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Evaluated 29 sub-items in 8 fields such as curriculum, faculty, facilities and financial aid 'Outstanding' practical education such as free legal advice and mock trials [January 2, 2013] YU Law School (right) and Law School Library opened in March 2009 The YU Law School (Deam Keum, Tae-huan) received 'Certification' in the first law school evaluation held for 25 law schools across the nation. The certification is valid for five years. Korean Bar Association(KBA) Law School Evaluation Committee (chairperson Han, Boo-whan) announced the results of evaluating 25 law schools across the nation in the Attorney Education Culture Hall in Seocho-dong, Seoul on the 21st. Evaluations were made in 8 fields and 29 sub-items such as the curriculum, faculty, facilities and financial aid for the 3 years from 2009 to 2011 when the first graduates attended the school. This evaluation, which was judged on a pass/fail basis, categorized law schools that had Fs in 2 fields as suspended for certification, and re-evaluation for schools that received Fs in 3 or more fields. In result, 18 law schools such as YU, Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Ewha Womans University and Sogang University received certifications. Meanwhile 7 law schools (Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University, Chonnam National University, Chungbuk National University, Hanyang University, Kangwon National University, Dong-A University) received suspended certifications. Law schools that received suspended certifications must receive additional evaluations on fields that they scored poorly on within one year. In this evaluation, YU was assessed to be 'Outstanding' for practical education. Since 2009, free legal advice is being offered over summer break at towns without any law firms, while also limiting the number of students for practical legal classes such as mock trials to 5 to 7 students. Moreover, by procuring 11 faculty members who are former judges, prosecutors and attorneys, it was evaluated to have implemented practical education. In addition, by signing agreements with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, Ministry of Government Legislation, Korea Legal Aid Corporation and Kim & Chang Law Firm, YU is offering high quality experience-based learning opportunities. Meanwhile, the YU Law School, which was opened in 2009 with 70 students, gave financial aid to 80% of the students, and is also providing full support in preparation of bar examinations through special lectures over summer break and employment cafes. The first 58 students graduated in February 2012 and 47 of them passed their bar examination, recording an 81% pass rate. The employment rate was 100%. Five of them were picked up as law clerks. Three of those who will graduate in February 2013 have also been confirmed to be appointed as law clerks, while one confirmed a spot in the prosecutors' office.
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received PCGG Chairman's Award Developed dehumidifier/air freshener by recycling coffee powder, earned opportunity for overseas studies worth 10 million won Another achievement following first team's first place, second team's encouragement prize [January 10, 2013] 3rd Green Leader Awarding Ceremony (from left to right: 'Saeparandae' Team Kim, Nam-ju, Lee, Chan-hee, Secretary of Presidential Committee on Green Growth(PCGG) Lee, Won-hee, Kim, Byung-soo, Jung, Hyun-ji, Korean Association for Green Campus Initiative chairman Shin, Ui-soon - photo source: HKBS) YU students were awarded 'first place' in the '3rd Green Leader Fostering Program' hosted by the Korean Association for Green Campus Initiative (KAGCI, chairman Shin, Ui-soon). Thus, YU was awarded grand prize in the first program and encouragement prize in the second program, and again first place this time around, establishing itself as a cradle of 'Green Leaders'. The 'Green Leader Fostering Program' is a project for selecting and training university students to become green leaders at their campus. It is in its third year and is sponsored by the Korea Petroleum Association and 4 oil companies (SK Energy, GS Caltex, S-Oil, Hyundai Oil Bank). The third team of 100 green leaders selected from universities around the nation in July last year led green campus activities in their universities for the past semester, and recently, the final presentation and awards ceremony was held at the Yonsei University Samsung Academic Center. In result, the 'Saeparandae' Team made up of 4 students in the School of Business such as sophomores Kim, Byung-soo and Lee, Chan-hee and juniors Kim, Nam-ju and Jung, Hyun-ji won first place receiving the 'PCGG Chairman's Award'. They also were given the opportunity for overseas education worth 10 million won. The 'Saeparandae' Team placed dehumidifiers/air fresheners made by recycling coffee powder thrown away in the school cafe and placed them all around the campus to control the indoor humidity. In addition, they placed garbage bins for paper inside of the campus and made notebooks using the collected paper and gave them away to students for free. Also, through the cooperation with the university, they took the initiative to establish the 'Campus Public Bicycle system Construction project' and the designation of smoking areas. Moreover, they publicized the smartphone application 'Tree Planet' in which trees are planted in desert areas around the world when users plant trees in the game, and was thus recognized for their campaign activities for environment-friendly, low carbon green campus. On this, Kim, Byung-soo (24, sophomore in School of Business), the leader of the 'Saeparan' Team, stated, "I am happy to be able to continue the legacy of our first and second green leader seniors and I would like to help to make the fourth green leaders be born from YU as well." He also added, "I hope that the achievements of green campus within the university will expand to the entire society in order to contribute to the establishment of a green community'.
