TJB-Solbridge - The National English Speech Contest

The National English Speech contest sponsored by TJB (Daejeon Broadcasting) and SolBridge International School of Business will be held soon. The entry fee for the contest is free and there are no requirments on the speech topic. Students in groups of 1 to 4 people are required to make a project document and a presentation by themselves. In the preliminary contest, a project document, a video presentation, and a word file of some type of explanation is judged. In the final contest, a 10-minute presentation using a projector is judged which is followed by 2 to 3 questions from judges to the team. One individual and one team will receive the...

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Cheers to Our Proud Athletes

The Woosong annual soccer contest is taking place this September. The winner will be decided through a tournament style system with open starting rounds, a final 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and lastly the final match. The contest will last all month and there is a one million won prize money up for grabs. The quarterfinals will be on September 7th and 8th and the final will take place on September 30th at the Woosong Festival. This along with the Fall Festival is one the largest activities at Woosong because all departments participate in this contest. While the boys sweat and play for passion, girls are often found cheering them on. All...

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Department of Railway Vehicle System Engineering

Our department, the Department of Railway Vehicle System Engineering, teaches a depth of technology about Railroad Rolling Stock. It is a core and important part of Railway transportation systems. It has professors who are experts in railway vehicle system, driving, and safety. They teach students a lot of knowledge based on academic and working-level experience. Besides through placement, students enter upon a profession and they can work as soon as they graduate.  The biggest pride of our department is the Woosong Diset railway academy. This is the third in the Korea, followed by Korail, and Seoul Metro. Also, this is the first institute...

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A 2nd Subway Line Will Be Opening Soon in Daejeon

Daejeon Metropolitan City is now planning to open a second metro line in order to solve the city's major traffic problems and satisfy the citizens who don’t already benefit from the existing subway line. The second line is planned to be a looped line around the city and the stations will likely pass through Jinjam ~ Seodaejeon Neogori ~ Daedong Ogeori ~ Jungri Neogori ~ Government Complex Daejeon ~ Yuseong Neogori ~ Jinjam. It will intersect the existing metro line three times. At first, the city planned to include Sintanjin, but recently opted out because it will already be included in the Chungcheong Train Network Project. It was also decided...

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The Dreaded SOLGEO Curfew

“I want to go out after 11pm… ” “I can not come in if I come back later than 11pm on weekdays…” Yes, that`s what we have now in SOLGEO-International Resident Hall, a curfew! I know that some students are always complaining about it. But, in my opinion, it is still a necessary policy that we should have in the dormitory. This summer vacation, I did a large survey about this dormitory type of situation in Chinese University’s. The results of the research show that around 84% of the domitories in China that I studied don`t have a curfew every night. But one thing we should mention is the dormitories for which I did the survey for are all for...

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Obesity In Teenagers

When I asked teenagers, "What is your favorite food?" Most teenagers answered "Junk Food." Junk foods have low nutrition and high calories. Mr. Kang, from the KFDA (Korea Food & Drug Association) said there has been increase in Western diet. This includes obesity and heart disease as well as high-blood pressure. Its annual cost reaches almost 2 trillion won. It is a national problem. Therefore, people should eat well to be healthy. According to a recent study, one-third of Koreans are obese.  The BMI figure indicates a person’s Body Mass Index. If one’s BMI is 25-30, that person is obese. If the BMI indicates more than 30, it's a high...

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Alumni Interview: Sung Ryong Kim

 Sungryong Kim is a former Woosong University student who studied in the Department of Digital Media in 2004. He currently owns the design company 'Design Moin.’ You can visit his company’s website http://www.moins.co.kr/.                                                        Q: Hello, it is an honor to interview you. So I’d like to know about your childhood dream and ambition. A:...

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Alumni Interview: Kim Ae Wa

Kim Ae Wa is a gradute from the Department of Culinary Arts at Woosong University. She currently teaches at Byungcheon High School in a district of Cheonan. Q: What was your dream and ambition from a young age? A: Wow, it depends on my stage in life. When I was a primary school girl, I was filled with ridiculous and funny ideas. But I got some sense in middle school and dreamed about becoming a cook, a traveler, a restaurant manager, a master chef working in splendid hotels, basically to be someone famous and connected with cooking. Actually it never came to me that I would be a teacher now. Q: So you fell in love with cooking as a young girl....

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A Window to Malaysia

My first thoughts were, 'What? Malaysia? What can I do there? I was hoping for crazy shopping in Hong Kong!' When I heard that we are going to Malaysia for English Training, these were the words that came out from my mouth. But, what could I say? I am college student and I should deal with it. On the last day of July in the evening, 30 Woosong University students landed safely in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. There were three people waiting to greet us. One of them was a Korean coordinator from the University of Malaya (UM). The other two were International students from UM. And they referred to themselves as a ‘PM’. They said they...

