Announcements

The Suffolk Journal reports on the successful store that GBP student Matt Poliantes has recently set up! Matt is a double major in Global Business and Entrepreneurship. Congratulations to Matt and best wishes on his endeavor!

Morocco and Belgium/Austria Travel Seminars

Two travel seminars are being offered in Spring 2010. Professor Tony Eonas will lead a travel seminar to Morocco during Spring Break (March 13 - 21). Professor Sushil Bhatia will lead a travel seminar to Brussels, Belgium and to Vienna, Austria. To find out more about these trips please visit: www.suffolk.edu/business/1580.html

India Travel Seminar

A new Travel Seminar to India is being offered this fall.  The course will depart Boston on January 3, 2010, returning on January 12, 2010.  The program cost is $3600.  This is a Fall 2009 course with pre-travel meetings on Fri 11/13, 11/20, 12/4 and a post-travel meeting on 1/29.  It will be led by Professors Suzyn Ornstein and Jimmy Mistry.

Internships in Washington DC

Washington, DC is not just the seat of the US government.  It is also the location of the headquarters of major international institutions, such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Organization of American States, among many others.  And in recent decades, a thriving community of international security and international development think-tanks, non-governmental organizations, and consulting companies and experts has grown around these institutions, as well as a growing number of multinational companies.  Washington is thus an increasingly important destination for anybody interested in an international business career.

Suffolk offers full-time one-semester (or summer-long) internships in Washington, as well as 2-week seminars during the winter break, through our collaboration with The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (TWC). Applications are now open for spring and summer internships, and for a seminar on national politics this January. Contact John C. Berg, Professor and Chair, Government Department (jberg@suffolk.edu)

IAF PhD Grassroots Development Fellowship Program

IAF Fellowships support dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean undertaken by students who have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy in a university in the United States.  Fellows must be U.S. citizens or citizens of the independent Latin American countries.  Proficiency in the language(s) appropriate to the research proposal is required.
Awards are based on both development and scholarly criteria.  Proposals should offer a practical orientation to field-based information on the following topics:

• Organizations promoting grassroots development among the poor;
• the financial sustainability and independence of such organizations;
• trends affecting historically excluded groups such as African descendants, indigenous peoples, women and others;
• transnational development;
• the role of corporate social responsibility in grassroots development;
• the impact of globalization on grassroots development;
• the impact of grassroots development activities on the quality of life of the poor.

The Fellowship includes:
• round-trip international transportation to the research site;
• a research allowance of $3,000;
• a monthly stipend of $1,500 for up to 12 months;
• health insurance;
• expenses related to required attendance at a mid-year conference.
For more information on this exceptional grant opportunity, including application instructions and additional information on the deadline, visit www.iie.org/iaf
Application deadline: December 31, 2009
Information session: Brown University, 10/29/2009, 5:30 PM, Room TBD
 Contact: Brown University Career Services or Beverly_Ehrich@brown.edu

New journal publishing international business research by undergraduate students

The Journal for Global Business and Community (JGBC), has become an e-journal of CUIBE (the Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education). 

From the JGBC description:

The Journal for Global Business and Community is a multidisciplinary e-journal dedicated to serving both those participating in and affected by the emerging global economy. It offers undergraduate students a venue for publishing works that explore
• the functional dimensions of global business organizations and behavior.
• the relationships between these businesses and the global economy with the political, social, cultural, economic, legal, technological, ethical, and moral issues derived from those relationships.
We especially welcome submissions produced as senior thesis, independent study work, and, of course, papers judged "of excellence" in varied undergraduate courses.
Please visit http://jgbc.fiu.edu/ and find out more. There, you can register, login, and submit a paper for publication review.