Presentation of Interact
Interact is the international association of Kedge Business School. Our association is made of 33 KEDGE BS students who passed a very selective interview process. We are a group of volunteers devoted to experiencing, learning and sharing with other cultures. Every year, we are in charge of taking care of the 1000 exchange students who come to Kedge BS Marseille by the exchange program but also during the summer through the Summer School Program.
We spend a lot of time working together to make their stay at Kedge BS a fulfilling and memorable experience. We help them at their arrival with the pickup assistance, we answer their questions when they are in trouble, we offer a social activity program to make their integration easier, we find them a French buddy, and we organize trips around Europe to help them discovering the Old Continent.
Interact’s mission is also to promote the different cultures within the school. A small departments of 4 or 5 people is devoted to promote specific culture: African, German, Indian, Anglo-Saxon, Latin, Japanese and Korean Culture. They are throwing cultural events all along the year. Chinese New Year, Saint Patrick’s Day,… which the exchange students are very welcomed to attend. These events/meetings are a great opportunity for both the exchange students and the French students of KEDGE to learn and share.
With its 2 commissions (Chinese Connection and Easy Exchange) and its project (Kedg'Israël) Interact is more than present inside the school and has a real advantage to promote multiple cultures.
Thanks to Easy Exchange, all the French students can discover partner universities through interviews and conferences.
"I wanted to thank the entire Interact team for everything you guys did for us. It is truly something special to meet people that genuinely care so much about showing part of the world to individuals like us. I have never met anyone who has worked as hard as you to just see the smiles on our faces. Your compassion is a gift and it is wonderful to meet people in the world that have a heart like yours. Everything was so incredible. The timing of every special event, the process, the transportation, the lunches/dinners and every little piece that went into making each day one of the best days of our lives. (…) In the end, I have been left with a kaleidoscope of experiences I will be forever grateful for."
Lahna Harper Student