Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Farewell GEO 6...Hello WORLD!!!


GEO 6 has officially ended on the 23rd of July, year 2010...

At exactly 1:00 pm, all of the students, TAs, and Professors gathered in the Global Lounge and witnessed the closing ceremony.

(Photo courtesy of Hyejin Shin)
Nico giving his speech

Nico, the GEO Director, gave a warm and inspiring speech to all the students at the start of the event.  He encouraged each and every one of them to nurture their newly found courage and continue speaking in English.  Several videos were also presented to liven up the ceremony.  First, was a video made by the Thursday Movie Makers Club and another was a short video prepared by Team Switzerland for the students.  The second video, which was a compilation of photos and videos taken during the whole camp, made the students reminisce their wonderful and funny memories with their class and team mates.  As of that very moment, shouts of cheer and laughter filled the Global Lounge.

(Photo courtesy of Hyejin Shin)
Class representatives were asked to give a speech upon receiving their class' certificates

The awarding of the Presentation Contest Winners and recognition of the Team Leaders took place after that and it was then followed by the giving of certificates to the students.  The closing ceremony was also the moment of truth...as the event progressed, the champion and winner who gets the GEO Cup was revealed.  Team Ireland came out victorious as they also bagged the first prize in the Team Drama Competition.

GEO Cup Champion:  Team Ireland


In the end, the video made by the Thursday Movie Makers Club was shown and once again the Global Lounge was filled with laughter which lingered as the students mingled and took pictures after the ceremony.

Tom and Jerry with some of the GEO 6 students


Students with TAs Angelo and Jinju


A pose with Vice-captain Dawn


The group with TA Glenn


With TA Sharon ^^


TA Januel busy giving out the certificates


Meet the guys...


(Photo courtesy of Hyejin Shin)
And meet the ladies!


Looking into the bright future...


GEO 6 Mascots ^_^


Congratulations everyone!!!


Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear.  
                                                                                              - Pat Riley
With the confidence that you've all gained, we hope and believe that you will all continue to improve your English skills and do great things in the world!  FIGHTING!!! ^_^



Photos and videos can be seen on the GEO Facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=17434&id=100001235243051&page=4#!/GlobalEnglishOutreach

1 comment:

Mee Xiong said...

Wow - I'm so glad for everyone in GEO 6! I wish everyone the best in their future. All the TAs were so wonderful. I will miss everyone here very much :)