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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.