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What I Felt Through Training Program in Malaysia

We, the 30 students of Woosong University, came back to Korea after the completion of two weeks of training at the University of Malaya in the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Although it felt like it was somewhat of a short period of time, it was a good chance to feel and experience a lot of things. In my opinion, to cut a long story short, Malaysia is a very unique and special country. Firstly, one thing that made me surprised the most was that Malaysia is composed of a variety of cultures. All this, as well as the peaceful coexistence of such different cultures at the same time. The diverse cultures in Malaysia were so distinctive that...

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Return from Malaysia Summer Training

First, I have to tell you that I have itchy feet. It means I love to go somewhere, want to travel or do something different. This defines me exactly. Luckily I got a much higher than my usual average score on the imitation TOEIC test from the foreign language competition this time. That is how I have got a chance to participate in the ‘University of Malaya Exchange Students program’ for 2 weeks this past summer. So I am telling you I was pretty lucky though. The university paid for this great  program, and I have learned a lot, experienced totally new and different things, and also met lots of great people there. It was a very meaningful...

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A Unique Encounter in Malaysia

For two weeks, from  August 1st to August 15th, I visited Malaysia. It was a free university trip for the students who were awarded at the Woosong English Competition. During these two weeks, I took an English class at the University of Malaya. In the morning, I went to my class and then I would travel Malaysia in the afternoon. The English class in Malaysia was similar to that in Korea and the professor let students speak freely in English. I liked my teacher and enjoyed the experience very much. However, the most interesting and unforgettable thing about Malaysia was the environment. There are a lot of free roaming cats and monkeys in...

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Woosong University Review: University of Malaya Perspective

Milad Moazzam is currently a student at the University of Malaya. This is his account of meeting Woosong students this past summer. I headed for the university to greet the new students who arrived from Korea for a two-week program. Well, honestly speaking this was not the first time I dealt with Korean exchange students so I expected the same people with the same look. The first person I ran into was the kind and lovely Professor Ms. Sue. She was the supervisor from Woosong University located in Daejeon. Woosong students stayed in Malaysia for two weeks, a very short trip but useful! During the first field trip I was expecting to face many...

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Global Internship - Earn a Year’s University Credit by Working in a 5-Star Hotel

 Have you ever thought that your studies at Woosong University would include a year in the USA? Or Singapore? How about the Pacific islands of Guam, Saipan or Palau? That’s been the experience of many Food Service Management students, as the department runs an internship program for Junior year students. The program was created in 2006 to give students an opportunity to get work experience, as well as an opportunity to work in an English-speaking environment. Students do take a year off, but that year is replaced by the internship, so they still return as Seniors. Many students have worked in 5-star partner hotels abroad, such as the Marriott,...

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Woosong University’s English Drama Club

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” ~ Hamlet.  Many situations in our life can be positive or negative depending on how we view them. Let’s imagine a situation that would be a nightmare to most people:You are standing on a stage. A whole crowd of people you don’t know are staring at you. You are wearing clothes that are not your own and a hot bright light shines down on you. Your heart beats heavily as you take a deep breath and begin to speak… Now let’s imagine a dream to most actors:You are standing on a stage.  An attentive audience looks and you with smiles.  You are wearing a costume and standing...

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Finding Myself, Finding Culture in Osaka

Several Woosong students including myself recently got a chance to travel to Osaka, Japan through the Crotonville program at Woosong University. The Crotonville program offers opportunities for students to help raise their leadership skills. It also allows them to experience a world outside of their own. Here is a short story on my experience. Week 1: Woosong Crotonville Leadership Training For the 1st week, we did training seminars domestically. During the training, we did creative projects, outdoor activities, had vision classes and much more. Also, we worked with remarkable instructors from well-known enterprises. Week 2: Woosong Crotonville...

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Woosong University's Sustainable Future

The United Nations declared the period of 2005 to 2014 the“Decade of Education for Sustainable Development”, and since then hundreds of universitiesaround the world have incorporated sustainable development into their campuses,classrooms, staff trainings, and matched their long-term objectives with thephilosophy. The term, now more commonly known as sustainability, is generally definedas, meeting the needs of the currentgeneration without compromising future generations to meet their needs (BrundtlandReport, 1987). The term has become synonymous with ”green” or “eco”. Thereare three pillars - Economic, Social, andEnvironmental - (sometimes referred...

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