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A scholarship donated to PKNU students on Parents’ Day is preceded by a somber history.
-I hope that the juniors at PKNU will achieve the dreams that my son was unable to fulfill.
Parents of a former student of PKNU have implemented and been generously contributing to a scholarship for the past ten years.
Mr. Ji Jung-Su(71 years old) and Mrs. are from Deokcheon-dong, Buk-gu, Busan. They visited Pukyong National University on the morning of May 7th and donated 2.5 million won to Kim Young-Seup, president of Pukyong National University.
This scholarship is preceded by a very sad story. Mr. Ji.’s son, Ji Young-Du, graduated with a major in from Pukyong National University in 1999. Sadly, he passed away in August of the same year after an accident at work.
The grief of losing their only son was devastating for Mr. Ji and Mrs. As a means of dealing with their grief, they decided to donate their apartment to Pukyong National University in 2003. At that time, the apartment was valued at 85 million won. Their decision to donate to PKNU is a way for them to substitute the love that they couldn't give to their son, and instead assist junior PKNU students financially.
Mr. Ji and Mrs. said that they decided to donate their apartment as a scholarship for students of Pukyong National University with the belief that their son would be happy about it as a graduate of this school.
The university founded "The Ji Young-Du Scholarship" with the money from selling the apartment, and has awarded the scholarship to talented students in the department of mechanical industrial engineering where Ji Young-Du studied. Approximately 62 million won has been given to 9 students so far.
Just one day before Parents' day, Mr. Ji and Mrs. attended the scholarship award ceremony and smiled when they were given red carnations from Gu Bae-Sung(a junior in the department of mechanical industrial engineering) who was awarded the scholarship.
"I feel like I've just received a carnation from my son as I received it from my son's junior. My son was also a scholarship recipient during his time at Pukyong National University. I hope that all of the students here study hard and realise that their youth is the most valuable thing. Also, I would like to extend my thanks to Pukyong National University for helping students to reach their full potential," Mr. Ji said.
PKNU decided to invite Mr. Ji and Mrs. on Parents' day every year to comfort them and help them put the grief of losing their son behind them.<Pukyong today>
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