German students experience Morgantown, US
Twenty-one students from Muenster, Germany, are visiting the United States for four weeks, studying collective bargaining and negotiations and sharpening their English skills at the WVU College of Business and Economics.
They are from the University of Applied Sciences Muenster School of Business. They have been here just over a week.
Most of the students have never visited the United States, and through WVU’s long-standing relationship with business schools in Germany, chose Morgantown for a study-abroad destination.
Sixty students applied to make the trip, and participants were selected by English instructor Jennifer Burkart, a WVU graduate, based on their command of English, said their professor Thomas Jansen. “Everyone here has been very friendly and supportive,” he said. “We have experienced great service and help at WVU.”
Sebastian Maas, one of the students, said he is adjusting to American food. “The food is a little bit different,” he joked. “Everyone eats burgers!” Maas agreed that Americans are “very friendly and polite.”
Two other visitors are Kristin Nordhoff and Monika Jakubowski. “There is lots of green here, and the people have been very friendly and helpful,” Nordhoff said.
“Yes, there are many friendly people,” Jakubowski agreed. “And there are big supermarkets and big cars! I like SUVs. This is a great country, everywhere there are Dodge RAMs.”
“The College of Business and Economics has had exchange and study-abroad programs with Germany for many years and encourages students to take at least one study-abroad course in order to understand business worldwide and the global market place,” said Interim Dean William Trumbull. “This is really essential, and we welcome these visitors to our country for the same reason.”
