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The purpose of the 2006-2010 GBS program is to equip HBCU faculty with the knowledge, skills, pedagogical tools, and international experience to enable them to internationalize their courses, programs, and institutions. Location: The University of Memphis
The NASBITE CGBP provides a benchmark for competency in global commerce. The CGBP designation demonstrates an individual's ability to conduct global business including Global Business Management, Global Marketing, Supply Chain Management, and Trade Finance. For candidates experienced in international trade, the certification confirms that knowledge. For candidates just beginning, it establishes a professional development goal to ensure a full understanding of the profession. For companies, it assures that employees are able to practice global business at the professional level required in today's competitive environment. Location:
The workshops will serve as a unique forum for the exchange of ideas among the participants. The workshop leaders offer: numerous insights into the relationship between foreign language, culture and international business; discussions on how to develop and teach a business language curriculum; exploration of the resources available in this new and fast-changing field;
introductions to the business language examinations (i.e., Prufung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International (PWDP);
ways to structure a business language program for varying needs; and instruction in the use of the internet.
Location: University of Memphis
March 2010
A Forum: The Relevance of Chinese Economic Development
March 4-5, 2010
- Purdue University
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China has become an increasingly important economic power in the world. There are many areas that U.S. and China need to work together to ensure a stable and growing world economy. Investigating and learning Chinese economy and its relationship with U.S. are called upon for scholars and educators. We will organize a conference on March 4-5, 2010 to provide an information exchange platform for discovery and learning in this field. Location: West Lafayette, IN
International Business Conference
March 12, 2010
- University of Pennsylvania
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Lincoln Univeristy cordially invites all HBCUs and Institutional Partners to a conference on Educating HBCUs for the Global Marketplace. The topics are: Morning Session:- Making Profits and Social Responsibility Initiatives: Can Comapnies Do Both?- Preparing Students for the Global Marketplace Reshaping the Business Curriculum in Response to Emerging Trends and Events; Afternoon:-U.S. Multinationals in a Global Marketplace - Global Immigration and Job Outsourcing; Keynotes:- Globalization and Global Interdependence: Causes and Consequences Location: Lincoln University International Cultural Center
Russia Today: Energy, Economics, Public Policy in Transition
March 19-21, 2010
- University of Pittsburgh
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This course will introduce students to Russia's political, economic, and institutional transformation as a result of the collapse of communism. It will focus on the transition from communism and state-planned economy to democracy and market economy, as well as changes in public policy, including health, education and the arts. The course will also focus on pressing contemporary issues of global importance such as energy policy, international trade, and Russia's position on the war on terror. Location: Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
The CIBER Business Language Conference provides the opportunity for teachers, scholars, policy makers and business leaders to discuss business language education. The conference responds to the overarching mission of the U.S. Department of Education’s CIBER grant program to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. business globally by linking the human capital and information needs of the U.S. business community with the international education, language training, and research capacity of universities across the United States.
The conference ties into the larger national discourse about the ways that language education must keep pace and meet future challenges for applied language programs in light of research, trends, and needs of the changing economic environment.
Through the lens of literacy as a critical construct in the fields of second language acquisition and education, participants will be invited to share ideas and charter new directions for language and cross-cultural training. The notion of literacy frames the discussion of cross-cultural training as situating appropriate understandings and meanings in proper contexts. Location: Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania
April 2010
Lecture and Discussion: "Cross Cultural Communication for Managers" by Dr. Hong Fan
April 1, 2010
- Purdue University
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Dr. Hong Fan is Professor of Media Language and Communication at Tsinghau University, Beijing, China.
Location: West Lafayette
"Setting the Stage for Trade" - theme of 23rd annual NASBITE International Conference. The annual NASBITE International conference is a great opportunity to increase your knowledge and learn best practices from leading trade professionals and trade educators from around the world. You will interact with other global trade professionals and NASBITE members in a dynamic forum designed to increase your knowledge and skills in global trade.
Location: Austin, TX
The FDIB in Florence, Italy will expose faculty and administrators to global issues from a European perspective and offer professional enrichment involving interaction with European business, management, institutional and education models. Location: Florence, Italy
This cross-disciplinary program will facilitate research related to Institutions & Development from the perspective of a broad range of social sciences. Doctoral students selected for the summer 2010 SDI will:
* Work with a specialist in their chosen field.
* Form a community of scholars with intersecting interests.
* Gain access to resources found only in Washington, DC.
* Participate in research seminars and brown bag lunches.
* Submit their work to be published in a top journal in their field.
The program is open to doctoral students in any discipline, enrolled in U.S. universities, with an interest in the underlying theme of Institutions & Development. The application deadline is January 22, 2010. Location: The George Washington University, DC
A program for international business and entrepreneurship faculty to develop a course in international entrepreneurship, globalize their entrepreneurship course, teach the international business course from an entrepreneurial perspective or conduct research in international entrepreneurship, and for directors of entrepreneurship centers who wish to internationalize their programs. Location: Denver, Colorado
The workshop is designed for college and university professors of Spanish who are interested in or already offering courses in business Spanish at the advance-intermediate and advanced levels. It is also intended to provide an understanding of the field of international business, a source of employment for many students of foreign languages. Participants will discover new practices and resources to improve their abilities as instructors in the ever-evolving international business environment. The University of South Carolina CIBER offers fourteen (14) $500 scholarships on a first-come, first-served basis to help defray the cost of attendance. Location: Columbia, SC
The 22th annual FDIB seminar series conducted by the University of South Carolina to internationize business school faculty, preparing them to teach international business courses. Each participant chooses one of six concurrent seminars (Survey of International Business, International Management, International Marketing, International Accounting, International Financial Management, or Global Operations and Supply-Chain Management)and spends a week with some of the top faculty in the international business field developing both professional knowledge about the particular topic and the pedagogical skills that will enhance teaching of the subject. The University of South Carolina CIBER provides a total of $20K in scholarships to help defray the cost of attendance. Location: Columbia, SC
The Summer Institute for Teaching a Second Language for Business Communication is designed primarily for secondary and post-secondary language educators. This program includes an overview of basic business fundamentals, combined with discussion of current issues in language-teaching methodology and curriculum design.
Participants work on group projects in which they design curriculum modules that apply the concepts addressed during the program. After the institute, participants receive a compilation of all the projects to enable them to adapt and use the modules in their own classroom situations.
Participants who are Pennsylvania or New Jersey public school teachers are eligible to receive continuing-education credit. Location: Lauder Institute, Lauder-Fischer Hall, University of Pennsylvania
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