Dispatches from the Field

Friday afternoon? we celebrated the last day of Kevin’s course and Chris Carter’s last class ever as a GSLIS student. Two gorgeous cakes: Green tea sweet potato and a fresh cream cake with berries were consumed by students, faculty and staff with great enjoyment after the guest lecture ended.… Read the rest

It’s just after noon on Friday and the students are in their last day of class of Records Management. They have presentations this afternoon and a guest lecture about Records Management laws in Korea. And I’ll be going out shortly to buy a sweet potato cake to celebrate Simmons student Chris Carter’s last class.… Read the rest

Oh, man, this week is almost over! And so is our first class! Records Management with Professor Kevin Glick started on Monday. Since Monday, we?ve had seven lectures, a case study review, an executive summary, a memo, and a retention schedule due.… Read the rest

I’ve just returned from one of the best days yet of our short time in Seoul. It’s Tuesday evening, 9:30pm and tonight was the big welcome dinner for all of us Simmons folks. But I can’t start there, I need to go back to Monday first.… Read the rest

Hello from Seoul! It’s currently 6:15 am on Tuesday. And it’s August! Oh, man! We first arrived after a 14 hour + flight from JFK International airport to Incheon. We were exhausted and it took us two hours to get out of the airport alone.… Read the rest

Right now it’s 10 to 8 on Monday, August 1st and the students start class in an hour. How did we get here? Let me catch you up.? Saturday afternoon, when I last left you, I went out and wandered the main streets right outside the main gate of Yonsei.?… Read the rest