Thursday, June 23, 2005

And finally we meet...

For months, Sylvia and I planned this exchange via email, and one very long telephone converstaion. During the exchange, Sylvia worked from my office along side my colleagues, while I took her place on the Heerlen campus -- she was meeting my colleagues while I met hers. And after two weeks of living each other's lives, we finally met! It was surprising to both of us how similar we are in many ways.

The exchange experience was meaningful and productive in ways that neither of us imagined during the germination days of the idea.




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Maarten, with the participants of his first successful international faculty exchange.