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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

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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