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YU Research Institute of Protein Sensor Provides Scientific Clue to Reveal Cause of Damage by Germicide in Humidifiers Promotes skin aging and embryo inflammation, published on SCI international academic journal <Cardiovascular Toxicology> [January 7, 2013] The Research Team at YU Research Institute of Protein Sensor that scientifically proved the dangers of germicide in humidifiers (from left to right: Kim, Yong-jae, Professor Cho, Kyung-hyun, Kim, Hak-hyeon) Since the germicide in humidifiers was found to be the culprit of deaths of dozens of patients with severe lung diseases in the spring of 2011, there were over 300 reports of suspected causes nationwide. Research results that scientifically proved its correlation was revealed by a Korean university research team. The YU Research Institute of Protein Sensor's research team (director - Professor Cho, Kyung-hyun) purchased PHMG and PGH, which are the raw materials used for germicide in humidifiers and sold in the market, and used them as directed, injecting them in human blood serum protein, skin cells, blood vessel cells, and the embryos and adult forms of zebrafish to observe its physiological effects. In result, the research team discovered that PHMG and PGH had severe toxicity such as ▲acute toxicity for cardiovascular system ▲promoting aging of skin cells ▲embryo inflammation, etc. According to the research team, after observing zebrafish in water with PHMG products treated according to the recommendations (concentration placed in the water tank of humidifiers), all of the zebrafish in the PHMG (max density 0.3%) group died in 75 minutes, and in the PGH (max 10mM) group, all of the zebrafish died in 65 minutes. In particular, after analyzing the heart of the dead zebrafish, it was found that collagen fibrosis progressed quickly in the aorta. This suggests that the cause of the deaths of patients with severe lung diseases and exposed to germicide in humidifiers was closely related to the increase of acute inflammation and aorta fibrosis. Moreover, in the blood serum of the dead zebrafish the inflammatory factors doubled compared to the control group, and in its liver tissue the severe fatty liver and acute liver inflammation were also found. It was also found that the germicide in humidifiers severely damaged human skin cells as well. The research team placed the PHMG product's recommended usage on human skin cells. However, the skin death was too severe that further tests could not be progressed, and when diluting by more than ten times the recommended usage, about half of the cells died. It also promoted skin cell aging, while showing severe levels of transformation of blood vessel macrophage and cause of atherosclerosis. Macrophage is a cell that is in charge of the congenital immunity, and in the event there is transformation, it represents a higher risk of catching various diseases. Meanwhile, in the embryos of zebrafish that were injected with small amounts of PHMG and PGH, it was found that development speeds slowed down, inflammation increased, resulting in more deaths of embryos. In particular, the research team found that the development speed of embryos slowed down the most and inflammation was most severe when injected with PGH. This research, which was conducted with the support of the 'Junior Researcher Support Project' (core research) of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology(MEST) and the National Research Foundation of Korea, and the 'Undergraduate Student Research Program Support Project' of the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity(KOFAC), was published on the online version of the SCI international academic journal <Cardiovascular Toxicology> (title: “Acute cardiovascular toxicity of sterilizers, PHMG and PGH: severe inflammation in human cells and heart failure in zebrafish”). In this paper, Kim, Hak-hyeon (23) a junior in the School of Biotechnology and Kim, Jae-yong (26) who is in the Master & PhD course in the Graduate School of Biotechnology participated as joint primary authors. In result, the number of SCI papers with primary authors being undergraduate students is now 6 from Professor Cho, Kyung-hyun's research lab since November 2008. Professor Cho, Kyung-hyun (44, School of Biotechnology), who oversaw this research, stated, "After the report that dozens of patients with severe lung diseases died due to suspected relations to the use of germicide in humidifiers, the humidifiers with germicide were recalled and sales stopped, but the same substance is still being used in products such as moist tissue and disinfectant sprays," adding, "This research is the first in the world to scientifically reveal one of the causes and toxicities of germicide contents can cause death, and thus, we hope that it will present a safety guideline for substances used in household goods."
