The office of Student Affairs at CBNU is conducting the first cohort of Self-designed Glocal Training Program in 2025. This program was implemented since last year. It is planned to foster glocal outstanding people for the next-generation and provide an opportunity that is customized training for students. The training is designed for students to plan and participate on their own. It is divided into five types: social service, corporate exploration, student exchange, language training, and multiple training. The qualification for application is an undergraduate who is in attendance at this school, completed at least 12 credits in the previous semester, and has a GPA of 2.60 or higher. Meanwhile, the recruitment for the second cohort of the program is planned in 2025, and it is not concretely decided.

  Participants submit the training plan in teams of 4 to 10 members and are selected based on a document examination first and then on a presentation. The recruitment for the first cohort closed at 5 p.m. on April 8. After the document examination and the presentation on May 1, the Office of Student Affairs will announce the results in the same month. The selected teams are going to be supported 70 to 80% of training expenses on the basis of each team’s budget usage plan. The training is conducted during July and Aug.. The teams should submit result reports in Sept., after completing the training. They must write the detailed training results in the report, including visiting the journal, photo documentation, and a video of around 5 minutes proving the training content.

  Park So-yeon (Dept. of International Business, 22) who had applied for the second cohort of Self-designed Glocal Training Program, as a type of cultural exploration, last year, completed the training in the U.S. from Jan. 28 to Feb. 9 this year. As a team leader, she had rounded up a squad with different majors and applied. She said, “It was a difficulty to meet halfway while acting with team members. I tried to reflect the opinion of team members and it took a lot of time. Still, since it was an environment where everyone respected each other’s opinions and cooperated, we were able to produce good results.” Also, she added, “What I remember from the training was visiting the institution we wanted to join and having conversations with the workers. As vague dreams started to become a reality, I understood what efforts I needed to make and established a plan about my career.” As well, “While taking on the role of team leader, I felt a great sense of responsibility and pressure. However, through this experience, I realized that although leadership and responsibility are important, what matters even more is the trust, believing and cooperating with each other. I achieved significant growth through the training,” she expressed her satisfaction. Finally, she added, “If wills of the team and individual are firm, you are able to pass the training, so I encourage you to take on the challenge.”

  Seo Ji-woo (Dept. of Political Science and International Relations, 21), who participated in the same team, said, “I was glad to visit the U.S., which is difficult to go to on my own, and experience important institutions related to my major. Visiting the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in person was the most memorable experience. I enjoyed going around the function room and conference hall that deal with specific fields, using the translating device, and experiencing the site of UN meetings. Through this training, I was also able to overcome my fear of English. During the training, there were various situations, but I had the mindset of ‘Just speak first’.” She added, “I think it would be better if there was a longer gap between the announcement and the application deadline during the participant selection process. Since it overlapped with the exam period, preparing the planned proposal was quite challenging. Also, due to the nature of international institutions, receiving responses took a long time, which made the process even more difficult.”

By Lee Song-yi | wealthlsy@chungbuk.ac.kr

By Kim Ye-kyeong | ykk623315@chungbuk.ac.kr