This is the last in a series of interviews with student ambassadors of universities in the country. _ ED.
By Kang Shin-who
Staff Reporter
Sungshin Women’s University ambassadors don’t merely want to get to the heart of the news, rather they want to use news to promote the school. This is how the Sungshin student ambassador group, ``Forus,’’ differentiates itself from other school ambassadors.
Forus members are assigned to publish newsletters of the school, ``S Story.’’ This is why students who want to become a member of the group also need to possess superior writing skills.
To publish the newsletter, which is distributed every quarter, the ambassadors interview popular professors, notable students or famous alumni. Also, they have to take pictures and design the paper.
``It is hard but meaningful job. Our newsletter is very unique compared to those of other schools; you can read all news on one page,’’ said Kim Bo-bin, 23 former Forus vice president who is studying economics.
``We can inform more about our school as we cover school stories and interview school members. Hence we can better explain our school to others,’’ said Lee Min-kyung, 24, new president of Forus, this year. Lee is majoring in family culture and consumer science.
They aim to attract more high school students to the school and strengthen solidarity among its students as well as seek advices from successful alumni.
``Above all, our school ambassadors do everything independently apart from the PR department, so I can assure you we are the most innovative among ambassador groups from universities across the country,’’ Kim said.
``I think before school ambassadors made the newsletters they were dull and not very interesting. But now we try to write informative stories regarding school history and many high school students like the stories,’’ Lee said.
Founded in 2000, the student group recruits about 16 students every year. They said students should pass a high competition rate of about 20:1 to join the group.