Webster Leiden’s The CANAL online!

Welcome to Webster University Leiden’s new online journal of news, events, arts and culture! News and views, events and announcements, it will all show up here, written by students, staff and faculty. We can do films, podcasts, photos and old-fashioned articles. So bring it on, Webster. Let’s show the world what we’ve got here in Leiden.
Why The CANAL? [...]

The World Turns against Israel

By Michelle Odhiambo
The rain was pelting down on me with rage as I biked to the UN headquarters on Saturday 10 October. There was a conference going on about the Iran Nuclear program, and I kept wondering if it was worth the trouble. I got there soaking wet [...]

Earthquakes in Indonesia

Asken Sinaga is a Graduate INGO student at Webster Leiden, here together with fellow Indonesians Dhonny Yudhokusuma and Herdy Munayang. In the last week of September they heard the news of a devastating earthquake on Sumatra island, where the number of dead began to climb into the thousands.
I asked Asken about his own family and [...]

International Business Club Launched

By Grégor Molenaar
Friday the 18th of September 2009 the International Business Club of Webster Leiden was founded. The club, initiated by Mr. Art De La Loza, gained the immediate attention of 24 enthusiastic students who all wanted to be part of the “buzz.”
The elected Board of Officers consists of Noelle Palmer (President), [...]

Webster Invades Model United Nations

By Szymon Jagiello and           David van der Heijden
The United Nations is something you’ve probably all heard or read about, but have you ever had the chance to experience it? Have you ever wondered what it is like to partake in a UN General Assembly meeting or to [...]

Global Politics and the World Game

By Nnamdi Iwuora
Dr. Leonard Suransky recently asked for my thoughts on the possibility of a course in the summer of 2010 dealing with the relationship between sports and politics. The idea is that this would culminate in a class field trip to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The prospect of such a [...]

Hola

By the Spanish 1090 Class
En la clase de español con Dr. Augsburger aprendemos para hablar y comprende la lengua española. El profesor is muy simpático. La clase es dura pero chunga. Aprendemos leyendo, escuchando, escribiendo y relacionando en español. Cada lunes y miércoles estamos en la clase. Cada [...]

Webster University’s Inaugural Global MBA Class Graduates at Ceremonies in Budapest

ST. LOUIS, July 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The inaugural class of Webster University School of Business & Technology’s one-of-a-kind Global MBA program celebrated its commencement July 18th in Budapest, Hungary.
Former Prime Minister of Hungary Dr. Peter Medgyessy, who delivered the commencement address, challenged the graduates to confront what he characterized as the crisis of values that challenges our understanding [...]

Webster Leiden’s 25th Anniversary–The Show Must Go On

By Diane Macy
Webster University Leiden celebrated its 25th anniversary on June 12th with a gala evening which included F.W. de Klerk, Nobel Peace Prize winner (1993), and Fons Trompenaars, a noted management expert. The new Living and Learning Center was officially opened by Leiden Mayor Henri Lenferink.
It was quite an impressive lineup and showed just [...]

Webster Leiden Alum Battles Malaria by Way of International Relations

Recently the Webster University College of Arts & Sciences Newsletter, Global Thinking, ran an article about Erica Pasini, a 2008 graduate of Webster Leiden.
Dr. Leonard Suransky, head of the IR department, had this to say about Erica:
Erica certainly is one of the most unique, globally committed and intelligent students I’ve ever had the pleasure to [...]