KU 미디어 교내 건대신문,학원방송국,영자신문에서 발행하는 다양한 콘텐츠를 열람할 수 있는 게시판입니다. 본 게시판에 올라오는 모든 게시글에 대해 무단 복제 및 전제를 금합니다. 전체 건대신문 672 KU ABS 55 KU 영자신문 102 번호 제목 글쓴이 날짜 조회 수 추천 수 KU 영자신문 [Interview] What Is Design for All? 1. Please tell us about Dotween. Dotween is a brand which receives messages from customers and inscribes them on products by converting to braille. We redefined braille not only as the language for blind people but also a heartfelt language, so it can be approached by the non-disabled. Ultimately, our purpose is eliminating prejudices about the blind. Thus, we started this brand to convey information and knowledge about blind people more naturally. 2. It is hard to establish a business as a university student. How did you have the motives to attempt it? My partner has thought about the issue of the blind since he was a high school student. After much consideration, he concluded that making a brand is the most effective way to alert people to this issue. 3. Why did you utilize crowd-funding1 when you started a business? We thought that we could introduce this brand and reach the masses easily by using crowd-funding. Furthermore, we needed to gain sympathy and energy from many people. To satisfy our needs, the platform of crowd-funding was a good fit for us. Thanks to these thoughts, we started this way and raised capital successfully. 4. Why do you pursue the concept of inscribing braille in leather? Braille is the language which is felt and touched by hand. Moreover, leather has a warm sensitivity and it ages nicely when it is touched. We thought combining these materials can make a synergy and let the disabled and the non-disabled go through the same experience. Therefore, we made designs reflecting these traits. 5. In another interview, you said that braille becomes a secret code because of a method that inscribes messages. Why did you think this way? Braille consists only of six dots. However, it has different meanings according to the combination. Nowadays, many people hesitate to express gratitude and love, so they do not write letters. Thus, we set up to deliver secret messages and decided to use this way, as hoping they would convey and express their mind through this system. 6. What is the most memorable message for you? Some messages come to mind. Among other messages, “My father is my hero” is the most impressive to me. My customer presented the wallet inscribed with this message on Parents’ Day. I imagined her father’s look as he was moved by her gift and I was proud of my job. In addition, people often inscribe messages for themselves to encourage when they are tired or going through various hardships. 7. I heard you have a plan to extend your business abroad. How will you carry forward the business? We received a lot of feedbacks to expand overseas because leather’s merits were appreciated in many countries. Moreover, issues about the blind are worldwide problems. For these reasons, we thought collaboration with other nations can help to achieve our ultimate purpose. Furthermore, our acquaintances introduced interested people from the United States and France and a Frenchman made a connection to intern at our company. Based on this, we sent and received e-mails to suggest collaboration and I am going to go on a business trip to have meeting with the people. 8. Do you have any plans to publish a publication? We planned to cooperate with the project to communicate stories about the blind. We collaborated with “Our eyes”, an organization to support art training for visually handicapped children. The message of the book is that being blind is just a characteristic, not a flaw. We hope readers take a broader view and think more about the issues. 9. Among many methods, why did you use design to solve misconceptions about the blind? To approach these issues, making something attractive and interesting will raise people’s awareness. Thus, we felt that design acts as a bridge for more people to experience and access the issues. 10. Activities such as Dotween are small. Why did you decide to promote these activities? I debated with my partners about the reason why the rights of minorities are infringed and injustice is formed. As a result, we concluded that people did not get enough information or their awareness was wrong. The gap between the blind and the non-blind comes out from these factors. Therefore, we thought that some small attention and a little information can make everyone live in a fair society. Big campaigns that are led by large organizations are good, of course. However, one individual’s correct attitude helps more people work in this environment. This is a small step now, but we believe that it can grow like the butterfly effect, so we can convey our goals entirely to people. 