Stony Brook University SUNY Korea

  Professor Johng-Ihl Lee  Professor Johng-Ihl Lee of SUNY Korea (Professor of the Department of Technology Management and Dean of the Department of Strategic Planning & Relations) received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award at the 10th Anniversary ceremony of Incheon Global Campus held on October 26th, 2022. Prof. Johng-Ihl Lee received this award in recognition of his contribution to the development of the country and society by encouraging the activation of foreign education and research institutes in the Incheon Free Economic Zone.   Prof. Johng-Ihl Lee has served as the Chief Executive of the Korea Israel Industrial R&D Foundation, the President of the Korea Society for Innovation Management & Economics (KOSIME), and the Director of the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT). Also, in March 2022 he was appointed as the co-representative of the Incheon Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (ICCEJ). He is actively working not only for the development of higher education, but also for the development of the local community.     

  SUNY Korea Museum of Modern Costume is pleased to present the opening of the “Alice in Wanderyarn” special exhibition.   Greeting From Director In celebration of the 10th anniversary of SUNY Korea and IGC, I am honored and happy to jointly hold the 'Special Exhibition: Alice in Wanderuarn' at The SUNY Korea Museum of Modern Costume. In the 1980s, as the standard of living improved due to economic growth, foreign fashions were quickly introduced to Korea, and the importance of knitwear, a new trendy style, was aslo highlighted. Rustic American President Jimmy Carter, who was from a rural area and often wore comfortable knitwear in 1977, and Britain's Princess Diana, who was famous for wearing an inverted triangle hourglass-style knit with large shoulders, both drew attention to, and also influenced, the trend of knitwear. We hope you enjoy this exhibition, where you can see knitwear, which was a representative fashion element of the 80s, through works of outstanding artistry. SUNY Korea Museum of Modern Costume Director Heisoon Shin   This exibition will open from October 26th, 2022 through March 31st, 2023. Also, this exhibition will be closed during the last two weeks of December.  The opening hours of the museum is: Monday – Friday (10:00am – 5:00pm) / Weekends and Holidays: closed  

      On October 12th, the first Fall 2022 Career Talk to You was held. Career Talks allow students to hear from real life experience and gain understanding on various occupations.  Ms. Jackie Jun, a certified CPA from the U.K. with an extensive career in the finance & auditing field, discussed her experiences as a former career seeker in the global job maker. 

The Career Development Center (CDC) has hosted the Fall 2022 Student Internship Panel Event on September 27th! For this event, four currently enrolled students from different majors of SUNY Korea were able to share their internship experiences at key major corporations in Korea. With this opportunity, students were able to learn about the internship application process, tips, and how they hope to use the experience as they embark on their own career development. The students' internship companies included 4STEC (Software Engineer Intern), Mobilio (Purchasing Intern), BMW Korea (Public Relations Intern), and Saltcake (Marketing Intern).        

  Kyungbae Min (double major in AMS and CS), Dukyoung Eom (CS), Hyerin Choi (double major in AMS and CS), and Sije Park (CS) were awarded the ‘Cleanest UI/UX’ in the SBU Hacks 2022, a hackathon competition.  Here is an interview with one of the team members.  Hello, I am Kyungbae Min. I’m a senior and majoring in AMS, also studying CS as a minor. I’m currently working as a front-end developer.   1. Why did you choose to study at SUNY Korea? The biggest advantage I thought was that I can experience an international environment and curriculum in Korea. For me, burdened with the desire to study abroad, I expected that high-quality lectures provided in English and the school's compulsory policy of sending students to the US in their senior year would provide me with a broader perspective, and I am currently experiencing that. 2. Briefly explain the competition you participated in, and what prize you were awarded.  ‘2022 SBU Hacks’ is a 48-hour hackathon held by SBU, MLH (Major League Hacking), and a lot of sponsors. It is a competition in which participants form a team of up to four people to independently create projects using any technology in the form of software or hardware for 48 hours. About 300 participants from all over the country, from undergraduates to graduate students, gathered to devise novel business models and projects using technology, and on the last day, they were evaluated by judges in each field through demos. Our team created ‘Plog-In’, a web app targeting mobile platforms under the topic of Plogging, and won the ‘Cleanest UI/UX’ category among about 60 projects.  

  Last Wednesday on September 21, the Fall 2022 Career Design School was held on campus. The Career Design School is created for Freshmen and Sophomores to explore their career paths and discover their passion. Mr. David Choi was the guest speaker and he is the Blockchain Leader at OGQ, a social platform where creators from all over the world can easily work in various fields. He shared several tips on how to live a meaningful college life, preparing for your career.    

            The Fall 2022 IGC Career Festival was held in person on September 3rd from 10 AM to 5 PM. In collaboration with all four IGC universities, SUNY Korea CDC (Career Development Center) have put together the most inspiring and practical programs for the student's career advancement.  The Fall 2022 IGC Career Festival helped offer the students real world experience from successful alumni professionals through IGC Alumni Career Talk, finding their strength and career with the MBTI test, English & Korean mock interviews with professional career coaches, and English resume 101 lecture and an individual resume clinic. The students also had the opportunity to meet with other university students and take tours of all four universities on IGC Campus. Also, after this event there was an evaluation from the students about this Fall 2022 IGC Career Festival, and the results showed that 100% of attended students rated the Fall 2022 IGC Career Festival to be “Very Helpful” for Career Preparation. In the evaluation, one student said, "I learned that finding 'my stories' during the four years of university is the most important thing I need to do. Also, I found that balancing the activities and studying is significant as both of them are required for reaching my dream. Further, I felt the MBTI consultation was also very meaningful as I not only learned the detailed description of MBTI and how MBTI actually links with my personality."    

