May 24, 2012 — The World Expo is under way in Yeosu, South Korea, and five University of Virginia students and recent graduates are serving as official hosts in the USA Pavilion 2012.
Known as student ambassadors, the five students are among a group of 40 undergraduate students and graduates from U.S. colleges and universities selected by U.Va., which is the university partner of the pavilion. In addition to greeting visitors, government officials and dignitaries, the ambassadors provide administrative, protocol and programming support.
Suzie Oh, who majored in sociology and East Asian studies in U.Va.’s College of Arts & Sciences, opted to forgo walking the Lawn during Sunday’s Final Exercises so she could join her fellow student ambassadors in South Korea.
“Our journey started on May 1, when we flew into Korea,” Oh wrote in a recent email. “I have so much to tell about the Expo. Not a single day has been the same and it is difficult to choose what to share first,” she noted. (To learn more about her experiences, you can read Oh’s weekly installments on the UVA Today News Blog.)
Besides Oh, the U.Va. students working at the pavilion are:
• Yo Han Hong of Fairfax
• Sean Kim of Annandale
• Madison Lee of Charlottesville
• Joshua Stone of Fredericksburg
The World Expo, which is themed “The Living Ocean and Coast,” opened its three-month run on May 12. Read more at U.Va. Today.
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