Monday, November 8, and Tuesday, November 9, 2010, Ivy Tech Community College–Northeast’s Chancellor Jerrilee K. Mosier, Ed.D., and the School of Business will host three representatives from the country of France to discuss a potential educational and cultural immersion of French students in Fort Wayne and at Ivy Tech–Northeast.

Ivy Tech–Northeast has an opportunity to host up to 15 students organized through the University of Lille’s SKEMA Business School (Lille, France). During the visit, Ivy Tech will meet with the Chancellor and the Regional Board of Trustees, tour the campus and downtown Fort Wayne, visit a few industry employers, meet with academic advisory board members, and visit potential student housing options.

Mahamouda Salouhou, Ph.D. and professor of International Business at the SKEMA Business School, recently contacted Chancellor Mosier to investigate a partnership with Ivy Tech–Northeast. With Salouhou will be two representatives from French government that deal specifically with workforce development, training, and employment of citizens – with a large focus on youth and young adults.

“This is a great opportunity for Ivy Tech to extend our outreach in partnerships beyond our nation’s borders,” said Chancellor Jerrilee K. Mosier. “Visiting students will be able to experience U.S. business culture right here in northeast Indiana.”

If chosen to host the exchange visitors, they would live in Fort Wayne for a period of three months and attend Ivy Tech–Northeast with plans to participate in an intensive English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) curriculum through the college’s Workforce and Economic Development (WED) division, as well as to study United States business culture through approved coursework and certification programs while also visiting northeast Indiana companies. A proper mix of education and practical engagement will demonstrate how individuals work and will provide possible job shadowing opportunities. The college’s WED will be coordinating students’ visits to area industry employers as well as coordinating instruction in the classroom with the School of Business.

About Mahamouda Salouhou, USA/France PhD, MA, MSc, LD^©, LSS

Mahamouda Salouhou, Ph.D., is the executive director of the European Center for Leadership and Entrepreneurship Education. He is the Professor of Leadership and International Business at the University of Lille II and SKEMA Business School. He is adjunct faculty at the University of Bilbao (Spain).

Salouhou received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Lille II Medical School (Lille, France) majoring in Health Science Management. He received a second Master of Science in Social Strategy Development from the University of Lille III (School of Social Science). Salouhou joined the “Centre de Santé de Grande Synthe” (a Health Care Center in France) as a managing director as well as program manager for the Public Health Policy in the city of Grande Synthe (France) from 1998 to 1999.

In October 1999, Salouhou joined SKEMA Business School for a master’s degree in Industrial Management. Upon graduation, he was offered the position of visiting scientist at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Washington in Seattle in 2000. Parallel to his activities as visiting scientist, he was curriculum coordinator for an interdisciplinary program – his teaching focuses on project based learning. He was later entrusted by the Foundation for Research Experiential Educational Developmental Operational Management to bring together universities; governments; profit and non-profit organizations; and experts from Europe, Asia, and Africa around the topics of teaching, research, and curriculum innovation. Salhouhou completed his Ph.D. in Global Leadership Education and Process Administration.

His research interests include effective curriculum design, business and technology interfaces, the entrepreneurship education, cultural diversity and management skills, the impact and influence of the culture on research, business deals, political decision, and social behavior. Over the past five years, Salouhou has designed and developed curriculum and certificate programs in Six Sigma, Lean Plus, Leadership Diamondâ, and Global Project Management in North America and Europe. He is a consultant to several fortune 500 companies and has started several companies in the USA and Europe. Salouhou sits on the advisory board of several companies in Europe and USA and is a strategic advisor to European Union-sponsored organizations, government, and non-government organizations.