Building Bridges Between Institutions of Higher Education in the Carpathian Region of East Central Europe and the Southeastern United States
Program director:
Robert Thomas, Atlanta
Goal of the project:
University public activities - services provided by university to industry, local government, NGOs, the public. Active role of university in regional economic development.
Partners:
ACRU, Associated Colleges of the South
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- The American Council on Education
- Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Delta Airlines.
Phase I:
Visit of ACRU representatives to Georgia, April 21 - May 5, 1996.Participants
18 senior administrators (rectors/vice-rectors) from 13 ACRU member universities. Head of the delegation: Prof. Karol Florian, president of the ACRU.
1. Karol Florian, TU Kosice, rector@ccsun.tuke.sk
2. Tomas Sabol, TU Kosice, sabol@ccsun.tuke.sk
3. Anton Lavrin, TU Kosice, lavrina@ccsun.tuke.sk
4. Lev Bukovsky, UPJS Kosice, bukovsky@kosice.upjs.sk
5. Marta Prosbova, UVM Kosice, prosbova@vsvnov.uvm.sk
6. Miklos Szabo, Univ. Miskolc, jogszami@gold.uni-miskolc.hu
7. Gyorgy Heltai, Godollo Univ. of Agr. Sc., heltai@fa.gau.hu
8. Beata Palfalvy Sandor, Godollo Univ. of Agr. Sc., heltai@fa.gau.hu
9. Zsolt Nemessalyi, Agr. Univ. Debrecen, nemessalyi@fs2.date.hu
10. Sandor Nagy, Lajos Kossuth Univ. Debrecen, nasa@moon.atomki.hu
11. Kazimierz Sowa, Pedagogical University Rzeszow, wsprze@warman.com.pl
12. Szczepan Wolinski, TU Rzeszow, szwolkkb@ewa.prz.rzeszow.pl
13. Marian Granops, TU Rzeszow, szwolkkb@ewa.prz.rzeszow.pl
14. Iwo Pollo, TU Lublin, chemtech@akropolis.pol.lublin.pl
15. Andrzej Golas, AGH Krakow, ghgolas@cyf-kr.edu.pl
16. Yurij Rashkevich, State University Lviv Polytechnic, rashkev@polynet.lviv.ua
17. Yurij Rudavsky, rector, State University Lviv Polytechnic, rashkev@polynet.lviv.ua
18. Paul Serban Agachi, Babes Bolyai Univ. Cluj-Napoca, sagachi@staff.ubbcluj.ro
April 21: Departure from Kosice to Prague
April 22: Prague, Institute of EastWest Studies, Round table with representatives of Czech universities
April 23: Arrival to Atlanta, Georgia
April 24: Arrival to Statesboro, Georgia Southern University reception held by Dr. Henry, President of Georgia Southern University
April 25-27: Workshop: Public service, Continuing Education, Financing, Marketing, The University System of Georgia, visit to university library and museum.
April 27: Visit to Savannah
April 28: Departure to host universities, each participant to different university in Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, North Carolina.
April 29 - May 2: Stay
at the host universities, Focus of the stay: university public activities, university management, continuing and distance education, etc.
May 2: Arrival to Atlanta Reception at the headquarter of The Coca-Cola Company held by Vice-president Mr. Carlton Curtis
May 3: Wrap-up
session, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta
May 4: Departure from Atlanta
