A new website showcases Dankook University’s efforts to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On April 8, the Dankook SDGs Committee (chaired by Jaeil Kim, DKU Executive Vice President for External Affairs) launched the website to raise awareness of building a sustainable society and to promote and monitor the university’s SDGs activities.
Users can navigate through the website menu, which consists of the Dankook SDGs Action Declaration, information on what the SDGs are, activities at DKU, and notices. It introduces the 17 SDGs that humanity should aim to achieve and to practice the concept of sustainable development. It also shows DKU’s achievements made since 2020 in relation to each of the 17 goals.
In addition, Dankookites can download a list of keywords for each of the 17 SDGs. DKU has a subscription to SciVal, a research performance assessment solution offered by global academic publishing company Elsevier. If a researcher’s paper includes an SDGs keyword in its title, abstract, or keywords, it is categorized as an SDG-related study and becomes available to QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), a higher education analysis and services provider, or THE (Times Higher Education).
“We look forward to the website serving as a window to highlight various SDGs activities, broaden our horizons, and boost participation of Dankookites in this area,” said chairman Kim who went on to add his hopes for the website are “to lay the foundation for the SDG-related research of Dankook professors to be shared broadly by taking advantage of these keywords.”
The website can be reached by clicking the ‘Dankook SDGs banner’ at the bottom of the Dankook University website (or at https://cms.dankook.ac.kr/web/sdgs). If you would like to share activities related to the SDGs, you can download, fill out, and submit an Action Form, found under the Notice menu.
The Dankook SDGs Committee was set up last December to drive university efforts to achieve the SDGs. A declaration ceremony was held in February to strengthen our commitment and determination to practice values critical for the next generation through environmental conservation and social responsibility, both on and off campus.