On Friday, 16 May 2014 the University of Liechtenstein welcomed a delegation of alumni from the University of Yale in the USA. The aim of the visit was an international exchange of views on past experience of alumni work at universities, and the future potential such work holds.
On Friday, 16 May 2014 the University of Liechtenstein welcomed a delegation of alumni from the University of Yale in the USA. The aim of the visit was an international exchange of views on past experience of alumni work at universities, and the future potential such work holds.
The Yale Global Alumni Leadership Exchange (GALE) is a project organised by the Yale Alumni Association. The aim of the group is the further development of educational opportunities based on alumni work towards the promotion of intercultural expertise, the pooling of experience and the exchange of courses between leading universities.
Vice-Rector Professor Michael Hanke talking to the Yale GALE delegates
The delegation from Yale University, consisting of seven former students, spent an afternoon visiting the University of Liechtenstein with a view to sharing their experiences with employees, students and alumni of the University of Liechtenstein and discussing current developments in relation to alumni work at the Liechtenstein university.
Animated discussion in the course of a workshop
Sharing experience at international level
The delegation was received at the university by Rector Klaus Näscher, whose welcoming address gave the American visitors an account both of the university and of the country. In the ensuing workshops, the Yale GALE representatives told an interested audience about their wide-ranging experiences of getting former students involved in the work of the university. The discussions resulting formed the basis for the joint development of models for work with and in the interest of alumni at the University of Liechtenstein.
University of Liechtenstein alumnus Carlo Rohner talking to Yale alumnus Lynn Johnson
Ambassadors for Liechtenstein
The visit to the University of Liechtenstein was followed by a reception hosted by deputy head of government Dr Thomas Zwiefelhofer, who invited the Yale alumni and their party, as ‘ambassadors’ of the Principality of Liechtenstein, to a Friendship Dinner in Triesenberg. While sampling regional specialities and enjoying the view of the Rhine Valley, the participants were able to continue their stimulating discussions.
Lively exchanges between University of Liechtenstein alumni, MAs and students and the visitors from Yale
‘We would like to take this opportunity of once again thanking our visitors from Yale for visiting Liechtenstein, and for all their efforts,’ said Verena Burtscher, Head of the Alumni Coordination Office at the University of Liechtenstein. ‘We have been given a whole lot of useful ideas and suggestions for our work.’
Further information about the alumni network of the University of Liechtenstein may be found at www.uni.li/alumni.