The Padnos International Center announced new partnerships with universities in Australia and Germany.
An agreement was signed in November between Grand Valley and
Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Rich Jelier, associate
professor of public and nonprofit administration, said the partnership
is a logical culmination of the successful summer study abroad program
established in 1998. It has become one of the most popular study
abroad programs, with enrollment of more than 175 Grand Valley
students.
Macquarie is similar to Grand Valley. It was
established in 1964 and now has an enrollment of more than 29,000.
Jelier and Kristine Mullendore, professor of criminal justice, have
led summer programs there since 2000.
A college-level agreement
was signed between Seidman College of Business and Berufsakademie
University of Mosbach in Bad Mergentheim, Germany. Carol Sanchez,
associate professor of management, said the formal agreement makes it
easier for Grand Valley students to take classes at the university 75
miles southwest of Frankfurt.
"The credits will easily transfer and it all can be arranged before they go," she said.
Two students from Berufsakademie enrolled in Grand Valley classes in January. Sanchez said the business programs of the two institutions are similar and that classes at Berufsakademie are taught in English.
GVSU has partnerships with 30 foreign institutions. For more information, call the Padnos International Center at x13898 or visit www.gvsu.edu/pic.
