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The European Institute for International Communication (EIIC)--Emerson's branch for international students, Maastricht, the Netherlands

On Sept. 3, 1991, Emerson College launched an ambitious program of exporting a mini Emerson to the heart of Europe. In Maastricht, the oldest city in the Netherlands, the Dutch gave Emerson a historic building (top row left) at a very advantageous price. The branch was affiliated with the library of the University of Maastricht, had its own classrooms, cafeteria, dorms and labs (second row above) and its students produced weekly the city's only Engish language newspaper (above right). One of the major accomplishments of the first class (top right) was the coverage of the signing of the treaty of Maastricht that formed the European Union in December 1991. More that 30 students and faculty were accredited by the Dutch foreign ministry to cover the event. The photo on the left shows our team at work in the press area.

The Norwegian Institute for Journalism (IJ)

In the 1986-87 school year I was a Fulbright Scholar at Norway's journalism school for mid-career journalists. The school is supported by the government and the unions of newspaper publishers, editors and reporters. I lectured there and also at journalism schools and political science departments at universities in Bergen and Volda, in Norway, Kalmar in Sweden and Aarhus in Denmark.

 

 

Clockwise from top left: The IJ headquarters in Fredrikstad; the faculty in 1986-87; teaching layout; the farewell lunch with the staff in May 1987 and, above, the traditional welcoming cake for our family in the fall 1986.....

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