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Mechanical Engineering Students Participate in International Exchange Program in Germany
The University of Memphis recently began an exchange program with the University of Applied Sciences in Ulm, Germany (Fachhochschule Ulm, FHU). Through this program, seniors can take up to four mechanical engineering courses offered in English which count towards graduation requirements. The International Exchange Program gives students a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand their horizons both academically and personally, and it provides them with the valuable experience of working in a global economy. Mr. Phillip Taylor, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, is our first student to enroll in the program. Read below as Phillip reports to Memphis from the International Exchange Program in Germany. For more information on the program, contact Dr. John Hochstein, Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at (901)678-2257 or e-mail jhochste@memphis.edu News From Phillip Taylor in Germany 12 September --- I am here in one piece. The people at the hochschule are very helpful and are taking good care of me. We start our orientation Monday. There are 44 people in all who are going to be in the program this fall. About ten of us are participating in the two week German class, and the others will arrive when the engineering classes begin. I am in an internet cafe with a couple of Mexican students. I will keep you posted from time to time.21 September --- The language teacher is very good and I have found a group of people with whom I feel very comfortable. We have done quite a bit of traveling in the first two weeks of our stay. The international office here proudly displays the "somebody in Memphis loves me" tiger in their office. The people I travel with are from Finland, Mexico, and Detroit. The town is absolutely beautiful, as is just about everything around here. The people are excellent. Also attached are some pictures from Munich and the Munster. So far everyone I have encountered in southern Germany has been extremely hospitable. They do not take as much time to be polite in public, but if they have some reason to interact with you, they are very kind. The first night I was in my dorm two people took me in and invited me to spend time in the kitchen with them watching the Simpsons. Before the night was over they fed me and gave me a beer. I felt right at home the first night. The people at FHU are also warm to all of us who are strangers here. The tutors take good care of us and really enjoy meeting new people and spending time with the incoming students. The intensive German course is going well. The instructor is good at getting us involved. There is a group of people including myself who have bonded together. We have already been to Schaffhausen and Zurich in Switzerland, Stuttgart, and Munich. The city of Ulm is beautiful in a way that you cannot find in the states. It is a small free-thinking city, but there is plenty to do here. What I have seen of the FHU facility is very impressive, the beer tastes good, and the people are very open here and love to interact with new people. Plus, most people my age took English in school, so almost everyone can tell me how to say different things in German which is really nice. You can learn German here and still get to interact easily with people who have lived here their whole lives. |
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