Activities

Initiatives

Illustrative processes/mechanics

 Impact

Facilitate the Organization of  Faculty database with international expertise and interest

Help external groups to identify faculty with

• Geographical/ country expertise
• Functional expertise
• Topical expertise
• International research intersts

F, B

Facilitating Study Abroad programs

Semester long programs

• Helping to review info provided by  HIGE on  foreign accredited universities
• Identifying Course equivalences  with faculty assistance

Short- term programs

• Helping with establishing course requirements
• Disseminating experiences
• Helping with prioritizing and scheduling

Publicizing and disseminating information on these to  HCOB students

F, S

Student exchanges

WMU students abroad and reciprocal arrangements

• Work with HIGE
• Help to create an AISEC chapter for reciprocal internships

S

Facilitating Overseas HCOB programs

 MBA programs

• Assisting  MBA director with identifying and assessing potential international MBA programs
• Helping in reviewing on-going programs (e.g. Singapore)

F,S

Facilitating “Twinning “ programs overseas

• Helping to identify/assess programs with HCOB undergrad/ grad program direcors and HIGE
• Helping to review info provided by  HIGE on  foreign accredited universities

F, S

Faculty Exchanges

• Hosting  overseas faculty at HCOB
• Identifying  faculty opportunities for teaching overseas

F

 External Grant – seeking initiatives

• Identifying  available International grants ( with research and sponsored programs)
• Seek grants (such as from U.S. D.O.E.)

F,S

Global lecture series

Semester lectures

• Identifying potential business, govt. and academic speakers
• Scheduling during semesters

F,S.B

International Conferences at WMU

Helping with hosting Business conferences (e.g. facing East- Facing West)

• Providing suggestions to obtain  business and grant support  for above

F,S,B

Recruiting/ retention of foreign students

Assisting in developing International alumni database

• Helping to Identify student alumni ambassadors in various countries
• Helping to promote HCOB programs through student “ word of mouth
• Gathering and  Disseminating international alumni news
• Assisting adviser to  International student business association

S

Workshops

On infusing international components in  business courses

• Identifying and scheduling internal and external speakers
• Facilitating Faculty participation in workshops to Internationalize courses (e.g. U.S.D.O.E .CIBER)
• Helping to Seek internal and external grants for these

F

Faculty “ Brown bag” sessions

Research

• Dissemination of Faculty international research( working with HCOBs faculty development committee)

Teaching Tips

• Shared by WMU faculty

F,S

Collaborative programs

• Working  with HIGE and WMU’s International education council to develop initiatives
• Helping to  promote cross- disciplinary research within the college and university
• Promote research collaboration with faculty at foreign universities
• Identifying  collaborative internationalization activities with regional universities (e.g. MSU-CIBER, Oakland, etc.)

F

Curriculum review

• Helping  IBEC to review IB concentrations at the undergrad and graduate level

F,S

Community outreach

• Publicize HCOB’s internationalization activities and invite participation and attendance at HCOB events (conferences, lecture series , etc)
• Work  with the business community to further internationalization activities that would be in the interests of  business constituencies

B