KUBS held an event to plant trees symbolizing KUBS at 5 pm on April 5 (Tues). KUBS had led business management education in Korea since it started teaching Commercial Science in the Department of Plutology in 1905. It has striven to create new ideas and knowledge which can have an impact on the society and foster social leaders who can change the world, by cultivating historical and artistic values. To this end, the Business School has set the “establishment of historicity” including tree planting as a core task, and took this event as an opportunity to promote the historical awareness and improve pride and a sense of belonging among the members of KU by planting symbolic trees, which is a measure to shift the school’s focus away from external growth to qualitative improvement.

The plum tree planted in this event is a symbol of Bosung College, Korea University’s predecessor, and produces plum flowers which were the royal pattern of the Korean Empire. This is closely related to the history of Korea University. Also, another tree symbolizing the university, the Pagoda Tree, is commonly known as the Scholar Tree. Yet, the reason that this year’s tree-planting event is more special is that the seeds of this tree were extracted from the pagoda tree planted in front of the main temple of the Jogyesa Temple (Nurse Tree #78 designated by Seoul), the old site of Bosung College, and then sprouted and grown into a sapling in the Deokso Farm. The final tree symbolizing the university is a nut pine tree, which is the university tree, selected by the Board of Directors of the University Foundation and the Academic Affairs Committee in 1968. Dean Johngseok Bae said, “I hope that this tree-planting event will serve as a means to share identity and develop stories among the member of KU and ultimately to foster communication across all generations.