Planning for the trip

Tanesha Ramsey, Deahnna Freeman, Kara Simmons and Dr. Spell’s family talk to 

Jeongha Ryu about the upcoming trip to Sookmyung University in Seoul, South Korea.

On May 13th, 2009, the students, along with current Columbia College exchange student from Sookmyung University, Jeongha Ryu, met for dinner at Dr. Spell’s house to talk about the trip and ask questions about the University, Seoul and South Korea. Jeongha was very helpful in sharing information about her culture and language. The group plans to meet one more time before they depart for South Korea at Jeongha’s favorite Korean restaurant in Columbia, Hero’s. She wants to give us a proper introduction to the wonderful food we will experience once we get to Seoul!

Deahnna Freeman and Jeongha Ryu meet at Dr. Spell’s house.

About the trip...

One Columbia College professor and three students will be participating in the 2009 Sookmyung International Summer Session (SISS) this summer in Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Leigh Ann Spell was one of ten international faculty chosen to teach in the SISS program this year. She will be teaching “Women in a Global Society” in the three week summer session at Sookmyung University. Three Columbia College students, Tanesha Ramsey, Kara Simmons and Deahnna Freeman will also be traveling to Seoul to take classes in the summer program. The program will run from June 8th through July 4th, 2009 and will include a one-week language/culture session for all participants.