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International Business Institute - News 2007 |
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Thank You Reception |
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| To celebrate the 1st year International MBA (IMBA) internship program, the graduate business office in co-operation with the international business institute held a "Thank You" reception on September 19th, 2007 at the UMSL Alumni House to recognize the organizations and individuals that made the 1st year of the IMBA internship program such an outstanding success. The attendees were a mixture of corporate representatives, faculty members, and enrolled and graduating IMBA students. Corporate participants included, Anheuser Busch, Express Scripts, Intulogy, and Unigroup World Wide, NNR USA, Emerson Electric, WATLOW, and Silgan Plastics. "Everyone I spoke with was very enthusiastic about the quality of our interns and the their experience with them" said Betty Vining, senior lecturer in marketing. The "Thank You" reception proved to be a great opportunity for the students to meet with the corporate representatives in a somewhat informal setting and discuss past and future internships. It also provided the corporate representatives a chance to meet with each other and share their experiences with and interest in the IMBA program at UMSL. "Every student I talked with was really pleased with the event and the opportunities it presented" said Carol Chickey, one of the event's organizers. |
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New partner university in India |
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| Let us introduce to you our new partner university in India - the Parks College! We are excited that the IMBA program has a new and strong partner in Tirupur, India which will enrich our program tremendously. Parks College is known for its professionalism in their academic activities which produce professionals of world standards to face the future competition. The faculty members at Parks College have earned their established reputation with remarkably active academic, research, work- and administrative experience. We warmly welcome our new partner university into our program and hope that by next fall semester students from India are enriching our courses here at UMSL, and that American students take the excellent chance to study and work abroad in India. | ||
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Thomas Jefferson Award |
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Dr. Michael Harris, a fellow in the IBI, is the 2007 winner of the Thomas Jefferson Award. Dr. Harris is only the second business scholar to be granted this prestigious award, which is given every other year to a faculty member from one of the four University of Missouri campuses. The award is based on the personal influence and performance of duty in teaching, writing and scholarship, character and influence, devotion and loyalty to the University [that] best exemplifies the principles and ideals of Thomas Jefferson. In relating this award to his current activities, Dr. Harris noted that those ideals include the belief that society and government should be tolerant of differences, the application of knowledge to the solution of public problems, and an emphasis on free expression of ideas, principles that are important in understanding international and cross-cultural contexts. | |
International Business Club |
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| The International Business Club (IBC) is an extremely diverse and very active student organization at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. To date, the IBC has over 125 members many of whom come from countries around the world, including Brazil, Chile, Germany, Austria, France, India and China. The IBC is dedicated to enhancing students’ education while helping students cultivate a global mindset by providing exciting activities and events that are focused on international business. Some of the organization's activities include professional speakers, field trips, monthly meetings, and social events. The IBC provides speakers from the international student body, faculty, and business professionals with international experience. This year in late September, Bob Gunthner, a twenty year veteran of Anheuser-Busch, spoke at a campus event. Bob Gunthner was responsible for leading Anheuser-Busch into joint ventures with Grupo Modelo in Mexico and Antarctica in Brazil. Mr. Gunthner provided accounts of the different obstacles the company faced during their endeavors to a crowd of seventy people in the SGA Chamber. Each semester 20 to 30 club members embark on a field trip to visit organizations involved in international commerce. Last semester the club toured the US Chamber of Commerce and the International Trade building in Washington, DC. This semester the IBC will go to Chicago to tour the Mercantile, CBOT, and CBOE exchanges. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month in Century Room C of MSC. All students regardless of major are welcome to join the International Business Club. | ||
IB Newsletter - Spring 2007 |
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The new IB Newsletter is online. Take a look right here or come visit us at the institute to get the printed version! | |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MAJORS PARTICIPATE IN A COMPETITION HELD IN LOS ANGELES |
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A team of four undergraduate students participated in the International Business Case Competition held at Loyola Marymount University. The competition was sponsored by the World Trade Week Committee, an initiative of the LA Area Chamber of Commerce. The UMSL team included Sean Hanebery, a native of England, majoring in international business and marketing; Meghan O’Brien, from Illinois, majoring in international business and organizational behavior; Jason Bockman, a native of England, majoring in international business and organizational behavior; and Valeria Oblitas, a native of Bolivia, majoring in international business and management. The case team was led by Dr. Ekin Pellegrini, an Assistant Professor in Management Department. The business case competition challenged the students to think and act like real world professionals through application of their knowledge to a real world scenario. The students reported that they developed important business networks and that the hands-on practice has been an invaluable learning experience. Organizers remarked on their professionalism and creativity.
Pictured from left to right are: Jason Bockman, Valeria Oblitas, Meghan O'brien, Sean Hanebery, Dr Ekin K. Pellegrini |
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