Conducted the 2022 Business Administration Global Challenge (Germany) & interviewed Kang Tae-woo (Business 21) student
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- 2023-05-16
The College of Business visited Germany for 10 days from November 3 to 14 as a global challenge to the Department of Business Administration in 2022.
It was conducted to provide opportunities for business students with insufficient global experience to participate in global seminars, expand their horizons, and pave the way for growth as global leaders. The visiting country is Berlin, Germany, and participated in the International Week on Sustainability program hosted by the Berlin School of Economics and Law(BSEL).
A total of 10 students were selected in consideration of interest and passion for document screening and ESG fields, the expected effect of the tour, self-introduction, initiative, and sincerity.
They participated in sustainability week with 10 selected students for 10 days and conducted more than 6 hours of classes every day. They were able to develop a global perspective and broaden their knowledge on political, ethical, and data statistical approaches to sustainability and related keywords such as circular economy, SDGs, and CSR.
Lee Seon-min, a student who participated in this Global Challenge, said, “The best part of taking various classes is not simply sitting and taking lectures, but it is a participation format where you have to create a result by forming a group with students of various nationalities participating in the conference. It was good,” he said.
In addition, student Kwak Hyeon-soo said, "It was a time for me to grow myself by encountering and experiencing many new things as well as ESG and Sustainability in Germany, the main axis of the EU."
<Kang Tae-woo(Business 21), a student, interview on Germany's Global Challenge> 1. Hello, please introduce yourself first. Hello. My name is Kang Tae-woo, and I entered Sungkyunkwan University as a 21st year student. 2. What motivated you to participate in the 2022 Business Administration Global Challenge (Germany)? The reason why I participated in the 2022 Business Administration Global Challenge (Germany) came from a simple desire for a country called Europe that I usually had. It seems that learning something from a continent I have never been to, Europe, rather than learning something only in Korea, is so attractive that I participated. 3. What activities did you do there? Also, what is the most memorable? Activities in Berlin were largely divided into two parts. Life at school and life outside school were divided into two. Life at school was on average from 8:00 to 4:30, except for an hour for lunch, I took classes all the time. However, this class was not a simple one-way class, but an interactive class where the professor and students communicated, and most of the classes were conducted as team projects. Teaming up with new classmates every day, I mainly engaged in discussions and presentations on climate issues and sustainability, conversing in full English with students from various countries such as Spain, England, the United States, Slovakia, and the Netherlands. At this time, the most memorable thing was that I teamed up with other people, presented the SDGs results discussed with the team members in English in front of all class members for about 3 minutes, and had a Q&A session. In addition, I had time to see and feel the culture of Germany's famous cultural tourist attractions, such as the Berlin Wall and the Berlin Dom. The most memorable place in the process of touring Berlin like this seems to be the rooftop of the Berlin Dom. 4. What did you learn from this global challenge? Through the Global Challenge, I learned sustainability knowledge such as ESG managements and SDGs, and I think I learned how to speak English as much as Korean for most of the day for about 10 days without being nervous when talking to people from other countries speak English. 5. What are your future plans? From a short-term perspective, my future plan is to enlist in the military in January of 2023 and prepare for internships and exchange students to Europe in 2025 when I am discharged in 24. And from the second half of 2025, I think I will start preparing for a startup, which has been my long-time goal. |