuk-yeong (77) (right on above photo). This is not the first time that Mr. Choi gave a huge gift to his alma mater. In 2018, he paid for the entire cost for installing ‘Big Time’, the large clock on the upper exterior of the Central Library, which is a landmark of YU standing 80m high.
Mr. Choi said, “I hope this can be a place of rest that students and community members can take a moment to rest at while visiting YU. I will continue to support the development of YU and my juniors at YU whenever I have the chance.”
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Mr. Choi is also generously supporting students. He founded the Choi Hyeok-young to continuously give scholarships to not only his juniors at his alma mater, but to high school and college students nationwide. Mr. Choi not only offers scholarships to students, but also acts as a mentor who communicates with students through letters. He valued each and every one of the letters sent by students who received scholarships and published a book titled ‘Dialog of Love’ and he published a total of three books starting with ‘Dialog of Love I’ in 2015.
