Opening Ceremony for Sustainable Development Center
On September 5, 2022, DSU held an opening ceremony for the Sustainable Development Center (DSU-SDGs Center) in the hall on the 2nd floor of the New Millennium Building. The DSU-SDGs Center was established to provide practical collaboration with local communities in such tasks as solving social problems and changing operating methods, thereby firmly embedding DSU’s commitment to the global activities of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Specific planned activities and areas of interest include: expanding campaigns and festivals with local residents to activate sustainable design-based flea markets; publishing the DSUSDGs Center’s annual report to engage research networks and converge social values; having a direct impact on campus resources; the development of international service programs; and endeavoring to establish the SDGs International Design Contest Secretariat at DSU.
Through these and other initiatives, DSU is actively responding to both sustainability and to ESG management by nurturing talented people who create positive social values, and is looking forward to vitalizing the local community through resident participation. Dongseo University President Jekuk Chang said of the opening, “As per its role as a global university, we at DSU want to build a new global platform in connection with the UN’s 17 SDGs. Looking forward, the DSU-SDGs Center will have a strong part to play in providing signposts for how DSU can better achieve the SDGs.”