I would like to thank you for everything you do to promote international business education. My colleagues and I learned a lot last academic year and hope to use that knowledge to serve our students and the business community. My college's International Resource Center to which you donated some books now has over 300 volumes in International Business and other disciplines. Several boxes just recently arrived form Michigan State University CIBER. With all your 110% support, I am sure the Talladega College's program is "in good hands." Many thanks.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
On October 25, 2007, MSU-CIBER partnered with the Greater Lansing United Nations Association (GLUNA), Lansing Regional Chamber, National City, Leap Inc., Forster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C., and Visiting International Professional Program (VIPP) to host the International Trade Symposium: The Michigan Challenge II. The event commemorates the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.
The symposium focused on international trade in the state of Michigan. Topics ranged from new international trade resources to entrepreneurship opportunities. Befitting the theme of the day, the opening address was given by Joseph Hess, President of GLUNA followed by comments from Senator Gretchen Whitmer, Mayor Virg Bernero, and Mayor Samir Singh.
Following the morning sessions, Carrie Hall, Communications and Public Affairs Advisor for United Nations Global Compact, jointly addressed the Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan and the International Trade Symposium participants. Hall’s role is to help manage a broad range of communications for Global Compact including educating the public at events such as the symposium. The United Nations Global Compact was launched in 2000 with the goal to advance universal environmental and social principles in order to foster a more sustainable and inclusive world economy. Today, over 2,500 companies from more than 80 countries, as well as many international labor and civil society organizations, are engaged in the Global Compact, working to advance ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labor standards, the environment, and anticorruption.
Hall began her speech by highlighting how “in a time of globalization, the world is becoming more and more connected…but growing further and further apart.” Thus, she explained there is a need for businesses to take a role in solving the problems of the world. Hall emphasized the Global Compact is business-led, which has instilled her belief that this initiative will help offset some of the negative impacts of globalization. Her address emphasized to the symposium attendees not to lose track of their social responsibility as they engage in economic development and international trade initiatives.
Dec 12, 2007
Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club Luncheon
The Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club is dedicated to promoting and stimulating economic growth through timely and insightful community forums presented for personal and professional development. The Economic Club provides a forum where local business and community leaders can hear presentations on a broad range of business-related topics. Past presentations have ranged from how global economic trends affect the national and local economy, to hearing how leaders from different walks of life have achieved their success and view of the future. Samuel Kahan, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve, Bank of Chicago-Detroit Branch, will speak at the December luncheon.
Dec 13, 2007
National Forum on Trade Policy
The National Forum on Trade Policy (NFTP) is an annual conference that brings together business leaders, federal and state policy makers, and leading and higher-education experts. A prestigious national event, the forum was conceived in 2003 and hosted in its first two years by UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University, and the North Carolina Department of Commerce. Since that time, it has begun a national rotation. Prior locations have included Texas and Washington. The 2007 conference will be hosted by the University of Connecticut at the Stamford Marriott in Stamford, CT.
Jan 1, 2008
Faculty Development- Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong
The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center CIBER is hosting the fifth annual faculty development in international business program (FDIB) “China: An Emerged Economic Powerhouse in the Global Economy.” This faculty development program is sponsored by the US Department of Education and is co-sponsored by its Centers for International Business Education and Research. Program goals are to provide faculty with firsthand knowledge of the dynamic growth of two of China’s leading economic regions: the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, and to see how China is being transformed from a planned economy to a globally competitive market oriented economy. For further information please visit http://www.cudenver.edu/International/CIBER/Pages/China FDIB.aspx
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