Donation
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KAIST Wins the Korea Donation for Education Awards 2015
KAIST received the grand prize for the university section at the Korea Donation for Education Awards 2015. The award ceremony took place at Seoul Plaza Hotel on December 15, 2015.
The Ministry of Education created the award in 2012 to raise awareness about the need for charitable donations for education and to encourage the public’s participation in such endeavors. Recipients have included private companies, public institutions, non-profit organizations, universities, and individuals who have made notable contributions to education, for example, by offering educational programs or fundraising for such programs throughout a year.
Many organizations within KAIST, including the KAIST Center of Donation for Education, the Midam Scholarship Committee, the Donation for Software Education Group, the Chalk Academy, KAIST Student Volunteers, and K-LET, have been collectively recognized for their efforts to develop educational materials and managing academic camps and programs.
In addition to the grand prize which KAIST won, the Ministry of Education gave Neung-In Jang, a student pursuing a social entrepreneurship MBA at KAIST, an award for his efforts to provide quality education to teenagers by establishing the Midam Scholarship Committee in 2009. The Scholarship aims to revitalize the culture of donation for education by offering free math and science classes to high school students who are less privileged and by inspiring other universities in Korea to follow suit the committee’s volunteering activities.
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Kimchi Making by Students and KAIPlus Members
Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish of fermented vegetables, with the most common ingredients of Napa cabbages and daikon radishes. Every winter, Koreans make bountiful amounts of kimchi for consumption in the winter months.
President Steve Kang and about 50 KAIST students and members of KAIPlus, a volunteer group consisted of spouses of KAIST Faculty, made kimchi on November 28, 2014 at the Sports Complex on campus. They prepared 500 Napa cabbages for kimchi which were donated to local people in need.
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