“I feel like I am more myself when I wear the look or the outfit I imagined, I feel an incredible sense of joy and pride when I create clothes. I love the sense of accomplishment, as I navigate through tough processes, while it's all coming together," said Lee. Yoojin Lee, one of FIT AAS degree program alumni, won 2nd place in the Wilson Competition in New York. Wilson has teamed up with IHG Hotels & Resorts and FIT to create student-designed ball gowns in celebration of this year’s US Open Tournament. The US Open is a tennis tournament held annually in New York. Each gown was designed with, and inspired by, Wilson’s official US Open tennis ball. ​ To read more, check out the articles in the links below. Click Here

Finally, the world is slowly coming back to normal after the long two years of an online generation. This past week the new students were able to come to school to learn the important information for classes and what life would be like on campus. The students were able to experience this through the different workshops prepared for them including placement exams, orientations, a variety of workshops, and the main Convocation event. During these five days of the New Student Welcome Week they were able to make connections with their fellow students, staff, and faculty. Check out the video in our YouTube: https://youtu.be/fQTAbrkDpr0                                

The Fall 2022 Convocation was held today at the IGC Auditorium. We were finally able to welcome our new SBU and FIT students in person. After the long pandemic, we greeted students, parents, and faculty with big smiles. Arthur H. Lee, president of SUNY Korea, Dr. Dawn Medley, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at Stony Brook University NY, Mark Evan Blackman, Chair of Fashion Design Department at SUNY Korea all gave special remarks in today's convocation to encourage students A total of 211 students have joined us this semester: 114 students in SBU and 96 students in FIT. Starting from this fall, a new major will join SUNY Korea SBU . The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program, one of the foundational disciplines of engineering, will start with 26 students and will continue to grow with the other majors at our school. We welcome you Class of 2024 & 2026. See you on Monday!    

      On July 15, 2022 the newly elected city councilman made a visit to the Incheon Global Campus Universities. There were a total of eleven people including the seven councilmen and four industry board directors.  As part of the tour provided by IGC, there was a short visit made to one of SUNY Korea’s lecture rooms located in the Academic building A. The Dean of Strategic Planning and Relations provided a brief presentation about SUNY Korea. 

SUNY Korea convened an academic symposium from June 15 to 16. The academic symposium, which was held to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of SUNY Korea, consisted of 3 sessions. The attending speakers from various research areas shared their own insights about global education, sustainability, academics, etc.

Detailed Event Info:  SUNY Korea Academic Symposium 2022 IGC Auditorium & Academic Building C Wednesday, June 15- Thursday, June 16, 2022   SUNY Korea 10 Year Anniversary Dinner IGC Multicomplex Building 1st Floor  Thursday, June 16, 2022, 18:20 - 20:20    Inauguration of SUNY Korea President Arthur H. Lee IGC Auditorium  Friday, June 17, 2022, 09:30 - 10:30    2022 Incheon Fashion Festa 'The Runway' Moonlight Festival Park  Friday, June 17, 2022, 20:00 - 21:30   

Spring 2022 Career Talk to You #2, an event hosted by SUNY Korea CDC, was successfully held on May 25. Ms. Sophie Park, the CEO of Sophie Company, gave a talk on her career journey and tips for starting a start-up company. Sophie Company is a K-beauty marketing agency that provides access to innovative beauty and fashion products to global customers and major global retailers like COSTCO, IHERB, and Anthropologie, etc., and has been continuously recruiting SUNY Korea students as interns. Through this opportunity, SUNY Korea students were able to gain insights into the company’s global marketing and sales strategy and learn about the crucial aspects for success in a career. 

  TMR-founders is a start- up company established by SUNY Korea CS graduate student, Youngho Kim. The company was recently selected as one of the 12 start-up teams in the Jung-Ju Young Start-up Competition hosted by Asan-nanum group. Jung-Ju Young Start-up Competition started in 2012 to encourage and sponsor start-up companies within the nation. The average competition rate for this competition is about 100:1.     [Questions for Youngho, CEO of TMR-founders]   1.    Briefly introduce yourself.      Hello, I am Youngho Kim, and I am currently building and running a company called tmr-founders.   2.    Could you explain about your start-up company “TMR-founders”? (How it was started, etc.)     Tmr-founders began with various visions of our team members that led to the same destination (self-actualization). We all dream of a world where we can make “work” happy. We define “work that anyone wants” as a start-up. Through a start-up, we expect a better world to live in.   3.    We heard your company was recently selected for the final round of the Jung Ju-Young Start-up competition. Could you tell us about the competition and how your company was able to make it to the final round?      Jung Ju-Young Start-up Competition is one of the biggest start-up competitions in Korea held by Asan-nanum campaign. The average competition rate is about 100:1. To be honest, we expected that we would not even pass the document screening in this competition. When we met several venture capitalists with the ppt document that we submitted for this competition, they all said this service is not attractive. We asked for tons of feedback and questions in order to not give up. At a time when our self-esteem fell to the very bottom, we passed the first document screening at the Jung Ju-Young Startup Competition. It was lucky to pass the document stage, and after that, we passed two more presentation reviews. With the passion and help of our teammates, we were selected as one of the final 12 start-up teams.   4.    Do you have any messages for SUNY Korea students who wish to start their own business?      Do a job or work that you can always smile about before you go to bed. Never start a business from the opinions and trends of the people around you. Believe in yourself and keep going. And please act first since there will never be perfect preparation.