SEOUL, South Korea,
Oct. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SK
Innovation has donated $50,000 to
Rice University in Houston, Texas to support its Korean programs
in the Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication. The
donation will also support a
scholarship for the 'Rice-in-Korea' study-abroad program as well as
Korean cultural programs at Rice
University.
SK Innovation's management philosophy of "growing together with
the local community" contributed directly to the company's decision
to make a donation to the Korean Studies Program. Thanks to SK
Innovation's contribution, Rice
University will be able to solidify its Korean programs and
raise understandings of the Korean language and culture on campus by
sponsoring scholarships, diversifying Korean-related courses, and
hosting campus-wide cultural activities.
On October 16 2017, Dongsoo Choi, president of SK Innovation's
Exploration and Production (E&P) Business, and Taewon Kim, head of E&P North America
Business Division, made the presentation to Y. Ping Sun, University Representative, and
Lora Wildenthal, Interim Dean of
Humanities.
"We are delighted to act upon SK Group's management philosophy
of 'sharing happiness'. We hope that our donation enables
cultivation of social values while helping the local scholarship
program and enhancing awareness of Korea in the community," Mr.
Choi said.
Rafael Salaberry, Director of CLIC
at Rice University says that, "The
Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication at
Rice University is delighted to receive
this generous gift from SK Innovation. With this gift, we will
continue to support students with limited financial means to
participate in our Rice in Korea program. The generous support of
SK Group will help many students at Rice have access to an
educational opportunity that is quickly becoming a needed component
of a well-rounded university education. We are honored by the trust
that SK Innovation has placed on us to help them continue to
advance their vision of community engagement through our academic
programs in Korean."
Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice
University is consistently ranked among the nation's top 20
universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly
respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies,
Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social
Sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy. With
3,879 undergraduates and 2,861 graduate students, Rice's
undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 6-to-1. Its residential
college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong
friendships, just one reason why Rice is ranked No. 1 for quality
of life and for lots of race/class interaction and No. 2 for
happiest students by the Princeton Review. Rice is also rated as a
best value among private universities by Kiplinger's Personal
Finance.
SK Innovation is the leading energy and petrochemical company
engaged in various fields of business from petroleum production,
refining, chemicals, lubricants, batteries to future energy. It is
an affiliate of SK Group, which is the second largest business
group in South Korea.
SK Innovation strives to share greater happiness in society by
engaging in a range of philanthropic activities and makes social
contributions in various fields including social enterprises,
education, regional co-growth and the environment. It aims to make
all members of society happy with the aim of becoming a company
that improves the value of life through social contributions. In
the past, SK Innovation, among others, made the following social
contributions and donations.
- On May 25, SK Innovation
employees volunteered at the Houston Food Bank in service for
Houston's families in need.
- On June 6, SK Innovation donated
a total of $50,000 to the Tulsa
Regional STEM Alliance (TRSA) program in Oklahoma. TRSA is a regional social
contribution program supporting teachers and students in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). It is sponsored by
the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB) which is a private
organization founded by oil and gas companies.
More information on SK Innovation is available at
http://eng.skinnovation.com/main.asp.
About SK Innovation
Established as South Korea's
first oil refining company in 1962, SK Innovation engages in
diverse areas of business, including exploration and production
(E&P), batteries, and information and electronics materials. It
owns SK energy, South Korea's
number one refining company, SK global chemical, the leader in the
domestic petrochemical industry, SK lubricants, a global lubricants
company, SK Incheon petrochem, a refining and chemical company, and
SK trading international, a trader of crude oils and
petrochemicals. As part of their management system, SK Innovation
pursues the maximization of happiness for all interested parties.
It is for this reason that SK Innovation recognizes the importance
of and pays attention to social enterprise, a way to create social
values through business.
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