A mentoring program for new students was held. This program was designed to help the freshmen adapt well to school life. The academic advisors and mentor students have been working on this program. The academic advisors gave practical help such as career counseling to the freshmen. On the other hand, the mentor students talked about school life to the freshmen, and gave them study know-how. The

    On December 8, SSU won the 51st Joongang Advertisement BestCommunication Prize for its “Be the Leader of the New Era” advertisement.This is a very meaningful achievement because the awardwas given based on the opinions of trusted advertisement agencyspecialists. Also, the readers’ votes accounted for 40% of the rating.The advertisement received great reviews for its message that aS

Last July 4, a praise concert by Professor Gang Myeong-sik was held at the Reverend Han Kyung-chik Memorial Hall. It was hosted by SSU Academy of Music. Gang is a professor in the Department of CCM (Contemporary Christian Music). CCM artist Professor Song Jeong-mi was invited as a special guest. Graduates and enrolled students participated in the concert through special performances. All the proce

SSU and KOSBI (Korea Small-Business Institute) signed an MOU (memorandum of understanding) last July 7. The MOU signing ceremony began with greetings and ended with taking a commemorative photograph of the event. Kim Se-jong, the director of KOSBI, Yoon Heon-deok of SSU, and many other people took part in the event. Both institutions concur with the importance of spreading the success experience o

Professor Bae Myung-jin of SSU Sound Engineering Lab and his research team invented a fire extinguisherthat uses sound wind to catch fire. This was first invented by the students in George Mason University. ThenProfessor Bae and his research team greatly improved its power. As the new fire extinguisher is light andhandy, it is expected to extinguish fires in the early stage.

 On April 16, the SSU and Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education held the '2015 Seoul School Parents Humanities Academy'. The parents of the students are taking classes every Thursday from April 16 to May 21 at the Venture Hall room 309. This event will provide the opportunity to develop humanistic knowledge, introspect, and reading culture. The instructor is humanist Kim Gyeong-jip who is the aut

Professor Koh Moon-hyun (College of Law, SSU) received the Best Thesis award at the 42nd symposium of European Constitution Association held on December 19 in Dongguk University. Professor Koh was awarded for his thesis entitled “Problem and Resolution of the Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide Based on the Environmental Law.” European Constitution Association is an organization that aims to dis

Room 321 in Hyungnam Memorial Engineering Building has been dedicated to Zhoh Choon-koo, director of Lifelong Education Center and a professor at the College of Engineering. In the morning of January 23, there was a naming dedication ceremony for Director Zhoh. He has consistently donated development funds in various fields since 1999. Including his latest donated development fund of 10 million wo

An awarding ceremony for the 3rd Soongsil Industrial Convergence Idea Contest took place in Baird Hall on December 22. The contest has been held since 2012 by Soongsil Convergence Research Institute (SCRI) to discover and support students’ creative ideas. SCRI aims to merge different fields, such as natural science and engineering, and humanities and arts. Among the 48 teams that participated in t

  President Han visited a new liberal art education requirements for freshman, ‘Peace and Reunification of Korean Peninsula’ and lectured about ‘why Soongsilians have to deal with peace and reunification.’ President said “The unity of Korean people is essential to upgrade the prestige and brand power of South Korea across the world. As the only divided university in Korean Peninsula, S

The 9th Annual Humanities Festival was held in Han Kyung-chik Memorial Hall on June 24, 25, and 27, respectively. Each session, which lasted for 2 hours, was delivered by Kang Yu-won, PhD. He presented his opinion during the lecture, in which the main theme was education. The first session deals with the reason for studying. He answered this by explaining that education is important in order for u

The 1st Korea Game Forum was conducted by Korea Game Society and Soongsil University and hosted by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Creative Content Agency.In this forum, korea game forum's identity and direction of operation was discussed and argue about 'game issue of smart generation'. The president of this forum, soongsil univeristy lee jae hong professor, said at the openin

On March 21, SSC (Soongsil Soccer Club) went through to the final match with Korea Soccer Club in GeyongnamTongyeong in the spring season tournament and finished second after losing with a score of 0:2. SSC proved its strength, though, by gaining five wins, one draw, and only one loss (the final match) out of seven matches. Also, it secured a high position in the University Soccer League by advanc

SSU introduced a “system of abandoning credit” in the first semester of 2014. This abrupt introduction caused controversy among the students. Even though it was announced in winter, its original date of implementation (March 4) was too tight. Considering the date of the opening course, March 2, it was too hard for the students to complete the credit-related tasks. In addition, only those who had f

On May 12, talk show with Nancy Lang took place at Reverend Han Kyungchik Memorial Hall. Nancy Lang, her real name being Park Hye-ryeong(39) is widely known for her catchphrase, ‘Cutie, Sexy, Kitty, Nancy, Ang!’ and her cat above her shoulder. She has been in the art industry for a decade and is now called a “walking pop- artist”.During the session, short introduction of Nancy Lang and her life

Last December 27, an Awarding Ceremony of Institutional Accreditation was held in the Grand Ballroom of Millennium Seoul Hilton Hotel. Institutional Accreditation, a system which has been implemented by the Korean University Accreditation Institute, was introduced in 2011 to assure university education quality by its own evaluations. SSU has met the criteria for the accreditation which is recogn

Last January 2, the opening ceremony for the year was held at the Kim Deok-yoon Chapel in Han Kyung-chik Memorial Hall, SSU. There were about 200 people including president of SSU and Vice President for Educational Affairs. Head of the Office of Chaplain, Kim Hoe-gwon, led the worship. He preached to the people about “Progressive SSU and Leaping SSU.” He said, “When we look up to Jehovah, our step

SSU’s advertisement won various awards in the Advertising Grand Prize. The ad in 2013 used the image of “first penguins” and received compliments from many experts. As expected, it won the first prize in Joongang Grand Prize and in the awarding ceremonies held by Hankyoreh, Financial News, Asia Economy Daily, and Kyunghyang Shinmun, including a lot of prestigious awards from other institutions.

Last October 8, the College of Social Sciences of SSU held the Project CheonanShip film screening in the Venture and Small and Medium Enterprises Center. This screening was conducted as part of the activities for Free Culture Day, a program hosted by the College of Social Sciences to deliver important messages to Soongsilians. Project Cheonan Ship is a politically controversial film. The