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Professor Kim, Jae-gun of the Center for Undergraduate Track for Multidisciplinary Nuclear Engineers Educational Program and Manager Yoon, Dae-gil of the Nuclear Energy Obligees received the Province Governor's Citation Recognized for its excellence in fostering convergence powerful brains in the nuclear power sector [December 26, 2012] Professor Kim, Jae-gun (left) and Mr. Yoon, Dae-gil received the province governor's citation for their contributions to pursuing nuclear power policies YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) was recognized for its excellence of the 'Convergence Nuclear Experts Fostering'. At the end of the year, YU was recognized for its contributions for pursuing nuclear power policies for Gyeongsangbuk-do and received the province governor's citation. Gyeongsanbuk-do recently selected and awarded 4 people who are members of YU and the Korea Radioactive Waste Management Corporation as contributing universities and institutes that helped establish a world-class nuclear power cluster in the East Coast with the nation's best nuclear power infrastructure. YU's Professor Kim, Jae-gun (63) of the Center for Undergraduate Track for Multidisciplinary Nuclear Engineers Educational Program and Yoon, Dae-gil (24, junior in School of Mechanical Engineering), who led the 'Nuclear Power' team, which is a Nuclear Energy Obligee, received citations from the governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do. After working at KEPCO Engineering & Construction for over 30 years, Professor Kim began working at YU from September 2011. He is contributing to the fostering of nuclear experts, which are the key element for the Gyeongsangbuk-do Nuclear Power Cluster project through lectures on 'Nuclear Power Generator Systems' and 'Nuclear Power Materials'. As the guidance professor of the 'Nuclear Power' team, he also gave special lectures to students at Jukbyeon High School located in Uljin-gun and made visits to Yeongdeok-gun Office to enhance the acceptability of nuclear power among the community. Mr. Yoon, who graduated from Uljin High School and is double majoring in multidisciplinary major in nuclear engineering, led the 'Nuclear Power' team from April to November and was recognized for his contributions in enhancing understanding and communication on nuclear power for the community through SNS PR activities using Twitter and Facebook, 'Talk Concert of Supporters for Gyeongsanbuk-do Provincial Office and YU Nuclear Energy Obligee', pursued the 'Nuclear Power Knowledge Sharing Event' with 800 students from Gyeongsan High School and Jukbyeon High School, and conducted 'Surveys on Understanding Nuclear Power' at Dongdaegu Station, Banwoldang and Jungangno. Earlier in July, he also received the top award at the evaluation for the first half of the year for 'Nuclear Energy Obligee' hosted by the Korea Nuclear Energy Promotion Agency, and first place in the nuclear power energy slogan contest. Meanwhile, YU newly opened the major in Nuclear Engineering as a convergence major from the first semester of 2011. Its overseeing department is the School of Mechanical Engineering (major of mechanical system engineering, major of mechanical design engineering, major of mechanical advanced engineering) and the Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and the School of Chemical Engineering are participating in this. In relation to such achievements, Professor Kim stated, "The 'Nuclear Power' team and all students majoring in nuclear engineering will become key next-generation human resources for the Korean nuclear power industry. Based on accurate and precise judgments and information on nuclear power, we will help them unfold active PR activities."
