How can colleges and universities best collaborate with businesses and industries to serve the professional interests of their students? What can universities in Germany learn from their U.S. partners in this regard, and vice versa? These were some of the questions at the center of the UAS7-presidential delegation visit to New York from November 3 through November 6, 2015.
The delegation included the presidents of four UAS7 member universities: Michael Kortstock (Munich University of Applied Sciences), Ute von Lojewski (Münster University of Applied Sciences), Karin Luckey (Bremen City University of Applied Sciences), and UAS7 Chairman Bernd Reissert (Berlin School of Economics and Law).
On Tuesday, November 3, the group visited the University at Albany (SUNY) where they were welcomed by President Robert Jones and Harvey Charles (Vice Provost and Dean of International Education). The presidents also met with Sanjay Goel (Associate Professor in the Information Technology Management Department at the Albany School of Business) and James Stellar (Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost). In the afternoon, the delegation toured the SUNY Polytechnic Institute at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, where they were accompanied by executive staff members Michael Fancher and Michael Liehr. Building on the earlier successes of the SUNY-UAS7 partnership (especially in the field of student exchanges), the partners discussed potential areas for new collaborations, including faculty and research exchanges as well as mutual grant proposals for international internship opportunities.
On the following day, November 4, the UAS7 delegation and the UAS7 New York office invited partners and friends to a workshop on University-Industry Collaborations at the German Consulate in New York City. The event was designed to serve as a transatlantic dialogue about challenges and best practices in the areas of industry partnerships and workforce development. Its goal was to determine strategies for future collaborations on these issues. The UAS7 delegation was proud to host representatives from its partner universities Drexel University, University of Pittsburgh, University at Albany (SUNY), Binghamton University (SUNY), as well as befriended institutions such as the City University of New York, the German American Chamber of Commerce New York, the German Center for Research and Innovation New York and the German Embassy in Washington DC. Weiterlesen