The 2022 Global Business Administration College-Prep Event
- 글로벌경영학과
- Hit1228
- 2022-06-27
As the first official event for students entering in the year of the 2022, the 2022 Global Business Administration College-Prep Event was held on the 15th and 16th of February.
This event was designed to help students familiarize and experience the culture within a university campus, a life drastically different from high school. The program conveyed useful information to students and aroused interest in new learning paths.
The 2022 Global Business Administration College-Prep Event was conducted both through online and offline platforms, allowing freshmen entering in the year of the 2022 to be able to meet their classmates online or offline for the first time.
To prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the event for two days, students were instructed to submit a vaccination certificate, or a negative COVID-19 test confirmation in advance. These measures were implemented to carry out the event in compliance with the quarantine mandates of South Korea regarding COVID-19.
On the first day of the program, the event started with greetings from the administrative office and the introduction of the assistance staff running the event. Later, the Chair of the Department of Global Business Administration, Youngbong Jang, had an opportunity to greet the students. In addition, all the new undergraduate students who participated in the event introduced themselves to make them ice break and get to know each other.
In the afternoon, the event schedule continued with a university guidance session and a special informative session from sophomore students. An assistant senior student also addressed information about the school and department homepages and introduced the school portal plus must-know information while attending Sungkyunkwan University.
Later, student Geunju Park gave a special lecture on the topic of university life for students from the Department of Global Business Administration. Geunju introduced what kind of activities one could do before graduation, and shared some programs suitable for college students. He recommended students to try various activities, including global camps, the I-Core program, internal and external competitions and conferences, student clubs, and volunteer activities conducted by the Department of Global Business Administration. Geunju got the students' attention by encouraged them to actively participate in these activities, while teaching them what they could learn from each one of them.
After a short break, the administrative office provided information regarding the academic system, explaining the process of class registration, withdrawal and return to school, as well as learning about grade evaluation, and graduation requirements. The importance of understanding this part was emphasized by distributing a guidance material book to the students.
As the last segment for the first day, there was a course registration guidance session and a class timetable preparation Q&A time. A total of eight senior students guided students on how to register for courses, gave each one a tour of the registration system, planned a mock timetable, and aided students if they had any questions.
On the second day, the first program prepared for the students was a special lecture from seniors regarding the topic of exchange students, double majors, and dual degrees.
Taking the stage first was student Minwoo Song, who oversaw explaining the exchange student experience. He delivered the importance of the preparation process before going off as an exchange student, as well as sharing parts about the life and classes of an exchange student. He emphasized that it might be difficult first, since there are more things to prepare in comparison to taking classes domestically, but once again he emphasized the many unique experiences to learn abroad.
Then another senior student, Minsu Shin, gave a special lecture about double majors and provided information about the qualifications and methods involved. This part shared to the students another possibility one could take when interested in a variety of fields or wishing to widen one’s academic field of view.
Lastly, a special lecture was given by Seongah Yoo, a current student pursuing a dual degree. She explained in detail her dual degree program, and the relationship of the program with regards to the Kelley School of Business in Indiana University. In addition, she also provided information about the application process and backed her opinion to pursue a dual degree.
After the special lectures, the students were introduced to the Global Business Administration student clubs, which they were most interested in. These included The Student Council, Globall, SOT, Steroid, Allimi, 연하남녀, FC 글경, Wanted, Filmolog, and GBNN. Each club had the opportunity to share their field of interest and activities. In addition, the clubs shared their recruiting schedules and the people they were looking to recruit as new members.
The last official scheduled event was a special lecture by Professor Josephs Kim. This was aimed to be an introductory college course for the students to experience. Professor Josephs Kim, who teaches the ‘Business Communication’ course in the Department of Global Business Administration, used his skills to communicate directly with the students, which were divided into groups.
Students were tasked to focus on each other’s facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language, and presented their observations and feelings while always keeping the conversation going. This was a great opportunity to let students experience the structure and contents that would be presented to them in a future major class.
Finally, the closing ceremony was held for the 2022 Global Business Administration College-Prep Event. The two-day program was concluded with closing remarks from the organizers, group photos, and giveaway of souvenirs to the students.