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Girls' Team from the Department of Public Administration wins '1st Thesis Competition For University Students' for Information Network Village Present success strategy and plan for information network village to reduce disparity between urban and rural regions [December 26, 2012] Department of Public Administration Team and guidance professor who won the '1st Thesis Competition For University Students' hosted by KLID (from left to right: Professor Hwang, Sung-soo, Nam, Da-reum, Hwang, Hee-jin) "I'm so happy to be able to receive this award at a nation-wide competition with my project on 'Information Network Village' that I worked on while taking a class in the 'Study of Public Administration Information System." Hwang, Hee-jin (22, senior) and Nam, Da-reum (21, junior) of the YU Department of Public Administration were given participation awards at the '1st Thesis Competition For University Students' held at the Korea Local Information Research and Development Institute (KLID). Because it was the first university students (graduate school students) thesis competition held for about 2 months since mid July on a relatively rare theme of 'strategy for promoting the operation of information network village', there was no top winner and only three participation prizes (YU, Dankook Univeristy and Chungnam University) were given the awards of the president of KLID and a cash prize. Though their grades were different, Hwang and Nam, who had strong teamwork as they took the same class since the first semester, were awarded for their thesis titled 'Strategy for Second Leap of Information Network Village' (guidance professor Hwang, Sung-soo, Department of Public Administration). The research received high scores as the thesis identified the actual status by visiting and phone interviews of 6 Information Network Villages in the region, and based on this, suggested a concrete alternative. In fact, they conducted field studies of a total of 6 Information Network Villages, including the Midae and Naedong Villages of Daegu, which they had already once visited for their class assignment during the semester. In result, in the case of Midae and Naedong Villages of Daegu that are famous for growing water parsley, sales of water parsley via e-commerce accounted for only 10% of total sales. Also, in the case of Yandong Folk Village of Gyeongju, the level of contribution of informationization to attracting visitors and sales of local specialties were found to be considerably small. Thus, they pointed out that the informationization of hardware were not directly connected to the informationization of software and the increase of income for farms, and suggested alternatives such as ▲ plans to maximize synergy effects for duplicate support ▲ operate Information Network Village together with farmers from the city ▲ establish PR strategies using SNS, and ▲ development of courses customized by theme and customer. "While going out on the field, analyzing collected data, and theoretically organizing data, I was able to learn a lot and felt a great deal of accomplishment. I was proud of myself especially after receiving this award." They added, "We are confident that making a control tower to integrate and manage overlapping projects and by utilizing the relatively younger farmers, it will be possible to breathe life into the Information Network Village" as they expressed their hopes that their suggestions will contribute to the success of the Information Network Village projects. Upon his students winning a nation-wide competition by upgrading their class assignment, Guidance Professor Hwang, Sung-soo (Department of Public Administration) said, "It is not easy for undergraduate students to win the award for their research thesis so I am very happy," while adding, "Since the success or failure of the Information Network Village is highly dependent upon closing the gaps between cities and rural areas, while promoting the local community, I am planning to look for ways to find better policies by thinking and working together with students of public administration in regular classes. Furthermore, I will be looking for ways to apply team projects with international students studying the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul so that we can apply them in the third world nations as well."
