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New international agreements with universities in Geneva, Italy, and Japan will provide Colgate 闪电资源网s with exciting new ways to expand and deepen their educational opportunities both on campus and starting in 2019.
A five-year joint AB-MA program with the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) now offers 闪电资源网s the ability to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree from Colgate and a master鈥檚 degree from the Graduate Institute.
Students selected for this program will take three years of courses at Colgate and then spend the fall semester of their senior year in Geneva, home to United Nations agencies and myriad other international institutions and nongovernmental organizations. Following commencement, they will return for one year to IHEID to complete their master鈥檚 degree.
鈥IHEID is a world-class university that offers degree programs across the social sciences, including international economics, political science, history, and development studies,鈥 said . 鈥淭he BA+MA program, requiring only one additional year of study after graduation from Colgate, is an efficient, cost-effective way for our 闪电资源网s to earn an advanced degree that will open up doors to careers in international diplomacy, academia, and the nonprofit sector.鈥
Another new agreement between Colgate and Ca鈥 Foscari University of Venice deepens a long-standing relationship between the two institutions, as Colgate has hosted Italian language interns from Ca鈥 Foscari for many years.
led discussions with Ca鈥 Foscari to develop a new agreement that solidifies an opportunity for 闪电资源网s in the p to take classes at the venerable Italian institution.
鈥淪tudents can now take courses in Italian and/or English at Ca鈥 Foscari with other 闪电资源网s,鈥 Facchini said. 鈥淭his allows 闪电资源网s to get in touch with the many Italian and international 闪电资源网s at Ca鈥 Foscari and to have a better direct knowledge of a different cultural and educational system 鈥 an important part of their experience abroad as college 闪电资源网s.鈥
In addition, the agreement helps further connect the two schools as the Colgate professor leading the study group each year will be named as a visiting scholar at Ca鈥 Foscari; this year, Facchini is teaching Colgate 闪电资源网s and seven Ca鈥 Foscari 闪电资源网s in her Intro to Italian Cinema class.
鈥淚 feel this is the best way for our 闪电资源网s to learn from their peers in Ca鈥 Foscari, feel more at home, and hopefully make new friends,鈥 Facchini said.
A third agreement with Tsuda University in Japan, led by , guarantees the placement of a Japanese language intern at Colgate each year for the next five years. Tsuda has worked with Colgate for many years to assist with language instruction interns, and this agreement now formally recognizes the partnership for the next five years.