Delivering The Evening Bulletin after school was the first job of many Philadelphia boys, making the newspaper by far the largest employer of teenage boys in the city. Boys picked up their newspapers at a “branch” before delivering them around Philadelphia’s famous neighborhoods, the locale of the “
On April, 2009, influenza A H1N1(swine flu) outbreak was in Mexico. But this disease was spreaded rapidly to worldwide, and then it struck terror into human heart. Recently, various epidemic diseases have diffused in the world, such as Bird flu, SARS(Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), malaria and c
The Choong-mu Art Hall was crowded with people who came to watch the musical “The Three Musketeers” This musical was popular with many people recently. The Post met the main actor whose name is Yu Jun-sang. He is our senior. He attended the Theatre and Film Department of Dongguk University (DU). As
It was such a glorious spring day. When the Post met Prof. Rii Hae-un in her office, she had just ended a meeting. Though it was very busy time, she welcomed the Post. Prof. Rii Hae-un is Dean of College of Education. She has given geography lectures in Dongguk University (DU) since 1984. On April 2
On April 2, information on how to work for a bank was presented in lecture-form at Dahyang Hall in Dongguk University (DU). The lecture was full of Donggukians dreaming of becoming a bank clerk. Because of these economically uncertain times, the number of job hunters on secure employment is on the r
Have you ever heard of Sri Lanka? We know it is as a Buddhist country. Sri Lanka is located just below India and it looks like a tear drop, so it is said that it is India’s tear. In Dongguk University(DU), there is a Sri Lankan student, ADHIKARI LALANA DILSHAN. His major is English language, interpr
The Post interviewed Kim Ahyeon, a student majoring in Economics and currently an exchange student at TUO. She will tell us more about TUO. Let’s listen to her.What are the advantages? Among the courses in the university, classes for exchange students have only a few members (3 to 5). This makes it
The Post interviewed Cho Minuk, a student majoring in Political Science & Diplomacy and currently an exchange student at MU. He will tell us more about MU. Let’s listen to him.What are the advantages? The good thing about studying abroad in Thailand, especially at MU, is that you can improve your En
"We decided to abolish the Department of German Language & Literature because of the decline in students’ enrollment,” said Choi Soon-yeal, a Vice-president. On April 18th, KBS reported that the Department of German Language & Literature won’t accept new students from this year. The reason is becaus
On April 23th, delegates from Thailand visited Dongguk University(DU) and donated a 40-volume sutra in Romanized Pali, known throughout the international Buddhist community as World Tipitaka. The Damma Society of Thailand, working under the aegis of the Thai royal family, spent six years on the Roma
On April 18th, Dongguk University (DU) received funding for the new town project that supports small businesses. The title for this project is ‘Business Incubator (BI)’ and was set up by the government’s Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA) department. DU received 5.1 billion won in total
On May 7th, five students majoring in Education and other courses visited the Seoul Junggu Youth Center. Their aim was to teach elementary school students as to the prevention of school violence. This is just one project of “Sa Je Dong Hang”, a mentoring program organized by the College of Education
On April 27th Kang Tae-won and Yang Woo-chul, physics professors at Dongguk University (DU), were chosen as part of a ‘World Class University (WCU) project’ team. 141 teams applied for this project, but only 29 teams made the final selection, including the DU team. The “WCU project” is a higher educ
Between April 19th and 21st, an evaluation team comprising of university professors from around the nation visited Dongguk University(DU) to evaluate the Accreditation Board for Engineering Education in Korea(ABEEK). ABEEK supports the establishment and improvement of engineering colleges’ education
"What is CPA? And how should we prepare for it?” These are some of the reactions from Dongguk University (DU) students after observing the list of successful candidates for CPA. On 24th of April, the results for the first CPA test were announced. Sixty three DU students passed this test. Statistics
Dongguk University(DGU) was selected by both the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and the Ministry of Science and Technology as ' the University with the best TLO(Technology Licensing Office) Support Business'. TLO is the organization which manufactures DGU’s research products for outside businesses. T
On April 1st, Hae O Reum Je, the inauguration ceremony for Dongguk University (DU) students' association was performed at Manhae plaza. The purpose of the ceremony was to open the association's new year formally. Another reason was to simply wish everyone good luck. In the past, only 50 or 60 people
Paljeongdo, the central open space in Dongguk University (DU), was getting too old. For this reason, DU decided it was time for renovation. It began on March 23th and finished on April 14th. The road area of Paljeongdo was very old and paved with asphalt. Its drainpipes were constantly out of order,
On March 21th, there was an inaugural ceremony for the new abbot of Jeonggakwon, Abbot Bop Ta. The new abbot holds a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Hindu Philosophy from Dongguk University (DU) and is now leader of The One Korea Buddhist Movement too. I'm really happy to work for our school (DU)"
On March 26th, there was an introductory ceremony for a project designed to help the homeless and low-income workers living in Seoul. This project was co-hosted by the city of Seoul and Dongguk University (DU). The name of the project is "To Encourage the Hopeless and Homeless through Humanities Cou