King to Explore Other Joint Ventures Between SUNY and Moscow State University
ALBANY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Jun 8, 2001--On June 8, State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor Robert L. King will officially open the Moscow-based Center on the United States and Russia.
King`s visit is part of the 25th anniversary celebration of SUNY`s partnership with Moscow State University (MSU) and will include meetings exploring other joint ventures between the two institutions. SUNY is the United States` largest university system; MSU is Russia`s largest university.
The mission of the partnership, the oldest direct university-to-university relationship between the United States and the Russian Federation, is to prepare SUNY and MSU graduates to excel in a competitive global marketplace. An Albany-based Center was created in January 2000 to reaffirm the long-standing commitment between the two institutions. The Moscow Center has been offering courses since that same time at Moscow State University`s Science Center.
During his visit, King will meet with Mikhail Mikhailovich Prusak, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council (Russia`s equivalent to the U.S. Senate); Mikhail Vital`evich Margelov, member of the Committee on International Affairs of the Federation Council and a Senator from Pskov; and Evgeni Grigorievich Yasin, rector (chief executive) at the Russian State Higher School of Economics.
The partnership offers:
- traditional study-abroad exchanges at both centers;
- partnerships with business and industry in New York State to provide training and research opportunities at both universities in science, technology and engineering;
- a professional fellows program providing two months of in-depth training for Russian faculty at any of SUNY`s 64 campuses;
- the latest online and computer teaching technologies at both centers;
- and an intensive, two-week senior seminar allowing SUNY professors to share their scholarship with MGU faculty and staff.
SUNY and MSU faculty are also developing joint distance learning courses soon to be available through SUNY`s Learning Network, which offers 2,000 courses to more than 26,000 students and is the second-largest network of distance learning in the United States.
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