August 2nd∼August 8th, the participation of about 80 students from 11 countries
The experience of Korea for 6 nights and 7 days with field trip to Daegu Stadium, culture experience and homestay, etc
[Aug 2, 2011]
Facing the World Championship in Athletics, the ‘2011 Daegu International University Student Festival’ to show Daegu upgraded as international city first to foreign students is being held at Yeungnam University from August 2nd to August 8th.
In the '2011 Daegu International University Student Festival' held at Yeungnam University, the participants are taking photographs.
Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-Soo) which is also sponsoring Daegu International University Student Festival this year followed by last year had held an opening ceremony at the Chamber Hall of Chunma Art Center and welcomed the visit of university students from around the world to Daegu on August 2nd at 6 PM.
In the greetings representing city of Daegu, the head of International Economics & Business Bae, Young-Cheol said "Yeungnam University is the most appropriate base camp for the people of the world to experience the culture, economy and society of Korea by having world's best standard IT industry, steel industry and automotive industry along with world heritage within one hour distance" and asked the students to "feel the true culture of Korea and warm heart of Korean people as you remain at homestay families as well as the life center of Yeungnam University".
In the middle of opening ceremony being held at the Chamber Hall of Chunma Art Center, Yeungnam University in the afternoon of August 2nd, a student named Bae, Su-Ye in the second grade of Yeungnam University's Horticulture Faculty is giving welcoming address representing the Korean university students.
Daegu International University Student Festival is the sixth one this year to be held at Yeungnam University, city of Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do area for 6 nights and 7 days from August 2nd to August 8th by the participation of 50 foreign students from 10 countries including United States, France, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Uzbekistan, Nepal, China, Taiwan and Japan along with 33 enrolled students including Yeungnam University's international publicity envoy.
The students participating in the festival will learn Korean at Yeungnam University, experience Korean traditional cultures like Taekwondo or Samulnori while having the opportunity of understanding Korean culture and sentiments of Korean people through making 'light of wish' at Donghwasa, field trip to POSCO and homestay for 3 night & 4 days.
Especially in the afternoon of August 3rd, the students have also visited Daegu Stadium where World Championship in Athletics will be held to add the heat of sports festival by the people of the world as they wished for successful opening of the championship. Sorokina Anna (23, female) from Russia currently enrolled in class 2 of Yeungnam University's Graduate School of Business Administration said "I'm hoping Yelena Isinbayeva would set a new world record in the upcoming championship" and hoped "that other athletes would also get excellent results as much as they have made their best effort and hope to inform the world about Daegu through the upcoming championship".
The closing ceremony and farewell ceremony of wrapping up the festival will be held at Daegu Expo in the morning of August 8th.
