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Jul 27, 2012 Things I Learned from Freshman Year at SNU As for everything I experienced, and didn’t experience, at SNU, I am grateful. A list of 25 things I learned during freshman year:

Jul 20, 2012 SNU to Develop a New Chinese Proficiency Test SNU announced that the SNU Language Education Institute (SNULT) and the Faculty of Liberal Education will be in charge of developing a new and better exam to replace HSK, which is to be completed in 3-5 years.

Jul 20, 2012 Dating Site Exclusively for SNU Students “An average-looking guy, looking for someone interested in the arts,” “I am 25 years old and I love watching movies. Need someone to have good conversations with.” Blind dating is not an uncommon way of meeting someone in Korea at all.

Jul 20, 2012 A Conscious Meal: Vegetarian Buffet on Campus Located on the second floor of the cafeteria of the College of Fine Arts (Building I-74), the vegetarian buffet offers a variety of meat-free dishes such as traditional Korean lettuce leaves to wrap with two types of rice, white or with beans.

Jul 20, 2012 SNU Women’s Football Club Dominates the Soccer Field The Seoul National University Women’s Football Club (SNU WFC) has been sensational since it was established on September 9, 2010. Only a year after its founding, the SNU women’s soccer team landed the National College Sports Club Championship.

Jul 20, 2012 A Challenging, yet Rewarding Workplace for SNU Graduates - the International Monetary Fund Many SNU students aspire to work for international organizations and pick Ban Ki Moon, the UN secretary general, as their role model.

Jul 20, 2012 Celebrities Who Went to SNU Thick glasses, braces, clean pony tail, slim muscles. This is the common image Koreans conjure up of an SNU student. However, celebrities who went to SNU prove this stereotype false.

Jul 20, 2012 Popular English Courses for Fall Semester This article reviews three popular English courses that will be offered in the fall semester of 2012: “Human Rights, NGOs and the International Community”, “Man and the Universe”, and “Global Issues and Ethical Thinking".

Jul 20, 2012 Seek and Find: Enchanting Sights to Visit on SNU’s Gwanak Campus True, the campus is large. And yes, perhaps SNU’s campus does not have many iconic or architecturally dazzling structures but this does not mean that the campus does not have much to offer. Knowing where to look, and when to look, is the key to seeing the beauty that is not apparent.

Jul 01, 2012 SNU Hosts a Conference on the Law of Reality The SNU Law Research Institute will host an international conference titled “On the Revision of the Law of Reality of the Republic of Korea and France” in the Centennial Building, College of Law.

Jun 26, 2012 Learning Through the Screen: The BESETO Lecture "East Asian Media Studies" This unique BESETO lecture was established as a joint commitment between the SNU Asia Research Institute, the Department of Communications of SNU and the Korea Foundation.

Jun 26, 2012 Former Deputy Prime Minister LEE Han Bin Donates 520 thousand USD to SNU The 14th Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economic Planning Board LEE Han Bin and his family donated 520 thousand USD to SNU.