Near the end of May, I visited the Korea Institute of Marine Science and Technology (KIMST) and met with two employees from one of the research and development planning teams. KIMST is an organization under the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries that plans marine research and development (R&D) projects and promotes new technology to […]

For my sixth networking meeting, I had a conversation with a lawyer who works for CCRS (Credit Counseling and Recovery Service) in Seoul. I was very glad to have this opportunity because law is a field I am quite interested in and I was also curious what a career as a lawyer is like in […]

For my fifth interview, I met with a guesthouse owner in Sinchon (a busy area of Seoul). He has been running a guesthouse in Sinchon for about two years. Since the guesthouse is in a very popular area of Seoul, about 40% of guests are Korean, and the other 60% foreigners. The biggest logistical aspects […]

This semester I am interning for the Domestic Planning Team at the Seoul National University Institute for Global Social Responsibility (IGSR) (서울대학교 글로벌사회공헌단). During January and February I was working full time, and since the semester started I dedicate my Fridays to the internship. IGSR works on a variety of events and projects, but the […]

My main project during the semester at my internship has been making an English version of a book produced by IGSR. The book is an illustrated children’s book called 북극곰이 파래요 (The Polar Bear is Blue). The book was produced to deliver the moral of embracing differences and living together in harmony, and brings the […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]