Date: 04/26/2004

SJSU recently signed an official student exchange agreement with Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lille in Lille, France, a premier institute for political science/international relations, reports Sharyl Cross, chair of the political science department. "SJSU students will benefit from immersion in the outstanding international academic environment provided by the institute," says Cross. "The proximity of this partner institution to Paris and Brussels offers attractive internship opportunities in European international governmental institutions. We very much look forward to the first Institut d'Etudes Politiques-SJSU exchange of students during the 2004-2005 academic year," she says. College of Social Sciences Dean Albert Agresti and Political Science Professor Cobie Harris participated in the agreement-signing event. For more, see http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/PoliSci/studyabroad.htm.

International and Extended Studies recently launched a five-month training program in business and public administration for 28 government, university and industry officials from Yunnan Province in China. The delegation, which will be at SJSU until August, will participate in lectures in various topics including public policy, urban economic development, public finance and budgeting, international business, human resource management, and marketing. They will also visit government offices and industry in San Jose and throughout the Bay Area. According to Peter Sterlacci, senior lead for international projects, this is the first delegation from Yunnan Province to attend this program. IES anticipates a second delegation in the fall. Contact Sterlacci at psterlacci@profdev.sjsu.edu.

Dennis Wilcox, director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, was the guest speaker at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, for the inauguration of the undergraduate communication management English program in the Faculty of Communication Arts. Wilcox discussed the collaborative efforts between Chulalongkorn University and SJSU. In addition, Wilcox and two professors of marketing, Howard Combs and Sak Onkvisit, will be leading a study-abroad course in June that will be a collaborative effort between SJSU and the Faculties of Commerce and Communication Arts at Chula. Contact Wilcox at dwilcox@casa.sjsu.edu.