Fairleigh Dickinson University’s long list of global partnerships and international programs grew even longer recently with new affiliations in Belize, the Dominican Republic and Israel.

Belize

Fairleigh Dickinson University and Galen University, a newly established university located in the English-speaking democracy of Belize in the Caribbean Basin, have entered into an educational partnership. Students at Galen University will be able to complete their bachelor’s degree at FDU after spending their first two or three years of study at their home institution.

At the signing of the agreement with Galen University, Belize, front row from left are Andreas Charalambous, president Galen University; Carl Viola, executive vice president; and Christopher Capuano, director, psychology (Metro). Standing from left are David Steele, dean, Silberman College (Metro/Flor), and Rick Isquith, executive director, global partnerships (Metro/Flor).

The agreement, developed by Christopher Capuano, director, psychology (Metro), specifies the programs that will allow transfer credits. They are the BS in accounting/MS in accounting; BS in business management; BS in economics and finance; BS in marketing; and BA in individualized studies with a specialization in business.

Chartered by the Government of Belize as an independent, community-oriented institution, Galen University is holding its first classes this month. The university’s plans include graduate and undergraduate programs in business, arts, science, sports and medicine.

To be admitted to Fairleigh Dickinson, Galen University students must successfully complete the appropriate course of study articulated by FDU for a specific degree program. Eligible students also can choose to enroll in a combined, accelerated degree program (bachelor’s and master’s degrees in just five years) by spending two years at Galen University followed by three years at FDU.

For more information visit http://inside.fdu.edu/prpt/belize.html.

A general agreement of cooperation was signed by Fairleigh Dickinson University, the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra or Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher (PUCMM) in the Dominican Republic and Tompkins Cortland Community College, Ithaca, N.Y., setting the stage for degree-completion programs in the areas of hotel, restaurant and tourism management; nursing; premedical; engineering and business.

President J. Michael Adams, center, signs agreement of cooperation with Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) and Tompkins Cortland Community College. President of Cortland Community Carl Haynes, left, and PUCMM Rector Agripino Núñez Collado look on.

PUCMM has had an exchange program with Tompkins for many years, sending cohorts of students to spend summers in the United States in an academic and cultural immersion program leading to an associate’s degree. The new three-way agreement will allow its students to continue their international experience on the baccalaureate and graduate levels at Fairleigh Dickinson.

A similar agreement between only FDU and PUCMM also has been signed. As a two-way interchange, it provides for the development of seminars, noncredit programs, faculty exchange and study-abroad opportunities for PUCMM and Fairleigh Dickinson students.

PUCMM has two campuses, one in Santo Domingo, the country’s capital and financial and commercial center, and one in the more suburban Santiago de los Caballeros. It was the first university in the country to have a school of hotel administration, now one of the country’s foremost industries. It also is home to a world-renowned medical school and has a strong commitment to providing international experiences.

Israel

Fairleigh Dickinson University has renewed and extended its commitment to educational partnership with Israel in a new agreement with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). The two institutions have agreed to encourage and formalize scholarly and scientific interaction between the institutions.

From left, Netta Zieber, Ruth Sekar and Esther Bowalsky, Hebrew Studies faculty, Overseas Student Program, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, pose outside Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus. They taught Hebrew at FDU this past summer.

“This exciting collaboration brings major benefits to both institutions,” said President J. Michael Adams. “Our students have an opportunity to study in Israel in an outstanding center for international students. We will welcome BGU students at our New Jersey campuses as well as develop programs for faculty interaction.”

Programs of study between the two universities will include the social and behavioral sciences; life, health and physical sciences; mathematics and computer sciences; earth sciences; engineering and applied sciences; management; public administration; humanities; fine arts; and hotel, restaurant and tourism management. In addition, Christopher Capuano, director, psychology (Metro), said, “The School of Psychology is talking to the department of behavioral sciences at BGU, and we are considering the establishment of a joint school of professional psychology in Israel for Israelis. It would deliver applied master’s degree programs in psychology and in learning disabilities.”

Founded in 1969 by an act of the Knesset, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is the fastest growing Israeli University. Its student population has tripled to over 16,000 in the past 10 years.

For more information on the program see http://inside.fdu.edu/prpt/bengurion.html.

September 2003

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Flor =
College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

Metro =
Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.

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