6A / NEWS / THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Chancellor Gray-Little returns from South Korea trip
BY STEPHEN
MONTEMAYOR
smontemayor@kansan.com
about pigs.
"They have to be eaten to be appreciated," she said.
After a week in South Korea, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little came home saying the same thing about eels as she had long heard about pigs.
appreciated, she.
The plate of eel grilled right out of the tank was one of many dishes Gray-Little encountered during her stay. While she was quick to take to the cuisine, the time difference proved a greater challenge.
ence proved a greater challenge Gray-Little was in Korea to meet with university presidents and KU alumni Oct. 31 through Saturday according to her calendar in Kansas, but things get complicated when accounting for time zones.
"So they're 14 hours later," she said. "This is what's really crazy because the first part of the trip when you're going to the west coast, time is getting earlier. And then you get in the middle of the Pacific and it's the next day."
Group photo of KU Korean Alumni reception and dinner in honor of Chancellor Gray-Little
She spent most of her trip in and around Seoul, the country's capital and largest city, visiting two universities with which the University has exchange partnerships and one that has offered a joint degree program for three years.
"The common theme in this was to increase the exchange of students and to increase the programs in which there are exchanges offered," Gray Little said.
The Korea University of Technology and Education, or KUT, has offered a joint degree program in engineering with the University since 2007. Gray-Little said the visit explored possibilities of joint degree programs at Kookmin and Ewha Universities in fine arts and pharmacy in the future. Both universities have already signed partnerships to exchange faculty and students.
exchange nearly every day.
Ron Dougerty, engineering
department head, said the 30-hour
program has
students completing 15 hours at each university. He said the program started slowly but has had two students from Korea come to Kansas and one student from the University
each university and also promotes globalization and cultural interaction.
"It does give them a lot of inroads that they wouldn't otherwise get," Dougherty said.
wise get. Dougherty, J.
Bin Hu is a Ph.D. student from
Weifang, China. Hu studied at
KUT and became the first student
to participate in its joint degree
program with the University.
Hu said studying in Korea allowed him more hands-on work while at the University he noticed a greater emphasis on research.
"I think it is better than a pure American or Korean degree because you study in both countries and you understand the cultures," Hu said.
complete the program
"The common theme in this was to increase the exchange of students."
BERNADETTE GRAY-LITTLE Chancellor
complete the program.
Dougherty anticipates another student from Korea to come to the University to complete hours next fall. He said the partnership allows a student to simultaneously experience strengths specific to
In Korea. Hu said more age barriers exist but there is also a lot of mentorship. In the United States, Hu said students study more independently and there are more
separate groups of friends socially.
19. Gray-Little also accepted a $100,000 donation from a member of the KU Korean Alumni Association. It is the second such donation from Korea this year.
the other coming in June for the same amount. Rosita ElizaldeMcCoy, senior vice president of communications and marketing at KU Endowment, said South Korea and the University have always had strong ties.
"There is a long history of philanthropic support for KU from South Korea both from alumni and foundations," she said. South Korea is third behind Canada and the United Kingdom among contributions outside the U.S.
Elizalde-McCoy said the donor has yet to grant permission for his name to be released.
tote to the Korean War Memorial was dedicated in April 2005 after several donors associated with Korea made contributions to its construction. Kathleen Stephens, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea, and Han Duk-soo, Korea's ambassador to the U.S., will attend a Nov. 29 program at the Dole Institute of Politics for a program on the war.
Gray-Little was able to visit the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea between scheduled commitments. She said the site and the fact that warning shots were fired in the area just a day before her visit were reminders of the ongoing conflict in the area.
"It's sobering to see it," she said.
- Edited by Tim Dwyer
University of South Carolina revises discrimination policy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina has agreed with the Justice Department to revise its policies to better deal with student complaints of discrimination and harassment.
The Justice Department announced Wednesday it examined university policies for handling such complaints after receiving a report of discrimination by a student organization.
A department spokeswoman did not specify which organization or the specific nature of the complaint and refused further comment. The university did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.
Under the 13-page agreement.
the university will hire an outside consultant to help revise its policies in time for the start next year's fall semester. Administrators, faculty and students will then be trained in the new policies during the 2012 spring semester.
The agreement signed Monday by Thomas Stepp, the secretary of the university's board of trustees, said a consultant will review all
written university policies including those dealing with student organizations and filing of student grievances.
Within six months, the consultant will prepare a report for approval by the university and the Justice Department with new policies for harassment, discrimination and complaint resolution.
The subsequent training, among other things, will include reviews of both state and federal laws and the responsibility of students, faculty and staff when they see discriminatory or harassing behavior.
The agreement requires the university to file compliance reports with the Justice Department twice a year through the end of 2013.
It also gives the department the authority to evaluate compliance through site visits and interviews with students and most employees.
students to take an Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez praised the university for entering into the agreement and said students must have equal access to educational opportunities.
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