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GIST hosts the Culture Night where foreigners join together

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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림체; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">An exotic event was held on November 13, 2009, in the GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and technology, President: Dr. Jung-Ho Sonu) where foreigners of various nationalities attended.<SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-themecolor: text1"><o:p></o:p>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림체; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">In the‘2009 Culture Night’, about 200 foreign and domestic members of GIST introduced various cultures and provided programs where people could experience entertainment cultures of each country.<o:p></o:p>

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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림체; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">This event was held since 2005 with an aim to provide an arena of harmony where people could understand other cultures.<o:p></o:p>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림체; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">Since foundation in 1995, GIST has been the only institute providing English lectures for all subjects. Currently, about 90 foreign students from 24 countries (10% of the students) are attending the institute.<o:p></o:p>

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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림체; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">Especially in this year’s event, there were also booths where people could experience each country’s unique entertainment cultures.<o:p></o:p>

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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림체; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">In addition, there were programs where foreign students could experience traditional weddings and show their talents.<o:p></o:p>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림체; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">In addition, dinner tickets were on sale, and the profits will be donated to charity groups for earthquake and typhoon victims in Indonesia and Philippines.<o:p></o:p>

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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림체; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-themecolor: text1">Environmental engineering professor and overseas cooperation manager Hee-Chul Choi, a director of office of International and Public Affairs who supervised this event said “this event was made for foreign students of GIST, an institute which is gaining recognition in the world for giving all the lectures in English, to understand and adapt to the diversity of cultures”, and “we are planning to take the occasion of next year’s opening of the undergraduate courses to build up the research capacity and to promote various cultural events so that GIST can become a world renowned university”.<o:p></o:p>

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