Striving to make a difference in the lives of North Korean refugee students living in South Korea.
Mercer on Mission Korea is focused on teaching 1st through 6th grade students at the Drim School, located 60 miles south of Seoul, South Korea. It is the first special education foundation for North Korean refugees and their children. More than 200 students have been enrolled since 2003 with around 65 high school graduates and 46 graduates who then went on to college or university. In South Korea
11/17/2020
Don't forget to join us tomorrow in Cruz Plaza for ornament decorating! Stop by anytime from 11:00 am-3:00 pm.
Ornaments and painting materials will be provided. Prizes available if you upload a photo of your ornament to social media and tag us!
(Photo description: A wooden ornament has a globe painted on it with written over it. Blue paintbrushes lay in the foreground.)
05/19/2020
There’s still an opportunity to join Mercer On Mission Korea 2020! This year’s program will include teaching English, 3D printing, and app development. For more information, contact Dr.Hyun ([email protected]) today!
Thanks to innovative work by Mercer faculty and students, visually-impaired high school graduates in Middle Georgia and South Korea have received Touch3D Yearbooks. Since 2018, Dr. Sinjae Hyun and Dr. Scott Schultz with the School of Engineering and a team of their students have created custom yearbooks featuring 3D-printed face models for the Georgia Academy for the Blind in Macon. They put together seven yearbooks for members of the Class of 2018, 11 for the Class of 2019 and are making 17 for the Class of 2020.
They are continually improving their product and process and have evolved from a wooden display board to a display case and from 3D printing all of the face models to casting them using silicone molds.
During the Mercer On Mission trip to South Korea in summer 2019, Mercer faculty and students taught students at the Drim School how to make the 3D models. The Mercer team created five 3D family portraits for a rehabilitation center in South Korea in fall 2019 and delivered them in December 2019. The Drim School students created 3D yearbooks for seven graduates at a school for the blind in January 2020.The Mercer On Mission team plans to return to South Korea in December 2020 to teach 3D scanning, modeling and printing technologies to teachers at schools for the blind.
05/16/2020
It’s been a year! Our classic pre-departure selfies of the MOM Korea 2019 team. Thanks for the great memories, and we hope you are all doing well💕
04/24/2020
to the fun times in MOM Korea! We hope everyone stays safe and healthy until we meet again🧡
Great news for all who're still interested in Mercer On Mission Korea 2020!! We've changed the dates of our program this year from summer (due to travel restrictions in place) to winter. Tentative travel dates will be December 12 - 24, 2020 with training being offered in Fall semester. For more information on courses and other details, please check out our website (https://mom.mercer.edu/south-korea.cfm) or email Lisa ([email protected]) with questions.
12/24/2019
Mercer On Mission team helps make history during trip to South Korea - Mercer News More than two dozen Mercer Bears participated in a history-making moment this summer in South Korea. The fifth annual Mercer On Mission (MOM) trip to the country included a new component, as participants assisted the Korean Army in its excavation project to find the remains of soldiers who fought du
Interested in joining 2020 MOM Korea? Look for us on Thurs (9/5) 10:30-1:30 at CSC lobby! This is a great opportunity to meet with MOM Korea participants from the previous years, and they will answer any questions you have 🙂 We hope to see you this Thursday!!
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KBS ‘Window to the North’ (남북의 창)
▶️ KBS is a major public broadcasting channel; this video features our activities at Drim School, the North Korean refugee alternative school we taught at, as well as our visit to the Korean War excavation site.
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On this year’s Mercer on Mission Korea trip, we were lucky enough to be featured on several Korean news and media outlets. Take a look at these clips to get a glimpse of what we did while we were in Korea!
▶️ This news clip by MBC, one of the major public broadcasting channels in Korea, features our Touch3D Yearbook presentation at the Jeonbuk School for the Blind.
CPBC
▶️ This last news clip also covers our experience helping with excavating Korean War remains and brings to light the irreversible pain of war.
Radio Free Asia (RFA)
▶️ This clip features our very own Ryan Field and Dr. Scott Schultz and their thoughts on being at the Korean War site at which their family member once stood and fought.