The Fall 2022 Convocation was held today at the IGC Auditorium. We were finally able to welcome our new SBU and FIT students in person. After the long pandemic, we greeted students, parents, and faculty with big smiles. Arthur H. Lee, president of SUNY Korea, Dr. Dawn Medley, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at Stony Brook University NY, Mark Evan Blackman, Chair of Fashion Design Department at SUNY Korea all gave special remarks in today's convocation to encourage students
A total of 211 students have joined us this semester: 114 students in SBU and 96 students in FIT. Starting from this fall, a new major will join SUNY Korea SBU . The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program, one of the foundational disciplines of engineering, will start with 26 students and will continue to grow with the other majors at our school. We welcome you Class of 2024 & 2026. See you on Monday!
On April 26th, 2025, SUNY Korea’s Career Development Center (CDC), in collaboration with Ghent University, hosted the 2025 Spring IGC Career Intensive Seminar for all four universities located in the Incheon Global Campus. With the theme "Unlock Your Potential – Connect, Learn, and Thrive in Your Career Journey!", the event provided students from all majors a valuable opportunity to prepare for their future careers. The seminar began with a pre-event
This Spring semester, Fashion Design students gathered in the FIT building for “Vested Interest,” an engaging workshop on how to create a “high-end” vest conducted by Professor Blackman over the course of three dynamic sessions. The event began with details of the history of vests, highlighting how the garment has evolved over the years yet still remains timeless. Professor Blackman also explained how, although the vest requires less fabric and CMT (Cut,
SUNY Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pegatron Korea on April 24th at Pegatron Korea’s headquarters located in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province. Pegatron, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is a global semiconductor company that manufactures products for major companies in computer, telecommunications, and consumer electronics industries. Having recently establishing a research and development hub in Korea, this mutual agreement serves as a starting point toward expandin
[Wearable Design Workshop Orientation] International connections are being fostered this semester for Fashion Business Management students at SUNY Korea, who are set to take part in an international workshop at Chiba University’s Design Research Institute in Sumida, Tokyo, from April 22nd to 26th. This collaboration aims to mix fashion with the digital world, focusing on sustainable pathways to communicative, wearable technology. Dubbed “Wearable Design for Social/Emotion
On April 12, 2025, SUNY Korea hosted the Spring Alumni Career Talk and welcomed back its alumni to share their professional journeys and insights with the current students. The event featured graduates from various majors – including Computer Science and Technology and Society from Stony Brook University, Korea, and Fashion Business Management from Fashion Institute of Technology, Korea. The session provided a platform for alumni to reflect on their academic experiences, career pat