Hosted by MEST, Awarded for Universities sector
Recognized for constructing a multi-cultural community such as online mentoring for children of multi-cultural families
[December 12, 2012]

 YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) was awarded at the '1st Korea Education Donation Award'.

 The 'Korea Education Donation Award' is an award established for the first time this by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology(MEST) with the goal of enhancing the social awareness and participation of education donation. The awards ceremony was held at the El Tower in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu in Seoul on the 7th with the attendance of over 300 people including the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, president of the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity, and persons in charge of municipal and provincial education donation. YU was honored with the grand prize in the universities sector. 8 universities, 16 companies, 12 public institutions, 6 organizations and associations, 8 university student clubs, and 10 elementary, middle and high schools were awarded.

 YU was recognized for its contributions in taking the initiative in improving social awareness for multi-cultures and educational support for multi-cultural families in order to establish an 'open multi-cultural community'. In November 2009, it established the YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute (director Park, Seung-woo Department of Sociology) and from April 2010, it is successfully conducting the 'online mentoring programs' for children of multi-cultural families for the first time in the nation. Furthermore, it has been conducting the 'Multi-cultural Leader School' that provides support for the voluntary role-searching as members of society and social adaptation for women who immigrated to Korea by marriage for the past 3 years. From the second half of 2011, it has also been operating the 'Multi-cultural experience class with foreigners' in which international students introduce their country's culture and aims at enhancing understanding of multi-cultures for elementary and middle school students.

 Recognized for its achievements, Park, Seung-woo, the director of the Multicultural Education & Research Institute, received the Prime Minister's Award at the '5th Together Day' that was held in May of this year. In July, the institute also received the 'Outstanding Education Donation Institute' certification from MEST. In the meanwhile, YU was also selected as a hub university of the Yeugnam region for the 'multi-culture/North Korean defector student mentoring' project that was co-operated by MEST and the Korea Student Aid Foundation.

 On this, Director Park, Seung-woo stated, "We will conduct continuous and long-term education donation programs, rather than single-session education programs, and in particular, we will create a synergy effect through the cooperation and association with local government, government institutes, companies, and the entire society to take the initiative in creating an 'open multi-cultural community'.