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KAIST and Chungnam National University (CNU) built a pedestrian walkway ("pedway") that physically brings them closer than ever. Opened on April 13, 2015, the KAIST-CNU Pedway now offers members of the two universities a quick and scenic road to walk or bike for their campus visit.
The 180-meter-strip, with a width of four meters, starts from KAIST’s student dormitories, Narae and Mir Halls, and arrives at the backyard of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences building at CNU. For security and safety precaution, emergency alarms, CCTVs and security lights are installed along the path.
A commemorative event celebrating the opening of the pedway was held on April 15, 2015 at the KAIST campus. Along with senior administrators of the two universities, In-Sik Kim, Chairman of Daejeon City Assembly, Choon-Hee Baek, Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs of Daejeon, President Steve Kang of KAIST, and President Sang-Chul Jung of CNU will attend the event.
CNU is located just a twenty-minute walk from KAIST, but the two universities have had little interaction. To promote more collaboration and exchange, KAIST and CNU signed a memorandum of understanding on the cooperation of education, research, and medicine in June 2014.
With the KAIST-CNU Pedway as the stepping stone, the two universities will strengthen their cooperation in academic information exchange allowing access to their libraries and establishing the Graduate School of Integrated Medical Science in Sejong.
President Kang said, “Universities should not be isolated islands from the local community, but should act as bridges between different districts.” He continued, “I hope this pedway can be the starting point.”
President Jung said, “I hope this road can remove the wall between KAIST and Chungnam National University, in terms of knowledge, information, and people. I further hope that it will become the symbol and token of unity of the two universities.”
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