On July 8, Kang Seong-mo, President of the University of California, Merced, visited Yonsei University and met with President Kim Han-joong, Provost Il Sun Yang, and Vice President for International Affairs Kim Dong-hoon. The visit was organized to renew the academic exchange agreement that was signed in 2007 and to discuss ways of expanding the academic cooperation between the two schools to the International Campus at Songdo as well.