By Kang Shin-who
Staff Reporter
Mississippi State University (MSU) sent 35 student leaders to Seoul in an effort to build stronger ties with Korean universities last Friday. The school president Robert H."Doc" Fog lesong, who served as a U.S. Air Force commander in South Korea, initiated the global leadership program this year.
The veteran stresses the Asian region for the school's globalization program and the first choice Korea for the 10-day program is based on his close connection with the country.
Three among the distinguished students met The Korea Times for an interview on Saturday and shared their ideas on Korea. Their opinions and thoughts varied but the three young leaders had one voice, when it comes to their impression of Korean students; ``Korean students value education a lot compared to American students.''
The interviewees are as follows; Jacklyn Nagle, representative of the MSU Global Leadership Program majoring in psychology; Sarah Miller, representative of the Stennis-Montgornery Association majoring in political science; and Nathan Gregory, managing editor of The Reflector, the MSU newspaper, majoring in communication and journalism.
The following is an interview with the three students.