Executive MBA Homecoming Day of the First Semester: Gateway to Communication       The Homecoming Day event of the first semester for the Graduate School of Business (Dean=Kim Jaewook) Executive MBA (hereinafter E-MBA) was held in April 6th(Sat) 4PM at LG-POSCO Building’s Cuckoo Hall. In this event, Dean of Graduate School of Business Kim Jaewook, Associate Dean for MBA programs Lee Dong-Won, E-MBA full-time faculty Yoo Weon Sang and Chun Jae Uk, and 30 E-MBA students participated in the event.      Chun Jae Uk, Program Director, "I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the schoolmates for sparing their valuable weekend time despite the wet weather," he said in a welcoming speech. Dean Kim Jae Uk's welcome speech followed. "I sincerely appreciate all the classmates who have been here since graduation," said Kim Jae-wook, president of Korea University's Graduate School of Business. "Our business school will continue to communicate with you and provide support both materially and emotionally for the development of E-MBA."     Later, E-MBA students enjoyed dinner together to promote harmony and friendship. The E-MBA hosts 'Homecoming Day' every semester to provide networking opportunities for its alumni and students.  

Interview of KUBS Student Ambassador KUBE 9th Yoon Ji-hyun Becoming a KUBS Student Ambassador from a ‘Teen Mentee’     Q.Could you please introduce yourself?   My name is Yoon Ji-hyun, and I am currently a sophomore at Korea University Business School. I participated in the third ‘Teen Mentoring Day’ as a teen mentee in my second year at high school, and ever since this event I began to dream of entering KUBS. After entering KUBS, I participated in the seventh ‘Teen Mentoring Day’ event as an undergraduate mentor. And since September 2018, I am working as a student ambassador for KUBS in my hope of leading the way through promoting KUBS. Q. You have experienced both roles in the ‘Teen Mentoring Event‘ as a teen mentee and a student ambassador. What is the most memorable episode?   For me, every moment that I had as a mentee, mentor, and an ambassador is memorable that I cherish. Out of all moments, I want to tell you what happened most recently. During our regular tour in November 2018, I advised high school students of my group to participate in the ‘Teen Mentoring Day’ event that is held during winter break as I told them about my high school days. I actually met those students in the mentoring event last January, and I was pleased to hear that they applied for the event through my advice. I was not only proud of them but also happy that I was able to help someone. Afterwards, I promised myself to work even harder as a student ambassador with pride. Q. Have you dreamt of entering KUBS since you were a teen mentee? What did you learn from the Teen Mentoring event?   I participated in one of the regular tours at Korea University in my first year of high school. The senior student who introduced the business department was cool, and I was impressed by the grand buildings. Since then I just decided that I would study to go to KUBS. One day, while looking around the KUBS website, I learned about the ‘Teen Mentoring Day’ event and participated as a teen mentee. Particularly, planning and introducing products, ‘Marketing Practice,’ was the most memorable. I became interested in marketing as I actively came up with ideas and presented them in front of people, and came to hope for a career in marketing. Thus, the ‘Teen Mentoring Day’ event hosted by KUBS helped me to have a new dream regarding business administration.   Q. Ever since you participated in the 7th ‘Teen Mentoring Day’ event as an undergraduate mentor, you are working as KUBS’s student ambassador ‘KUBE.’ What made you become a student ambassador?   What came in mind right after I got admitted to KUBS was that I want to become a mentor in the ‘Teen Mentoring Day’ event. From my experience as participating in the event as a mentee, I know how the event is a special and crucial chance, so I wanted to help students in their shoes. More than anything, I love my fellow KUBE ambassadors who approached me and gave so much love. I was so excited to be a KUBE ambassador and attach a KUBS symbol in my chest, which is something that I drew so many times in my notebook when I was a high school student. So after the Mentoring Day event without hesitancy I applied to be a member of KUBE, and was able to get good results as I appealed to that experience. Q. Please tell us what you want to say finally.   If somebody asks the best thing I’ve done since I entered university, I would proudly say ‘becoming a member of KUBE.’ While working as KUBE, I was reminded of my high school days, and I was amazed to know how the programs I participated in were made. KUBE activities were fun, so I enjoyed working with KUBE friends and teachers. I want to say thank you to the 8th KUBE ambassadors who worked so hard and the 9th KUBE ambassadors who will continue to work with me. Now, I would like to sincerely welcome our 10th KUBE ambassadors. I will end by saying that I always thank and love Korea University Business School which has been with me since I was in high school, KUBE 8th, 9th, 10th ambassadors, and teachers of the PR office.

