Re: Rector of New Online Burundi Uni Terimbere.. IPP Opens Discussion for the University Burundi Terimbere

[Ron Krate]

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Ron Krate <rkr...@internationalprofs.org> wrote:

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On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 4:36 AM, BALTHAZAR MPAWENAYO <bmpaw...@yahoo.com> wrote:

--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Ron Krate <rkr...@internationalprofs.org> wrote: From: Ron Krate <rkr...@internationalprofs.org> Subject: IPP Opens Discussion for the University Burundi Terimbere Dear Ron Krate, Thank you for your message.I was not able to answer immediately because

 

I have to discuss everything with others and we have to fix the priorities. We are just at the beginning of the discussions and only the statutes have been studied, and today, we start with theacademic matters.

 

Iam very pleased to see that you want to help us with the school of social science and environmental sciences.Thank you very much, those are subjects that are needed in our country. I will send you this week the courses we have planned to introduce for the faculty of social science so that you can advice us.

 

Be aware also that we intend to introduce our demand of agreement to the Ministry of Higher Education  when we  have worked on the programs and academic regulations, and this has to be done by a team that works only on saturdays. That is why we need your help and also your understanding because the working conditions here are completely different from those of USA or Europe. Best regards MPAWENAYO Balthazar . To: bmpaw...@yahoo.com Cc: "Paulette Bethel" <pmbe...@yahoo.com>, "Karen Spiak" <karen...@internationalprofs.org>, "Vikram M Pattarkine, PhD" <vikram....@gmail.com>, "Pauline Lowenborg" <pauline_...@hotmail.com>, dra...@pratt.edu, "Daniel Garvin" <daniel...@internationalprofs.org>, "Daniel Garvin" <d...@garvinmediagroup.com>, "Daniel Reimold" <DRei...@ntu.edu.sg> Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 5:36 AM Dear Professor Balthazar Mpawenayo, Congratulations on your election to become Rector of the the University of Burundi Terimbere. I am most impressed with your scientific record of varied accomplishments. I have been corresponding with Jean-Claude for many months and admire his tenacity. The International Professors Project can volunteer to promote the University via its Google Grant and worldwide network of Volunteers/Fellows. It can participate in perhaps some of University's planning and recruiting. IPP can provide online coaching of  UTEBU's staff, and some faculty: coaching for professional development, life skills and/or psychologically-oriented counseling sessions. IPP can also plan to provide academic online tutorials ( Jean-Claude is currently participating in an online tutorial in some psychological topics, together with a young professional woman, soon to be entering graduate school. She is an accomplished Nigerian UN volunteer. Our International Professor Fellow, Dr. Staussa Ervin,  a Texas psychology professor, is the tutor, using Google Talk and email.( In time we can arrange to add Skype sessions for professionalcoaching, and tutoring and mentoring.We will design formal programs over time. Our IT volunteers will solve the bandwidth challenge.) I have written to Jean giving him my first impression of what the way forward may look like as I see it. Courses initially varying in length from five-to-15 weeks, perhaps. Students possibly could receive a certificate for each course completed. There would be three majors at the outset, if possible. I am thinking of  CS / IT/ ICT, New Media, and Business. Perhaps, in time, a fourth one can be added in Environmental Science, you think? In the next stage I would imagine you could further advance the University toward formal international accreditation. This is merely IPP's initial rough-hewn idea, provided for your planning team's considered judjments, as it imagines some visions for an online University of Burundi Terimbere. IPP will of course be delighted to follow the the lead of your planning team and the UN professors and Professionals that Jean has told us are in Burundi to assist. ( I served as a UN Visiting Scholar to Bangladesh, where I led the designing of a school of social science for the first private university in the country. I worked from the documents of several UN academics from around the world, who had proceeded me.) Perhaps we can approach the UN, UNDP or UNESCO to recruit professors and deans to send to Burundi for the planning and implementation of UTEBU.  IPP may be able to send some academics and it can recruit many scholars and university administrators volunteer for this exciting initiative, at a distance. I wonder if Google and IBM would be interested in the University. I'd begin with them. I'll stop here.  IPP will wait to learn of the nature of the University's desired curricula, and the organizing directions of an operations committee, following a Burundi-inspired vision and mission for UTEBU. Kind regards, Ron Krate International Professors Project www.internationalprofs.org University. D From: BALTHAZAR MPAWENAYO <bmpaw...@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:22:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Coaching Burundi Professors in professional development. To: Paulette Bethel <pmbe...@yahoo.com> Cc: kamj...@gmail.com, rkr...@internationalprofs.org Dear Paulette, This is to inform you that I have received the copy of the email you sent to J.C.Kamwenubusa.I have been approached to be the rector of the university of Burundi Terimbere to be created and this evening we are meeting to finalize the statutes of the University.By this message, I would like to know what you expect from us and what you mean by coaching. Best regards> MPAWENAYO Balthazar --- On Thu, 10/29/09, Paulette Bethel <pmbe...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Paulette Bethel <pmbe...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Coaching Burundi Professors in professional development. To: kamj...@gmail.com Cc: "bmpawenayo" <bmpaw...@yahoo.com>, rkr...@internationalprofs.org Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 9:51 AM Greetings, Thank you for the email. I look forward to the contact. Sincerely, Paulette M Bethel, PhD, CMC Global Executive Coach http:/pmbethel.blogs.com/3culture www.internationalbusinesscoaching.com International Professors Project Fellow http://www.internationalprofs.org/ipp-fellows International Professors Project http://www.internationalprofs.org This email, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and  may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this email (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail and permanently delete all original copies of this message, along with any copy or printout thereof. Thank for your assistance. --- On Thu, 10/29/09, Jean-Claude KAMWENUBUSA <kamj...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Jean-Claude KAMWENUBUSA <kamj...@gmail.com> Subject: Coaching Burundi Professors in professional development. To: pmbe...@yahoo.com Cc: "bmpawenayo" <bmpaw...@yahoo.com> Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 12:41 PM  Dear Dr.  Paulette , On behalf of ASASS-Burundi, I am pleased to introduce you Burundi Professor, Rector of TERIMBERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BURUNDI (UTEBU), Dr. PH.D Balthazar MPAWENAYO. Dr.Ron Krate Founding International Professor Project (IPP); has asked me in Burundi to send a professor to be coached in professional development, and I have recently started IPP Psychology tutoring course with an other Doctor. He will introduce him to you very soon. Thank you With Regards for UTEBU, Jean-Claude KAMWENUBUSA -- Burundi Professors and Students |ASASS-Burundi POBOX:6564 Bujumbura-Burundi | http://www.internationalprofs.org/submit-weblink/burundi-university-development | www.healthwelfarework.org |Tel: +25777763651| IPPBu...@internationalprofs.org |