Goyang City University Student Mentor Group 'Goyang Univ' Launched... Mayor Donghwan Lee Appointed as 'Super Mentor'

213 Goyang Univ Mentors in 2025
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Mayor Lee Donghwan Cheers for the First Step of Goyang Univ

Goyang Special City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Dong-hwan) announced on the 17th that it held the 9th launch ceremony of the Goyang University Student Mentor Group ‘Goyang Univ’ at the Ilsanseo-gu Youth Center on the 15th.

Lee Dong-hwan, Mayor of Goyang Special City, delivering a greeting at the 2025 Goyang City University Student Mentor Group Launch Ceremony. Photo by Goyang Special City

The Goyang University Student Mentor Group is commissioned and operated by the Goyang City Youth Foundation Ilsanseo-gu Youth Center. It is an educational support project where youths who graduated from middle and high schools in Goyang become university student mentors and help juniors with career choices through academic mentoring. The Goyang University Student Mentor Group, which started in 2017, has been operating for nine years this year.

The 9th Goyang Univ launch ceremony, which began with the inauguration declaration by Choi Hoe-jae, CEO of the Goyang City Youth Foundation, proceeded in the order of ▲certificate awarding ▲super mentor appointment ▲capacity-building training.

Mayor Lee Dong-hwan of Goyang Special City said, “Since receiving the invitation card delivered by the Goyang University Student Mentor Group’s operating team in February, I have been eagerly looking forward to the launch ceremony,” and added, “I congratulate the launch of Goyang Univ, and through the process of contemplating careers with juniors, not only the youths but also the mentor group will grow and develop further.”

Mayor Lee Dong-hwan personally awarded certificates to all university students who attended the Goyang University Student Mentor Group launch ceremony.

The university student mentors who received the certificates said, “I feel proud as a mentor representing Goyang City and have gained a sense of responsibility that I can have a positive impact on the career choices of local youths.”

In response to the certificate awarding, the Goyang University Student Mentor Group appointed Mayor Lee Dong-hwan of Goyang Special City as a super mentor and presented him with a super mentor certificate, celebrating the first step of Goyang Univ together.

The newly organized ‘Goyang Univ’ in 2025 consists of 213 mentors from about 170 departments including humanities, engineering, social sciences, and arts and physical education, and plans to actively support the career planning of youths in Goyang City.

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