  The Ceremony for Completion of the 8th KUBE & Commencement of the 9th KUBE Korea University Business School (Dean = Jae Wok Kim) Student Ambassador KUBE (hereinbelow ‘KUBE’) held the ceremony for completion of 8th KUBE and commencement of 10th KUBE on April 8th (Mon) in LG-POSCO Building 301. A total of 22 attended the ceremony, including Jae Wook Kim, Dean of KUBS, Joong Hyuk Kim, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Baeho Kim, Associate Dean for Research, staffs from the KUBS Public Relations Office, and 17 KUBE members.   The event was hosted by the president of 9th KUBE, Yoo Jung Lee (Business’16), and vice president Suk Hyun Gong (Business’18). The event commenced with a brief overview of KUBE’s objective of elevating the internal and external status of KUBS through organizing various events and reporting official events. Then they briefly introduced the key activities they had in Fall 2018 such as ‘The 8 th KUBS Teen Mentoring Day’. The hosts then introduced their main tasks on Spring 2019 including protocol events support, online and offline publications, and other social events for KUBS students and alumni.       Jae Wook Kim, Dean of KUBS said, “We are grateful to the 8th KUBE members’ contribution for the past year and are expecting a lot from newly selected 10th KUBE members”, and added, “I wish all of you do your best to promote the pride of KUBS by thoroughly studying the history and future of our school.” Joong Hyuk Kim, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs said, “Student Ambassadors represent our school”, and added, “We will actively support KUBE’s activities.” Baeho Kim, Associate Dean for Research, finally said, “I want to thank your for every KUBE members. I will also try my best to help and support KUBE.”   The ceremony for the completion of the 8th KUBE who finished their participation for one year, the appointment and scholarship ceremony of the newly selected 10th students, and the scholarship ceremony for the 9th students to continue their activity for this semester was held. KUBS has recognized the merit and hard work of the Student Ambassador and decided to provide a new scholarship to KUBE members from Spring semester, 2019. KUBS Student Ambassador program, KUBE, first commenced in 2013 and revised on June 2015. The main tasks of KUBE are△ KUBS Campus Visit and Teen Gathering Day △ Teen Mentoring Day △ KUBS SNS event planning.  

AMP 87th generation senior-junior joint event held in great success   The senior-junior joint event of the Korea University Graduate School of Business Administration (Dean = Jae Wok Kim) Advanced Management Program (hereinbelow AMP) 87th generation was held at LG-POSCO Building, Ahn Yoing Il Hall on Monday, April 8. The event was organized to promote the friendship between the 87th members and the 86th senior members. AMP senior-junior joint lecture is a program which provides special lectures in various fields such as humanities and arts that help business management as well as management and economic fields. In this event, tenor Kim Byoung Oh gave a lecture on music accompanied by songs under the theme of "small concert: Dreams come true". A total of 60 people attended the ceremony, including 86th and 87th AMP members.   The lecture was followed by songs under the theme of ‘dreams’, ‘enthusiasm’ and ‘challenges’. Kim Byeong Oh tenor sang of Insooni, of Frank Wildhorn, and of Francesco sartori, in accordance with the accompaniment of Park Jung Min's pianist. There was a burst of applause at the end of each song. After singing , Kim Byeong Oh talked about his dream. Kim Tenor said, "I also graduated from a technical high school and never thought of other careers”, and added, “Walking along the street one day, I saw the performance of the 1988 World Cup opening concert. From that point I had a new dream of becoming a vocalist”   He then sang and lectured about his passion. "My endeavor toward music began, but reality was different from ideals," and he recalled, “I woke up at 3 am, did car washing, and delivered milk to financing the money.” He also emphasized the importance of dreams, enthusiasm and challenge, saying, "As a result, I entered Yonsei University College of Music, after four tries at the age of 25, and I was able to challenge myself because of my dream and enthusiasm.” Finally, Kim finished his lecture by singing . As the lecture ended with his song, AMP members shouted 'encore' and responded with a standing ovation. Kim called Kim Kwang Suk's as an encore song, and the event ended with great success.

