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S<\/span>eowon Kim<\/span><\/strong> has been transformed by education\u2014twice. When she was a high school student in Seoul, Kim and her classmates were obsessed with getting into South Korea\u2019s top universities. But once Kim began her first year at Ewha Womans University, she realized there were factors she hadn\u2019t considered that can make a school excellent.<\/p>\n

Kim had been very timid when she started college. But she was surrounded by women who were the opposite. \u201cThey are very independent and ambitious women,\u201d Kim says. As a political science major, she eventually learned leadership skills and how to speak out and talk about herself. Ewha Womans University also has a gender and women\u2019s studies department, which is very unusual for Korean colleges. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot from those courses,\u201d says Kim. \u201cI was transformed a lot at the university.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ewha also had a robust study abroad program, which was appealing to Kim. \u201cI was interested in English and American culture as I grew up,\u201d she says. Fascinated by East Coast culture in particular, she knew she wanted to study at a college in the region. When she heard that Goucher College had a study abroad mandate, she knew she\u2019d found the right place for her. \u201cI think Goucher\u2019s values are very similar to my thinking,\u201d Kim says.<\/p>\n

In fact, John Franklin Goucher donated to Ewha Womans University when it was still quite small, and the two institutions have long enjoyed a special relationship, something Kim was surprised to discover when she came to Baltimore.<\/p>\n

At Goucher, Kim\u2019s second transformation began. \u201cI\u2019m very grateful that I\u2019m in a more arty, very deep society at Goucher,\u201d she says. Korean society is very homogeneous, but as a Korean person at Goucher, Kim now often finds herself in the racial minority. \u201cIt\u2019s making me think differently,\u201d she says, \u201cand I think that\u2019s really important and will influence me for a very long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim, who is a junior, loves that Goucher\u2019s small classes allow the students to work closely and communicate easily with professors. At home, a course might have 100 students. \u201cIt\u2019s overwhelming and hard to communicate,\u201d she says. \u201cBut here, I\u2019m taking classes that help me realize what I\u2019m interested in and how I can develop that interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of her favorite classes she\u2019s taking this semester is about organized interests in American politics. \u201cThat is new for me, because we don\u2019t have many interest groups in our political society,\u201d Kim says. As part of the course, Kim read Prisms of the People<\/em>, which was co-authored by Hahrie Han, a Korean American professor at Johns Hopkins University. \u201cI\u2019ve been very inspired by her career,\u201d she says,\u201d not only the content of the books, but also the author\u2019s background really inspired me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim is currently considering internship opportunities that would keep her in the U.S. for the summer. Her next transformation is out there, waiting for her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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