Silla University Holds 70th Anniversary Celebration Ceremony

70 Years of History, A New 100-Year Promise of Change and Innovation

Shilla University (President Heo Nam-sik) held a commemorative ceremony celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, promising a new century of change and innovation based on its 70-year history.

Shilla University 70th Anniversary Ceremony. Photo by Shilla University

On this day, Shilla University held its 70th anniversary ceremony at the Future Aviation Convergence Hall auditorium, attended by about 300 people including Park Eon-pyo, chairman of the Park Young Hakwon Foundation, directors and auditors, Shilla University President Heo Nam-sik and faculty and staff, former President Park Tae-hak, Kim Jeong-o, principal of Shilla Middle School, Choi Soon-hee, president of the alumni association, Kim Jong-o, president of the CEO course alumni association, and student representatives.

Marking its 70th anniversary this year, Shilla University plans to undertake projects such as compiling a 70-year history and establishing a history museum, starting with the commemorative ceremony. To ensure a modest and substantial event, the ceremony was prepared without inviting external guests.

At the event, congratulatory messages were delivered via video by Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, Ahn Seong-min, Chairman of the Busan City Council, Ha Yun-su, Superintendent of Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, and Yang Jae-saeng, Chairman of the Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The program included viewing the university promotional video, awarding the foundation’s merit awards, and celebratory performances.

During the ceremony, Seo Ui-taek, director of the Park Young Hakwon Foundation, Kim Jeong-sik, founding chairman of the Mokcheon Cultural Foundation, and Yang Young-in, CEO of Hana Technology Group, who have long contributed to the development of the Park Young Hakwon Foundation and Shilla University, received the chairman’s merit award from the foundation.

Additionally, the calligraphy performance by writer Kim So-young, held as a congratulatory event, expressed Shilla University’s 70-year tradition and its commitment to a new leap toward the 100th anniversary, moving the audience deeply.

Shilla University was founded by the Park Young Hakwon Foundation in 1954, shortly after the Korean War, with the spirit of education for national development. It started as Busan Women’s Junior College, then became Busan Women’s College, Busan Women’s University, and in 1997, with the transition to coeducation, changed its name to Shilla University.

On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, the university is actively promoting mid- to long-term development and specialization plans under the motto ‘Jisanhak Cooperation Communiversity,’ focusing on strengthening educational innovation capabilities, glocal competencies, community capabilities, employment and entrepreneurship capabilities, and university management capabilities.

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