Within the scope of social and cultural events, Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) and the International Students Association took the international students to the Winter Sports Center in Ladik Akdağ.

300 international students from 40 different countries joined the trip. SSecretary-General and International Students Association Chairman Assoc. Prof. Dr. Menderes Kabadayı, who accompanied the students throughout the trip, skied with the students.

Students Thanked Rector Bilgiç

The Ladik Ski Resort was chosen this time to further introduce Samsun to the students, who are off for the mid-term break before the 2018-2019 academic year, and to ensure that they had a better off time. The students, who had a good time all day, were pretty much interested in skiing. They expressed that skiing was a challenging yet funny sport. Some students stated that this was the first time they had experienced the ski sport and thanked Rector Prof. Dr. Sait Bilgiç for the good services provided to students by the University.

These kind of events contribute much to success

Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Dr. Menderes Kabadayı expressed that students from over 100 countries who preferred OMU for education were also cultural ambassadors each and that these events should be put to good use to promote Samsun. Kabadayı also stated that youngsters should be led to sports to protect them from bad habbits and underlined the importance of school trips in promoting Ladik Akdağ, one of the most important tourism potentials of Samsun to the masses, while underlying the positive impact of the rewarding of students with such events during the mid-term breaks.

It was seen that the students completed the trip quite contentedly. Meatball sandwiches were served as part of the event making barbecue on snow.