SSCAP + is the acronym for Soongsil University Career Assistance Program organized by the SSU Career Development Center. It provides the students with information on landing a job as preparation for employment. It also helps the students in setting reasonable job goals through job search, decision m

Soongsilians’ discontents have increased because the registration and leave of absence system had been abolished. So, ST interviewed the General Student Association. .........................................................................Ed On July 5th 2017, SSU abolished the registration and leave of absence system (RLAS). The school was at a disadvantage regarding the evaluation of the universi

The new president of SSU was recently inaugurated. .........................................................................................Ed On February 1, Hwang Junseong, professor of Economics, was inaugurated as the 14th president of SSU. He graduated from SSU with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He received his master’s and doctor’s degree in Economics from the Free Universi

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 9.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 10.0px}p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 10.0px Courier}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}  On November 3, the ‘2016 Catch the Start-Up Festival’ was held at SSU. This festival was hosted by Dongjak District. Its aim was to create a start-up network fo

The 2017 SSU Student Council Election was held on November and the board members of the General Student Council, College Student Council, Department Student Council, Club Association, and Central Audit Committee were elected. The candidates of the 57th General Student Council were grouped into two teams. The first team candidates are Lee Joo-young and Kim Joo-young with the slogan ‘Action for You,

  SSU’s media has changed from five to four media. The Soongsil Magazine, which was a member of SSU’s broadcasting station, became an affiliated organization of the student council due to the magazine’s features. Currently, the 4 Media is consisted of two broadcasting stations, and two newspaper offices. ST introduces interviews with editor-in-chief of each media...................................

    Discussions about the College Restructuring plan are ongoing, which may have significantimpact in the overall structure of SSU. However, as the time is winter vacation, someSoongsilians are not familiar with what's going on. ST introduces the purpose of the CollegeRestructuring and its pros and cons. .....................................................Ed    The South Korean government

Kim Hyun-seung was born on April 4, 1913 in Pyongyang, North Korea. He later moved to Gwangju at the age of 7, and graduated from Soongsil Professional School, which is now SSU. He is well known for his works such as “The Dawn is Calling You”, “Firm Solitude”, “Tears”, and “The Prayer of Autumn.” However, on April 11, 1975, Kim Hyunseung, also known as 'the poet of solitude and autumn', breathed h

 Former Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon lectured to the Soongsilians at Hyungnam Memorial Engineering BuildingRoom 115, on June 1st. Oh Se-hoon resigned as mayor because he took responsibility for the failure of the passage of the legislation on free meals for the students in 2011. After his resignation, for 6 months, he worked as a member of an advisory panel for, and did volunteer work in, Rwanda. Us

SSU has consistently tried to build an intimate relationship with several Vietnamese universities. It seems that the consequences of such efforts will be seen this year.........................................................................................Ed.Plans to expand the education partnerships between SSU and a number of Vietnamese universities are under way, which are expected to streng

Department of Media Management is for graduate of specialized high school. The focus is systematic training for intensive expertise about media. Progress in planning, marketing, business management is main purpose. Curriculum is comprised of media, digital broadcasting, image, contents, design and so on. Leader of cultural society and intellectual society will be grown in this department.School

SSU reached 60th anniversary of reconstruction in seoul and launched forth for development of SSU taking this year as the first year of the third development. SSU was founded in Pyeongyang 1897 in the name of SSU school and grown up as the first higher education academy and modern university by William Baird missionary. But SSU school closed down for resist to Japanese Empire’s suppression and shi

SSU is conducting a fundraising campaign to celebrate its 120th anniversary. The fundraising event aims at raising 12 billion won to build the third university campus if the reunification of North and South Korea will be achieved. In his New Year address, the president of SSU, Hahn Hern-soo, expressed his gratitude for the raised money, which at that time was already 10 billion won. Now, I’m going

 Last September 12, at Han Kyung-chik Memorial Hall, SSU had a presidential lecture by Prof. Gary Hamel of London Business School. Prof. Hamel was named one of the 50 great scholars in the world by Harvard Business Review in 2011 and also “the best world business guru (specialist)” by Wall Street Journal in 2008. The theme of the lecture was “The Era of Creative Economies: What Is Indispensable to

 SISO (Soongsil International Student Organization) is a student diplomacy program under the Office of International Relations, whose aim is to support the livelihood of the exchange students in SSU. SISO consists of the Project Team, Inside Campus Team, Outside Campus Team, and PR Team. SISO and exchange students have held events such as pottery making, a picnic, and a city tour, in line with the

Professor Hahn Hern-soo (Electronic Engineering) was elected the 13th president of Soongsil University in December 7, 2012. His term started on February, 2013. Many SSU students are wondering how he lead our school. So ST interviewed president Hahn Hern-soo and listened his thought and plan.ST : Congratulations on becoming the 13th president of Soongsil University. As president, you should think

Paul Krugman: “Democratization of the Economy: Is It Possible? How?”  Last October 10 marked the 115th anniversary of the foundation of SSU. An academic lecture was held at 3 o’clock in Hankyungchik Memorial Hall. The subject of the lecture was “Democratization of the Economy: Is It Possible? How?” A constant stream of visitors arrived during the lecture, more than the number of peopl