Sunchon National University Student Counseling Center Makes a Fresh Start as an Open Space

Expanded and Relocated to the Campus Basic Education Building to Create a Better Communication Space

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon National University (President Ko Young-jin) recently expanded and relocated the Student Counseling Center, which was located in the student union building, to the 4th floor of the Basic Education Building on campus, and held an opening ceremony at 3 p.m. on the 16th (Tuesday), the university announced on the 22nd.

At the opening ceremony, President Ko Young-jin, key faculty members, center officials, and peer counselors celebrated the new start by inspecting the Suncheon National University Student Counseling Center facilities and experiencing counseling programs.

The newly opened Suncheon National University Student Counseling Center in the Basic Education Building, which is highly accessible to students, is equipped with separate spaces such as a reception interview room, individual counseling rooms, and group counseling rooms. Ten counselors provide specialized and customized services including individual counseling, psychological testing, group counseling, and peer counseling.

In particular, during this expansion and relocation process, the center plans to increase student satisfaction by offering counseling programs utilizing newly prepared media such as sandplay therapy tools and a video system in the group counseling room.

Suncheon National University President Ko Young-jin said in his congratulatory speech, “The role of the Student Counseling Center inevitably has to expand and become more detailed than before after COVID-19.” He added, “I hope the Student Counseling Center will establish itself as a healing space for students by operating professional psychological counseling and various emotional support programs both offline and online.”

In response, Suncheon National University Student Counseling Center Director Lim Kyung-hee expressed deep gratitude to those involved who helped provide better counseling services in a better environment for students. She said, “We will do our best to ensure that the newly expanded Student Counseling Center becomes a more open institution that offers students a mental rest space and a place to share concerns and communicate about difficulties during university life.”

Meanwhile, the Suncheon National University Student Counseling Center has been gaining positive responses from campus members through various activities, such as operating a workshop on counseling techniques for healing and learning aimed at faculty and staff to prevent Corona Blue (a compound word of COVID-19 and blue, meaning depression) at the Sympathy Gallery on the 4th floor of the Suncheon National University Library on the 18th.

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