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Excellent Award for Nursing Department Team at Goejeong Alley Market in Final Report and Best Practice Presentation

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Final Report and Case Presentation of Service Learning (TU-SL) for the 1st Semester of 2021 under the University Innovation Support Project held at Dongmyung University.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Dongmyung University held the final report and case presentation meeting for the 2021 first semester Service Learning (TU-SL) under the University Innovation Support Project.

At the event held on the 26th at the University Headquarters Management Building, attention was focused on the Nursing Department team that carried out the 'Goejeong Alley Market' project.

Service Learning is a concept combining Service and Learning, and it is a University Innovation Support Project that Dongmyung University has been conducting since the second year.

This program, which signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Busan City traditional markets in August this year, is highly anticipated for future activities.

In the 2021 first semester Service Learning at Dongmyung University, a total of 18 service learners from 4 departments conducted volunteer activities linked to their majors at various institutions, enhancing their expertise.

The Health UP team from the Nursing Department's Health Assessment Practice course (Professor Kim Seong-hae) carried out a health checkup and guidance program for merchants at Goejeong Alley Market.

The Totirang team from the Counseling Psychology Department's Adolescent Psychology and Counseling course (Professor Kim Kyung-mi) worked with youth clubs to produce activities related to school violence prevention.

The Park Ha-yun-no team from the Speech Therapy and Audiology Department's Language Observation Practice course (Professor Kim Ki-joo) attracted attention by early detecting and taking preventive approaches for children in vulnerable groups at risk of language development delay and learning difficulties.

The Beauty+ team from the Beauty Industry Department, where adult learners are enrolled, conducted makeup activities at the Motungi Theater as part of the Cosmetics and Makeup course (Professor Tae Dong-sook).

They also provided image-making and makeup lectures at Salim, an organization supporting women victims of sexual exploitation, supporting practical social activities for women within the self-sufficiency center.

Attending the event were Jo Young-mi, head of the Goejeong Alley Market under the Cultural Tourism Market Development Project; Yoon Myung-hwa, head of the Dream Youth Team at Sasang District Office's Child and Youth Department; Byun Jeong-hee, representative of the Women's Human Rights Support Center Salim; and from Dongmyung University, Kang Young-min, Director of Planning; Lee Jeong-sil, Director of the University Innovation Support Project; Kim Nam-sook, Dean of the College of Health and Welfare Education; Gam Young-hee, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts; and Kim Do-yoon, Manager of the University Innovation Support Project Team, who conducted evaluations and case presentations.

Among them, the Nursing Department's Health-Up team (Team Leader Lee Ju-seong) was selected as the outstanding activity team.

Kang Young-min, Director of Planning, evaluated, "This program demonstrates the importance and achievements of the University Innovation Support Project, and through collaboration with local institutions, both students combining service and learning and professors have learned a lot."

Lee Jeong-sil, Director of the University Innovation Support Project, emphasized that it is "a program befitting Dongmyung University's Industry-Academia Cooperation Education Hub and the newly introduced Do-ing University."

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