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DKU senior vice president Kim Byungryang for academic affairs donates 100m KRW
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Date 2017.04.13
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“Alumni help fund the University Museum, embodying Dankook’s founding spirit” as DKU senior vice president Kim Byungryang for academic affairs donates 100m KRW


Alumni sponsorships for the 70th anniversary memorial project that Dankook University is preparing to commemorate its 70th birthday are increasing. As the University Museum will serve as a venue for displaying the founding philosophy of Dankook and the past footsteps of Dankookites, a consensus is being formed that active support from alumni is essential.
In particular, DKU senior vice president for academic affairs, Kim Byungryang, recently made a donation of 100 million KRW in addition to extending 10 million KRW last year to the construction fund. On February 24th, Kim explained his intent as he delivered the funding agreement to President Chang Hosung. Kim said that “I received scholarship benefits starting from when I entered the university until I graduated and was able to study abroad during my studies in my master’s and doctorate programs thanks to support from then university president Chang Choong-sik.” He went on to explain that “my children also benefited from such grants after entering the school, so I have always thought that I should give back for what we received. I’m happy to be able to contribute at least a little bit toward the debt of gratitude I owe through this opportunity.”

The funding agreement was delivered to Dankook president Chang Hosung who said that “knowing vice president Kim does not have the luxury, it is overwhelming to be faced with his determination,” and promised that “(I) will do my utmost to ensure a worthwhile University Museum that can be welcomed by all of our alumni is built.”

Senior vice president Kim said that “many alumni who studied at the Seoul campus feel a sense of loss because the campus is no longer there,” and shared his hope for “a stage to be added to the University Museum where people can experience and recall what it was like back at the Hannam-dong campus, as well as a convention hall that can be used for large academic conferences or a venue for alumni wedding ceremonies, so the hall can bring together fellow students to relive memories and reunite friendships.”

Meanwhile, the University Museum will start construction in September of this year and is scheduled to be completed in December 2018. The 6-story building that covers a total 3,300㎡ in area will become home to a memorial hall, lounge, exhibition hall and Dankook Honorary Hall of Fame to host major events such as ceremonies for domestic and international cooperative agreements and symposiums. In order to celebrate alumni who extended support for the construction of the University Museum, the names of all donators, regardless of amount of donation, will be engraved on the new building.