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For Volunteering, backpacking, language course, and internships, etc Up to 1.5 million won in financial support per student [December 20, 2012] YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) will provide 320 students the opportunity to experience the world during winter break. In order to lessen the financial burden of students, up to 1.5 million won will be provided by educational funding. 71 students of the 24th YU overseas volunteer corps will begin volunteer activities in 8 countries for 2 weeks starting on January 5, 2013 (group photo of launching ceremony for the 24th overseas volunteer corps) As part of this, YU held the launching ceremony for the 24th overseas volunteer corps at the conference room on the 3rd floor of the law school library at 3pm on the 20th. YU, which has been dispatching volunteers to foreign countries for the past 11 years, began operating the program together with UNESCO and the International Workcamp Organization (IWO) since 2010 to provide students with the opportunity to provide volunteer services while eating and sleeping with university students from around the world. This winter, 71 volunteer students will commence overseas volunteer activities in 8 countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Mexico, India, Vietnam, Laos and Indonesia for 2 to 3 weeks. Kang, Hoon (23, junior in the School of Materials Science and Engineering), who will work as a volunteer for two weeks in Laos from January 5, said, "I am very excited to be able to work with university students from around the world for two weeks to practice love without borders," and added, "I will return as a 'Y-type human resources' filled with maturity and intellect as a global citizen." One overseas program supported by educational funding that should not be forgotten is the 'Window To the World (WTW)' program. It is very popular as students plan their own theme and go on a backpacking trip, financially supported by the university such as for round-trip airfare. Competition amounts to 6 to 1. Since it began in 2002, over 1,500 students traveled the world up until the past summer break. During the winter break, 65 students will group into teams of 2 to 3 students and go on backpacking trips around the world for two to three weeks. 'OPP (Outbound Pilot Program)' is another school financed overseas dispatch program that YU boasts. Freshmen and sophomore students who are interested in studying abroad are selected and provided with a 10 week focus English training session during the semester and then given the opportunity to study English abroad during winter break. It allows students to prepare thoroughly for exchange student programs that students can apply from after their junior year. During this winter break, 78 students selected through the OPP will go to the Philippines and Australia for 5 weeks. In addition, 106 more students will be sent overseas for 8 week language courses, overseas internships, and short-term cultural experience programs. Thus, a total of 320 YU students will travel the world during this winter break. On this, YU president Lee, Hyo-soo stated, "Vacations are perfect opportunities for students to improve their global mindset and refinement as a global citizen," while adding, "YU will continue to expand support to students so that more students will have the opportunity for global experience-based education." Furthermore, to students departing for overseas volunteer work, he stated, "Participating in volunteer programs operated by UNESCO and the IWO together with other university students from around the world will be a very precious experience," and added, "I hope that you take this opportunity to construct a global human network and take care of such network for the rest of your lives. Please take special care for your safety and health and I hope to see you on campus as more developed people after two weeks."
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Inauguration on February 1, 2013, and 4 Year Term Concentrate on improving status of Yeungnam University.. [December 31, 2012] Professor Noh, Seok Kyun (57, School of Chemical Engineering, photo) was appointed as the 14th president of YU. The Yeungnam Educational Foundation (chairperson Woo, Eui Hyung) recently held an executive board meeting and appointed Professor Noh, Seok Kyun as the 14th president of YU. His term will be for 4 years starting on February 1, 2013. President-elect Noh stated, "I would like to thank the executive board and the faculty for selecting me. I will do my best for the development of the university so that it may regain its past glory and status." He also added, "We will stabilize the university system that has become lacking after the normalization of the foundation and work hard to improve the school's finances together with our educational foundation," while also adding, "We will balance education between majors and general education courses for students, while focus support on professors who excel in research and teaching." Mr. Noh, who was born in 1955, studied at Yonsei University Department of Chemistry (bachelors), KAIST (master's), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD), while completing his post-doc at Cornell University. He has been serving as a professor at the YU College of Engineering School of Chemical Engineering, while also holding major positions such as the vice-dean of the College of Engineering, vice-president of office of funded research, director of office of research cooperation foundation, research manager of the regional research cluster center, director of the BK21 display materials and process engineering program, chairperson of faculty assembly, chairman of the Yeungnam Educational Foundation Normalization Committee, and director of the planning and coordination department. Outside of the university, he is a life-long member of the Korean Chemical Society (1978-current), lifelong member and director of the Polymer Society of Korea (1978-current), lifelong member of Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (1995-current), lifelong member of Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (1996-current), and full member of the American Chemical Society (1988-current). He also served as the joint representative of the 「Promotion Proclamation of The Citizens' Coalition for Scientific Society」 since 2010. His major achievements in research include publication of 104 theses in SCI and SCI-E journals, publication of 30 theses in Korean and international academic journals, presentation of 207 theses in academic conferences both in Korea and abroad, and writing of 9 books, while holding 19 registered patents. After 2000, he was given a total of 7.0995 billion won for research expenses.
