Mason Korea News

Mason Korea Campus Dean Dr. Robert Matz signed an MOU with Mr. Wonchan Tea of Newbie, a study abroad agency for student-athletes, to cooperate on establishing a Mason Korea soccer team to compete in the Korea Football Association. 

Mason Korea professors Gyu Tag Lee and Claude Drolet delivered special lectures on K-Pop and communications to some 100 students at Songdo High School, while three Mason Korea students gave mentoring sessions.

Mason Korea has partnered with the Foundation for Medical Innovation (FMI) to collaborate on innovative growth in the field of medicine and life sciences. Through this partnership, Mason faculty will be providing customized training and consultation to bio industry researchers and professionals at FMI Business School.

This week, Mason Korea Campus Dean Dr. Robert Matz signed an MOU on ‘Community-Linked High School Credit System’ with Seong Hoon Do, Superintendent of the Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education at a signing ceremony hosted by the Incheon Global Campus (IGC).

Mason Korea is pleased to announce three new scholarship programs in support of student access and learning.  The scholarships target student need, academic engagement, and contributions to campus life. 

Mason Korea Professors Eunmee Lee and Teresa Michals taught introductory communication classes to some 30 middle school students at Neungheodae Middle School in Incheon. Two Mason Korea students, Dawn Oh and Hannah Clark, also supported the program as mentors and teaching assistants. For the last session, Associate Dean of Student Affairs Yorgun Marcel delivered a special lecture on global leadership.

Mason Korea held its first in-person graduation ceremony since the pandemic outbreak. The ceremony, which was simultaneously broadcasted live, allowed graduates to celebrate with some of their family and faculty members.

George Mason University Korea successfully partnered with University of Utah Asia Campus on Art for Change, an art gallery and discussion panel on issues of social justice.

Mason Korea’s Center for Security Policy Studies-Korea (CSPS-K) held the 2021 CSPS-Korea Annual Symposium entitled “Human Security in the Gray Zone: North Korean Defectors and Their Children.” Co-hosted by North Korean human rights organization, THINK, the symposium addressed the unprotected rights of children born by North Korean defectors in a third country.

Mason Korea has selected Patrick Quinn as its new Chief Business Officer. Quinn is currently the Regional Director at the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) and is responsible for enrollment operations at six locations in South Korea.