300 Regional Student Representatives appointed as Gwangju ‘Unifriends’

GWANGJU – To encourage the participation of university students in promoting the Gwangju 2015 Summer Universiade, some 300 regional representatives from universities around the country gathered in Gwangju.

The 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade Organizing Committee (GUOC) appointed these university student reps as members of ‘Unifriends’, the promotional ambassador group for the 2015 Universiade made up of university students. The 300 students from all regions around the nation, including the presidents of each student council, gathered at the May 18th Memorial Culture Centre on 16 January to receive the appointment certificate as promotional ambassadors and vow to actively promote the upcoming global event.

In addition to the ceremony, students visited the May 18th National Cemetery to pay their respects and experienced firsthand Gwangju’s spirit of peace, human rights and democracy.

Shim Yun-jeong, one of the students appointed as promotional ambassador, expressed, “I am really proud of becoming a member of the Gwangju Universiade, a global festival for university students, and I will do my best to promote the Universiade at my university.”

(Source: GUOC)