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Lee, Jae-hee, master's degree holder from YU, awarded best thesis award at the fall academic conference of the Korean Home Management Association Provides basic data for career counselling, career education and career polocies in public education per developmental stage [December 12, 2012] Research showed that teens with higher psychological independence and career decision-making self-efficacy had higher 'Career Maturity', or level of self-motivation in career exploration and career preparation. Lee, Jae-hee won the best thesis award for master's degrees at the 52nd KHMA Fall Academic Conference Lee, Jae-hee (24), who earned her master's degree at the YU Graduate School Department of Family and Housing Studies, won the best thesis award for master's degree at the '52nd KHMA Fall Academic Conference' with her paper titled 'Effects of Psychological Independence and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy felt by Teens on Career Maturity'. Lee started this study using her own experiences while making her career decision in school and talking with youths while working as a YU student ambassador. She stated, "The experiences of career decision-making as youths play a very important role in determining occupations after becoming adults." She also added, "I wanted to know what kind of effects parents had on career decisions during teenage years, and the effects of how teens felt about their capacities and selections ('Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy') on career maturity." The subjects of research for this paper were 232 middle school students and 215 high school students in the Dalseo-gu region of Daegu. After examining the difference of career maturity that they felt according to the social demographic variables, it was found that it was affected by gender, school year, father's education level, mother's education level, and financial level. Furthermore, it was found that in the case of both middle and high school students, higher psychological independence and career decision-making self-efficacy equated into greater career maturity. Lee revealed through this study that personal career maturity is influenced not only by one's self, but also by parents, teachers and other acquaintances. She emphasized, "They need the love and interest of influential people around them. Families, community, and even the nation should feel a sense of responsibility and provide education and consulting so that youths can make proper decisions for their future occupations and careers." Professor Lee, Ji-min (41, Department of Family and Housing Studies), who acted as an advisor for her paper stated, "I'm happy that she had such great results because she had a very tough time preparing for her graduation thesis to earn both her bachelor's and master's degree within 5 year." She added, "This is a very important research because it provided basic data for career counselling, career education and career polocies in public education taking into consideration the developmental stages of various age groups." Meanwhile, the 'KHMA Best Thesis Award' is an award given by the Korean Home Management Association' (chairperson Cho, Hee-keum) for the thesis selected to be the best among those published in the year. One thesis is awarded every year since 2007. The awards ceremony was held at the Seoul National University Multimedia Building on the 24th of last month.
