Program Structure 2018

Myrtle Beach meets Remagen

18 students of Coastal Carolina University accompanied by Prof. Dr. Richard Martin and Dr. Cara Scheuer visited the Rhineland in May. Through joint activities with students of RheinAhrCampus and Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, they explored the academic life and social activities offered at their German partner universities; students from RheinAhrCampus and Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences developed their language skills for classroom and project contexts while getting some first glimpses of CCU campus culture. Among other things, the students joined Amy Edmunds' classes and took a comparative look at the German and US health care systems.

Before meeting on campus, they had already worked on various team-based preparatory research assignments and familiarized themselves with important aspects of transatlantic business practices as well as presenting the results of their online research assignments during their face-to-face meetings on campus.

A company visit to ZF TRW Braking Systems in Koblenz provided the group with additional insights into Operations Management and Quality Management issues. A boat trip on the Rhine, visits to Cologne and Königswinter and a barbecue on the banks of the Rhine helped to foster international and intercultural exchanges.

Remagen meets Myrtle Beach

The German participants of this year's summer school program will be actively involved in preparing many of the activities offered during the first part of the summer school program. After the initial pre-departure meetings, contacts with CCU students will be arranged through email communications and a buddy assignment. Due to these optioins, students will take an active part in integrating the CCU students on campus and welcoming them to RheinAhrCampus and Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University. Thus, it will be great to meet many of the students again during the International Summer School at CCU in Fall. CCU students will offer lots of social activities around the scheduled program - thus providing the participants with a great chance to share parts of their campus life.