Leadership
The Board of Directors
Wooseung Kim
- Present President, Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea (ABEEK)
- Former Chairman, National Industry-Academia Cooperation Committee
- Former Chairman, Hanyang University
Young-Sun Lee
- Present Professor Emeritus, Yonsei University
- Former President, Hallym University
- Former Vice Chairman of the National Economic Advisory Council, (The Government of Republic of Korea)
Ki-Young Jeong
- Former Commissioner, Ministry of Economy and Finance Tax Development Deliberation Committee
- Former CEO, Samsung Economic Research Institute(SERI)
- Former Civilian Commissioner, National Competitiveness Enhancement Committee
Jong-Seo Lee
- Present President, Catholic Kkottongnae University
- Former President, Life Insurance philanthropy Foundation
- Former Vice Minister of Education & Human Resource Development
Hyuk Choe
- Present Professor Emeritus of Finance, Seoul National University
- Former Chairman of Korean Securities association
- Former Dean of Business administration, Seoul National University
Kwang-ho Lee
- Present Chairman Prism Future Education Research Institute
- Present Professor Emeritus, Kyonggi University Department of Youth Science
- Former Chairman, Korea Youth Work Agency
Chang-Soo Kim
- Present Professor, Chung-Ang University Business School
- Present Chairman, Special Committee for University Competitiveness Enhancement, National Education Commission
- Former President, Chung-Ang University
Chang-Soon Hwang
- Former Vice President, Soonchunhyang University
- Former Director of Community Chest of Korea
- Former President, Korea Association of Nonprofit Organization Research
Hyun-Jung Kim
- Present Professor, Sookmyung Women's University
- Former Director, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training
- Present Deliberative Member, Presidential Advisory Council On Science & Technology
Gyoo-hyoung Kahng
- Present Professor, Myongji University
- Present Director, EBS (Educational Broadcasting System)
- Present President, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation
Younghye Kim
- Present Senior Advisor, Attorney at Law, J Law office
- Former Human Rights Advisor, Ministry of National Defense
- Former Chief Judge, Seoul Central District Court
Woo Chang Jung
- Present Partner, Market & Industry Headquarters, Deloitte Anjin LLC
- Present Auditor, Life Insurance philanthropy Foundation
- Present Auditor, Korea Association of Athletics Federations
Philosophy
The Samsung Dream Scholarship Foundation aims to build a learning community focusing on communal growth.
Purpose of Establishment
The Samsung Dream Scholarship Foundation exists to bridge the educational gap between individuals, regions, and social classes, and to contribute to social integration and national development. The foundation practices the purposes through scholarship programs that expand actual educational opportunities for the educationally underprivileged and through implementation of welfare programs that constructs educational environments.
Basic Directions
The basic directions to achieve the foundation’s purpose of establishment are the following.
- First, the foundation reflects the regional characteristics of farming, mountain and fishing villages, and island areas.
- Second, the foundation reflects the characteristics of socioeconomic status.
- Third, the foundation reflects the diverse educationally underprivileged status characteristics resulting from historical circumstances and globalization.
- Fourth, the foundation provides complete support including the receivers' material, mental, and socio-cultural education environment improvement.
Mission
The foundation's mission is to reduce educational gaps between individuals and between regions in consideration of socioeconomic differences. The foundation seeks to provide financial aid to those who have been excluded from equal educational opportunities by providing students with scholarships and educational environments to improve their welfare.
Vision
"Realization of a learning community focusing on communal growth, by supporting..."
"Thus constructs..."
- The foundation seeks students who actively realize their dreams by challenging themselves and with positive attitudes and who practice volunteering for the community.
- The foundation seeks communities that cooperatively attempt for all students to realize their dreams by overcoming various forms of educationally underprivileged conditions.
Strategy
Human-based
The foundation supports places where people live, builds up people through people, and teaches and allows learning to people respective to their conditions.
Mentoring System
The foundation's service is based on the adults' role to communicate with and support children, which is defined as the mentoring system.
Networking and Partnerships
The foundation aims to create networks and partnerships with local welfare centers, associated organizations and institutions in regards to implementing scholarship programs.
Cyclical Structure
The foundation pursues a structure where the service processes and results are endlessly connecting and cycling.
Valuing Diversity
The foundation provides students with educational opportunities to uncover their talents in diverse academic fields.
Communal Approach
The foundation seeks both individual and community growth through a communal approach.
Scholarship Programs
Mentoring Scholarship Program
This program supports middle and high school students from underprivileged backgrounds with dreams and potentials in various fields by providing them with scholarship grants through the foundation's mentoring system. This program is restricted to students currently living and studying in South Korea, regardless of nationality.
Leader Creation Scholarship Program
This program supports outstanding South Korean undergraduate and graduate students in South Korea who have shown their development through the Mentoring Scholarship Program and have proven their academic competence. This program provides customized scholarships and educational programs to aid the development of students' talents and to help them become future leaders in their respective fields.
