Santa would have studied in Switzerland
Santa would have studied in Switzerland
In order to promote Swiss universities and institutions, as well as research and career opportunities in Switzerland, swissnex Boston in collaboration with Think Swiss hosted a Swiss-style Santa-reception at Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
The name Santa Claus origins from Sankt Nikolaus or Saint Nicolas (an early Christian bishop; the protector of children). This friendly figure does not play a role at Christmas, but appears on December 6, the Patron Saint's Day. In the Swiss German part, he is known as "Samichlaus". He visits homes and schools, distributing sweets, fruits and nuts to well-behaved children and giving good advice to the less well-behaved. In Switzerland, he is not accompanied by a reindeer, but very often by a donkey and a dark-clad assistant called “Schmutzli”.
Thanks to the promotion of Swiss students at the Fletcher school, Pascale Meier, Lilian Lehmann and Simon Bueschi, about sixty Fletcher students came to the balcony of the “Hall of Flags” to find out about life and studies in Switzerland. Special emphasis was placed on the double degree program between the Fletcher School and the University of St. Gallen and the exchange program with the Graduate Institute of Geneva. Moreover, Chris Ebell, Science and Technology Counselor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington D.C. encouraged the Fletcher students to apply for the Think Swiss scholarships. The scholarship sponsors young talents to pursue a three month research project in Switzerland.
