Project Snapshots

Students from the Centre for Hospitality and Tourism Studies at Box Hill Institute (BHI), Melbourne, Australia, were awarded scholarships from Konika Minolta to assist with their Global Education Network (GEN) student exchange expenses. The students spent a semester studying at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT Polytechnic), Calgary, Canada, in 2005.

One of the early visits undertaken by GEN: BHI representatives experienced winter snow in Alberta, Canada. From left: Alex Kaspar, Helen MacKenzie, Kate Moss and Stephen Besford.

A three-week exchange group from BHI visited Alberta in 2003.

The departure lounge at Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne, Australia in 2004 — BHI farewells staff and students departing on another three-week exchange group to SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary.

Are they Canadian or Australian? BHI short-exchange group meets up with the BHI semester-abroad group in Canada in 2005 to participate in the Discover Alberta Tour hosted by SAIT Polytechnic.

Holly DeBelsar, from SAIT Polytechnic, spent six months studying at BHI in 2005.

Representatives from Kirkwood Community College (KCC) in Iowa, USA, and SAIT Polytechnic spent three weeks at BHI in 2005 participating in a program with an academic, industry and tourism focus.

Students from KCC spent ten weeks hosted by BHI in 2005 in an internship with a hospitality industry focus. The students gained work experience in a number of high-profile Melbourne restaurants throughout the duration of their visit.