On the Move - Louisiana Community and Technical College System

International Programs
and Partnerships
As the world shrinks and societies become more
global, the LCTCS Foundation also supports the
growth of study-abroad opportunities for students,
faculty and administrators. The Salzburg Global
Seminar (see Salzburg update on page 26 for more
details) is the Foundation’s signature initiative.
Begun with a grant of $98,000 from the AT&T
Foundation in 2008, the program began with two
colleges and has now grown to seven.
The Salzburg Global Seminar is a seven-day
program begun immediately after World War II
and is held every summer in Salzburg, Austria.
Community college students and faculty from
all over the United States gather in a 15 th century
castle to discuss and learn about pressing issues that
affect world politics, the environment, the world
economy, and many other critical topics.
Goss explains that the reason the program has been
able to expand to include seven colleges is that it
has now become locally supported by a growing
number of community-based donors. She
estimates that after the initial grant from AT&T,
contributions over the past four years already
exceeds $150,000 annually and this will continue
to grow as more colleges join the program. She
points out that this is an exciting by-product of
the Salzburg program: the growth of donor interest
and support for local colleges.
She adds that, “Community and technical college
students traditionally have very limited opportunities
for study abroad. The Salzburg Global Seminar
elevates their exposure to international issues which
are so important in a global economy. Our goal is
to ensure that eventually, all of the colleges in our
system participate every year in this program.”
2012 Salzburg Global Seminar
Students visiting the Mozartplatz
and Mozart Monument
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