The College of Business at ETSU recently received a grant in alliance with Bremen University, a German partner school.

The College of Business at ETSU recently received a grant in alliance with Bremen University, a German partner school.
The Deutsche Akademisuher Austauch Dienst grant gives the College of Business a chance to exchange faculty and students with their partner school in Germany. The grant is for $186,000 and allows the exchange to continue for three years.
The first students will be sent to Bremen in the 2002 summer term. Ten students will be selected to attend a four week term. The grant will cover the students’ transportation and living costs while attending classes. Also two members of the ETSU faculty will be sent to participate in the program.
According to Jon Smith, director of the program, it is hoped that the university along with its partner school will be able to begin an international masters of business administration with an emphasis on entrepreneurship. Smith said that only the best students would be chosen, although no formal guidelines for selecting participates have been established.
“People who want to lead will lead,” said Smith, who added that this grant would give students international experience, a new understanding of other cultures, and a chance to have fun.
Smith said Europe would be an important part of business in the next decade and this grant will give students a chance to learn and understand European business practices.
ETSU was chosen for this grant because of past ties with the German college.
In 1996, ETSU became a partner school with Bremen along with other partnerships with schools in Britain, France, Spain and three other colleges from the United States.
Smith said that recent budget cuts at ETSU would not affect the program nor would the attacks on the World Trade Center.
He said that although there may be travel problems and some fear, the exchange of faculty and students would still continue.