Wellesley College students on the Ted Wang Fellowship program will periodically update this blog with their experiences in East Asia. Check back often for updates!
A few weeks ago, my former intern boss, Gary Wang (interviewed in blog post #3) contacted me, asking if I wanted to meet with an industry friend. “She’s an HR Director in a leading industry inno...Read More
Let’s face it: a lot of people move to China for a career in the corporate world. Since China’s opening in the late 20th century, private businesses have been gaining stronger positions in the e...Read More
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 Pola...Read More
If you thought the Avengers was only big in the US, you should really come to China. The recent release of Avengers: Endgame has exploded at the box office, taking in $330 million in the first weeke...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 interv...Read More
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 Huan...Read More
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 continu...Read More