Student Spotlight

Choyeong Kim, a junior Global Affairs major, spent her whole life in Korea and dreamt of studying abroad from a young age. Her dreams came true at Mason Korea.

Fifty international students taking Korean language courses at Mason Korea went on a cultural excursion to Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul.

At a recent mentorship event, two upperclassmen, Yeonju Park and Youngho Ji, offered advice to some of Mason Korea’s newest students.

Sehyun Jeong (Business, ‘18) always dreamed of becoming a CEO one day. After earning her BS at Mason Korea, she is now the founder and CEO of her own web and mobile app development company.

Mason Korea senior Yuhyun Sihn is currently studying abroad for the first time in her life at Mason’s Fairfax campus. She also just began her Accelerated Master’s program in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the Carter School.

Gue Yong Lee (Accounting, ’20), a Mason Korea alum and Advisory Board member, began his graduate program at the Thunderbird School of Global Management this year, where he is now serving as Director of Communication at the Career Management Center.

Michaela Seulki Kim first arrived at Mason Korea with zero English education background, then founded the school newspaper The Voice, and eventually landed her first full-time job as a Digital Forensic Analyst in Washington, DC.

Yeseul Lee, a senior majoring in Management of Information Systems (MIS) and minoring in Computational and Data Sciences at Mason Korea, successfully completed an internship at XAI Land last fall, while simultaneously completing a three-credit business course (MIS 492).

Six students from George Mason University’s Fairfax campus and one student from the Korea campus took KOREAN 490 (Internship in Korean Studies) this fall while interning at offices across Mason Korea.

Samuel Wilson, a junior majoring in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Mason Korea, recently won the Commendation award for the 17th Economic Essay Contest hosted by The Korea Times and sponsored by Woori Bank. He is officially the first Mason Korea student to win an essay award by The Korea Times.