By: Sarah Lee, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion 2012 Usually I would feel a bit narcissistic talking about myself in a USA Pavilion blog, but today is my birthday! So I am going to start this blog post with a little information about myself. I am currently a student at the University of Pennsylvania. Like any [...]
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Break Room Wall of Memories, Photos and Drawings
July 31, 2025
By: Marisol Dobbins, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion 2012 Every day when we enter the USA Pavilion break room we are greeted with the inspiration of our peers’ photo and art wall. This wall, growing daily alongside our experiences, showcases our active involvement in the USA Pavilion, Expo, and Yeosu communities. Captured moments of smiling USA [...]
USA Pavilion National Day
July 16, 2025
By: Audrey Ok and Marisal Dobbins, Student Ambassadors, USA Pavilion 2012 The United States of America’s National Day began with an eleven o’clock ceremony. We were The United States of America’s National Day began with an eleven o’clock ceremony. We were proud to have a full theater with mini American flags waving in the air [...]
U.S. Embassy Seoul - New Generation Seminar
July 16, 2025
By: Sara Davidson, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion 2012 On Thursday, June 28th, fellow USA Pavilion Student Ambassador, Michael Joh, and I flew to Seoul to speak at the 2012 New Generation Seminar an annual, week-long, conference hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, attended by 20 top Korean students from around the country. These [...]
East Timor National Day
July 16, 2025
By: Ellen Truchon, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion 2012 When I think of tropical music, I think of Caribbean islands and Latin American countries. However, after attending the National Day ceremony for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (also known as East Timor), I now associate East Timor with tropical music as well. I went to the [...]
Meet UN Goodwill Ambassador Seohyun
July 16, 2025
By: Symone Gosby, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion 2012 At the age of 21, as the youngest member of SNSD (or Girls’ Generation), Seohyun has accomplished so much. She is part of one of the most popular South Korean girl groups, has participated in a hit TV show (우리 결혼 했어요, We Got Married), and even [...]
Ghana National Day at Expo 2012
July 16, 2025
By: Michael Joh, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion 2012 On July 2, 2012, my fellow Student Ambassador Symone Gosby and I attended Ghana’s National Day at Expo Hall. The opening remarks focused on Ghana’s history, and its future, stressing that Ghana was the center of the world with a great advantage in international business. The second [...]
United States National Day
July 11, 2025
By: Symone Gosby, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion 2012 July 4th was a very productive and busy day at Expo 2012. It was not only Independence Day in the U.S., but also appropriately the USA’s National Day at Expo 2012. The celebration began in the morning with speeches from USA Pavilion Chief Spokesperson Philippe Cousteau, the head of the USA [...]
U.S. National Day
July 11, 2025
By: Anne Clay, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion 2012 On July 4, the United States’ Independence Day, the USA Pavilion demonstrated the importance of participating in the 2012 Yeosu Expo. The performances and speeches on National Day not only offered a traditional view of the United States to non-American visitors, but also reinforced the Expo theme, [...]
Turkish National Day Performance
July 9, 2025
By: George Vourderis and Ellen Truchon, Student Ambassadors, USA Pavilion 2012 As USA Pavilion Ambassadors, we both made our first trip to the Yeosu Expo Hall for Turkey’s National Day. We had heard from some of our fellow Student Ambassadors about the goodie bags that are frequently given out at these types of events, and as [...]