In an interview with the Korean Times
(March 21, 2017) president Hwang proudly explained the philosophy behind the
creation of the global Vice presidents in SMU.
According to the Times, president Hwang
appointed Global Vice Presidents from around the world to help students and local
businesses advance overseas since his inauguration in 2012.
President Hwang emphasized that,
the system of 48 Global Vice Presidents from 43 nations is a unique worldwide
network that can only be found in Sun Moon University.
He also said that, the Sun Moon University
is proud of its strong relationships and support from former and current
University Presidents, Ministers, Congressmen, Professors and leaders in
various fields, all great intellectuals with high reputations in their
societies, who are making efforts to establish systems for global education and
cooperation as Global Vice Presidents of Sun Moon University.
The results of the Global Vice
Presidents achievement are clearly visible he added. Since its creation, more
than 1,000 students have been employed abroad and the number of international
students has been increasing.
Centered on the Global Vice Presidents network, Sun Moon University has
established Global Industry-University Cooperation Office (GICO) in seven
countries, including France, the United States, Vietnam, Taiwan, Czech
Republic, Iran, and Singapore.
Through the interview president highlighted
the systematic development and great accomplishments of SMU.
He emphasized that; the University should
become a pioneer that brings together the local community and the industry as a
Glocal (Global-Local) community that will nurture future leaders.
This is exactly what the LINC division here
in Sun Moon is about, in which the Ministry of Education offers a significant
financial support to domestic universities in order to spread the model of
university education to meet local industry demand. In other words, Sun Moon
University is proud to be selected by the Ministry of Education as a model of
university education.
In 2015, president Hwang established
the department of local industry-University cooperation. In the department, 30
full-time faculty members from industrial and public executives, lawyers and
patent attorneys were appointed as full-time Lectures. They are all engaged in
various industry- University
cooperation activities such as family business startup, enterprise consulting
and technical support, on-the-job training and job guidance, entrepreneurship
and entrepreneurship education, technology transfer and commercialization
support.
Present Hwang said that, "based
on the confidence we have gained through the LINC and Global Vice Presidents
network, in conjunction with the local communities and Industries we have
established global university”. In order to improve the university's
agility and efficiency, he has restructured and integrated all the 42
overlapping departments through numerous consultations with experts and
internal discussions.
Present Hwang also said that,
"We have achieved a lot through LINC in the past three years, but we need
to maximize the capacity of industry-University cooperation and increase the
employment rate of our students."
"The greatest proud of our university
is the ' Good teaching university'" (award received from the Ministry of
Education under
the ‘Advancement of College Education (ACE) program) he emphasized.
Therefore, “the simple knowledge
that students learned in the classroom will not be enough to sustain them after
their entry into society. Thus, their competitiveness should rise to the global
level” he added.
At the end of the interview he
promised, "We will create a new standard of a Leading global education,
and we will achieve a substantial industry-university cooperation between the
local community and the industry-University corporation."
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