HAW.International: HSWT delegation visit the USA

As part of the "HSWT goes international: Internationalising best practices(HAW.International)" project funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), a six-person HSWT delegation from the Weihenstephan and Triesdorf campuses visited the partner university The Evergreen State College (TESC) in Washington State, USA, in September to sign a cooperation agreement and deepen the collaboration. The delegation was accompanied by Dr Sayeh Kassaw Agegnehu from the third partner university, Debre Markos University in Ethiopia.

During the five-day visit, many programme items were completed, including

• Day 1: Visit to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle
• Day 2: Visit to the Association Washington Cities (prospective practice partner), info session at TESC for interested exchange students
• Day 3: Signing of the cooperation agreement with TESC
• Day 4: Visit to Squaxin Island (indigenous tribe), semester opening ceremony at TESC
• Day 5: Hidden Histories Tour in Olympia, reception on the occasion of the anniversary of the Sustainability in Prisons Project (educational project in prisons in cooperation with TESC)

The programme was accompanied by numerous working meetings with institutions, faculty representatives and staff from the international area of TESC in order to plan the upcoming mobility of exchange students for 2024 and to promote the further development of joint courses in the field of "Sustainable Regional Development".

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