Our Values

정 "情". Koreans inherently have a lot of 정 ("情", "jeong") and English equivalents of the word, which don't quite capture the meaning, are affection, love, connection. Many beautiful words we know like 우정, 애정 and 정성 have this special character built in. At the core, through both our Koreaness and shared experience at Penn, we undoutably have 정 for each other and it serves as the fuel for our organization.

Community. We seek to create community in both physical and virtual spaces for our alumni to have place to turn to and lean on for support.

Service. Giving back through various acts of service is essential to our organization. This is the external facing aspect of our group and we will continually explore opportunities to serve others.

Joy. Our last value is joy - signifying the universal pursuit of happiness. As Penn Alumni, we seek to find joy in both the little things and big things, whilst in the community, sharing those joys together.

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