A small but very significant ceremony was held at the N Center lecture room on Feb 25, to celebrate the graduation from the GBME department of 6 bachelors and several Master's and PhD degree recipients. Of those the highlight was clearly on the small number of graduating seniors who were admitted to SKKU in 2015, as the first class of the newly minted Biomedical Engineering department of the university. Out of thirty who entered, only six graduated but this is not abnormal given the mandatory military service required of the male students. Seonha Hwang, who worked as an undergraduate intern for 3 years with Dr. Lee SK, got the highest GPA and was presented with the summa cum laude award by the Vice President of the university (and on a separate occasion same day in Seoul, also by the President of this 620 year-old university). It was reported that most of the 6 graduating seniors went on to do research at a graduate school (one went to Samsung), although none came to GBME. It is understandable that they could have looked for more established and experienced research labs and departments. GBME is widely expected to grow into one of those places in the near future.