11. Do you have any messages to tell to KU’s students? I hope that students live their life worthily, not just seeing your goal blindly. Lowering your tempo and considering what is valuable in life and your interests must be good for you. Moreover, one simple experience can become your good stepping stone. Therefore, I recommend you to have many experiences and do your best! KU 영자신문 The Newest Konkuk Bulletin Vol.300 is Out ⭐ Please enjoy reading our latest magazine. Any kind of feedbacks are always welcomed. You can read at >>>>“ bulletin.konkuk.ac.kr “ , or through the link attached on our official Instagram : @konkuk_bulletin ⭐ Thank you all, and Have a great day! KU 영자신문 [294호 발행] 제 294호 신문이 발행되었습니다 The Konkuk Bulletin 294호가 발간되었습니다~~ The newest Konkuk Bulletin (vol.294) is out. We hope everyone enjoys the magazine:) Magazines are all around the KU campus so you can easily find. Any opinions, compliments and criticisms are all welcomed. KU 영자신문 [Campus Briefing] Present Condition of The PRIME Project Recently, there are seven questions about PRIME project in KU hompage’s Q&A (Question and Answer). Most of these questions are about the effect of PRIME project to their major. KU Student Union also wrote two questions which contain some details about PRIME project. Above these, you can easily search PRIME project in KU by just accessing the KU homepage. (There are many banners about PRIME project) Many labs which are for the College of Information & Communication are transferred to the New Engineering building, and Engineering building from New Millennium Hall. For the College of Animal Bioscience & Technology students, sunggwan which is dormitory made for mentioned students would be demolished. Therefore the students who want to move in to the dormitory should register by KU:L House. Additional department merging will not occur. There are two new scholarships which are related with PRIME project ; PRIME superb grade scholarship, and PRIME superb society of humanity scholarship. About 250 students will receive 650 million wons by these scholarships. KU 영자신문 The Newest Konkuk Bulletin Vol.303 is Out The Newest Konkuk Bulletin Vol.303 is Out Please enjoy our latest magazine. > bulletin.konkuk.ac.kr Any kind of feedbacks are always welcomed. Thank you! KU 영자신문 [Interview] Treasure Hidden Until Now, Holt 1. Please introduce Holt. Holt started after the Korean Conflict in 1955, trying to find children who had lost their parents homes. The founder Harry Holt not only supported Korean orphans through his whole life but adopted eight of them. When people think of Holt, they tend to only think of adoption. However, we do various works such as helping foster mothers, running adoption camps and programs to help adoptees learn about their mother land culture. Moreover, we focus on helping single parent families. Single moms suffer from unplanned pregnancies. We support them by offering medical care and help them finish their education. There is more. There are so many services we offer that it is hard to explain all. We help the disabled find jobs and run a show choir, a wheelchair basketball team, and a special school for them. We also run a child protective service center and a multicultural service center. 2. Holt is very famous for adoption. Is it the biggest organization in Korea? We can say that. We arrange 30 percent of the whole adoptions in Korea. 3. After the adoption process, do you get to hear from the adopted kids? There are some parents who send their kid’s pictures to the foster mothers. There was a time when the adoption family visited Korea and spent time with their foster mothers to experience Korean culture. 4. What businesses is Holt focusing on right now? We started to focus more on preventing child abuse and helping single mothers. We made a “kangaroo store” which hires single moms as workers and we pay them through the profit. There are three stores in Korea including Seoul, Suwon, and Incheon. This June was our first anniversary and the business is planned to expand. Not only this but with the sponsorship from companies, we also provide rescue kits which include diapers and offer financially considerations to single moms of 200,000 won a month. 5. I heard that there are many honorary ambassadors for Holt. Is there anyone we might have heard of? There are many celebrities who are honorary ambassadors for Holt such as the couple Jung Hye-young and Sean, and Singer Alex, Baek Ji-young, and so on. Moreover, apart from an honorary ambassador, Holt received a lot of spotlight from being on the program “Infinite Challenge.” 6. Is there any volunteering that university students can participate in? I especially recommend college students volunteer as Holt overseas volunteers. All the costs are free including the air fare. What is special about this is that the students make the programs by themselves and get to think of how to help the kids. This year, 12 students are going to Cambodia for 11 days. All the volunteering is notified on our webpage so be sure to check it often if you are interested. Students can help support the administration, share their talents, or help sort the goods at the Kangaroo store. For those who are skilled at English, there are many volunteering related to a program called “Say Hi.” In this program, volunteers interpret, translate, and invite the adoptee to their homes. Foreigners can also help volunteer in the program. There is also volunteering for the disabled as well. 7. Are there special specifications for people who want to work for Holt? I think that people who can act more than just say words are right for the job. Anyone can talk but not a lot of people can put their words into action. We can divide the department into two parts as a whole- counselors and office workers. The counselors who directly deal with the clients must have a social worker license. For the office workers, it can be given preferential treatments. For the official workers who do not need a special license, there are many different kinds of majors such as Economics, Business Administration, and Mass Communication. The manager in the media relations team is a Philosophy major from KU. 8. When do you feel content working? I feel content working here when I see people who become happy due to adoption and hear things such as “Our lives became more fulfilled due to adoption.” Moreover, I feel rewarded when I see sick babies become healthy due to our help. Since I work in the media relations team, I also feel proud when more people get to know and have interest in Holt. I feel very happy working here. Since all the people working here fundamentally have minds to want to help others, we all thoughtfully considerate other people’s feelings first. KU 영자신문 [Cartoon] Thaad Thaad KU 영자신문 건국대학교 영자신문사 The KONKUK BULLETIN 에서 50기 수습기자를 모집합니다 KU 미디어 장학금, 원고료 지급, 전문적인 기사 작성 교육 및 분기 별 잡지 발행 등의 혜택이 제공됩니다! ✏4학기동안 활동 가능한 신입생 분들이 지원하실 수 있습니다. ✏영어를 잘 못해도 상관없습니다! 