Who are the OBF Masters?

O.B.F., which stands for ‘Of the students, By the students, For the students,’ is an English language cafe here in Catholic University. It is located inside the Global Lounge, first floor of International Hub. The café serves a wide range of delicious and affordable drinks. It is run by Catholic University students who are called OBF masters. Students can enjoy English conversations with the OBF masters. OBF masters prepare various activities for the university students every year. They have their yearly Pop-song Contest, English Speech Contest, Halloween Party, and various English-related events all in store for the student populace.

Visit and meet the OBF masters in OBF cafe, located in International Hub-Global Lounge

Students from Class 2-3 talked to some people behind the OBF English café. Below are the stories they’d like to share about the OBF masters who they had the chance to meet.

“We met Eun-Ji, one of OBF masters, who just started working in OBF. Interestingly, her major is Mathematics. She made up her mind to work here in OBF cafe to improve her English. We talked about OBF, and rules in Global Lounge, and we had to speak only in English. She told us that she likes to play piano during her free time. In our minds, we were thinking that she is probably quite good in playing piano.

We also met Kyung-In who is working as an OBF master. We also asked her several questions. Contrary to our expectations, she is studying Humanities; and she started working in OBF March of this year. She wanted to work because there are many advantages she can get from it. First, she wanted to speak in English often, and not only with other masters but also with other students who are in Global Lounge. Secondly, she wanted to learn making beverages which is one of things OBF masters do. Also she said that she wanted to meet many people and make new friends by talking with them. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to music and playing games.

As teams, we had a good chance to visit OBF Cafe and we had a good time talking with the masters. They both looked very kind and they answered sincerely. We like to drop by Global Lounge and meet new people like the OBF masters, and play a lot of games too.”

from GEO Class 2-3 (Prof. Peter Jenkins and TA Ji Yeon Park)