Professor Heo Gang-mu (Divsion of Public Science) has been appointed as the new dean of the Jimmy Carter School of International Studies. The term begins on March 1 and is for two years.

Dean Heo served as head of the Divsion of Public Science for four years starting in 2014. From 2015 he served for four years as an advising professor and deputy director of the Division of Electronics Information Engineering.

He also serves as a non-standing member of the Central Land Expropriation Committee, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; as a member of the Legislative Support Group, National Assembly (land and transport field); as a member of the Public Institutions Management Evaluation Team, Ministry of Economy and Finance; as a budget review committee member of the Saemangeum Development Agency; and as a member of the Farmland Forum of Korea Rural Community Corporation. Through these roles, he participates in legislative and policy advisory activities for government and public institutions.

Dean Heo stated, "Based on my experience in external activities with the government and the National Assembly, I will do my utmost for the development of the Jimmy Carter School of International Studies at this turning point of regional depopulation and the crisis facing universities."

The Jimmy Carter School of International Studies is a new model of an international college, established at Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) as the first of its kind among national universities to cultivate interdisciplinary creative talent suited to the global era. It launched in 2018 as the 'Global Frontier College,' centered on the International Humanities and Social Sciences Division and the International Science and Engineering Division. Last year it incorporated the Divsion of Public Science, which trains professionals to carry out public solutions to social problems, and the Division of Convergence (IAB Convergence Major, New Energy Convergence Major, Arts Convergence Creative Major) to lead the social changes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and was renamed the Jimmy Carter School of International Studies, continuing to grow.