Students from our university's Sport, Health, and Rehabilitation Major collaborated with a local community welfare center to conduct the ‘Kookmin Companion Tour’ a community-linked program utilizing campus walking trails and cultural facilities. This activity was part of the 2025 TEAM Education Certification Program and held educational significance as current students directly managed the operation to strengthen their practical skills.

Participants included seniors from the Jeongneung Silver Welfare Center, an MOU partner institution of the Sport, Health, and Rehabilitation Major Rehabilitation. The main activity was a walking tour along the K-Healing Course on Kookmin University's campus. Students provided support throughout the process, including course guidance, safety accompaniment, and managing rest stops, ensuring seniors could participate comfortably. This walking program, utilizing the campus's natural environment, elicited positive responses in terms of enhancing the seniors' physical activity and psychological well-being. One participating senior shared, “In my 50 years of life, I never knew Kookmin University had such a space. Thanks to the students, I can enjoy it as a local resident. I'm so grateful.” Subsequent activities included a laboratory-based exercise special lecture themed “Active Seniors.” After lunch, participants toured Kookmin University's Myeongwon Museum and attended a tea gathering. Seniors viewed exhibits at the Myeongwon Museum, a campus cultural space, then engaged in natural conversation with students during the tea gathering. This interaction demonstrated the positive effect of fostering intergenerational social relationships.

Meanwhile, Professor Chun Ji hyun of the Sport, Health, and Rehabilitation Major, who planned and operated the program, stated, “We plan to expand various collaborative programs that share the university's educational resources and spaces with the local community and strengthen practice-oriented education.”