Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2005
Global Bus i ness Programme Launched by Bus i ness Schools from Three Continents T he U n iv e rs ity 's Facu lty o f Business Administration is partnering w ith Kenan- Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, and Copenhagen Business School (CBS) to launch a pioneering international programme in undergraduate business. Students of this innovative programme — the G lobal Learning Oppo rtun ities in Business Education (GLOBE) Programme, w ill study at all three campuses, learn about international business from expert faculty members at all three schools, build and apply teamwork and leader ship skills, visit corporations in Brussels, Berlin, Shanghai, Tokyo, W ashington D .C ., and Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, and collaborate as members of virtual teams in their learning. The first GLOBE students w ill be selected for the three-year programme at CUHK and CBS in autumn 2005, and for UNC's two-year programme in autumn 2006. GLOBE was officially launched on 27th October at the annual Partnership in International Management Conference in Hong Kong. (From left) Prof. F in n Junge-Jensen, president o f CBS, Prof. Kenneth Young, C U H K acting vice- chancellor, M r. M ark Scullion, associate director o fglobal programmes, U N C Kenan-Flagler, and P ro f. T.S. Lee a t the o ffic ia l launch o f the programme on 27th October Prof. L in H u i (right 2) toasting Prof. Lawrence J. Lau (left 1), vice-chancellor o f the U niversity, and Ms. Barbara R yan (left 2), associate dire ctor fo r geography o f USGS Prof. L in H u i and Mr. Jay Feuquay News in Brief 3 7
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