While academics are important, students say service projects like annual Habitat build are crucial part of their IU experience
Post courtesy of IU newsroom intern Amanda Marino: Ever since she saw pictures of her friend participating in a Habitat for Humanity build, Indiana University junior Shradda Madhav has been interested in joining the program. She got her chance last week, joining the seventh annual build by the IU Kelley School of Business, Habitat for […]
IU’s China Gateway office connects students with employers in Shanghai and Beijing
Since opening two years ago, Indiana University’s global gateway office in Beijing has actively supported Hoosier academic activities and partnerships across China and has met the needs of a rapidly expanding number of IU alumni there. Indiana University is one of six universities that created a career fair for Chinese students and graduates seeking job […]
New LinkedIn report says ‘international aspirations bloom in Bloomington’
Washington, New York and Bloomington rarely are included in the same sentence, let alone mentioned together in national reports about places that serve as “springboards” for peoples’ international careers. But in a report released on Monday, LinkedIn – the world’s largest professional network — announced that Bloomington is one of the top U.S. cities for […]
Helping fifth-graders understand the relationship between saving rainforests and language
Like many of his Indiana University faculty colleagues, David Stringer has had a lot of final papers to read lately, by the 66 students in his Language Hotspots and Biodiversity class. However, unlike many of his peers, Stringer has had something else to read: letters from another group of people impacted by his course — […]
Top Indian government official commends IU’s strategic initiatives in his nation
For the last 20 years, Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business has welcomed nearly a dozen highly successful leaders to campus as a Poling Chair of Business and Government. Like the late Harold “Red” Poling, who as chief executive of Ford Motor Co. established the leader-in-resident program in 1993, many of them have been proud […]
IU alumna brings Malaysian education delegation back to IU Bloomington
Indiana University President Michael McRobbie on Thursday welcomed a delegation of education leaders from Malaysia, including its minister of higher education, to IU Bloomington. For many in the delegation, including Dató Seri Idris Jusoh, Malaysia’s top higher education official, it was their first visit to beautiful IU Bloomington. But for one visitor, Dr. Asma Ismail, […]
Books from Kelley School faculty hit the shelves in time for classes at top Myanmar university
Back in December, we told you about the more than 1,900 books that would soon be on their way to Myanmar (also known as Burma). Last month, 79 boxes and three tons of textbooks arrived on the library shelves of one of the top universities in that Southeast Asian nation. These more than 1,900 academic […]
Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi delivers strong message about Myanmar’s reform process at event organized by IU
INDIANAPOLIS — Close to 150 people — many of them Burmese expatriates living in the Midwest — gathered today at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis to discuss constitutional reform and economic development in Myanmar. As history and even recent events would suggest, both are complex issues for the Southeast Asian country, which since becoming an independent […]
Kelley MBA students learn about corporate mergers from an insider’s perspective
According to a report issued last week, 2014 was a record year for mergers and acquisitions activity worldwide in the tech sector. UK-based Mooreland Partners said such M&A deal flows grew by 14 percent and totaled more than $1 trillion. While “deals of the day” aren’t a new phenomenon, it obviously is more important than […]
Students from 23 states come to IU’s Kelley School for National Diversity Case Competition
Students came from as far away as California, Washington and New York to compete at last weekend’s National Diversity Case Competition in Bloomington. This was the fourth year for the event — hosted by Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business — which attracted 140 students from 35 higher education institutions. Participants had an average grade-point […]
