History of Twinning: Part 4

Adding to the Deauville Teaching Assistant Program and the University of Kentucky and Deauville Jumelage-University of Caen Scholarship Program, Lexington and Deauville created an internship program between the two cities.

In fact, current Deauville Jumelage President Philippe Behuet came to Lexington as an intern in 1990-1991.  He originally came to work for 9 months, but stayed an additional 9 months when he loved it so much.  He officially became President of the Deauville Jumelage in 1997.

Philippe (right) in Lexington during his internship at Bank One.  

The Calvados regional government (Deauville is located in the Calvados region) helped to arrange internships for Lexington students.  Interns worked at places like William the Conquerer's Castle in Falaise, the Falaise tourism office, the Deauville tourism office, and the Caen War Memorial Museum.

Chloe Bingham interned at the Caen War Memorial and Museum.  

Lexington Sister Cities organized internships for Deauville students in Lexington.  Interns worked at a variety of places, including University of Kentucky Admissions office, Transylvania University Accounting office, various hotels and restaurants, LFUCG Law Department and Traffic Engineering, and the Lexington Global Engagement Center.

Pierre visiting the Horse Park.  He worked at the LFUCG Traffic Engineering Office. 

In 2016, the Calvados government was no longer able to run the internship program.  Deauville Jumelage President Philippe Behuet took the reigns and began to run the internship program, renamed the Deauville Internship Program.  In 2016, Transylvania University student Aaron Botts participated in the Deauville Internship Program and worked at the Paleospace Museum in Villers-sur-mer.

Aaron during his 2016 internship.  

Read about Aaron's experience here!

In 2017, University of Kentucky student Austin Wicker and Transylvania University student Matthew Peavler were selected for the Deauville Internship.  Austin works at the Deauville Town Hall, and Matthew works at the Paleospace Museum.

(Left to right) Deauville TA Barton Lynch, Intern Matthew Peavler and intern Austin Wicker. 

Stay tuned to our blog to hear from Austin and Matthew later!