"2022 E-MBA Junior SMART Camp" for E-MBA Students and Alumni’s children held

The "E-MBA Junior SMART Camp,"hosted by Korea University Graduate School of Business (Dean= Johngseok Bae) Executive MBA (hereinafter E-MBA), was held on July 30th(Sat) at LG-POSCO Building Room 531.

The Junior Smart Camp is designed to help E-MBA student’s and alumni’s children set more specific careers and goals by experiencing the business education field that their parents are studying at first hand. The camp, which is held every two years, was suspended due to COVID-19 after 2018, but has been resumed for the first time in 4 years.

As it was held after a long time, the 43 participants showed great enthusiasm. Participants were selected on a first-come, first-served basis, from the first grade of middle school to the third grade of high school among the children of E-MBA students and alumni. Participation fees are fully supported by KUBS.

The event began with a welcoming speech from E-MBA professor Jinbae Kim. Professor Kim said, "Everyone must have attended this camp with different reasons, and they must have different dreams and goals," adding, "I hope today you will bring home good experiences or precious relationships to achieve your dreams later on."

Followed by the speech, Mentor Introduction and KU Introduction was given by KUBE, KUBS Student Ambassador. Students eagerly participated in the camp, creating group chants and answering quizzes. In the subsequent Campus Tour, the students also toured the △3rd building of KUBS Building △ the Main Building of Korea University △ the Centennial Memorial Hall, and carried out a mission to take pictures.

In the afternoon, "Designing College Life" and "Professor's Special Lecture" were followed. In “Designing College Life” session, students listened to the Senior students at KUBS about the general college life based on the booklet distributed in advance, and became a college student for a moment and designed activities from the first to the fourth grades. In addition, Business lectures were held for teenagers, including △ Corporate management and Accounting Fraud (Professor Jinbae Kim), and △ What IS Marketing?(Professor Shijin Yoo). The children of E-MBA students and alumni had an opportunity to develop Business Thinking by taking classes directly from the faculty at the classroom where their parents studied.

At the end of the camp, all participants were awarded a certificate of completion of the "EMBA Junior SMART Camp" under the name of Korea University's Graduate School of Business.

Meanwhile, the Junior Smart Camp's "SMART" is an acronym for five words, including △ Strategic △ Motivated △ Advanced △ Relational △ Talented, and contains the purpose of the event for teenagers to learn about Business and develop their own motivation and talents. From the first planning stage of the camp, a name contest was held for E-MBA Wonwoo and friends, and the "EMBA Junior SMART Camp" submitted by Baek Chaehyun (12th class of E-MBA) was finally selected.