Event: 2015 SNU ISI Opening Ceremony
Date: 15:00, June 26 (Fri), 2015
Venue: Auditorium, Cultural Center
Students, Professors, and Staff,
Good afternoon everyone, thank you for being here with us today! This
ceremony marks the official beginning of this year’s program; and I am
pleased to be here to greet you to our university. It is a pleasure to see so
many of you here.
The SNU ISI Program is already in its 9th year and over these nine years;
ISI has shown great growth and development. Starting as just a four course,
hundred-student program, today it is a full summer college with more than
25 course offerings and three hundred to four hundred students. The SNU
ISI Program has always held a very special place in Seoul National University
as a one-of-a-kind program which allows non-SNU students to experience
life at SNU at its best. The “best”, to my belief, is the way we have been
consistently adapting to the changing needs of times and creating new
values, through which we have been able to successfully cultivate some of
the greatest minds and leaders in our nation.
In fact, the SNU ISI program is one of the frontier programs at Seoul
National University in its vision to cultivate true leaders by sharing its vast
knowledge and experience while giving inspiration to explore new
perspectives. We invite you, this year’s SNU ISI students, to become a part
of our knowledge community and to discover new ways of seeing, as you
interact with our faculty members and the students in this program. Our
professors and staff have carefully put together this program to give the
best and most rewarding experience possible. We also dare and are proud
to say that their passion and dedication is exceptional compared to any
university in Korea or even worldwide.
Now, please look at the people sitting at your sides, because there is a
high probability that they will be the leaders of tomorrow; with the
collaborative power to change the world. We hope you will also take full
advantage of this and make connections that will last a lifetime. In the
rapidly developing and globalized world of today, these networking
opportunities can in fact be considered as one of the most important
advantages that our program can offer you. Prepare yourself to be
challenged, excited, and inspired.
This year marks another meaningful year for our ISI program as it has
step forward yet again in terms of what we can offer our students. I hope
you will enjoy and create wonderful memories of this summer with us and
find it an exceptional experience like no other.
Welcome to Korea.
Welcome to Seoul National University.
Welcome to a new stage in your life.
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