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McMaster welcomes Korean students

McMaster has entered into an agreement with one of Korea's leading engineering universities. Negotiations between McMaster and Changwon National University (CNU) concluded Thursday, when the two institutions signed an agreement on student mobility and academic co-operation. CNU is one of the leading engineering universities in Kyongsangnam-do Province located in the southern part of Korea. Situated in the provincial capital of Changwon City, one of the leading manufacturing centers in Korea, CNU offers some of the regions best programs in megatronics, robotics, information technology, biotechnology, labour management, genetic engineering, environmental sciences, basic sciences and regional sciences. It was the first university in Korea to develop it's own intranet, electronic library, and cyber university education system approach and is currently developing a mobile campus funded by Korean telecom.

Millennium scholars demonstrate excellence inside and outside classroom

McMaster student Sammy Ali admits that one of the most challenging aspects of his university experience has been balancing his academic studies and extracurricular activities with his family and social life. A third-year student in the prestigious Bachelor of Health Sciences Program, Ali is also a volunteer camp counselor for autistic children, an editor of the student-run medical journal the McMaster Meducator, a volunteer tutor at Delta Secondary School in Hamilton, vice-president of the McMaster Golden Key academic honour society, a residence community advisor, and an anatomy and physiology teaching assistant.

Ticket to ride

Dave Zalitack was fed up. Not only was he paying Dalton McGuinty, Paul Martin and the folks at PetroCanada and TD Canada Trust to keep a second vehicle on the road, but he was paying McMaster to park it. He could think of a few better things to do with his money. Zalitack, an electrician for McMaster's Physical Plant, sold that second car two years ago and bought his first bus pass: a shiny, white, aerodynamic number with magnetic-striping and "Burlington Transit" inscribed in bold letters on one side. He cancelled his McMaster Parking permit and instead swiped that snazzy compact card each time he wanted to ride Burlington Transit to downtown Hamilton, where he could hop on a Mac-bound HSR bus.