View Source | July 8, 2013
As one of four study abroad experiences offered by the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives’ Global Sustainability Studies Program this summer, School of Sustainability students joined several professors in Dubai to meet His Excellency Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Minister of Economy.
There, the students discussed tourism, governance, economics, and other local issues with His Excellency and several regional industry and business leaders.
"The students learned how to behave in a different culture and in the presence of high-ranking officials," says David Manuel-Navarrete, a senior sustainability scholar in the Global Institute of Sustainability and a professor in the School of Sustainability. "The Emiratis we encountered provided a lot of insight and personal experience for the students."