Dear Friends,
We are very excited that we have about 70% of our students coming from 20+ countries, thus giving the students a great opportunity to learn from one another.
As you may recall, we had a cast in Europe for 10 weeks last fall and that tour had tremendous success for all parties including our sponsor Vattenfall who were celebrating their 100 Anniversary with a five country 14 city tour of which UWP was a part. During the tour we received great support from many of our alumni who like you are now wondering when we’ll return to Europe., I want to reassure everyone that we are planning to go back to Europe as early as one year from now…
Many of you also know we have a relationship with MCI (based in Brussels) , who help us handle all of our recruiting and admissions counseling activities in Europe. This relationship plus our desire to be back in Europe regularly has led us to invest in more resources and representation in Europe.
First of all, it is my great pleasure to announce the appointment of Robert Cygnaeus to the International Board of UWP as the Chair of the European Advisory Board. Robert is an alumnus from Sweden who has never lost his passion for the organization and has already sent two of his children through the Program. Robert attended his first Board of Director’s Meeting last week in Colorado and has already made significant contributions to the organizations strategy.
It is also my pleasure to announce the appointment of Bruce Roudebush as Director of Business Development for Europe, based in Brussels. Bruce’s role will be to rebuild our presence in Europe and help us identify the best sponsors and partners for our future tours there. Bruce is also an alumni, (who also worked for UWP in Europe for several years after travelling as a road staff member with his wife Kate) his oldest son Michael is traveling right now with Cast A 2010, and his daughter is planning to travel this coming summer.
Please help me welcome both Robert to the Board of Directors and Bruce to the Business Development Team of Up with People they will be work closely together and with other members of the Advisory Board going forward, as well as with Kristina T’seyen and her team from MCI.
Send students to have the Up with People experience via Kristina & her team, and bring an Up with People cast to your town via Bruce…they will be happy to hear from you.
Thank you and I wish you and your families well
Sincerely
Alain
Contact Details
Student Recruitment & Admissions Sponsorship Development
MCI Brussels Brussels
kristina@associationhq.com BRoudebush@UpwithPeople.com