The fourth person I interviewed is doing linguistics research at Yonsei University and teaching while working on his PhD dissertation. I wanted to interview him because I am majoring in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences and wanted to learn more about linguistics research. In linguistics he is most interested in grammar, specifically morphology. He is currently […]
Month: April 2019
Korea: Networking Meeting #3
My third interview was with a culture and content planner at a company that creates lectures and programs aimed toward people who want to achieve various goals. She became interested in creating this type of content after attending a lecture that exceeded her expectations and really helped her sort through some difficulties in her life. […]
Korea: Networking Meeting #2
For my second interview, I met with my manager from my internship at the SNU Institute for Global Social Responsibility. She had previously said to me her work was very valuable to her and she felt a sense of purpose in it so I was interested in hearing about it in more detail. From a […]
Korea: Networking Meeting #1
As I am currently trying to explore paths that I could take after graduation, I am approaching these interviews as a way to learn more about careers that might interest me. I hope through these interviews I can narrow down which things might fit better than others, so that I can start making a plan […]
Shanghai Blog Post #5: Huangshan, or the Yellow Mountains
There’s a saying in China: “You don’t need to see any more mountains after seeing ‘the Five Mountains’, and you don’t need to see the other four mountains after seeing Huangshan.” True to the legend, Huangshan, or the Yellow Mountains, is one of the most famous and mystical areas in the country, with bus loads […]
Shanghai Blog Post #4: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
During a pivotal moment in the sweet, albeit critically-mixed teen drama, If I Stay, a character utters this line: “Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.” As I continue my networking project, decision-making has emerged as the crux of career paths, with active choices carrying nearly equal weight with the reactive […]
Seoul International Marathon
On March 17, I ran the Seoul International Marathon! Since this spring I’m not doing track at Wellesley, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to run my first marathon. I had into several obstacles in the months leading up to the marathon that made my training less than ideal including bad air quality […]
Sofia Ginard’s Bio
Hello Everyone! My name is Sofia Ginard and I am the 2018-2019 Ted Wang Fellow for Tokyo, Japan! I am currently spending my semester abroad at the International Christian University (ICU) through Middlebury’s School in Japan Exchange Program, which Wellesley has a partnership with. As classes don’t officially start until April in Japan, I spent […]
Seoul National University
I can’t believe it’s already been a month since the semester started! One of the most striking things about Seoul National University is… the campus is huge. It’s the biggest university campus in Korea, and is also built on a mountain, so the uphill climb seems to never end. Walking around Wellesley’s campus will seem […]
Keiko Hilmo – bio
Hi everyone! My name is Keiko Hilmo, and I’m the Ted Wang Fellow in Seoul, South Korea this semester. At Wellesley I’m a Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences major and Korean Language and Culture minor, so it’s really exciting to finally be putting my language studies to use in real life. I interned full time during […]