Hwawon Community Welfare Center Rainbow School Campus Visit

 

On September 16^th(Tue), migrant-background youth from Hwawon Community Welfare Center’s Rainbow School visited our university for a campus tour and a special lecture.

This visit was designed to provide migrant-background middle and high school students with an opportunity to indirectly experience and understand Korea’s diverse university types and majors. Through this, they were encouraged to explore career paths, strengthen their academic motivation, and foster adaptation and integration into Korean society.

A total of 15 youth from Rainbow School participated. Professor Kim Hwan, head of the Department of AI Creators, introduced the department and explained its connection to career paths and the professional world after entering higher education. In addition, Yoo Sorina, CEO of Alpaca Production and a leading figure in the field of virtual content, gave a special lecture on “The World of Virtual Creators,” sharing the latest industry trends and future prospects.

After the lecture, participants went on a campus tour visiting key educational spaces including the content studio, smart classrooms, international conference hall, and the Tchaikovsky Hall. They also had the opportunity to experience firsthand the university’s online education system and learning environment.

Rainbow School at Hwawon Community Welfare Center provides migrant-background youth with Korean language education, career education, essential academic support, and programs to improve social relationships as well as basic information about Korean society. It also assists with transfer into regular school curricula, career guidance, and adaptation support to help students settle into society.

Professor Kim Hwan (Head of the Department of AI Creators) remarked, “I hope this visit by the Rainbow School youth becomes a strong foundation for their dreams, visions, and career exploration in the future.”

Meanwhile, in March of last year, our university signed an agreement with the Korea Youth Counseling & Welfare Institute under the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, and with the Foundation for Supporting Migrant Youth, to provide educational programs and curriculum support for out-of-school and migrant-background youth. The university also launched the Dream Scholarship Project to expand educational support for underprivileged students.

The Department of AI Creators, which organized the virtual creator special lecture for this event, continues to serve as a guiding light for the next generation of media content creators. Through its curriculum, the department bridges the gap between traditional media production methods and the limitless possibilities brought by artificial intelligence. It introduces cutting-edge AI platforms such as ChatGPT and RunwayML, and is designed not only to help students understand the theoretical foundations of AI but also to apply these principles directly in media content creation, enabling them to deliver tailored media experiences to their target audiences.