Dr. Jeff Unsicker, Academic Dean of School for International Training, Vermont, USA, called on the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Jamilur Reza Choudhury, on April 21, 2001. Dr. Unsicker, a cofounder of the Global Partnership for NGO Studies, Education and Training programs in Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, briefed Prof. Choudhury about the activities of SIT in USA and other countries round the world. Dr. Mohammed Golam Samdani Fakir, Director of Training Division of BRAC and Academic Chair of the Global Partnership's postgraduate diploma in NGO Leadership and Management, based in Bangladesh, was also present. They discussed the prospects of collaboration between BRAC University and SIT in graduate education.