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Institut Le Rosey (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃stity lə ʁozɛ]), commonly referred to as Le Rosey or simply Rosey, is a private boarding school in Rolle, Switzerland.Founded in 1880 by Paul-Émile Carnal on the site of the 14th-century Château du Rosey in the town of Rolle in the canton of Vaud, it is among the oldest boarding schools in Switzerland.
La Roche University was founded in 1963 as La Roche College by the Sisters of Divine Providence as a private college for religious sisters. It was named in honor of Stephanie Amelia la Roche von Starkenfels, the first Mother Superior of the Sisters of Divine Providence. The first president of the university was Sister Annunciata Sohl, C.D.P ...
It was the first hospitality school in Switzerland to offer all courses in English. In 2016 they became Les Roches Global Hospitality Education. The main campus was destroyed by a fire in April 1985. [6] This obliged the school to house students and facilities in three hotels.
In 1992 the very first class in English was given to the students – all teaching at Glion and Bulle campuses had been in French until this point. In 1994 Glion opened its first campus outside Switzerland – located in Corfu, the new venture was named The European Center for Tourism Studies (ECTS) and its last student graduated in 2011.
André Hoffmann (born 31 May 1958) is a Swiss billionaire businessman, environmentalist and philanthropist.. The great-grandson of Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche who founded the drug company Roche Holding in 1896, [1] he currently is the vice-chairman of the company. [2]
1363: Louis I, Duke of Anjou (the region in which Angers and the university are located), obtained from his brother Charles V patent letters formally recognizing the school as a university; however, it had already been recognized as such by various kings and popes. At the end of the 14th century, the university in Angers had some 230 students.
Candace Mary Introcaso (December 8, 1953 – May 22, 2023) was an American academic administrator who was the President of La Roche University, a private Catholic education institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In La Roche about 352 or (26.7%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 84 or (6.4%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 84 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.3% were Swiss men, 23.8% were Swiss women, 7.1% were non-Swiss men and 10.7% were non-Swiss ...