Information Session for the 2019 Summer KUBS Global Internship Information session for the 2019 Summer KUBS Global Internship was held on 4th April (Thur), at room 107, LG-POSCO Building. Hosted by KUBS International Department, more than 40 students interested in the global internship attended the session. The presentation went through the contents with application period, eligibilities and qualifications, selection criteria, how to apply, followed by Q&A.   KUBS’s Global Internship was initially settled in 1994 as a frontier in South Korea Universities and is still standing as the largest international internship program. Every year, it provides more than 30 students with experience working abroad for 4~9 weeks in 15 foreign regions. For the qualification details, KUBS student who is not enrolled in the last semester before the graduation is able to apply for the program. However, the nomination priority goes to the students who major in business administration and minor, dual major students get subordinated chances. During the internship period, a student will be involved in 'International Internship Practice’ course that grants 3 credits per 4-weeks of internship period (who takes more than 8-weeks get maximum of 6 credits). The administration fees are fully refunded after the internship period. Also, business major and dual degree students are subjected to the 100% air fare support from KUBS. Additional aid will be given depending on the student’s financial condition. The selection is based on △GPA of the last two semesters △English proficiency test score (optional) △English (or Chinese) Interview △Interview in Korean △weighted score for extracurricular activities. Applicants should be reminded that the extra points for the students who have completed regional studies, which existed as a part of the last semester’s selection criteria are eliminated this year. Deadline for the application is 3:00pm of April 29, with the complete submission of both online applicant and the printed version. The selected students for the program must attend in education session and the dispatch ceremony scheduled in June (mandatory). In addition, students have to carefully consider that the cancellation after the selection gets F grade and will be subject to particular penalties afterwards. To get the final credits after the internship, mandatory reports, daily work journal and experience log should be submitted to KUBS international department. At the session, KUBS International department officer Yejin Yang mentioned that “final corporate lists are planned to be uploaded in the final weeks of May, so please frequently check out the community website if you are interested in the program”.     At the ending of the session, Associate Dean Chris Changhwa Chung left a closing remark, saying “I’m very happy to see many students showing their interest in the global internship program. This opportunity, which is a huge gift provided by KUBS, will certainly be your meaningful, priceless experience. So, I highly recommend this program for all”. For further information of the program, please find the details in KUBS Global Internship Community in KU portal or contact KUBS International department (02-3290-5362).    

“We are all KUBS”, Semester opening party was held for the international students and faculty members On March 7, the ‘Beginning of the Semester Party for KUBS International Students & Faculty’ was held at Ahn Young Il Hall in LG-POSCO Building. The 2019 semester opening party was hosted by KUBS International department, with the participants of Associate Dean Chris Changhwa Chung, foreign faculty members and more than 100 international students.     The event began with the welcome remark by Associate Dean Chris Changhwa Chung and professor Tony C. Garrett. Professor Chris cited Mark Twain, saying “Do not regret what you haven’t done, try to find what you can make a challenge. I hope the experiences in KUBS would provide as many opportunities for the international students.” After the speeches, the party invitees had a greeting time with the refreshments. One of the participants, foreign student Mr. Hesam mentioned “I love this event, I may reach out to other new international students, sharing some significant information each other. I have been participating in this opening party since 2017.”   As of 2019 spring semester, 534 KUBS international students(regular) and 94 exchange students are taking the high-standardized Business Administration courses, in order to become a global leader in the next generation. KUBS International department is actively supporting the international students with various programs such as 'KUBS Buddy (Exchange Student Buddy program)’ and 'KUBS Global (Regular Student Buddy program).