Glion Institute of Higher Education (GIHE), part of Laureate Hospitality Education (LHE), renewed the agreement with IFARHU, an educational institution of the government of Panama. The signing ceremony between LHE and IFARHU took place in Glion, Switzerland, early June 2011.
IFARHU, the ‘Instituto para la Formacion y Aprovechamiento de Recursos Humanos’ of Panama, was represented by its General Director Sonia de Luzcando, who came to Switzerland specifically for the signing ceremony and to visit the Swiss LHE properties: Glion Institute of Higher Education and Les Roches International School of Hotel Management. She was accompanied by IFARHU Secretary General Eusebia Moran and Aixa Maria Diaz Granados De Quintero, Secretary General of the Ministry of Education.
The purpose of the five-year contract between LHE and IFARHU is to continue the educational cooperation in order to benefit Panamanian students and professionals interested in studying hospitality, hotels, tourism and international cuisine at the certificate, bachelor's, master's, postgraduate, graduate and seminar levels at participating LHE institutions in Switzerland and Spain.
‘We are pleased to continue our collaboration with IFARHU’, LHE Senior Vice-President Arie A. J. van der Spek stated. ‘Thanks to the efforts of IFARHU, there are many students from Panama among the almost 100 nationalities present at our schools. It is great to see that they are part of the international environment of our schools and that they are getting well prepared for a successful career in hospitality management.’
‘This agreement is very important for us‘, IFARHU director general Sonia de Luzcando said. ‘In Panama, the hospitality and tourism business grew five times over the last three years. This agreement gives students from Panama the possibility to study at the finest hospitality management schools in the world and to provide young people career opportunities in hospitality management.’
Under the agreement, IFARHU will promote the LHE schools through their student loan program. Both parties will study the possibility for additional scholarship programs in the future.
Sitting: Sonia de Luzcando, Arie A. J. van der Spek, Eusebia Moran. Standing: Michael Huckaby, Aixa Maria Diaz Granados De Quintero.
Arie A. J. van der Spek and Sonia de Luzcando
The leading Brazilian TV station Globo visited Glion Institute of Higher Education (GIHE) at the end of May to film sequences for its highly viewed educational show Globo Universidade. Globo’s European correspondent Bianca Rothier interviewed Brazilian student Camila Brandao, a transfer student from the Universidade Anhembi Morumbi (UAM). This Brazilian university is an affiliated member of Laureate International Universities, the biggest university network with more than 55 institutions spread around the world.
Globo Universidade will broadcast a special show about UAM and the transfer possibilities between UAM and GIHE. Camila Brandao, graduating from GIHE early June 2011, is one of the transfer students from Brazil. During the interview held on the fabulous terrace of the GIHE club of the Glion campus, she explained the benefits of studying at GIHE. She also showed all facilities of the Bulle campus, the place where the UAM transfer students follow their classes while at GIHE.
In the interview, Camila Brandao explained the main differences and assets for students attending Glion by joining the transfer program. She also talked about the Glion faculty experience and the knowledge, living and sharing experiences with students from almost 100 nationalities on campus, learning the highest standards of hospitality management and having the top hospitality companies coming GIHE to recruit.
The broadcast of the Globo Universidade show featuring UAM and Glion Institute of Higher Education is scheduled for the end of July 2011.
Bianca Rothier, Globo interviewing Brazilian student Camila Brandao on Glion terrasse
Camila Brandao on Bulle campus explaining where students go in internship
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