Newly created signboard of the Park Jungoo Seminar Hall. Photographed by Lim Jae Heun.

By Lim Jae Heun (jaehlim95@korea.ac.kr)

Last Thursday, on April 30, at 11 A.M., a bit special signboard hanging ceremony was held in Korea University (KU).

The representative for Wooshin ChemTech, Park Jungoo (’62, Philosophy), revealed that he would start donating 100 million Korean Won annually for five years starting from last year as a development fund for the Liberal Arts College of KU. As a way of continuing his legacy, Liberal Arts College of KU implemented “Collection of Books of Humanities of Liberal Arts College” publication business and “Integrative Humanities” lecture.

Liberal Arts College prepared Park Jungoo Humanities Seminar Hall and held a signboard hanging ceremony to commemorate the representative spirit of Park Jungoo’s Humanities promotion and cultivation of talented individuals.

In the ceremony, Park Jungoo, KU President Yeom Jae-Ho, Lee Jae Hoon Head of Liberal Arts College, Yun Eun Gee Head of Alumni Association, Staffs of Liberal Arts College, and KU students showed up. A business briefing session of “Park Jungoo Donation” opened as well on the day.

Students who directly participated in the seminar also stayed for the ceremony. Lee Jimin (’12, Philosophy), a KU student, commented that “It was a great time because it (the class) was actually like the one I dreamt of.”

Liberal Arts College revealed that KU Liberal Arts College plans to designate the seminar hall for cultivating talented individuals in the field of Humanities and publish a collection of humanities books.

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