As part of Trinity’s and D’Youville’s ongoing commitment to increase opportunities for their student bodies and to expand the scope of their international profiles, Sister Denise Roche, President, D’Youville College, Buffalo, New York, USA and Mr. Nikos Skoulas, President, Trinity International School of Tourism Management, Crete, Greece have signed an agreement of cooperation between the two institutions.

The formal statement of cooperation follows a recent visit to Trinity by a delegation of D’Youville College administrators composed of the President, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Director of Public Relations, the Director of Admissions and the Chair of the Dietetics Department. The agreement was signed in the presence of Mr. Spyros Danellis, Mayor of Hersonissos, Crete and a staunch supporter of hospitality and tourism education in general and of Trinity’s programs in particular.

Under the terms of the agreement, D’Youville and Trinity will work together, in two phases, to develop and implement a range of joint programs and activities that would help fulfill the commitment referred to above.

In Phase I, the two schools will establish the parameters for a Study Abroad Program under which students from one institution will be able to study at the other institution, for one or two semesters, with a full transfer of credits back to the home school. This Study Abroad Program will begin in the Spring Semester of 2008.

In Phase II, D’Youville and TRINITY will develop five year, two degree (Bachelor Degree and Master Degree) programs in Dietetics and International Business. Students in these programs would complete their dual degree requirements through attendance at both institutions.

The Dietetics dual degree program reflects a growing demand in Europe for university level, research-based professional education in Food Science and Nutrition. This program would allow some specifically qualified students of Trinity’s Food, Beverage and Culinary Management major to pursue graduate education in this highly specialized field within D’Youville’s accredited Dietetics Department and, after completing the dual degree program, to sit the licensing examination of the American Dietetics Association. In addition, the collaboration would allow Trinity, with D’Youville’s assistance, to expand the important dimension of nutrition education within its already existing food and beverage management program.

The International Business dual degree program would allow some of Trinity’s students to complete their hospitality and tourism management studies and then to expand their international focus through D’Youville’s graduate program in international business. While completing their graduate work at D’Youville, Trinity students would complete an internship with an internationally based company.