Dong-A University Department of Food and Nutrition Holds Scholarship Award Ceremonies for Mokryeon and Ieum

Magnolia and Ieum Scholarships Awarded
Family of the Late Professor An Mokryeon Donates Development Fund to Department of Food and Nutrition

Dong-A University (President Lee Hae-woo) announced on the 13th that the Department of Food and Nutrition (Department Head Yoon Eun-joo) jointly held the 1st Magnolia Scholarship from the Professors' Scholarship Association and the 5th Ieum Scholarship from the Alumni Scholarship Association.

The scholarship award ceremony held on the 10th at the Seunghak Campus Grand Conference Room was attended by Jeon Mi-ra, Dean of Academic Affairs, all professors of the Department of Food and Nutrition, scholarship recipients, and the family of the late Professor An Mok-ryeon. Prior to the ceremony, the family of the late Professor An Mok-ryeon visited the president’s office at Seunghak Campus and donated 10 million KRW as a development fund for the Department of Food and Nutrition to President Lee Hae-woo.

On this day, students Jang Hye-won (4th year), Cha So-yoon (3rd year), Kim Se-eun (2nd year), and Kim Hyun-jin (1st year) received the ‘Magnolia Scholarship,’ while Hong Han-bi (4th year) and Hong Se-bin (3rd year) received the ‘Ieum Scholarship.’

Participants at the Dong-A University Department of Food and Nutrition Professors' Scholarship Association 'Mokryeon Scholarship' and Alumni Scholarship Association 'Ieum Scholarship' award ceremony are taking a commemorative photo.

The Professors' Scholarship Association of Dong-A University’s Department of Food and Nutrition began awarding scholarships in 2023 to current students who are expected to become future leaders, with participation from all professors in the department. Later, in September of last year, the scholarship was named the ‘Magnolia Scholarship’ in honor of the late Professor An Mok-ryeon.

The ‘Ieum Scholarship’ is awarded by the Department of Food and Nutrition Alumni Scholarship Association and was initiated with the spirit of alumni unity and the love of senior alumni for their juniors. The late Professor An Mok-ryeon, an alumnus of Dong-A University’s Department of Food and Nutrition, also played a significant role in the Ieum Scholarship Association during her lifetime.

The family of the late Professor An Mok-ryeon said, “Professor An truly loved the school, the department professors, and her juniors and students, and worked passionately. We are grateful to those who spent as much time with her as family and who understand her wishes well enough to organize this event,” adding, “We hope the students who received the scholarships will remember Professor An for a long time and become people who continue to develop.”

President Lee Hae-woo said, “It was heartbreaking and painful to see a beloved professor leave,” and added, “Although we intended only to accept the family’s wishes, the department prepared a meaningful scholarship fund ceremony, so I believe Professor An is watching from heaven.”

Jeon Mi-ra, Dean of Academic Affairs and professor in the Department of Food and Nutrition, said, “There are many diverse and talented professors in the department, but Professor An was the only one who faithfully fulfilled the role of ‘Ieum’ as both an alumnus and a professor,” and added, “We take pride in being the largest Department of Food and Nutrition in the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam region and will continue to strive to be the best department nationwide.”

Jang Hye-won, a recipient of the Magnolia Scholarship, said, “I worked on a team project with Professor An Mok-ryeon during the first semester of last year, and it was meaningful to be with her until the end,” and added, “I will strive to contribute to the department and become a good student in accordance with the professor’s wishes.”

The family of the late Professor An Mok-ryeon, President Lee Hae-woo (second from the left), Dean Jeon Mi-ra (far left), and professors from the Department of Food and Nutrition are posing for a commemorative photo.