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More on the Romanian Exchange Images from Commemorative Event, May 2005 Marking the ten-year anniversary of the Romanian Leadership Exchange, a delegation of Romanian governmental and university leaders recently visited campus to review the partnership and explore ways of expanding the program both on and off the respective university campuses. During the visit, there was an announcement of a city-to-city partnership between East Lansing, Michigan and Cluj-Napoca Romania, home of Babes-Bolyai University. The program was originally and continues to be administered and directed by MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) as the international component to its policy focused leadership programs. Below are a narrated sample of images from that event.
	Roger Hamlin, Research Scholar for Urban Planning at Michigan State University (MSU) introduces Catalin Baba, Dean of Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania to MSU’s Dean of Social Sciences, Marietta Baba. As they exchange business cards, the three find it ironic that the college deans, who share the same family name, also share the same university position, one in Romania and the other in Michigan, USA. Neither Baba’s know of any family relationship between the two of them. Dean Catalin Baba came to MSU to commemorate and renew a ten-year leadership exchange involving faculty and students between the two universities.
	Professor Calin Hintea (left) and East Lansing’s Director for Planning and Community Development, Jim van Ravensway, attend a meeting commemorating the ten-year partnership between Michigan State University (MSU) and Babes Bolyai University (BBU), Romania. Dr. Hintea is the Chair of the Public Administration Department at BBU and participated in a leadership exchange program between the two universities. He completed a joint certificate program requiring classes taught by faculty members of both universities, and is now facilitating a partnership agreement to include BBU, MSU, and the cities of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and East Lansing, Michigan. Both are homes to universities of a student population of about 45,000. The Leadership Exchange is administered by MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research.
	Michigan State University’s Acting Provost, John Hudzik addresses the audience of Romanian faculty and national and city representatives, along with East Lansing, city officials and managers, as well as MSU faculty and administrators. He recalled fondly time he had spent in Romania as Dean of International Studies, a post he will soon return to with the hiring of a new provost. Dr. Hudzik noted the partnership administered by MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research as being very productive and important to the overall mission of the university. Pictured here are (left to right) MSU College of Social Science Dean, Marietta Baba, Acting Provost John Hudzik; East Lansing City Council member Beverly Baten; IPPSR Advisor to the Romanian Leadership Exchange, Patricia Cuza; and Associate Dean to MSU’s College of Social Science, Assefa Mehretu.
	Roger Hamlin, Director of the Romanian Leadership Exchange provides the history and further development of the program through its ten years to dinner attendees. Pictured are from left to right, Sam Stevens, Romanian community member, Mary Haskell, newly- appointed Finance Director, and Bill Sharp, East Lansing City Council member.
	Mindy Arnold, MSU graduate student, speaks with Julie Ford of the Michigan Community Foundations Association while Patricia Cuza, Advisor to the Romania Program, shares information with East Lansing City Mayor, Mark Meadows and Martin Balogh of CIVITAS, a Mott Foundation funded nonprofit corporation in Transylvania.
	Pictured here from left to right are Tim McCaffrey, Director of Parks, Recreation & Arts for the City of East Lansing; Assefa Mehretu, Associate Dean of Student Affairs in MSU’s College of Social Science; Douglas Roberts, Director of the MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (administers Romanian Leadership Exchange); Catalin Baba, Dean of the faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences at Babes Bolyai University, and; Professor Daniel Buda, a faculty member at BBU and Member of the Romanian Parliament.
	Victor Loomis, East Lansing City Council member catches a glimpse of the photographer during presentations, while Ted Staton (behind), East Lansing’s City Manager, and Bill Matthewson of the Michigan Municipal League look on.
	The City of East Lansing’s Mayor, Mark Meadows, shakes hands with Daniel Buda, a faculty member at BBU and Member of the Romanian Parliament, while handing over a voted upon resolution to enter a city-to-city partnership with Cluj-Napoca in Romania. Ted Staton, City Manager of East Lansing, pictured in the forefront, participated in the dinner and additional meetings with the delegation over their four-day visit.
	Calin Hintea, Ph.D., a Romanian participant in Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) Romanian Leadership Exchange with Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, addresses a dinner audience including East Lansing City Manager, Ted Staton. Also attending a special dinner commemorating ten years for the exchange was the city’s core management team, as well as Mayor Mark Meadows and fellow City Council members, business leaders, and MSU faculty. Dr. Hintea’s address included an invitation to the City of East Lansing to participate in a city-to-city partnership as one extension of the leadership exchange program.
	Ionella and Dacian Dragos, Romanian visitors to MSU as part of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research joint certificate program with Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, speak with Jim van Ravensway, Director of Planning and Community Development for the City of East Lansing. Listening in are Lynn Harvey (center), Professor and Associate Director for MSU Extension and contributor to the program; Steven Sanstedt, a local business leader, and; David Ringsmuth, Faculty member of BBU.
	Professor Calin Rus, Chair of the Communications and Public Relations Department at BBU and BBU Program Chair, Calin Hintea, turn their attention to Al Diebel, Vice president of Comerica Securities. Beside him in the foreground is Gabriel Buda, Professor and Chair of BBU’s Political Science Department.
	Michigan State University Distinguished Professor, Larry Busch speaks with Professor Calin Rus, Chair of Communications and Public Relations Department at Babes Bolyai University. Dr. Busch’s expertise in the food industry, particularly food safety, is a shared interest of the universities.
	Circling from left to right are East Lansing City Manager, Ted Staton and his management team member, Todd Sneathen, Director of the City of East Lansing’s Public Works and Environmental Services. The two are discussing the future direction of the Romanian Leadership Exchange to include off campus practitioners with Douglas Roberts, Director of the MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (administers Romanian Leadership Exchange) and AnnMarie Schneider, Director of IPPSR’s Program Planning and MSU’s Legislative Leadership Program.
	East Lansing’s Mayor pro tem, Sam Singh, listens to David Ringsmuth (center), Faculty for the Department of Public Administration at the Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Professor Calin Hintea (to the left) chairs that department, participated in the leadership exchange, and has since taken a lead role in facilitating further achievements of the program at BBU.
	Michael Miller (far right) speaks of his interest in the Romania Leadership Exchange with program administrators affiliated with both MSU’s IPPSR and BBU. Mr. Miller directs the Visiting International Professional Program (VIPPS) at Michigan State University, a program that hosts international professionals and scholars during their pursuit of an educational experience on the East Lansing campus. Pictured from left to right are Professor Catalin Baba, BBU Dean; Douglas Roberts, Director of IPPSR; Professor Roger Hamlin, IPPSR Program Director, and; Michael Miller of VIPPS.
	Professor of Communication and Public Relations Christian Chereji (left) heads the distance learning initiative for the Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Here, he is pictured speaking with Dr. Lucinda Davenport, Acting Assistant Dean for Graduate Education and Research in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University about additional interests within that department. These additional interests include conflict resolution and health education campaigns.
	Gabriel Bedescu, Political Science Department Chair at Babes Bolyai University and George Lahanas, Human Resources Director for the City of East Lansing exchange conversation about city government’s administrative structure during the commemorative dinner.
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