Educational Support Program
This program supports local education welfare programs in South Korea in providing relevant, high-quality education for students who need educational support due to regional, social, and financial issues.
Global Scholarship Program
This program supports education programs to aid students of the Korean diaspora and students in developing countries studying in the respective countries. In addition, this program aids international students from developing countries who are studying in South Korea.
Special Programs
These programs include the Youth Orthodontic Support Program sponsored by the Korean Association of Orthodontists Foundation and the Afterschool Education Program Prize sponsored by the Ministry of Education.
Corporate Identity (CI)
The foundation’s CI was designed with a modern Gothic font to give a sense of clarity and honesty. The word "꿈(dream)" is aligned to the upper right to emphasize the foundation’s vision towards the future. The star-shaped motif represents students’ various and creative dreams, which will someday come true.
The light blue color signifies trust and strong convictions while the dark blue color signifies wisdom and self-realization. Together, the colors represent the foundation’s philosophy of realizing our students’ unlimited potential.
History
- Scholarship Program Budget: 33 billion KRW
- Dr. Wooseung Kim appointed as the eighth chairperson
- Webzine vol.17
- Scholarship Program Budget: 33 billion KRW
- Held the University Hope Scholarship Certificate Ceremony
- Expansion of Global Scholarship Programs
- Webzine vol.16
- Scholarship Program Budget: 34 billion KRW
- Symposium: "The Pandemic Era and the Future of Educational Welfare Scholarship Programs"
- Webzine vol.15
- Scholarship Program Budget: 34.2 billion KRW
- Dr. Sung Tae Ro appointed as the seventh chairperson
- Conducted Online Scholarship Certificate Ceremony
- Webzine vol.14
- Scholarship Program Budget: 33.8 billion KRW
- Conducted Online Case Sharing Workshop
- Webzine vol.13
- Scholarship Program Budget: 35.7 billion KRW
- 10th Anniversary Ceremony for the Youth Dental Orthodontic Support Project in collaboration with the Barun Dental Service Association
- Introduced New Educational Programs for Dream Scholars
- Webzine vol.12
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 35.1 billion
- Dr. Ro Sung Tae appointed as the sixth chairperson
- Launch of the Global Dream Camp for local students and teachers from developing countries
- Webzine vol.10
- Webzine vol.11
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 35.1 billion
- Launch of professional Leader Scholarship Program for graduate students
- Webzine vol.08
- Webzine vol.09
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 35.2 billion
- Foundation's 10th anniversary and symposium
- Establishment of the foundation's 10-year long-term plan
- Webzine vol.06
- Webzine vol.07
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 35.5 billion
- Dr. Song Suk Ku reappointed as the fifth chairperson
- Launch of the Dream Class Scholarship Program
- Webzine vol.04
- Webzine vol.05
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 36 billion
- Dr. Song Suk Ku appointed as the fourth chairperson
- Development of online training course for mentors participating in the Mentoring Scholarship Program
- Webzine vol.02
- Webzine vol.03
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 34.2 billion
- Launch of the Graduate Donation Program "Manwon (KRW 10,000) Kkumnanum" by Former Scholarship Recipients
- Creation of the foundation's mascot, Kkumi-Kkumi
- Celebration of the Kkumi-Kkumi Dream Star Festival
- Webzine vol.01
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 33.4 billion
- Dr. Sohn Byung Doo reappointed as the third chairperson
- Analysis of domestic and international trends and production of the foundation's scholarship programs' development plan
- Participation in the Educational Donation Fair
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 33.3 billion
- Establishment of the Leader Creation Scholarship Program for university students
- Launch of the Scholarships for the Talented Students by Field
- Launch of the Educational Support Programs by Topic
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 30.9 billion
- Research on the scholarship program's management system and future planning
- Change of the foundation's name from Samsung Equal Opportunity Scholarship Foundation to Samsung Dream Scholarship Foundation
- The second Korean Human Awards Ceremony
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 27.7 billion
- Dr. Sohn Byung Doo appointed as the second chairperson
- The first selection and announcement of the Youth Orthodontic Supporting Program participants
- The first Afterschool Education Program Prize Awards Ceremony
- Celebration of the Scholarship Students' Festival
- Symposium on the topic of "The Present and the Future of Scholarship Activities"
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 17.9 billion
- The first selection and announcement of the Global Dream Scholarship Program scholars
- Celebration of the Scholarship Students' Festival
- Publication of the first issue of "The Equal Opportunity Webzine"
- Scholarship Amount: KRW 9.1 billion
- Establishment of the foundation's long-term plan and the structuring of the foundation's scholarship programs
- The first selection and announcement of the Mentoring Scholarship Program scholars and the Educational Support Program participants
- Launch of The Samsung Equal Opportunity Scholarship Foundation
- Dr. Shin In Ryung appointed as the first chairperson