Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The number of students coming to Geneva as part of Kent State’s overseas study programme will soon climb sharply. Kent State is an Ohio-based US university. The programme’s business and international relations courses in Geneva have long had waiting lists, but the John Knox Center in Grand-Saconnex which has housed the students, has only 22 beds. The programme will move at an unannounced date to the seven-storey Hotel Rousseau in the centre of Geneva, which Kent State will rent from a Boston development group.
The hotel was recently sold to the group, according to the Akron Beacon Journal in Ohio, US. The hotel currently offers 16 rooms but the university is reportedly planning to put 80 students in the space.
The move will allow the university to expand its Geneva programme, but in the short term it is in talks with other universities, such as the International University of Geneva, to rent out some of its rooms to their students. IUN has no housing programme of its own.
The owner of the Hotel Rousseau did not return calls asking for a comment, Friday 27 November.
Links to other sites: Akron Beacon Journal, USA, Hotel Rousseau, International University of Geneva’s housing page, Kent State University
News story, GenevaLunch, 27 November 2009.
Filed under: Education
Tags: Geneva, Geneva semester, Hotel Rousseau, IUN, Kent State, study abroad, university housing
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4 Responses to “Kent State’s Geneva programme ramping up”
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November 27th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Nearly a million dollars a year to house 80 students in 16 small rooms? This is insane. I know that hotel, the rooms are pretty small – five students per room, they will be lodged like illegal immigrants housed five per small room. What an idiotic waste of money.
November 27th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
I’m sorry we couldn’t reach the owner, but will try Monday to verify, as even with bunk beds this seems pretty tight!
December 5th, 2009 at 12:23 am
I spent a semester with Kent State at the Knox Centre, and let me tell you – it can’t possibly get any worse. The Knox Center rooms are like 7 foot x 12 foot cells with bunk beds that are, in fact, two single beds screwed together with 2×4s. Not to mention numerous issues we had; several students wound up missing money and personal property after these random “drop-ins.” I can guarantee this is a good investment.
February 7th, 2010 at 1:07 am
I spent a semester with Kent State at the Knox Centre, and let me tell you – it was the best experience of my life. Forget the negative things people say about the rooms, because they’re not bad and does it “really” matter?? The courses are great, the guest speakers were phenomenal, the internship was once-in-a-lifetime experience, and the classmates are close friends of mine. Anyone who experiences this program will know just how fortunate they were.