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Global issues


A Special Thanks to Those Who Contributed to the Camp

 

There were many individual and corporate sponsors who helped in the raising of funds.  We would like to thank the following individuals and companies for their valuable donations:

 

Bell South/Contact: Hank Fisher (Monetary Donation)

Chick-Fil-A (Raffle Items)

Cobalt Blue (Gift Certificate)

Coach Lou Holtz (Signed Football)

Hunter-Gatherer (Gift Certifcate)

Mary and Dennis Kennemur (Monetary Donation)

Manchester Cinemas/Contact: James Marze, Manager (Raffle Items)

Marble Slab Creamery (Raffle Items)

Merrill Lynch (Monetary Donation)

Coach Dave Odom (Signed Basketball)

Trendset/Contact: Gary Selvaggio, CEO (Monetary Donation)

WUSC 90.5 FM/ Contact Jordan Jennings (Raffle Items)

Za's Brick Oven Pizza (Gift Certifcate)

 

 

Global Issues English Immersion Camp:  Romania 2005

Sixteen USC undergraduates --- eight from the Moore School of Business, eight from the College of Liberal Arts --- travelled this summer  to Cluj-Napoca, Romania, to teach a Global Issues English Immersion Camp for high school students.  The Camp represents a partnership between the Moore School of Business, the College of Liberal Arts, including its Walker Institute for International and Area Studies, the Sister Cities Program of the World Affairs Council, and the Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER).  The Camp was originated by Dr. Carolyn S. Jones, Moore School Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies.  Joel Stevenson, Director of the USC Technology Incubator and Professor of Small Business again accompanied the group as Lead Facilitator. While in Romania, Professor Stevenson met  with members of the mayor’s office and Babes University to update them on the USC Columbia Technology Incubator with the hope of creating a similar incubator in Cluj.  Dr. Kris Finnigan, Assistant Dean for Administration, represented the College of Liberal Arts in Romania and taught a Spring 2005 course preparing the USC student team for their Romanian experience.

 

The project is a unique collaboration between the College of Liberal Arts and the Moore School, and is possibly the first of its kind in the country.  The enthusiastic Romanian response to last summer’s first international service learning project, which focused on business topics, prompted the addition of liberal arts components to the curriculum for the project’s second year.  Immersion Camp course modules will cover globalization, democracy, cross-cultural communication, creative writing, entrepreneurship, media arts, marketing and advertising, and American pop culture.  The week-long Camp also included visits to local industries and cultural institutions in Cluj, and a final day of sharing cultural traditions between Romanian students and the USC team.  A total of 84 sophomores and juniors from seven high schools in the Cluj area attended the camp in 2004.  The success of the 2004 Camp in Romania has reinforced plans to make the English Immersion Camps a long-term program, and has led to the development of a possible second pilot program in Peru. 

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For photographs and information about our exciting 2004 camp, click here.