Dr. Fred Ware, Professor of Management

STUDY-ABROAD WEBSITE

This Page has been set up to encourage students to seriously consider signing up for study abroad programs in

 Europe 2008

GET STARTED NOW AND BE IN EUROPE NEXT SUMMER, 2008!

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  • New since 2006: Steele and First State Bank Study-Abroad Scholarships are available for Business Students see www.valdosta.edu/lcoba/studyabroad/application_info.shtml

  • Absolutely no foreign language skills are required!

  • The HOPE scholarship and/or all other financing plans are applicable!

  • Four weeks in Europe at a surprisingly reasonable cost!

  • What a resume addition and an unforgettable experience!

If you are considering a study abroad experience during the summer of 2008,  you have come to the right place! 

I have had the honor of teaching in Europe for the University System of Georgia’s European Council six times, from 1997 until 2006. Beginning in 2007, the Langdale College of Business (LCOBA) established its own European study abroad program, first at Zeppelin University in Bodensee, Germany. Please consider joining two other LCOBA faculty members (Drs. Andrew Ostapski and David Kuhlmeier) and me in a new location next summer on the Rhine River at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe, Germany. Visit http://goeurope.about.com/od/karlsruhe.

(The LCOBA 2008 Program website, under construction at the moment, is www.valdosta.edu/lcoba/studyabroad)

Business field trips will be an integral part of the program in Karlsruhe. Scroll down to get a glimpse of students on some previous European field trips. 

French Field Trip Examples From 2006
  • PSA Peugeot Citreon (automobile manufacturing plant), Rennes, France
 PSA Peugeot Citreon
  • SAFT (industrial aviation battery manufacturer), Headquarters, Paris
 SAFT
  • Paris Chamber of Commerce & Industry
 Paris Chamber of Commerce & Industry
  • European Commission and Georgia Department of Agriculture, Brussels, Belgium
 European Commission and Georgia Department of Agriculture
  • Morris Visitor  Publications' where Paris Magazine Headquarters, Paris
 Morris Visitor Publications
  • Credit  Agricole (multinational bank) and business luncheon, Paris
 Credit Agricole
  • Decleor / Carita France (beauty products manufacturing plant), Paris
 Decleor / Carita France
  • Venice Simplon - Orient - Express Voyages, S.A., commercial marketing office, Paris
 Venice Simplon - Orient - Express Voyages, S.A.
  • Berlitz Language School, La Defense / Grand Arche, Paris
 Berlitz Language School, La Defense / Grand Arche

United Kingdom Field Trip Examples From 2003
  • Jaguar Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Coventry
 Jaguar Automobile Manufacturing Plant
  • Simplon Orient-Express Train Tour, Victoria Station, London
  • Young's Ram Brewery, London
 Young's Ram Brewery
  • AE Vaughn & Company, Stonemasons, London
  • Nimbus Laboratories, Ltd., soap and toiletry manufacturers, Northampton
 Nimbus Laboratories, Ltd.
  • Royal Mail Sorting Operation, automated facility, Feltham
 Royal Mail Sorting Operation
Coca-Cola
  • John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Publishing & Distribution Centres, Chichester & Bognar Regis
 John Wiley & Sons

French Field Trip Examples From 2002
  • Coriolis Telecom (telecommunications), La Defense/Grande Arche Paris
 Coriolis Telecom
  • PSA Peugeot Citroen (automobile manufacturing plant), Rennes, France
  • Orient Express Train (marketing briefing and tour) Gare de l'Est, Paris
 Orient Express Train
  • Ondeo Degremont (multinational water purification company), Paris
  • Business School, University of Picardie (tour and visit to local businesses), Amiens, France
 Business School, University of Picardie
  • Cointreau Distillery (tour and management briefing), Angers, France
  • Credit Agricole (Bank) (Business luncheon), Montparnasse area, Paris
 Credit Agricole
  • Georgia Trade Representative's Office and European Union (briefings), Brussels, Belgium

United Kingdom Field Trip Examples from 2000
  • Farnborough International Air Show
  • Blue Circle Industries PLC (mining and cement manufacturing)
  • JCB Excavators, Ltd., heavy equipment manufacturing
  • Pullmaflex UK, Ltd., (wire and spring manufacturing) Wales
  • London World Trade Center
  • Venice-Simplon-Orient Express
  • Matthiae Bakery Products, Richmond
  • Griffin LLC European Marketing Office, Peterborough
  • Coca-Cola West European Marketing Headquarters, London

French Field Trip Examples from 1999
  • World Trade Center, Paris
 SAFT Power Systems
  • Credit Agricole (Bank) and Montparnasse Tower, Paris
  • Orient Express (train and Paris office)
  • La Defense Financial Center and Grande Arche, Paris
  • SAFT Power Systems, Tours, France
  • Griffin, LLC Agricultural Chemicals, Brussels, Belgium
  • European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
  • State of Georgia European Trade Representative's Office, Brussels, Belgium
  • Thyssen Krupp Steel AG, Essen, Germany
  • Coriolis Telecom Paris Service Center
  • Coca-Cola European Marketing Office, Essen Germany

French Field Trip Examples From 1997
  • Societe Mecanique Automobile de L'Est (Peugeot-Citroen engine manufacturing plant), Lorraine Region
  • Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Luxembourgeois (National Railroad of Luxembourg)
  • European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
  • Feldschloesschen Brewery, Germany (near Basel, Switzerland)
  • Caisse D'Epargne de Lorraine (Bank)
  • Elsag-Bailay-Hartmann and Braun (Electrical equipment manufacturing), Metz
  • World Trade Center, Metz

CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES 

In conjunction with business-related tours, students are introduced to more traditional travel experiences such as visiting a castle in the Loire River area after a tour of a manufacturing plant.

Please refer to the European Council's Website for Information on other programs.

or e-mail me.