Faculty Exchange Grant

Faculty exchanges between Cracow University of Economics, Grand Valley State University, and University of Debrecen are beneficial to all partner institutions and students regardless of whether or not they are participating in STAIR. 

Students who do not participate in the STAIR program will benefit from faculty exchanges in a number of ways.  It gives them the opportunity to experience a different teaching style from each faculty member as well as the chance to gain a perspective from outside of Western Michigan.  Interaction between students and visiting faculty will provide first-hand experience with political/cultural relations between nations.

Faculty visiting Poland and Hungary will provide exposure to the US perspective on current political happenings in the world as well as introduce them to teaching/learning styles more common to the United States.  Faculty exchanges afford participants the opportunity to learn first-hand about other nations, cultures, and political structures of which they may not be familiar.  Exchanges will also provide the opportunity for collaboration in research and an increase in cultural awareness with students of different cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

The Faculty Exchange Grant for GVSU’s International Relations faculty, will include round-trip airfare to the host university, GVSU per diem for meals, and lodging.  An optional weekend in Budapest will also be included for those that wish to visit from Debrecen.

Faculty who are interested in visiting either Cracow University of Economics, Poland or University of Debrecen, Hungary should fill out the application and return it to:

Attn:  Mark Schaub
Padnos International Center
130 Lake Ontario Hall

Click here to download the application