January 8, 2016 - A cross section of staff and students from Wheaton College, Massachusetts (different from Wheaton College in Illinois), visited Ashesi’s campus as part of their annual entrepreneurship trip to Africa. The delegation led by Wheaton’s President, Dennis Hanno had a chance to experience Ashesi first hand.
“The visit was to give students from Wheaton an opportunity to see Ashesi and interact with our students, faculty and staff,” said Rosemary Kotei, International Programs Officer at Ashesi. “This also goes a long way to strengthen the Ashesi-Wheaton partnership.”
The visit was rounded up with a talk from Dr. Patrick Awuah about Ashesi’s history, mission, vision and future. This was followed by a session where Ashesi students and alumni shared their experiences and stories about campus life.
The Wheaton-Ashesi partnership gives students from both institutions an opportunity to participate in a semester-long exchange program. For the 2015 – 2016 Spring semester, third year Business Administration student, Aba Wilmot ’17 will be studying at Wheaton.
Wheaton College is a four year liberal arts college located in Norton, Massachusetts, between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. Wheaton’s mission is to provide a transformative liberal arts education for intellectually curious students in a collaborative, academically vibrant residential community that values a diverse world. More about Wheaton. President Hanno’s annual entrepreneurship trip is geared towards teaching social innovation and leadership to Ghanaian high school students who want to be change makers. Find out more here.
Ashesi continues to expand its partnerships with other liberal arts colleges for exchange programs. Currently, study abroad partners include Coe College, Iowa, Macalester College, Minnesota, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, Wheaton College, Massachusetts and College of Wooster, Ohio.