International Students participated on Guided Sightseeing and Ice Breaker Activities
ON 27TH SEPTEMBER AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE GUIDED SIGHTSEEING AND ICE BREAKER ACTIVITIES WERE ORGANIZED FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. REGISTRATION WAS AVAILABLE FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF ATTENDANTS WERE THE NEWLY ARRIVED, WHO DID NOT HAVE MUCH LOCAL KNOWLEDGE YET – HOPEFULLY, THIS PROGRAM HAD CHANGED THAT FOR THE BETTER.
The trip began in front of the building of the Faculty of Economics and ended on Széchenyi Square. Since the weather was not the nicest that day, all the participants were gifted with University of Sopron's branded raincoats. Katalin Cséry, the tour guide was focusing on the city centre of Sopron, highlighting the beautiful historical buildings, churches of various denominations, famous museums, and, besides the cultural insight, the students received tips for their free time and practical information as well.
Afterwards, the majority of the group walked back to the building of the 
Faculty of Economics for some ice breaker activities led by Dr. Didem Kepir-Sávoly. They got to know each other better in a playful and encouraging environment. The beginning was really light hearted, the students practiced each others’ names while passing a ball of yarn around and by the time they formed a web, they were more confident to call each other by their names. In the next game, they dived a bit deeper and interviewed each other about favourites, which led to some lively discussions.
The students also got informed about Didem’s work in the Student Support Centre and the opportunity to discuss personal, academic, career and/or cultural topics with her in private, which raised quite some interest.
This was only the first in the colorful palette of events and programs planned for this year. The next one is going to be the Welcome Day on 6th October 2022, taking place at Ligneum Visitors’ Centre; we hope to meet a lot of you there as well.
Created: 2022.10.03
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