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Did you know that the Washington, D.C., area is home to the third largest Korean population among all metropolitan areas in the United States? Or that Fairfax County is home to the fifth largest Korean population among all U.S. counties? Indeed, �鶹��Ƶ is in the heart of a region that more than 80,000 ethnic Koreans call home.

�鶹��Ƶ is also the only higher education institution in Virginia that operates a campus in South Korea. �鶹��Ƶ Korea reaches its 10th anniversary this year, and we are celebrating �鶹��Ƶ Nation’s success across the Pacific Ocean and Korean culture here in Virginia. Not only do more than 100 Korean students travel from Songdo, South Korea, to Fairfax to take classes each semester, �鶹��Ƶ offers the only Korean language undergraduate major in Virginia. The degree demonstrates �鶹��Ƶ’s commitment to develop nonethnic Korean speakers so that they might succeed in their respective global careers.

This June 12 to 15, �鶹��Ƶ Korea celebrates its first decade with a series of events that culminates with the campus’s eighth graduation ceremony. So far, more than 400 �鶹��Ƶ alumni have graduated from �鶹��Ƶ Korea. This graduation is the last for �鶹��Ƶ Korea dean Robert Matz, who returns to Virginia this summer after serving for five years in Songdo.

“The great success of �鶹��Ƶ Korea testifies to the �鶹��Ƶ belief in diversity and connection to our global community,” says Matz. “Our students have not only proven to be bilingual and bicultural but also have shown the world that a diverse and inclusive environment met with grit and audacity is the key to success.”