Old Dominion goes global

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Old Dominion University has teamed up with eight schools in Europe to offer a twist on the traditional master's of engineering degree. Students who complete two semesters and a thesis at a participating college abroad and finish at least one semester back in the States are eligible to earn two degrees through the Global Engineering Master's Program-one from ODU and the other from a European institution of higher learning.

Heidi Pawlowski, one of the first international students enrolled in project management at ODU last spring, intends to graduate from the University of Applied Science in Kaiserslautern, Germany, this summer. "I am very happy that I was at ODU," she says. "I hope I gave friends and students from America some ideas and information about what German people are doing, working on, and learning. And hopefully we will learn the best from each other." Pawlowski completed her thesis at Sweden's Dalarna University.

Seven students from overseas are studying in Norfolk, Va., this semester, according to program director Ralph Rogers. Unfortunately, none of ODU's students have taken advantage of the opportunity to travel to any of the network universities in Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, or Switzerland. "We are actively recruiting to get U.S. students abroad," says Rogers. "We just haven't gotten anyone yet."

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