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NEW Ajou University celebrates the New Year

  • 2019-02-22
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Ajou University held an event to celebrate the New Year of 2019 with representatives of its people in attendance.


 


Officials from the Daewoo Educational Foundation and faculty and staff members of the University and the University Medical Center exchanged well-wishes during the event, which was held on the morning of January 2nd in the Grand Auditorium of Jonghap Hall.


 


Ajou University President Hyung Ju Park said in his greetings, "I would like thank all the Ajou people who did your best last year in such a challenging environment," adding, "Let us continue to move forward in 2019 under the motto 'Connecting Minds.'"


 


The main projects for 2019 introduced by President Park include: restructuring education programs for humanities and major subjects; building a hall to commemorate the University's 50th anniversary with sophisticated interactive classrooms, cultural activity areas, and online and offline libraries; improving the research support system; increasing research funds for new faculty members; and exporting educational and research models in science and engineering to Uzbekistan. 


 


He went on to say, "The year 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of Ajou University, and I would like to prepare and execute a development blueprint for the next decade," adding, "I ask that Ajou people directly face challenges in this time of change based on trust in one another and hope for the future."


 


President Park's remarks were followed by greetings from Chairman Young Ki Chung of the University Faculty Society, President Joo Yong Kim of the Union, student representative In Seok Yoon, and Executive Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation Seong Keun Oh. Participants then cut a rice cake together as part of the celebration.