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AROUND THE QUADS
Gaining an EDGE: Students Head to Scotland for Internship Program
Sixteen Columbia students will travel to Glasgow and Dunbartonshire,
Scotland, next month to begin an eight-week entrepreneurship summer
internship program, Encouraging Dynamic Global Entrepreneurs (EDGE).
Columbia’s Center for Career Education designed the program
in collaboration with Scottish Enterprise Dunbartonshire and the
University of Glasgow, and with support from the European Union,
the Scottish Executive, Dunbartonshire Education Authorities, the
universities and others.
Forty-eight students — 16 each from Columbia, the University
of Glasgow and Dunbartonshire high schools — will participate
in an intensive, interactive two-week instructional component at
the University of Glasgow to learn about entrepreneurship, enterprise
leadership, cross-cultural teamwork, consulting and economic and
community development. They will then work for six weeks in mixed
teams, supported by industry experts, consulting to small- and medium-sized
enterprises in Dunbartonshire (just outside Glasgow) to help them
develop strategies for growth and development.
“EDGE provides a unique opportunity to combine living, learning
and working in a cross-cultural and intergenerational team-based
environment,” says Dean of Career Education Christopher Pratt.
“Participants will apply what they learn in real time, hands-on,
in real-world business situations.”
A cultural program, “Discover what Scotland has to offer,”
will be included within the program and will involve outdoor activities,
visits to local high-profile companies and historical and cultural
centers, and dinners with influential guest speakers. Students will
live in University of Glasgow housing, receive a round-trip plane
ticket to Glasgow and earn a stipend of approximately $2,200.
Alex Sachare ’71
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Ayinwi Muma ’06
(left), an English major from Atlanta and one of the Columbia
students who will be participating in the EDGE internship
in Scotland this summer, visits with Lorranie McConnell of
Bear Stearns at a reception on April 4 at the Center for Career
Education.
PHOTO: JIMMIE COCHRAN PRATT
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