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Foreign exchange: African students get port training through program at University of Montana

July 28, 2008View for printing

For the 34 business students from six different countries in Africa, learning to adapt to Missoula is an almost everyday event.

They are trainees in an eight-week program at the University of Montana's School of Business Administration, eating in the university's cafeterias and sleeping in dormitories in Turner Hall.

In the future, they'll work for various port authorities in their respective countries or for the training's sponsor, APM Terminals, which operates more than 50 facilities in 31 countries.

Several trainees remarked on the differences in the pace of life and culture here.

By PAMELA J. PODGER of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/ ... s/biz49.txt
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