Now we are opening up our gate
wide to the vicinity of our school! Nowadays our
society is called 'the global society¡¯, ¡®the information-oriented
society¡¯, and 'life long education society' etc.
The speed of the rise and fall of knowledge and
the variety of our information is really beyond
our expectation. Now we are faced with the age
where it is actually impossible to have a secure
job for whole life relying only on the education
that we had during a certain period of our lives.
Moreover the meaning and importance of our job
and leisure has changed. Our leisure and hobby
have changed into our occupation. And the fruitful
leisure activity can lead us to more productive
occupational life. In this way we are confronting
the shift of paradigm challenges the traditional
idea that work is production while leisure is
consumption.
Besides the concept on the function of university
has also changed. Now many universities came to
adopt the idea that they should open up wide to
their neighboring local society and actively meet
their educational need stepping out of their closed
campus.
More and more people are realizing the necessity
of a series of education system for local societies
which provides them with practical knowledge and
skill for their job, the necessity of continuous
studies for their life of recreation or recharging,
and the meaningful role of a university which
is in charge of continuing education.
At this point we, as the only university in Gwangju
city, are opening up our gate and providing our
neighbors with various courses for supporting
missionary, courses of licence that guarantees
our fruitful future, and the courses of liberal
art for our graceful and noble life etc. by sharing
our best faculty resources and educational environment
with them.