FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007
Contact: Jeanette Kripas, (304) 696-6371
 

Lewis College of Business announces study abroad opportunities

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University’s Lewis College of Business (LCOB) is partnering with universities in the United Kingdom, Turkey and France to offer business majors the chance to take classes overseas.

The LCOB currently works with Buckinghamshire University in England, the European University Lefke in Cyprus and the University of Lyon in France to provide students the opportunity to get an international perspective on the business world.  Each program features classes taught in English by highly qualified professors on small campuses near large metropolises.  Classes taken abroad can be transferred back to Marshall, and count toward graduation.

Several study abroad positions are still available for interested students.  Financial aid is available to help defray the cost of study abroad for those individuals who qualify.

An international component is vital to students entering the business world today, according to Dr. Lorraine Anderson, associate dean of the LCOB.

“As new markets open and international relationships become vital to the success or failure of a company, businesses are looking for employees who are able to meet the needs of internationalization,” Anderson said.  “College graduates today are facing greater challenges as companies are no longer looking just for college graduates, but for graduates with an edge over the competition.  Study abroad programs like ours provide that.” 

The deadline to apply for these programs for the fall 2008 semester is Feb. 1, 2008.

Additional programs of study at other universities are available to students in all departments through study abroad. 

For more information about LCOB study abroad programs, contact Anderson in Corbly Hall 107, or call (304) 696-2611 for more details.  For further information on study abroad, contact Jeanette Kripas, chief study abroad adviser, at (304) 696-2465 or by e-mail at jeanette.kripas@marshall.edu, or visit the Center for International Programs office in Old Main 320.

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