Pukyong National University Completes Centennial Monument and Seals Time Capsule

University History Books and More to Be Stored in Time Capsule for 50 Years

Ungbitap Monument Embodies the Motto 'The Future in Our Hands'

Pukyong National University (President Jang Youngsoo) held a tape-cutting ceremony for the completion of the Ungbitap Monument and a time capsule sealing ceremony in front of the Ungbitap Monument on the morning of the 11th.

To commemorate the university's 100th anniversary this year, Pukyong National University erected the Ungbitap Monument with development funds raised by the alumni association and university members, and held the tape-cutting ceremony on this day.

The name of the Ungbitap Monument, located at the center of the campus, was inherited from the Ungbiseoktap Stone Pagoda in front of the Miraegwan building, which was built in 1987. The monument is designed in the shape of a hand embracing the globe on a compass-shaped base, symbolizing the university's motto, "The future is in our hands."

At the top of the monument, the globe is installed upside down to express the idea that Korea is not the end of the land but the beginning of the sea, and to encourage expanding our stage from the campus to the vast ocean.

Following this, Pukyong National University held a time capsule sealing ceremony to commemorate its 100th anniversary and sealed the time capsule in a space created at the center base of the Ungbitap Monument.

The time capsule contains the "100 Years of Foundation" book chronicling the university's history, 2024 academic curriculum materials, university newspapers published by Busan Institute of Technology and Busan National University of Fisheries prior to the merger, a catalog of the university museum's history exhibition room, and commemorative items for the 100th anniversary.

Pukyong National University plans to open this time capsule in May 2074, marking its 150th anniversary.

Pukyong National University is completing the 100th Anniversary Monument and sealing a time capsule.

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