Activity Report of the Student Association for the spring and summer semesters of 2008
1. Fulfillment of Major Pledges
(1) Extension of the School Shuttle Bus Service Hours
We have extended the service hours of the school shuttle buses running between the Administration Building & Nokdu Street and Seoul National University Subway Station, from 6:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
(2) Emergency Remedies Reservation Policy
There is only one drugstore on campus, which closed early. We have therefore supplied emergency remedies in the security rooms of each college, Student Center, and Central University Library, which can be used by all students freely.
(3) Online Lecture Evaluation System
Results of the lecture evaluation done by the school administration had not been available to students and had raised many issues. Therefore we produced a online lecture evaluation system and more than 6700 students have participated in the evaluation.
(4) Emergency Safety Shuttle
It is difficult to use public transportation when students study late on campus, because generally buses do not operate past midnight and it is hard to catch a taxi at that hour. Therefore we made a contract with a private taxi driver, allowing students to commute to Nokdu Street and Seoul National University Subway Station safely even during late hours.
(5) Finishing the"17+1" Program
A number of colleges had restricted the default maximum credit of each semester to 17 credits, which was inconvenient for many students. All colleges have now increased their default maximum credit to 18 credits.
(6) Female Students' Lounge
We had a conference about the improvement of the female student lounge environment and labor scholarship problem, and came up with plans to implement on several female student lounges in the Student Center, College of Business, etc. We also opened a female student lounge on Yeongeon Campus.
(7) Experiential Creativity Lecture
We received a promise from the school administration that all students will be offered opportunities to take experiential creativity lectures such as the freshmen seminar. Many of the current lectures will be changed into experiential creativity lectures. There will shortly be a survey to collect students' ideas.
(8) Campus Security Strengthening
The school administration had turned off the campus streetlights for energy conservation during the summer. However, the Student Association has brought light to the importance of streetlights for students' safety, thereby changing the school policy, which now aims to guarantee security on campus. Moreover, we are planning to increase the campus security budget next year specifically in regards to campus security in a long-term.
(9) Online Lecture
After a conference with the Division of Educational Affairs, all the equipment and system for the production of online lectures have been obtained. We are now advertising for the recruitment of professors to participate in the program.
2. Pledges of Each College
(10) Yeongeon Budget Committee Foundation
We have founded a Budget Committee in Yeongeon Campus; allowing many student circles to receive financial support. Further amendment of the school provision will be discussed in a general student assembly.
(11) Copiers in the College of Humanities.
Previously only the printing of extra-large sized documents was available at the CP Gate of the College of Humanities. For students' convenience, we have installed a card-type copier in CP Gate of the College of Humanities.
(12) Water Heater on College of Music & College of Pharmacy
We have installed the water heaters in several buildings of the College of Music and the College of Pharmacy, where the condition of students' hands is essential to their studying.
(13) Cookie Vending Machine on a College of Law
We have installed the cookie vending machine in the College of Law.
(14) New ATM on College of Music/Art
We have installed ATMs for in the College of Music and College of Art.
(15) Restriction of Course Re-Taking in the College of Engineering
We had a conversation with the dean of the College of Engineering about the college’s new policy restricting course retakes. He has promised to collect the students' opinions when carrying out the policy.
(16) Supporting the Festival of College of Veterinary Medicine
We participated in the Baek-Lin Festival, the festival of the College of Veterinary medicine, and provided equipment needed for the festival preparation.
3. Other Activities
(17) Graduation Album Open Tender
We invited bids for the production of the graduation album and chose a new producer for the graduation album according to the evaluation by students, commissioners, and the general students association.
(18) Han Bi-Ya Lecture
Han Bi-Ya of World Vision was invited as a lecturer, and over 1200 students attended the lecture.
(19) Leukemia Charity Blood Donation Campaign
We have carried out a blood donation campaign for sufferers of leukemia.
(20) General Voting & School Strike
A movement of students against the import of American beef was moved to a school general vote, and went on strike according to the results of the vote.
(21) Encouragement of the Election of Seoul City Superintendent of Schools
We have posted online and offline posters and carried out a campaign in order to encourage students to cast a vote on the election of Seoul city superintendent of schools.
(22) Evening Snack Distribution
We prepared snacks for students studying exams during the midterm and final exam seasons in the Central University Library, Building 301, Medical Library, etc.
(23) Festival
We have prepared and assisted the 2008 SNU Spring Festival. 2008 SNU Autumn Festival is also being planned by Chukhasa("Festival-doing People"), and we will support them as possible.
(24) Normal Affairs
We have distributed the Autonomy Press Funds, and have been offering financial support and equipment for school events through the Gwanak Budget Committee.
(25) Rural Activity
We have taken charge of the 2008 Rural Activity. About 400 students have participated in a rural activity this year.
(26) Politicians' Lectures
We invited four politicians and had a seminar about the 'Candle Phenomenon' and 'Four Agendas'.
(27) Private Information Security
Definite evidence that private information of a student had been leaked was found. We therefore finished the security improvement to prevent further unfortunate cases.
(28) 'Polyfessor' Problem
To prevent the students' right to educate from being infringed by professors' reckless political activities, we had a conference with the school administration to address the problem. As a result, we founded a committee to make guidelines about professors' political activity, and agreed to finish the first draft within this semester and amend the school provision.
It has already been 10 months since the 51st General Student's Association has been elected. Now the term of office is almost over, but we still have pledges we have yet to accomplish. Many of our projects are still in progress, and we will try our best in order to keep our promises. Thank you very much.