Wednesday May 29, 2013
Dear Colleagues,
I will be in Romania for two weeks. I was invited to be the plenary speaker at a management conference at the University of Babes Bolyai in the city of Cluj Napoca on June 7 & 8. I suggested that I could also teach two weeks prior to the conference. They said yes and provided me, free of charge, a hotel room with a kitchenette at the dormitory for visiting professors. Last night, Irina Salanta (a visiting Foreign Scholar at TAMUSA in the fall of 2012) and Calin Covaciu, Irina's fiancé, picked me up at the airport and brought me here. They had already left fruit, chocolate and a savarina, one of my favorite desserts, in my room. They also left me with an iphone with international minutes and a 3G USB internet device. The room also has wifi. It is this kind kind of help that, while not expected, sure helps make a stay become more pleasant.
Today I taught a class (yes, in English) on the relationship of Teams to Innovation for a master's class. It went well. The classroom was something that I wish we could have at Brooks City Base (Nice seats and decor). After class we went grocery shopping and then stopped off downtown at the Days of Cluj Napoca Festival for a minutes to enjoy a beer. BTW, the draft Ursus beer at the outside festival was only a $1.50. This Wednesday, Calin and Irina will take me to a soccer game and I also plan to go the Transylvania Film Festival on Saturday (http://tiff.ro/en).
I am back at my room preparing for tomorrow's class. I am sending this continuing story over the next two weeks to introduce you to a study abroad experience for professors.
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