As I grew old enough to settle my identity, I became more curious about the world and other cultures. When I entered college, I decided to achieve my goal that I had always wanted to be involved in in...

There is no one who wants to become miserable. People who want to study about authority approach Politics and who want to study about money approach Economics Science. Then, where to approach people w...

Have you ever watched a guide dog for the blind in Sookmyung Women’s University (SMU)? Then, do you know Kim Kyungmin (KIM) who is the dog’s master and undergraduate in the Division of Edu...

Summer is a chance for every student to keep on working, progress and evolve in many aspects of their life. Some are working to improve their skills (... and later their grades), some want to learn so...

Today, there are many college couples in Korea. Boyfriends and things relating to him would be one of the most interesting subjects to talk... when you are with your friends. Are the same circumstances h

In the last summer vacation, I traveled to Siem Reap in Cambodia. I had a chance to visit lots of places of historic interest. Among them, the most impressive relic is Bayon Temple. There, I found the

Education environment at Sookmyung has undergone major changes in recent years. In particular wehave witnessed how effectively Problem Based Learning(PBL), launched as the pioneering andrevolutionizing teaching and learning method at Sookmyung, has reshaped teaching and learningenvironment to empower students’ learning and leadership ...

Happy September! It’s a new start for the semester. I hope thateveryone had a great summer vacation. It is a new month andnew semester. You might have made a schedule or decided todo for vacation when a summer vacation started. How was yourvacation? Were most of plans performed? If you did notperform your plans, then are you ready for new semester? Doyou have any special plans and decisions in this semester? Ihave. As a new editor in chief in Sookmyung Times I will workvery hard and publish good quality of newspapers forSookmyungians.“This is a perfect time to think of wishes you want to turn intorealities and goals you want to reach. It takes a lot to set yoursights on a distant horizon and to keep on reaching for thosegoals. It takes a lot of courage and hard work, believing andachieving, patience and perseverance, inner strength and gentlehope. It takes a lot of giving it your best and doing the fantasticthings you do. But most of all, It takes someone as wonderfulas you.”— Collin McCartyThis explains what we need for our dream. And this shows thatit is a perfect time for setting a goal. Although you had not wellfilledvacation why don’t you set your sight on a distant horizonand specific plans for splendid new start? Forget about yesterday and let’s move on tomorrow. I am sure it might leadyou to successful future. With you, I will also make a concrete individual goal and try to make the outstanding...

Have you ever heard the Korean native plant Syringa patula? In 1947, Elwin M. Meader, a plant collector from the U.S., found a seed of Syringa patula on Baekundae, Seoul’s highest peak, located...

What makes your heart beat? Your favorite movie star? Your brand-new shoes? In my case, seeing legendarypeople who are enjoying or have enjoyed their own job makes my heart beat faster. That is why th

On the Sookmyung campus, I know one professor who does not have a cellular phone. In his office, there is no air conditioner on the wall. I once asked “Don’t you feel any inconvenience?&rd

Do you know Thomas Edison? He was one of the greatest and most influential inventors that ever lived. What about Henry Ford? As many know, he was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of mo

As one aspect of last winter vacation’s ‘2009 Sookmyung Global Project’, participating students could get a chance to experience East Africa: Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda...

Music Therapy is an established healthcare profession that uses music to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals of all ages. Music therapy improves the quality of life

There is a driver who looks happy at the start of the day, washing a bus in a rural community. He travels along the country road with the same passengers as yesterday; a composer who wonders why the d

There’s an old saying that to see is to believe, which means that the most precise way to learn about something is to experience it yourself. For me, the last winter vacation – my trip to

Many people have once imagined what it is like to go to the festive world, South America. Fortunately, Sookmyung Global Project 2008 offered Sookmyungians the chance to quench their curiosity about it. There have been global projects in Sookmyung every year, but this time, with its new formation...

If you love the arts, you can make a career supporting them even if you are not an artist. Here is the field that Art and Culture meet management. Arts management programs, which can be learned in universities or postgraduate schools, prepare students for working with artists and art institutions, such as museums and dance companies, to promote art, raise funds and manage finances, and develop programs. You’ll get a strong foundation in business and economics, and learn about what special issues and challenges the art world faces today...

Sookmyung Women’s University (SMU) has five volunteer leadership groups which are included under the Office of Social Services. Those are Sookmyung Interpretation Volunteers, Sookmyung Knowledge...

Information technology has been impacting major aspects of our society in only a few years, creating a global post office, a global shopping mall, a global library, and a global university. Scientific...