Gimcheon City Awards 'Meritorious Service Commendation' to Choi Seon-i, Social Welfare Major at Gimcheon University

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] Choi Seon-i, a senior majoring in Social Welfare at Gimcheon University (Major Professor Ye-jong Lee), received a mayoral commendation at the '2020 Gimcheon City Volunteer Merit Award' ceremony.

According to Gimcheon University on the 18th, the Gimcheon City Comprehensive Volunteer Center has designated December 5th as Volunteer Day every year and has held a volunteer competition. This year, due to COVID-19 prevention measures, the volunteer competition could not be held as usual, but a commendation ceremony for volunteer merit recipients was held on the 17th at the Gimcheon City Volunteer Center under social distancing guidelines.

Choi Seon-i, who received the award this time, belongs to the Daegok-dong Counseling Volunteer Group, a volunteer base, and was recognized for her contributions since 2016 by conducting civil service guidance and volunteer counseling activities twice a month at the community center, as well as resident participation volunteer activities.

Choi Seon-i expressed, "It was truly meaningful to be able to practice sharing through volunteer activities using the talents I have."

The Social Welfare major at Gimcheon University is cultivating and producing welfare experts by specializing in sign language along with solid theoretical education and practical field training. Currently, various scholarship benefits are available, and recruitment is ongoing for new and transfer students for the 2021 academic year, as well as for the graduate school’s Master’s program in Social Welfare.

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