Organized by 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Office of Global Initiatives<\/a>, 溏心vlog免费B站 will host TU Braunschweig President Angela Ittel, along with senior faculty and staff. The agenda includes an inaugural ceremony; a luncheon with faculty, alumni, students, and staff; and an evening banquet hosted by President Marc Parlange. <\/p>\n\n\n\n TU Braunschweig<\/a> collaborates with colleges across the 溏心vlog免费B站 campus, but the partnership\u2019s foundation is rooted in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Engineering and the International Engineering Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n John Grandin, a professor of German, joined forces with Hermann Viets, then dean of the College of Engineering, in 1987 to launch what was initially intended to be a five-year program. Their aim was to bolster enrollment in Grandin\u2019s German courses and to connect Viets\u2019 engineering students with internships at major firms like BMW, Siemens, and Bosch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Through Grandin and Viets\u2019 hard work in 1997, the IEP program was established as the first U.S dual bachelor\u2019s degree program, a B.S. in an engineering discipline with a simultaneous B.A. in German (later expanded to French, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Japanese and Global Language and Area Studies). While it started out with engineering undergraduates pursuing a semester of internship in Germany, the IEP added a semester of study abroad in 1995 following an invitation by the Technische Universit\u00e4t Braunschweig. The IEP has since featured a full academic year of studying and interning abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the last three decades the partnership between the Technische Universit\u00e4t Braunschweig and the Colleges of Engineering and Arts and Sciences has expanded to include the Colleges of Pharmacy, Business, and Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis partnership really demonstrates a relationship that\u2019s based on intentionality and stewardship, representing the core curricular components at each university,\u201d said Kristin Johnson, vice provost for global initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Johnson, whose office oversees global partnerships, finds it fascinating to compare them\u2014even those as venerable as TU Braunschweig\u2019s. She says that while many of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s collaborations have endured, few have flourished as vibrantly as the one with TU Braunschweig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Though rooted in academia, the partnership transcends education. Over the years, the two universities have partnered on collaborative research grants and on such events as film festivals, and even a Mario Kart tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s important to make sure that students who come to 溏心vlog免费B站 and go to TU Braunschweig have good experiences,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cThe parts that make them flourish are things like that\u2014that are deep, interesting and engaging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n Such experiences have left a lasting impression\u2014especially for Hanno Teiwes, an alumnus of the 溏心vlog免费B站-TU Braunschweig dual master\u2019s program in Mechanical Engineering who went on to a global career with the Volkswagen group where he worked first in Wolfsburg, then Chattanooga, Tennessee, and now back in Wolfsburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Initially hesitant to study abroad, preferring to do so through an employer, Teiwes changed course after seeing a flyer and attending a presentation. After a year and a half of preparation, he arrived at 溏心vlog免费B站 in August 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019d been to the U.S. before, but like anyone leaving home he had mixed emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe welcome week of the international office helped me a lot to meet new friends, future roommates and to become familiar with my new home,\u201d said Teiwes. \u201cOver time, I found a second home and even now the memory of a great year still remains with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a memory he treasures\u2014not only because Rhode Island became a second home, but because Kingston and the partnership led him to his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their meeting was serendipitous. She was pursuing a bachelor\u2019s degree in international management at the College of Business. Her exchange program was with a different partner university in Hamburg. But they met at the orientation for international undergraduates, where Teiwes and his friends invited her group to a barbecue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI went to it, even though it wasn\u2019t really meant for us to be there but there was free drinks and free food, so we stayed,\u201d said Teiwes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They found they both lived in the International Living & Learning Community where IEP students preparing to study abroad mix with international students from abroad and from there struck up a friendship that turned into more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019s eager to return to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s campus, having last visited in 2022 for a friend\u2019s wedding. During that trip, he reconnected with his thesis advisor, professor Mohammad Faghri of the College of Engineering, and was impressed by the new Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering. Still, he admits this visit will feel different. Not because it\u2019s only been three years, but because many of his friends have since moved on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy excitement comes from the people that I spent my time with, who of course aren\u2019t there anymore,\u201d said Teiwes. \u201cLuckily, I have my wife at my side who is and always will be my most important takeaway from 溏心vlog免费B站.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information and a schedule of celebration events, visit the University calendar<\/a>. The celebration can also be watched live<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 4, 2025 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 has over 100 international partnerships and agreements. 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s influence extends well beyond the Northeast\u2014across the Atlantic and around the world. Among these numerous collaborations, one of the most enduring and consequential is 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s partnership with Technische Universit\u00e4t Braunschweig. 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