영어로 글을 쓸 수 있고 열의만 있으시면 OK! ✏3월 31일까지 접수받고 있으니 망설이지말고 지원해주세요! (면접 일정은 추후 개별 통보 하겠습니다) ✏궁금한 점은 언제든 댓글이나 블레틴 공식 계정으로 연락주세요???? (인스타그램: konkuk_bulletin) (페이스북: 건국대학교 영자신문사) (카카오톡: 건국 영자신문사 건국블레틴) 저희와 같이 즐거운 학교 생활을 할 50기 신입 기자들을 설레는 마음으로 기다리고 있겠습니다! KU 영자신문 [Special Interview] Time for a new leap of KU 1. Please give your greetings to the KU student. As our university has passed through crisis for the past four years, an important time now comes when we have to relax the conflict and focus together to take care of each other. As a result of this, I feel burdened by the major task I have taken on as a president. I promise I will try to lead Konkuk University (KU) towards becoming a prestigious institution and boost our sense of pride. 2. How can you evaluate KU in your role as president? Our university has great potential. Nonetheless, the capacities and benefits of KU have been distributed for four years. In the long run, this damage would affect the students. Moreover, in the situation of equating tuition fee, other universities were selected in the business of the nation to get finances for their universities. To overcome these situations, starting from the Prime Project, we have an opportunity for the development of KU. From now on, high quality programs of education allow professors and students to have self-confidence and a “we can do it” attitude. 3. In your pledge, you emphasized the importance of communicating with students. How will you proceed with communicating with students? I think it is important to clearly communicate with each other and this is something I am very familiar with. The Communication Commission is comprised of the General Student Association (GSA) and each college is founded and operated. To confirm communication with each college, I will need to ask the deans about the progress. 4. You announced pledge to expand the finances by 10 billion won. What direction is the pledge processing? Places such as the building of Veterinary Medicine and KU Language Institute can make a profit. If various educational programs are made and receive a positive response, it will maximize earnings. Moreover, we are scheduled to apply projects that the nation is running. It is guaranteed to get finances. Furthermore, because of the geographical position of KU, companies are taking an interest to make donations. It is also helpful to make affiliated organization realized and it is possible to commercialize certain areas off study and research. 5. What do you think about the dilapidated facilities of the College of Liberal Arts and Education which needs much improvement? In my opinion, improving the Humanities institution (Liberal Arts & Education) is the first thing we must do with the finances of KU. Through donation, finances are being collected and the position of the Humanities institution will be situated in the original place of the college of Education. 6. There are concerns that budget of Prime is focused on the newly created major and it is powerful push of only one major. Please tell about this. It is a misconception. Prime budget will be also supportive in the existing majors. However, as new department has difficulties early on, it needs more supportive finances. If other departments succeed in more higher employment by collaborating professors and students, many finances about one billion will be offered. 7. How will KU change in the future? After four years, our university will become more respected and prestigious and that will make students have pride. I am sure everyone’s satisfaction about education will be high. KU 영자신문 [Campus Briefing] Welcome to KU, Mr. New Engineering Building The New Engineering building was built in Konkuk University (KU) during summer vacation. To build this building, KU spend 40 billion won, and it occupies about 25000 square meters. It is located in southern land of the Engineering building. Taeyoung and isu construction company had built this building from November, 2014 to August, 2016. The New Engineering building is the largest building in KU except for the KU hospital. This building contains some facilities which have not only high energy effectiveness but eco-friendly green energy. To improve the environment of existing engineering lab, most labs are transferred to the New Engineering building. The new building was designated with priority given to the lab. Therefore, there are a lot of labs in this building. It contains 127 labs of education which are for the College of Information & Communications and the College of Engineering, 29 labs which are for all colleges, two large lecture rooms, fourteen seminar rooms, and many amenities. Min Sang-gi, the twentieth KU president said, “The New Engineering building will be the symbol of KU to develop to the global university.” 제목+내용 댓글 닉네임 쓰기 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next / 11 GO / 11 GO