USA Pavilion Expo 2012

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U.S. State Dept and Student Ambassadors during Brown Bag Lunch to discuss Careers in Foreign Relations

 

Let’s Go on a Trip

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 [...]

Break Room Wall of Memories, Photos and Drawings

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 [...]

United States National Day

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

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

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 [...]

All Smiles on US National Day

“Angel House: Volunteering has never felt so good”

By: Brisbane Asekome, Student Ambassador, USA Pavilion 2012 As I rode the bus to Angel House, a home for disabled children and adults, I wondered what kind of experience I would encounter there. I’d heard about the opportunity from my fellow student ambassador Eric, and jumped at the chance to volunteer in Korea. Eric and [...]

The Peruvian Pavilion

By: Hana Park and Anne Clay, Student Ambassadors, USA Pavilion 2012 The Peruvian pavilion is illuminated with dimly colored red and blue lights and would seem relatively empty if not for the small, cozy restaurant which is the highlight of the exhibit. To attract guests to the restaurant, the staff has displayed many of its [...]

The Peruvian Pavilion

By: Hana Park and Anne Clay, Student Ambassadors, USA Pavilion 2012 The Peruvian pavilion is illuminated with dimly colored red and blue lights and would seem relatively empty if not for the small, cozy restaurant which is the highlight of the exhibit. To attract guests to the restaurant, the staff has displayed many of its [...]