The world news each day reveals the complications of maintaining and building bridges between the U.S. and nations with cultures different from our own. On a macro-level, the Department of State officially assumes the reponsibility of building lasting and trusting relationships. On a micro-level, one of our Quinlan students who was part of our Santiago study-abroad experience learned [...]
We are nearing the completion of the Chicago portion of our study abroad experience in Santiago. The student groups are completing their comparative cultural biographies in which they investigate and compare like organizations in the U.S. and Chile. It is nearly six-weeks since we returned from our South American destination and this time has allowed [...]
Coincidental to our recent study abroad experience in Santiago, the film “NO” (2012) was recently released into a few theaters in the Chicago area. The film is based on the unpublished play El Plebiscito, written by Antonio Skármeta and was directed by Pablo Larrain. (Here is the trailer for the film.) It tells the [...]
The recent hours have been filled with information about our new Pope Francis, formerly his Eminence Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina. Reiterated are two facts: he is the first Jesuit Pope and the first South American to hold the position. His Jesuit affiliation is a source of pride to those of us with a [...]
Most of us are back home in Chicago and reflecting on our remarkable study-abroad week in Chile. The following comments are from two Quinlan graduate student participants, Scott Bartosiewicz and Daniella Sucato.
Scott writes: “Having never been to South America before, I had no idea what to expect form Chilean culture or our [...]
I have asked our students to journal their impressions and responses to our study abroad experience in real time. They will either respond to my blog entries or insert their own thoughts. Following are the initial thoughts of one student, Michael Stark:
We are only three days in, but I can say without any [...]
Sixteen adventurous Quinlan graduate business students and two professors (Dr. Reilly and me) are assembled and orientated to our new week-long home in Santiago. This alternative Spring Break is part of the study-abroad course, Management 475, Cross-Cultural Aspects of International Management. So far we have had great weather (85 degrees and sunny) and wonderful tours [...]
Next month Dr. Anne Reilly and I are accompanying a group of 16 Quinlan graduate students to Santiago, Chile as part of a study-abroad course. As we prepare for this, it becomes clear that one of our first conversations will involve the role of China. This may seem surprising at first, but our world economy [...]
The end of holiday celebrations and the onset of the New Year signals the resumption of the serious business of teaching and learning at the university. In Chicago we have been savoring the atypical weather, with only occasional flurries and unseasonable high temperatures, but know that it is time to move indoors to pursue the quieter intellectual activities of a Midwestern [...]
As I carry on the planning and preparations for the Intercontinental MBA program, I recently visited South Africa to make arrangements for student activities, faculty members and housing. Next October we will have an IMBA residency in Johannesburg. This vibrant city may be best known for gold and diamond mining, but it is also a [...]
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