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KF KUMC Lunar New Year 2013  
Korean Focus would like to thank everyone who came out for the Korean Focus KUMCGW Lunar New Year Celebration on February 9. It was a terrific celebration, with wonderful food, performances and fun for all.

This celebration could not have happened without the work of many people who gave countless hours to pull all the details together. Korean Focus would like to thank all of them:


The Korean United Methodist Church of Greater Washington:
Witness and Outreach Ministry
Vision of Peace Church
UMW & Small Groups Programs
All the Youth & Adult Volunteers who helped with crafts, activities, food preparation, photography, audio-visual equipment, setup, cleanup and a million other tasks
Gimga Group
Gingko Leaf Arts
Master Calligrapher Soon Hong (who provided the wonderful name scrolls)
Oke Chung, Family & Friends
Pure Sounds Samulnori
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Korea Tourism Organization
Korean Focus Board Members and Volunteers

Our deepest thanks to all, and apologies to any we may have missed.

Special thanks to everyone who came out and enjoyed the day!
 
Photos of the event have been uploaded to KF's private Flickr stream. Contact Kor
ean Focus at http://www.koreanfocus.org/contact/ to obtain a guest pass link to the photo set, which will be online through March. The link will be provided to attendees only.
 
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Scholarships2013 Korean Government Post-Grad Scholarships Available

The Korean Government Scholarship Program is designed to provide higher education in Korea for international students, with the aim of promoting international exchange in education, as well as mutual friendship amongst the participating countries. Applications are now being accepted for post-graduate students.

Programs details are available at the 2013 Korean Government Scholarship Program website, including detailed information about the opportunity, application forms and information:
Applications are due at the appropriate Korean consulate or embassy office noted on the website no later than March 21.

 


JHUStudyJHU Research Study on Intercountry Adoption Seeks Participants
 
Sika Koudou, a doctoral student at Hopkins University, is seeking families to participate in dissertation research focusing on international adoption. The purpose of the study is to explore the process of family formation among Americans who choose to adopt children from other countries, and particularly how this process is shaped by the racial, ethnic, and cultural dynamics of US society both before and after adoption. My goal is to conduct a study that will reveal new insights that may be helpful to adoption organizations in educating, counseling, training, and providing support to adoptive parents. The study is geared to learning from parents who have already adopted .  Participant privacy will be maintained throughout the study. For additional information, contact Sika Koudou at skoudou1@jhu.edu.