Hallym University Communication Education Center Cultivates Intellectuals Who Communicate and Coexist Through Books

2025 Academic Year 2nd Semester Symbios Program Awards Ceremony and Meeting Successfully Held
Strengthening Critical Thinking and Collaboration Skills through Book Club, Reading Discussions, and Golden Bell

On December 10, Hallym University (President Choi Yanghee) Communication Education Center of Ilsong College of Liberal Arts held the "2025 Academic Year 2nd Semester Symbios Program Awards Ceremony and Meeting" at the Basic Education Hall auditorium on campus.

2025 Academic Year 2nd Semester Symbios Program Awards Ceremony and Meeting. Provided by Hallym University

This event was organized to share the semester's achievements of Hallym University's flagship extracurricular reading programs, the "Symbios Book Club" and the "Symbios Reading Golden Bell," and to encourage outstanding students.

Now in its 24th session, the "Symbios Book Club" is a program where students voluntarily form teams to read and discuss selected books over eight weeks. Through this, students learned the values of symbiosis and collaboration and developed self-directed learning skills. This semester, a comprehensive evaluation of operation reports and activity results led to the selection of seven teams, including the "Doridori Paengdori Team" (Yeonju Jang and three others) winning the Grand Prize, and the "Chaektamgudae Team" (Yebin Park and two others) and the "Heogeodeong Team" (Yoonseo Choi and three others) receiving Excellence Awards.

The "2025 Symbios Reading Golden Bell" is a competition aimed at cultivating humanities literacy by deeply reading essential classics for university students. This year's competition designated Jin Jungkwon's "Aesthetics Odyssey" as the required book and was conducted in preliminary, main, and final rounds. After fierce competition, Heewon Seo (School of Media) won the Grand Prize, while Sohyun Park (College of Natural Sciences) and Jooa Cho (School of Medicine) received Excellence Awards.

2025 Academic Year 2nd Semester Symbios Program Awards Ceremony and Meeting. Provided by Hallym University

Shim Bokyung, Director of the Communication Education Center, stated, "In the AX era, literacy skills that involve deep reading of texts and communicating with others are core competitive strengths," adding, "The Communication Education Center will continue to expand communication education programs so that students can foster intellectual curiosity and grow into 'symbiotic talents' who understand others through books."

Meanwhile, the Communication Education Center at Hallym University, supported by the University Innovation Support Project Group, is carrying out various educational innovation initiatives to strengthen students' core competencies. By operating tailored programs such as the Communication Clinic (writing feedback and counseling) and the Symbios Essay Contest, the center has received high satisfaction and enthusiastic responses from students.

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