EBS Alumni and Greenhill & Co. mobilize USD 200,000 for international top student scholarships at EBS

eXebs – the alumni organization of the European Business School (EBS), has just turned a page in the history of educational giving. By raising almost USD 200,000 (EUR 127,000) through a combination of philanthropy, matching funds by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and membership dues, eXebs is now uniquely positioned to provide merit-based scholarships and improve the learning outcomes of international students on campus. This comes on top of well-established eXebs programs targeting German students.

“This is a boon to our organization. Long before others eXebs has always believed in the myriad ways in which international students enrich our campus experience. As globalization and technological change continue to re-shape the world, we need these individuals and their expertise in refining our programs to a level commensu-rate with the school’s vision of developing leaders. Our greatest thanks are due to the many private donors, Greenhill and DAAD who believe in EBS, its unique legacy and vision.” says eXebs Chairman Martin Hess (class of 2003).

The two unparalleled scholarship lines are dedicated to the memory of eXebs’ founder Friedrich J. Schoening who passed away under tragic circumstances in 2006. The “eXebs Friedrich J. Schoening International Schol-arship supported by DAAD” and the “eXebs-Greenhill Friedrich J. Schoening International Scholarship sup-ported by DAAD” is for people from developing countries who share his unique blend of management skill, vi-sionary thinking and social conscience. Both scholarships are administered by eXebs and carry a monthly sti-pend of EUR 250.

Philip Meyer-Horn, Managing Director of the international investment bank Greenhill & Co., Inc., was amongst the first who subscribed to the new eXebs matching funds scheme. “With the increasing weight of emerging markets in the global economy, Greenhill & Co.’s need for excellent people from these regions is growing fast. We see the “eXebs-Greenhill Friedrich J. Schoening International Scholarship supported by DAAD” as a unique means to support talented students from these regions and supporting them in studying at EBS which we con-sider one of the preeminent business schools in Germany”.

“Almost 90% of the 127,000 Euro will go to about 25 scholarships per year; the remainder will flow to thematic workshops, satisfaction surveys and publications for international students over the next three years”, states project manager Dominik F. Schlossstein. All together these new offerings shore up EBS’ potential to attract in-ternational top students with the greatest ability to shape tomorrow’s world. Responsible member of the board is Vice Chairman Sven Kleinknecht.

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eXebs is the alumni association of Germany's most renowned top private business school - the European Business School (EBS, www.ebs.edu) in Oestrich-Winkel and Wiesbaden (greater Frankfurt area).

eXebs is not only the leading but also the oldest German business alumni network and was founded 1980 by five of the first EBS-graduates. Today the eXebs network consists of more than 2.300 acting members from all EBS graduate classes starting 1975 living in thirty countries on five continents.

eXebs has three central target audiences: First of all the alumni of EBS, however in the same way the cur-rent EBS students as well as the university at themselves:

I. eXebs supports the cohesion between all alumni of EBS using and continuously developing market-leading infrastructure. Next to the extensive care of the member database is organized a great num-ber of industry or regional group meetings, sport tournaments, class reunions etc. eXebs furthermore strongly encourages Lifelong Learning of its members by offering relevant management update pro-grams in close cooperation with EBS Executive Education (EEE).
II. eXebs sustainably supports EBS students with the unique scholarship „eXebs fellowship" financially and idealistically: The eXebs education fund takes care of the study fees of all eXebs fellows where necessary. All eXebs fellows develop their soft skills supported by leading international experts, an experienced eXebs member is being allocated as personal mentor, and eXebs fellows gain excess to eXebs' exclusive alumni career service.
III. eXebs strongly supports and advises the university on the education of independent managers. This happens particularly through active participation in decisive EBS committees (e.g. the supervisory board or the board of trustees). eXebs members are encouraged to represent their university world-wide when doing business.

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