On August 21, SUNY Korea welcomed 198 new Stony Brook University and Fashion Institute of Technology students at the Convocation Ceremony held in the IGC Auditorium.
This Fall 2025 semester, SUNY Korea welcomed students representing 17 different countries, including Korea, the United Sates, Singapore, Canada, and Vietnam. Notably, Mexico was added to the list for the first time, bringing the total number to 71 nationalities.
The program began with President Arthur Lee’s welcome remarks, followed by congratulatory messages from two representatives from Stony Brook University and Fashion Institute of Technology, Carl Lejuez, Provost and Executive Vice President of SBU and Chairman of SUNY Korea LLC, and Joyce Brown, President of FIT. The ceremony continued with the recitation of the Student Pledge, scholarship award ceremony, and the traditional SUNY Korea pinning ceremony.
In his welcome remarks, President Lee encouraged the incoming students’ new journey, saying, “As representatives of SUNY Korea, believe in your innate talents and dream big. Do not be afraid of challenging yourself in your respective fields, whether that is fashion, business, or engineering. Learn from your failures and continue growing. Go beyond academic learning and embrace a life-changing growth.”
The new students from Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Business Management, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Technology and Society from Stony Brook University, and Fashion Business Management and Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology, will begin their first day of classes on Friday, August 22.
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