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NEW (2015-05-06) A meeting is held to encourage Ajou students from earthquake-ridden Nepal

  • 2015-05-12
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A meeting was held at 2 p.m. on May 6th in Yulgok Hall to encourage Ajou University students from Nepal, who were shocked by the earthquake that hit Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 25th.
 
Participants at the meeting included President Dong Yeon Kim, Dean Joong Soon Jang of the Graduate School, Dean Jay Ick Lim of the Graduate School of International Studies, Vice President for Student Affairs Jai Hyoung Cho, and Vice President for External Relations Byung Chun So, as well as 21 Nepalese students attending the University. 
 
Currently, there are 13 Nepalese students at the University’s Graduate School and 22 students at the Graduate School of International Studies. Among them, Acharya Anil’s uncle who lived near Kathmandu was killed, and some other students’ houses were flooded or partly damaged by the earthquake.
 
President Dong Yeon Kim told the Nepalese students, “Ajou people were all shocked by the earthquake, and we know how painful it is because we lost many lives in the sunken ferry Sewol,” adding words of encouragement, “I ask you to have the courage to address the challenge and focus on completing your studies here, which will also benefit your home country.”
 
He went on to say, “We are raising funds from the University’s professors and staff members until May 8th to help Nepal, and I will find the most efficient way to deliver the aid once the collection is completed. In addition, I will contact Suwon City to find ways for sending a medical team.”
 
Sujata Bantawa gave words of appreciation by saying “Nepalese students were in deep sorrow because of the earthquake-related damage, and we have been impressed by the encouragement of President Kim and the professors and the discussion of specific ways to help Nepal.”