Professor Kim Dong-jin Appointed as New President of Gwangju University

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Professor Kim Dong-jin has been appointed as the 10th president of Gwangju University.

Gwangju University announced on the 15th that it held a board of directors meeting on the 14th and appointed Professor Kim Dong-jin, vice director of the Future Development Research Institute and professor of the Department of Youth Counseling and Lifelong Education, as president. The term is four years, until June 13, 2026.

President Kim graduated from the Department of Education at Sungkyunkwan University and earned a master's and doctoral degree in education from Western Illinois University in the United States.

In 2018, he served as an invited professor at Sungkyunkwan University, and in the same year was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Youth Counseling and Lifelong Education at Gwangju University. He has also served as head of the Education Performance Management Center at the Education Innovation Research Institute and vice director of the Future Development Research Institute in the Office of the Vice President.

The board stated, "The next president must inherit and progressively elevate the founding spirit of the Hosim Foundation founder. As a talented individual supported by active and healthy enthusiasm and capability, they must become the center of the university community, aggressively and creatively formulate policies, and lead with a 'responsible management' spirit."

They also said, "To actively and proactively respond to the rapidly changing educational environment, we judged Professor Kim Dong-jin to be the right person to innovatively and autonomously address various current issues, and thus appointed him as the next president of Gwangju University."

President Kim said, "In a situation where the crisis of regional universities is accelerating, I will become a young leader who finds new paths and flexibly responds to the changing society. Through responsible management, I will firmly establish the solid foundation built by the members of Gwangju University and raise the university's status both domestically and internationally, leading sustainable school development as a prestigious university focused on employment and start-ups."

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