From Lindsey Eversole, Global Partnership Manager, VT KnowledgeWorks:
With regard to the benefits we have experienced in serving as a host family to two students for the past four years, we have enjoyed having two students each year, as they provide support for each other and do not generate much additional work for us. Delivering two students to each day's venue isn't much more work than delivering one.
We have enjoyed meeting very motivated and able students from other countries who are among the best and brightest those countries can send to the competition.
- Timothy and Maggie Pratt, Global Partnership Week Global Host Family, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013
We invite you to join Timothy and Maggie and become a host family for the 2013 VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week, just three months away!
During last year's VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week, we met student teams from the Tech University of Malaysia, Tongji University, China, Telcom SudParis, France, University of Trento, Italy, University of Kent, England, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and more - check out our global map showing all of our 2012 University Partners. Check back often for our announcement of our 2013 University Partners!
Here are the details about being a host family (.pdf), Sunday, August 18 through Saturday, August 24, 2013.
Let us know you will be a global host family!
For more information about being a host family, please contact me atleversole@vtknowledgeworks.com.
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The Fourth Annual VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week will be held August 18 - 24, 2013. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, the annual VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week brings university students, faculty, and staff from all over the world together to congregate, collaborate, form partnerships, and build their global networks.
See the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week Flyer (.pdf)
For more information about the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership, and the VTKW Global Partnership Week 2013, please contact Lindsey Eversole, Global Partnership Manager, VT KnowledgeWorks, at leversole@vtknowledgeworks.com.
Our Global Partnership Sponsors include Allegheny Logistics Group, BAE Systems, CCS-Inc., G.J. Hopkins Inc., Interactive Achievement, Inc., Meridium, Montgomery County, Virginia Economic Development Department, Rackspace, SAIC, Shentel, StellarOne Bank, SunTrust, TechLab, Third Security, The Branch Group Inc., Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, VPT, Inc.
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VT KnowledgeWorks encourages and enables creative entrepreneurship world-wide, through innovative curriculum, local business resource centers, and a global network of cooperating regions, all focused on three essential contributors to success: clear understanding of fundamental business principles; access to timely, relevant information; and meaningful personal and corporate relationships. It is a subsidiary of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, supported by the continuing confidence and enthusiasm of its clients, sponsors and friends, both corporate and individual. Its world headquarters are in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
VT KnowledgeWorks corporate sponsors include Attaain, Inc., BB&T, Harris Office Furniture, Hodges, Jones & Mabry, P.C., Hutchison Law Group, Latimer IP Law, LLC , LeClairRyan, New River Valley IP Law, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), The Branch Group, and Wordsprint.


