'YU Saemaul Scholarship' gives scholarships to 12 students in the Department of Regional Development and Welfare Administration
Total 83 million won to 83 students since 2006 in scholarship
[February 19, 2013]

 There is a special love for juniors by graduates of the YU Department of Regional Development and Welfare Administration. Graduates who became public officers after receiving the 'Saemaul Scholarship' for 4 years founded 'YU Saemaul Scholarship' in December 2003 and since 2006, they have been awarding scholarships to about 10 students every year.

 This year as well at Green Narea on the 3rd floor of the Daegu Bank headquarters on the 15th, they held the '8th YU Saemaul Scholarship Grant Ceremony' where a total of 12 students such as Kim, Kwang Deok and two other freshmen, sophomore Kim, Ah Young, and Kwon, Ik Soo and 7 other juniors at the YU Department of Regional Development and Welfare Administration, where a total of 12 million won in scholarships were granted.

 There is now a total of 83 students in the YU Department of Regional Development and Welfare Administration who received scholarships from their seniors via the 'YU Saemaul Scholarship'. The total amount of the scholarships granted tallied up to 83 million won.

 At this meaningful event that continues the tradition of 'love for juniors', chairperson of the YU Saemaul Scholarship Choi, Oe Chool, president of the Daegu Gyeongbuk Development Institute Lee, Seong Keun, Department Dean Lee, Jae Mo, Professor Yi, Yang Soo and other professors of the YU Department of Regional Development and Welfare Administration, as well as graduates who are currently members of YU Saemaul Scholarship such as Park, Ui Sik, Seo, Won and Jeon, Hwa Sik (Gyeongbuk), Jeon, Jae Gyeong, Kwon, Sung Do, Ha, Young Sook (Daegu), Shin, Jun Ho (Ministry of Health and Welfare), Choi, Young Jae (certified labor attorney), Choi, Sang Yong (CFO of the Scholarship and CEO of Green Power), Jung, Eun Young, Ahn, Ji Min (Daegu Gyeongbuk Development Institute), and Dr. Choi, Jun Ho (Research Professor at the PARK CHUNG HEE Leadership Research Institute) attended the event to congratulate their juniors.

 At the opening address, Chairperson of the YU Saemaul Scholarship Choi, Oe Chool said, "The Saemaul Scholarship, which was received by seniors one generation ago, is continuing again in the global Saemaul Movement where everyone can live happily," and added, "There were 36 who applied for the scholarship this year, but we feel bad that we could only give scholarships to 12. We will increase the number of beneficiaries by one every year."