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 […]
Shanghai Blog Post #3: My First Three Networking Meetings
Finally, to networking! During these past two weeks, I have begun the second component of the Ted Wang fellowship: meeting with local Shanghainese professionals and getting to know more about their career paths and industries. I’m especially eager to meet with Wellesley alums and learn how they transformed a Wellesley diploma into a career. All […]
Shanghai Blog Post #2: Fudan University
We’re a few weeks into the Chinese school year, and I feel like I’m finally getting the hang of this new schedule. Last semester, my classes at the University of London SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) only met twice a week and I thought that was odd coming from Wellesley but Fudan’s classes […]