Shine Ji Youn Chung wins 2008 UPEI International Student Award
Shine Ji Youn Chung, a second-year sociology student, accepts the 2008 UPEI International Student Award from Dr. Vianne Timmons, Vice-president of Academic Development , while Dr. Graham Pike, Dean of Education and Chair of the International Development Week Committee, looks on.
Shine received the award at a lunch held on February 8 to conclude UPEI's seventh annual International Development Week. The award is given to a full-time undergraduate international student in his or her second year.
Shine is a mature student who came to UPEI in the fall of 2006 from Korea. She has taught English as a Second Language in Korea and has volunteered as a Teaching English to Children teacher in Tibet. She wants to pursue a career in educating people in developing countries. Because of her desire to help others, she is a member of the UPEI Advocacy and Support Services team this semester.
Other activities during International Development Week included a student symposium on global change, guest speakers and an exhibition of booths related to international development.
