Korea Center Post Hall C.W. Post Campus Long Island University Brookville, NY 11548 Tel: (516) 299-4181 Fax: (516) 299-3136 The Korea Center, previously known as the Korea Project, was founded in the Spring of 1995 by Dr. Changboh Chee of Long Island University. Working in close association with the Korean Alumni and Student Associations, as well as the Korean community, the Korea Center helps Korean students studying at Long Island University adjust to the American lifestyle and language, to overcome academic difficulties, and to obtain tutoring services and scholarships. It also assists American students who want to study in Korea. Long Island University currently holds exchange programs with Keimyung University, Kyonggi University, Kyung Hee University, Kyungju University, and Yonsei University. In early 1997, the scholarship program of the Korea Center received a financial boost through a large donation from the Saehan Group in Seoul. Two of its employees, Lee (Kim) Hee Jung and her sister, Yoo Kyung, both of whom attended C.W. Post, strongly supported Dr. Chee's proposal to the Saehan Group. In 1996, the Korea Center received a collection of books on Korea since the 1950s, as well as a a number of videotapes through a gift to Dr. Chee. Efforts to obtain additional equipment, resources, and funding to maintain a special library concentrating on modern Korean history are being made on the C.W. Post Campus. In addition to academic assistance, the Korea Center promotes consciousness of Korean arts and culture, and has helped sponsor events such as the performance of traditional music and dance by the Korean National Royal Museum of Seoul on its first American tour, and a lecture/demonstration by one of Korea's most noted female artists, Dong Kwong Keum. With the assistance of the Korea Center, and the generosity of Korean alumn S.H. Jang, president of S.H. Jang & Associates, Inc. and author of international business guides, the Long Island University chorus toured Korea in the Spring of 1997.