DATE:    11/25/97
CONTACT: Dr. John Surak, (864) 656-2786
WRITER:  Bill Baker, (864) 656-3875

Clemson Joins American and European Universities
In Effort to Reduce Trade Barriers

     CLEMSON -- Clemson University will join three other U.S.
universities and six universities in Western Europe in a project
titled, "Attacking Global Barriers -- A Collaborative Network."
     The project recently received a three-year grant from the
U.S. Department of Education. Clemson will receive about $30,000
from the grant to help fund its participation. 
     "The objective of the project is to reduce transatlantic
barriers to trade and business development by providing
vocational learning experiences for undergraduate and
postgraduate students," said  John Surak, coordinator of
international programs for the College of Agriculture, Forestry
and Life Sciences at Clemson.
     The project will allow American students to live and study
in the countries of the European Union and earn an MBA in the
agrifood sector. Likewise, European students will be able to
study at the U.S. universities involved in the project. 
     Other U.S. schools participating in the project include
Arizona State University, the University of Kentucky and the
University of Utah.
     "Our state and national economy are based on a global 
marketplace. This program is an exciting new avenue which will
allow Clemson University to prepare its students for the future,"
said William Wehrenberg, dean of Clemson's College of
Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences.
     The project will be cost effective because it provides
MBA-level training in an intensive, case-based, problem-solving
manner on both sides of the Atlantic in the same amount of time
that students normally earn the degree in their home country,
Surak said. At the same time, students will learn the business,
social and cultural mores of other countries.
     Clemson will begin receiving students involved in the
project sometime next year, Surak said.  
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