{"id":16924,"date":"2024-06-25T09:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=16924"},"modified":"2024-06-25T09:01:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:01:11","slug":"elizabethtown-college-students-travel-abroad-for-geneva-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/elizabethtown-college-students-travel-abroad-for-geneva-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Students Travel Abroad for Geneva Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Etown students and faculty at the “Broken Chair” – a monumental sculpture across the street from the Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/p><\/div>\n

A group of 10 Elizabethtown College students spent nine days in Germany and Switzerland this past May, attending meetings of various international organizations as part of the School of Business\u2019s Geneva Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Geneva Program gives Etown students the opportunity to get a taste of life in Europe, to visit international organizations, to hear from ambassadors of countries, and to make friends with fellow students from Germany,\u201d Elizabethtown College Associate Professor of Economics, Dr. Sanjay Paul said.<\/p>\n

The program and study tour is part of Paul\u2019s International Organizations Seminar, open to all majors and classes. The course aims to foster students\u2019 understanding of global issues and foreign affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cGetting to learn more about the global organizations that play a vital role in international affairs, but also being able to go abroad and actually get to meet with members of these organizations is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity,\u201d Business Administration major Curstin Carpenter \u201925 said.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Students began their trip in Geneva, Switzerland, meeting with a group of peers from the Konstanz University of Applied Sciences<\/a> in Germany and taking a walking tour of the city.<\/p>\n

The group then traveled to the UN Missions of India and the United States and were afforded the opportunity to sit in on briefings. During their time in Geneva, they also attended briefings at the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Council of Churches<\/a>, and the International Organization for Migration.<\/p>\n

After attending the Geneva briefings, the group traveled to Konstanz University of Applied Sciences in Germany and gave research presentations. The German students hosted the Blue Jays during the final part of the study tour, continuing an international collaboration between the two schools that last saw the German students visit Etown\u2019s campus in the fall of 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis experience was influential and informative to my general knowledge about international affairs,\u201d Carpenter said. \u201cI hope to be able to build upon the connections I made through this experience and allow my new communication skills to help me in my remaining time at Etown, as well as in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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