UCC showcased to top American high schools
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UCC showcased to top American high schools
18.03.2010
Ten American College Admissions Counsellors from prestigious high schools throughout New England began their one-week tour of Irish universities at UCC. This latest campus visit at UCC from March 14th to 16th is the second in two weeks by staff of US high schools interested in encouraging their students to study at Irish universities.

The counsellors will also visit Dublin City University and NUI Galway.

Staff from across the university met with the counsellors to discuss UCC’s wide range of programmes and student support services.  The US counsellors heard first-hand accounts of academic and social life in Cork from American and Irish students. Dr. Anne Shullenberger Levy of Gann Academy was impressed: “I’m awash in all the innovative programmes UCC has to offer, from energy engineering and genetics to the cultural interpretation of landscape. The professors have shared a wealth of knowledge and conveyed their commitment to teaching; the students have shared their talent and conveyed independence of spirit.”

Cork city also made a very positive impression. As Newell Hall, counsellor at St Sebastian’s School concluded: “The beauty of the county and the friendliness of the people were evident starting with the taxi trip from Cork International Airport. Three days later, we leave knowing that UCC is a world-class institution and that we can confidently report to our parents that Cork is a safe, vibrant and friendly city that they can happily send their sons and daughters to.”

One of the visit highlights was a night of entertainment with the UCC Traditional Society musicians in a Cork city pub. After playing the banjo earlier in the evening, Dr Daithí Kearney, a musician from Kerry who recently completed his PhD in Geography and Music at UCC, told the counsellors about his experience performing for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House at last year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. The American visitors were left in no doubt of the calibre of students graduating from UCC in terms of both academic and personal development. As Cindy Prendergast of Brimmer and May School said on her departure: “I am anxious to get home to share my experiences of UCC and Cork with the families at my school.”

The Cork campus visit was organised by the International Education Office at UCC with the collaboration of academic, administrative, sports and library staff across the University along with the Glucksman Gallery and students; Arts, Business, Celtic Studies, Engineering, Health, Law, Science and Social Science were all represented. UCC staff discussed their commitment to research-led teaching and described a range of linkages with universities in the US, from student and staff exchanges to research partnerships with top-ranked institutions. 

Picture: L-R: Cindy Prendergast (Brimmer and May School, MA), Emily Fitzhugh (The Gunnery School, CT), Geraldine Guillermin (International School of Boston, MA), Leslie Smith (Winsor School, MA), Chris Kennedy (Xavier High School, NY), Dr. Tim Walsh (UCC representative in New England), Dr. Anne Shullenberger Levy (Gann Academy, MA), Jim Kramer (Nichols School, NY), Judith Kramer (Buffalo Seminary, NY), Newell Hall (St Sebastian’s School, MA), David Lyons (Rivers School, MA).

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