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Hosted by MEST, Awarded for Universities sector Recognized for constructing a multi-cultural community such as online mentoring for children of multi-cultural families [December 12, 2012] YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) was awarded at the '1st Korea Education Donation Award'. The 'Korea Education Donation Award' is an award established for the first time this by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology(MEST) with the goal of enhancing the social awareness and participation of education donation. The awards ceremony was held at the El Tower in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu in Seoul on the 7th with the attendance of over 300 people including the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, president of the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity, and persons in charge of municipal and provincial education donation. YU was honored with the grand prize in the universities sector. 8 universities, 16 companies, 12 public institutions, 6 organizations and associations, 8 university student clubs, and 10 elementary, middle and high schools were awarded. YU was recognized for its contributions in taking the initiative in improving social awareness for multi-cultures and educational support for multi-cultural families in order to establish an 'open multi-cultural community'. In November 2009, it established the YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute (director Park, Seung-woo Department of Sociology) and from April 2010, it is successfully conducting the 'online mentoring programs' for children of multi-cultural families for the first time in the nation. Furthermore, it has been conducting the 'Multi-cultural Leader School' that provides support for the voluntary role-searching as members of society and social adaptation for women who immigrated to Korea by marriage for the past 3 years. From the second half of 2011, it has also been operating the 'Multi-cultural experience class with foreigners' in which international students introduce their country's culture and aims at enhancing understanding of multi-cultures for elementary and middle school students. Recognized for its achievements, Park, Seung-woo, the director of the Multicultural Education & Research Institute, received the Prime Minister's Award at the '5th Together Day' that was held in May of this year. In July, the institute also received the 'Outstanding Education Donation Institute' certification from MEST. In the meanwhile, YU was also selected as a hub university of the Yeugnam region for the 'multi-culture/North Korean defector student mentoring' project that was co-operated by MEST and the Korea Student Aid Foundation. On this, Director Park, Seung-woo stated, "We will conduct continuous and long-term education donation programs, rather than single-session education programs, and in particular, we will create a synergy effect through the cooperation and association with local government, government institutes, companies, and the entire society to take the initiative in creating an 'open multi-cultural community'.
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Statue of late Professor Mctaggart of the Department of English Language and Literature installed ‘An educator who loved Korea more than Koreans’ Practiced true love by donating 260 million won in scholarships to over 200 students [December 10, 2012] YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) installed a statue of the upper body (photo) of the late Dr. Arthur Joseph Mctaggart (1915~2003), who showed true love as a great teacher while serving as a professor of the Department of English Language and Literature for over 20 years, to remember him. The unveiling ceremony of his statue was held at 11am on the 8th with the attendance of YU president Lee, Hyo-soo, College of Liberal Arts Dean Lee, Jeong-hi, president of the Youngwoo Association Noh, Tae-hyeon, Yeo, Eung-mo (Boeing), Park, Myung-deok (KGC), Lee, Sang-gam (Cheong-do Punggak Middle School), Park, Young-ho (Daegu Convention & Visitors Bureau), and over 50 of Dr. Mctaggart's students and acquaintances. Dr. Mctaggart's students organized the Dr. Mctaggart Memorial Association in light of his 10th year memorial for July of next year and built the statue by raising 25 million won. Choi, Byung-man, a teacher at Daeyeoung Middle School in Yeongju who ate and slept together with Dr. Mctaggart for two years, stated in the unveiling ceremony, "I clearly remember that day when I was going off to my new position at work and Dr. Mctaggart handed me a yellow envelope telling me to use it for a room and food until I get my first paycheck." He also added, "He will always be remembered as my teacher and I will strive to become a teacher that lives up to his name." This statue was erected at the first floor of the Humanities Hall and it depicts his generous appearance. Dr. Mctaggart was known as 'an educator who loved Korea more than Koreans' and made his first ties in Korea while working at the US Embassy in Korea as a finance officer for the US Department of State. After retiring from the US Department of State in 1976, he was immediately appointed as a professor at the YU Department of English Language and Literature. Until the day he retired from YU, he donated 260 million won in scholarships to over 200 of his students. Subtracting about 300,000 won a month for minimal expenses, he gave up his entire salary and pension for scholarships. He was very generous to his students and even sold a painting by Lee, Jung-seob to donate more for scholarships, but to himself, he was very stingy. He would just brush away the mold from bread and eat it, and even walked long distances to save on bus fees. He also used whatever personal time he had to give free English lessons, setting an example for modest and clean lifestyles. After retiring from YU in 1997, he returned to the US, but showed his love for Korea until he passed away in July, 2003. He recovered a total of 482 cultural artifacts that were exported to the US such as Korean celadon and porcelain from various eras, as well as 380 earthenwares from the Silla, Gaya and Unified Silla Period, and permanently donated them to the National Museum of Korea in 2000. Because of this, he was also awarded with the Korea Order of Culture Merit.
