Rochester University Delegation Visist University of Ghana

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A delegation from the University of Rochester meets with students and faculty from the University of Ghana.
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Faculty members and university leaders often visit other universities to give talks, engage in research collaborations, or explore student exchanges. It is less common, however, for a whole delegation to visit a foreign university.

At the end of March, 12 representatives from the University of Rochester spent three days at the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana, exploring how the two universities could work together. The delegation laid the groundwork for undergraduate, graduate and faculty exchanges, public health fieldwork, and research partnerships.

?The visit was extremely productive,? said Wendi Heinzelman, the dean of graduate studies in arts, sciences and engineering and a professor of electrical engineering, who helped organize the visit. ?We came away from the visit genuinely energized about the possibilities for continued engagement. Actually being at the University of Ghana allowed us to learn about their programs, interact with their faculty and students, and determine where we might partner with them most effectively for both universities.?

Heinzelman said she and her colleagues were ?quite impressed? by the facilities and resources that would be available for faculty and student exchanges, as well as their current high level of research.

The delegation consisted of faculty members from a range of disciplines, from political science to biology, and anthropology to engineering. After meeting with their counterparts in Ghana, the delegation reported a number of areas where collaborations could be set up. Heinzelman said that these included continuing the existing visits from Ghanaian graduate students to Rochester, Rochester faculty visiting Ghana and vice versa, research collaborations, offering advice for Ghana?s faculty evaluation process, undergraduate exchanges, and public health student internships.

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