VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3
  July 2007
AN ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER ABOUT IMBA STUDENTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY, PROJECTS, AND EVENTS

 

Moore School Announces New Dean
The Moore School of Business is proud to announce that Dr. Hildy Teegen from George Washington University will become its new dean on September 15, 2007. She will succeed Joel A. Smith III, dean of the Moore School since 2000, who announced last year that he planned to retire. Teegen’s global background and interests make her a natural fit for the Moore School.
    

 

Vicariously Experience an International Internship    
The Moore School successfully pioneered international business internships more than a quarter-century ago. Today, IMBA students are interning in 19 countries, gaining invaluable business and cultural experience. Eight IMBA students, currently on internship, are keeping online Web journals of their work and life experiences in Bolivia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Japan and the U.S. View their pictures and enjoy their stories in their Internship Web Journals. 

 

2007 IMBA Teaching Awards: Bringing Theory to Life
Accounting and operations courses tend to be technical in nature, so you probably wouldn’t expect them to be voted by students as their favorites. But this year’s winners of the IMBA Faculty Awards beat the odds. Find out how Drs. Gary Luoma, Mike Galbreth and Scott Jackson bring courses to life through real-world examples, practical applications and their commitment to student learning.

 

Inaugural Employer Summit a Success
For its inaugural Employer Summit on May 22, 2007, the Graduate Career Management Office invited representatives of major corporations to experience the Moore School’s Professional Development Series and to engage with faculty in a panel discussion that covered curriculum, employers’ competency needs, hiring trends and more.

 

Father of the Internet, Vinton Cerf, Predicts the Future
Known as one of the "Fathers of the Internet," Vinton G. Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. Today he is vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google. Cerf spoke to a standing-room-only crowd of Moore School students, faculty and staff on April 23 about what he predicts for the future of the Internet.

 

Two Courses in Dining Etiquette
At the beginning of every school year, IMBA students participate in a business etiquette luncheon as part of the Moore Professional Series. Then in March, when the IMBA French Track students began their studies in Paris, they were invited to a formal lesson in proper French dinner etiquette. Over fine French cuisine, the IMBA students discovered that the fine points of table etiquette are not universal.
 

MIBS Class of 1977 Celebrates 30th Reunion  
The class of 1977 was the second class to graduate from the Master of International Business Studies (MIBS) program, which later became the IMBA program. They returned to campus in April for the traditional cocktail and dinner parties and also for one more lecture by their favorite faculty member, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Randy Folks. 

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