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."