PHILADELPHIA, PA – Chestnut Hill College has added new educational opportunities for students and faculty with the addition of a new Global Education Office (GEO) and new student exchange partnerships abroad.
Trachanda Brown, MLA, director of the Global Education Office, previously served as the College’s director of international student services and will now spearhead the College’s new global initiatives and partnerships. The GEO is responsible for international admissions, assisting students and faculty to prepare for study abroad experiences, and developing institutional global partnerships and programs. The GEO also serves as the College’s official site for issuing International Student, International Youth, and International Teacher identification cards that provide discounts and insurance for students, staff, and faculty traveling abroad.
The College has signed Global Exchange Program agreements with the following institutions:
- Catholic University of Oporto-Portugal
- Universidad de Autònomadel Estado de Higalo-Mexico
- Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción-Chile
- Groupe IBS-France
- Cesine Business School-Spain
- Business Academy Aarhus-Denmark
- Pyeongtaek University-South Korea
- Howest University College West Flanders-Belgium
These new exchange programs will create a wider variety of study abroad opportunities for studentsthat will be mutually beneficial for the College and partner institutions, providing opportunities for Chestnut Hill students to study abroad and for partner students to study at Chestnut Hill. Several more partner agreements are in process with institutions in Peru and the United Kingdom. The College has also partnered with the Mainline Chinese Cultural Center and ABD International to provide enhanced support services and to streamline the enrollment process for matriculating Chinese students.
In addition, Chestnut Hill College is creating a partnership with Foreign Language Schools International (FLS), the largest, privately-owned English as a Second Language (ESL) network in the United States. The partnership will simplify the enrollment process for students with ESL needs at the College, encouraging international students to study at Chestnut Hill and support the growing international student population.
“At Chestnut Hill College, we wanted to create unique global initiatives tailored to our campus, our community and their experiences,” says Trachanda Brown, director of GEO. “The new programs enable us to share our inclusive nature with our neighbors abroad as well as enrich campus with their global perspectives in our classrooms and community.”
