The Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB) - Africa program, in its 6 consecutive year, is offered annually by a consortium of CIBER universities, led and managed by the University of South Carolina CIBER. The program focus on providing participating faculty, business professionals and graduate students a unique international study tour opportunity, which will ultimately assist the U.S. in its global competetiveness via pedagogy, research, business networking and outreach, and academic-business relationship building. The objective of the FDIB-Africa program is to raise faculty, business professionals and graduate student awareness of the economic, political and cultural environments that exist in sub-Saharan African today, and, ultimately, to leverage that first-hand awareness into competence and expertise in the classroom, boardrooms, and research campus and facilities throughout the U.S. NOTE: This year, the program offers a concurrent "spousal/adult guest" program so that family, friends, and/or colleagues can room with and experience the program with their faculty, professional or student participant.
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The Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) were created by Congress under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to increase and promote the nation's capacity for international understanding and competitiveness. Administered by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the CIBER network links the manpower and technological needs of the United States business community with the international education, language training, and research capacities of universities across the country. The 33 CIBERs serve as regional and national resources to business people, students, and teachers at all levels. This grant program adheres to the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) Title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Parts 74-86 and 97-99.
[More]Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business won the 2010 Governor's International Award in the International Education Program category. The award was presented as part of the second annual Atlanta World Showcase and Governor's International Awards event held at the Georgia International Convention Center, sponsored by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the World Trade Center of Atlanta.
The commendation, signed by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, praised the college's CIBER for its "innovative and global approach to educating students" and the World Affairs Council of Atlanta for "developing international education programs…and using those programs to promote Georgia and drive economic development."
-Gary McKillips, J. Mack Robinson College of Business
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