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NEWS
K7 BULLETIN TUESDAY 9. NOVEMBER 2010
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MEBA Outlines Goals for Ye
2010-2011 OFFICERS: The current MEBA council is putting together big plans for helping international students.
The MEBA council members have ambisious plans for the next semester.
concentrations in International Business and Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment. As usual, the 2010-2011 group is comprised of a diverse spectrum of students.
Adam Solomon
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The MEBA council has the job of representing NHH’s Masters st udents w ith
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Having both MIB and ENE students, the council has a a mix of a two Americans, Michael Hellerslien and Lisa Olson, one Austrian, Max Rohrer, one Lat vian Vita Aleksandroviča and Mari
Didriksen from Norway. Building on their promising work of this semester, this year's council is looking to take their positive momentum into the new year. The aim of MEBA is to reach out to the international students to improve their time at NHH. Already the current council has continued the tradition of both showcasing foreign cultures and fi lling empty stomachs by organizing «international dinners» where students from
one nation prepare a meal representative of their home country. It may be that the best way to a student’s heart is through his stomach and the communal activity of taking a meal allows for good time to bond over food.
the typical connection the international students have with each other – There are rough ly 240 international master’s students that plan to spend at least 3 of 4 of their semesters at NHH, he says. With such a large continAMBITIOUS GOALS AHEAD gent, MEBA council seeks to However, the current officers sharpen the focus on integrahave outlined ambitious goals ting these outside perspectito build on prior years’ work. ves into the NHH commuMichael Hellerslien has nity. The mutual benefits prioritized for MEBA the goal from NHH being made of to more than just facilitate 20 percent non-Norwegian
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