German-American Fulbright Program at LSU
Welcome to the 2021 German-American Fulbright Program at LSU: Leaders in Entrepreneurship. The College of Engineering is pleased to welcome German Fulbright students to its first virtual exchange program! We are partnering with the E. J. Ourso College of Business to introduce participants to LSU’s engineering courses of study and how they are connected to entrepreneurship.
This program will be held 100% online, featuring real-time interactions with LSU faculty, staff, and students, and local industry representatives and entrepreneurs. Activities will include lectures, presentations, panel discussions, and virtual site visits with relevant partners.
Each participant will be paired with an LSU student to serve as a “buddy” throughout the virtual program. Buddies will be recruited from the Society of Peer Mentors student organization (SPM). Several virtual social events with buddies will be facilitated in addition to one-on-one online meetings.
Program Details
- August 29, 2021-September 18, 2021
- Participants will receive approximately 15 hours a week of program content
- Monday through Friday, 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Central European Summer Time (9:00am-12:00pm US CST)
- Some additional asynchronous content will be provided, as well as extracurricular activities with buddies at times mutually agreed upon outside of the regular program schedule
- Program Orientation will be held on August 25 from 4:00pm-6:00pm Central European Summer Time
- All sessions will be held via Zoom.
- Asynchronous content will be posted on LSU’s Moodle.
- An orientation will be held about a week before the program begins to prepare participants with foundational knowledge, assist them with setting up their virtual LSU accounts, and familiarize them with the Moodle page prior to the three-week virtual program.
Upon successful completion of the full program, students will be awarded a certificate of completion by LSU.
Adrienne Steele is the assistant director of student programs and outreach for the
College of Engineering at LSU. Her favorite part of this position is serving as staff
advisor of the Society of Peer Mentors, a student organization with about 200 members
who lead K-12 outreach activities in the community and mentor incoming freshmen through
a wide variety of programs including “Geaux Engineering.” Steele also assists faculty
members with broader impacts and outreach activities for grant proposals, facilitates
the German-American Fulbright Program, and coordinates summer camps in the college.
She has more than 20 years of experience in STEM education and has an Education Specialist
Certification in science education, in addition to bachelor’s and master’s degrees
in biological sciences. When she isn’t working, she enjoys primitive camping and reading.
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