Passion for Learning, Osan Elderly University Holds Commencement Ceremony

On the morning of the 4th, the 13th Session Learning Presentation and Commencement Ceremony of Osan Elderly University was held at the South Comprehensive Social Welfare Center in Osan, Gyeonggi Province.

The event, organized by the Korean Senior Citizens Association Osan City Branch (Branch Director Park Shin-young), was attended by approximately 300 people including Osan Mayor Kwak Sang-wook, City Council Chairman Choi Woong-si, city council members, and elderly university graduates, celebrating their commencement.

In the first part of the event, an elderly pledge was recited, followed by model senior awards presented by the Korean Senior Citizens Association Osan City Branch director and the elderly university president, remarks from distinguished guests, and congratulatory addresses. In the second part, elderly university students delivered passionate performances including samulnori, which they had diligently learned, receiving enthusiastic applause from the audience.

At the event, Mayor Kwak Sang-wook delivered congratulatory remarks, saying, "I extend my congratulations to the elderly university students who have participated enthusiastically during the educational period and to the elderly individuals honored with the model senior awards. Seeing our seniors participate in elderly university with passion for learning, regardless of age, has given me renewed feelings about the true meaning of lifelong education."

Osan Elderly University (University President Yun Byeong-yong) operated a 9-month academic schedule from April through December of this year, with approximately 300 students attending classes every Tuesday and Thursday with invited external instructors, offering various programs including liberal arts lectures, popular music classes, samulnori, and elderly health lectures, serving as a venue for senior citizens' leisure activities and lifelong education.