Sookmyung Women’s University successfully held the 2020 Summer Graduation Ceremony
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- Writer 커뮤니케이션팀
- 보도일자 2021-10-26
Sookmyung Women’s University held the "2020 Summer Graduation Ceremony" online on August 25 (Wed). In light of the COVID-19 situation, the conventional graduation ceremony was replaced by an online ceremony with the video streamed via university＇s website and YouTube channel.
The ceremony consisted of ▲ Congratulatory Speech (Chairman, President, Graduate School President, and Alumni President) ▲ Presentation of Degrees ▲ Recognition of Honors ▲ Best Thesis Award ▲ Graduation Class Representative Message. The total number of graduates who received their degrees on this date was 1,412. Of these, 1,017 were undergraduate students (including academic credit bank system students) and 395 were graduate students (including 36 PhDs).
Notably, this year’s graduation honored the first graduate of the Student-Designed Major. The Student-Designed Major is a program that allows the students to customize the curriculum as a major subject based on three or more existing major curricula. Up to 54 credits can be customized by the participating student, and the degree is awarded if the student completes 36 or more credits and the graduation thesis. From 2019 to present, a total of 17 Student-Designed Majors have been created with 39 students currently enrolled in these programs. This year’s Student-Designed Major graduate received a degree in K-POP Industry Management. She has developed the ability to plan, coordinate, and manage in the respective field, and has successfully started a career in the entertainment-related IT sector.
In his congratulatory speech, Chairman Seung-han Lee said, "I hope you challenge new things with a positive perspective, do your best even in small things, and think of the value of altruism," and added his hopes that “everybody starts a thrilling voyage in this great ocean we call the World.”
President Yunkeum Chang reminded graduates who will take their first step in a wider and fiercer society that Sookmyung’s ▲ spirit of challenge and innovation ▲ spirit of harmony and cooperation ▲ spirit of community value and volunteerism are alive. President Chang then encouraged the graduates, saying, "I hope you will become a leader who leads a better world by demonstrating the slogan of Sookmyung, Gentle Power to Change the World."
At the undergraduate degree ceremony, Hye-won Ma, majoring in Global Cooperation, received the Chairman＇s Award. Hyun-ji Choi from the Department of Electronics Engineering and 2 others received the College Dean’s Award. In addition, the honor of the Achievement Award went to Eun-ji Yu, who majored in Entrepreneurship.
At the graduate school’s degree ceremony, Eun-jung Cho from the Department of Kinesiology, received the Alumni President＇s Award, while Hee-hye Sung from the Department of Library and Information Science and 14 others won the Best Thesis Award for General Graduate Schools. Geun-ah Song of the TESOL MA and 6 others in the Graduate School of Professional Studies, Sang-ah Kim of the Department of Early Childhood Education and 6 others in the Graduate School of Education, and Kyung-hee Kim, from Sookmyung Business School, received the Best Thesis Award.
Meanwhile, before posting the graduation ceremony video, Sookmyung University posted a video titled the “Queen Song＇s Love Letter to Sookmyung” on its website and YouTube channel. The song contains messages from the graduates to the school. In the video, graduates had time to reflect on the past four years under the themes of what they were proud of, the first impression, and the most memorable moment at Sookmyung University.
* View 2020 Second Term Commencement Ceremony Video: http://www.sookmyung.ac.kr/sites/sookmyungkr/home/2020_graduation_ceremony.html