HOUSTON, Dec. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SK Innovation has
donated $50,000 to the Korean Studies
Program at Rice University in
Houston, Texas, USA, its second
donation since October of last year.
Kim Taewon, President of SK E&P America, (SK Exploration
& Production) attended the scholarship donation ceremony at
Rice University on December 6
with David W. Leebron, President of
Rice University.
The donation will be used to further promote Korea in its Korean
Studies Scholarship Program for academic studies, language
education, social events like "Korea Night", and scholarships for
students.
Last June, Rice University students
who were SK scholarship recipients in Korean Studies, participated
in a six-week long program in Korea. During their stay, they
visited SK Innovation's production base in Ulsan at the SK Ulsan
Complex (or SK Ulsan CLX). Their thank you cards, although not in
perfect Korean, expressed their passion and strong interest in
Korea, as well as their gratitude for the opportunity to visit
Korea on a SK scholarship.
Since relocating its E&P Head Office from Seoul to Houston,
Texas in January 2017, SK
Innovation has placed a priority on community activities, including
philanthropy and volunteering activities, to give back to the local
community.
Last May, SK Innovation E&P employees volunteered at the
Houston Food Bank, serving the homeless and low income families, to
share their corporate values of supporting the local community.
Their activities were warmly received by the local community and
the press, which commended SK Innovation's management philosophy of
"growth with locals." SK Innovation E&P employees continue to
share their values of growing together through volunteering
activities with the Houston Food Bank, which they had also
volunteered with last October.
SK Innovation E&P President Kim Taewon said, "I am happy
that we can share our values with the local community for two years
in a row," and added, "I hope that our scholarship fund can present
meaningful opportunities to promote Korea and Rice University, a representative of Houston, where the SK E&P head office is
located."
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