CONNECTION ALUMNI NEWS - César Ritz Colleges

go the extra mile!
ICMS Graduation ceremony on 15 october 2010
Mr Kisseleff congratulating the winner of the Annual César Ritz
award for Academic Excellence, Lisa Nussbaum
The European International College Hotel Management & Tourism
(EIC) was established with a mission to provide world-class hospitality
education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). To fulfill this mission,
the EIC established an academic partnership with our very own César
Ritz Colleges Switzerland. A memorandum of cooperation between
the two institutions allows graduates of EIC’s two-year programme
to transfer to University Centre César Ritz to complete a Bachelor
of International Business over four terms. From the inception of this
agreement, César Ritz has fully assisted the EIC by providing training
and consultancy services to its faculty and staff. This partnership
has significantly contributed to strengthening the educational links
between the two countries.
César Ritz alumnus Jin Deng (MSc 2008) currently works at the EIC
as Student Placement Coordinator.
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Martin Kisseleff congratulated the graduates upon receiving their
diplomas from the International College of Management Sydney
(ICMS) in collaboration with César Ritz Colleges Switzerland. During
the ICMS graduation ceremony on 15 October 2010 Mr Kisseleff
gave the graduates some personal advice for lasting success:
“Do not choose a job but a career! Salary and title are not as important
as loving your job because when you love your job, only then will
you be motivated and perform in exceeding expectations”
“Care about your relationships – colleagues at work and loved ones
at home – find a good life balance, care about your families and
friends”
“Be better than your competitors, pretty good is not good enough,
go the extra mile!”
eiC and César ritz partnership
Statements from transfer students Usman
Saleh Suri (left) and Binny Varghese (right)
César Ritz and EIC students during the 2010 Career
Development Trip to the UAE
Binny Varghese
Transferred from Jindal School of Hotel Mangement (JSHM) in India:
“The school and atmosphere are both nice and the people very
friendly including the faculty and staff who help make such
transfers so smooth. All this goes to make a very good experience.
Plus, the exposure you get here is fantastic, not only in
terms of placements but also in terms of the type of work. I
worked for the UNWTO TedQual conference at Brig. Through
these sorts of placements you learn so much!”
Usman Saleh Suri
Transferred from the European International College (EIC) in
Abu Dhabi:
“It has been a great experience living among people from all
over the world, understanding their behavior, learning how to
interact and sharing a part of my life with them. It has been very
uplifting for me in terms of my confidence and motivation. I
have acquired a lot of experience at César Ritz and I’m sure my
learning isn’t over. César Ritz and Switzerland have really given
me the best experiences in my life so far.”
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