Kim On-soo awarded for boosting academic exchanges at University of Utah Asia Campus

By Park Si-soo

Kim On-soo, the PR and marketing director of the University of Utah Asia Campus, has won an award from the American school for his contribution to international cooperation and academic exchanges.

Kim shared the 2020 Excellence in Global Engagement Award with Steve Burian, an environmental engineering professor at the University of Utah. The latter won the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) prize from Pakistan's president last year for his leadership on research and solutions to critical water issues in Pakistan through the U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W).

Kim was the first school official awarded due to strong recommendations from undergraduates who say he deserves credit for continued dedication to boosting the school's social responsibility and exchange programs.

“I would like to thank the marketing/communications team that has set up a common goal of boosting international cultural exchanges between Songdo International Business District (in South Korea) and Salt Lake City (in the U.S.),” Kim said. “I will dedicate myself to making the Asian campus a bridge linking Songdo and Salt Lake City and far beyond.”

The award ceremony will take place in autumn at the University of Utah's main campus in Salt Lake City.