Student Spotlight

Injun Hwang, a senior majoring in accounting, dedicated the first half of the year to preparing for a bodybuilding competition with the support of his peers and professors.

Sophomore Hyunwoo Jo represented not only Mason Korea, but all of Korea, as the Representative of Korean Participants at the 2023 Global Youth Summit this summer.  

Yuhyun Sihn worked as a student research fellow and project intern for the Peace and Conflict Center Asia at Mason Korea. Now in a Mason accelerated masters program, she secured an internship with the University of Virginia's Sorensen Institute where she honed her skills in conflict resolution.

Tristan Melton, a junior majoring in marketing, landed a competitive off-site internship this summer through his impressive Korean skills.

Mason Korea’s Career Development Center collaborated with the Incheon Global Campus Foundation and IGC universities to organize the inaugural IGC Career Boot Camp, which was held at the Largoville Resort located on Ganghwa Island in Incheon. 

Having made the most of his Mason experience, Yong June Kim (CONF, ’23) will be beginning his Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (LL.M.) in International Law of Global Security, Peace, and Development (ILGSPD) in Europe this fall.

Alex James (Computer Game Design, '25), a sophomore visiting from Mason’s Fairfax campus, embarked on his first international trip to Korea. Read more about his life-changing experience at Mason Korea.

“Commencement,” which is an alternative term for “graduation,” also means “a beginning or start.” As we complete our journey as undergraduates, we embark on yet another great start to our careers in different fields of society...

Goeun Jackie Baek (Conflict Analysis and Resolution, '23) spent the first quarter of this year working as a program coordinator for the Miracle for Africa Foundation (MAF) in Malawi. She continues to contribute to MAF's mission at the organization's headquarters in Seoul.

Mason Korea student Ilya Kim (Global Affairs, ’23) was honored with the distinguished Peter N. Stearns Global Citizenship Award at the recent commencement ceremony held at the Fairfax campus.