Nam-Pyo Seo, president of KAIST, had breakfast meeting with twenty students in the school hall.
- Two hundred people were provided with food in school cafeteria, a meeting to encourage the members, emphasizing organizational culture
The president said “the year 2012 is the year for KAIST to broaden our horizons and jump out to the world” and that we should “encourage and cooperate with each other so that the school can be a base for maximizing student talent and creativity.”
The president had the meeting with twenty students insisting that collectively we should, “build an ethical culture of KAIST, and dedicate ourselves on doing what’s right.
President Seo, recalled year 2011 as “A year that took a toll on all of the members”. He evaluated that “Despite the hardship, it was a meaningful year as the school took another step towards reaching the World Class University status, with reinforcement of the school and visualization of the technology developments like the improvement of papers and research, Online Electronic Car and Mobile Harbor.”
He continued, “We will strive for the not only the advanced education and improved lab environment, but also strive to construct a hub for student culture like the ‘Cutting edge central library’.
Students participated in the meeting braced themselves with an iron will for 2012, sharing their worries and expectations of the year.
Min-Gi Kim, a senior in mechanical engineering, “The reason I participated is, that the last four years of innovative changes of KAIST, such as the changes in the interview for examination, were reasonable and thought that it was worth discussing with the colleagues.”
The day’s meeting was prepared to comfort the students who spend the year-end and New Years in the school. Through the online school community ‘Portal’, students who have volunteered for the meeting of the president were selected in order and had meeting in the hall for two hours.
Meanwhile, on twelfth last month, the president had lunch meeting with thirty student councils of 2012, emphasized the importance on the partnership among the members, “Let’s bring our hearts together, with the culture of ‘communication’, let’s create a World Class university, and a happy campus,”