Sookmyung Women’s University Chosen as the First Women’s University to Operate the ROTC Program
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- Writer 총관리자
- 보도일자 2011-02-21
Sookmyung Women’s University was chosen as the first women’s university to operate the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps(ROTC) program in the Republic of Korea. Of the seven women’s universities which have been competing to offer the ROTC program, Sookmyung Women’s University was selected because it receivd the highest marks in the evauation. It is an honor for Sookmyung to finally be selected as the cradle in which the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps for women will be stationed in Korea.
The Ministry of National Defense announced on September 14, “An examination has been made three times to make a choice from among the seven domestic women’s universities which applide to be the ROTC model university for women in response to the official notice made on August 12. Finally, Sookmyung Women’s University gained the highest score and was chosen as the winner.” Ever since the announcement was made last August, Sookmyung Women’s University has done everything to prepare itself for the evaluations to be conducted by the Ministry of National Defense. The project plan submitted by Sookmyung Women’s University for a documentary examination contained details about the university’s achievements and future action plans for thoroughly training female army officers. In this regard, President Young Sil Han said, “The ROTC program is intended not simply to train certain female officers but also to open the door for cultivating a true service spirit and/or leadership.” She added, “It will be an opportunity for our university to develop a military spirit in one-step advancement for women of talent.”
Meanwhile, an informative meeting was held on October 6 at Samsung Convention Center to recruit the 51st term ROTC cadets including the first-ever female cadets in Korea. Many people paid much attention to the meeting, which was attended by nearly 300 people.
At the meeting, students received a lot of information on the ROTC program while listening to the explanations made by Lieutenant Colonel Dong-cheol Yi from Army Cadet Command, where he is in charge of ROTC affairs. The studants in attendance showed their appreciation to Lieutenant Colonel Sun-hui Yi, who is an alumna of Sookmyung Women’s University and attended at the meeting to help her juniors understand the ROTC program better. Yi said,”I’ve very much longed to see today when my juniors are volunteering to be female army officers. It is a great opportunity for them to take advantage of the ROTC program and become commissioned as officers.”