Universität Gesamthochschule in Kassel Signs Reciprocal Student Exchange Agreement with the University

Representatives from Universität Gesamthochschule in Kassel (from front left) Dr. Bernt Arbruster, head of the Department of Information and International Relations, and Katharina Linke, assistant director of the Department of Foreign Studies, sign agreements with Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi representatives Dr. Sandra Harper, provost and vice president for academic affairs, and President Robert R. Furgason. Also present are (background, left to right) Dr. Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, Dr. Javier Villarreal, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities Dr. Paul Hain, Margaret Dechant and Dr. Alan Lessoff.		University representatives from Universität Gesamthochschule in Kassel, Germany, signed an agreement with Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi President Dr. Robert R. Furgason, committing both universities to a reciprocal student exchange. Kassel is located in central Germany. The exchange was made possible as a result of House Bill 1989, signed by the 75th Texas Legislature. The signing ceremony took place in the President's Office June 5. Furgason and a team of A&M University-Corpus Christi representatives met the German contingent, led by Dr. Bernt Armbruster, head of Department of Information and International Relations and Katharina Linke, assistant director of Foreign Studies. Dr. Sandra Harper, Dr. Paul Hain, Dr. Javier Villarreal, Dr. Leonardo Carrillo, Dr. Alan Lessoff, Dr. Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak and Margaret Dechant were on hand to welcome their German counterparts. "This signing represents the University's first formal agreement with a European university," said Carrillo, interim director of International Programs. "Dr. Alan Lessoff, a former history professor here, was instrumental in doing much of the footwork by communicating with and visiting our new partner-campus--Universität Gesamthochschule Kassel--where he taught a class in U.S. History as a Fulbright Scholar from 1996 to '97."