If I got to describe GLI in one word, I would most likely say: different. Breaking down the word “different”, I would start from the moment I got in, this was the first program I approach as a young professional, not as a student. From that moment, I realized that it would certainly come with… Read more »
Reflections on GLI: The Student Perspective
As the 2018 Global Leadership and Innovation participants settle back into life in their home countries, they’ve had time to think about their time in Bloomington and Washington, D.C. The reflections of these outstanding students demonstrate GLI’s multi-faceted strengths, which range from enhanced critical thinking and teamwork to personal and emotional growth. The program emphasized… Read more »
Kicking Off GLI 2018
With only a few logistical complications, GLI 2018 arrived on Saturday at the Indianapolis International Airport and were greeted by Chris, Madison, and a banner welcoming them back to Indiana. The participants spent Sunday morning in an orientation designed to familiarize them with the fast-paced 2018 program and spent the afternoon in tech sessions which… Read more »
GBI: A New Approach to Business at Home
We asked one alumnus what he did with his GBI education at home, and he described how his time in Bloomington altered his personal strategy. After leaving the GBI program, I felt like something changed in me. I become less dreamy and more down-to-earth when it came to business and entrepreneurship. My entrepreneurial mindset evolved… Read more »
One GBIer’s reflections on the potential for learning at GLI
Just like it was yesterday, I remember the feeling of the butterflies in my stomach after reading the big bold ‘’CONGRATULATIONS” written on my GBI acceptance e-mail. Three simple words that hold a lifetime of memories and an unforgettable experience. I said it many times before and I’ll say it again, the person I was… Read more »
CIBER Focus “Education and Entrepreneurship in Palestine” with Fadi Kattan
Dr. Fadi Kattan has served as Dean of the Shucri Ibtahim Dabdoub Faculty of Business Administration at Bethlehem University since 2000. He has studied in the United States and the United Kingdom and teaches Accounting at Bethlehem University. His research focuses on management, accounting, contingency theory, and development implications of the Oslo Agreement. In this edition… Read more »
CIBER Focus: “Information Governance around the World” with Scott Shackelford
Scott Shackelford serves as a professor of business law and ethics at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He is also the Cybersecurity Program Chair and Director of the Cybersecurity and Internet Governance Program at the Ostrom Workshop. Dr. Shackelford is an Affiliated Scholar at both Harvard and Stanford, as well as a Senior… Read more »
CIBER Focus: “U.S. Trade Policy with China” with Mostafa Beshkar
Dr. Beshkar is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Studies at Indiana University. His research and teaching both center on international trade, with an emphasis on trade agreements and institutions for international trade cooperation. Dr. Beshkar is the author of recent works on Safeguards and other Flexibility Mechanisms in Trade… Read more »
CIBER Focus: “Language, Culture, and Business in Former Soviet Countries” with Tyler Madsen
Tyler is the Senior Director of Eurasian Markets at 4Life Research, a company that manufactures and distributes supplements to support immune system health, based in Sandy, Utah. He has previously served as an Associate Instructor of the Russian language at Indiana University. Tyler has a background in Slavic languages, marketing, communications, and public relations. Today,… Read more »
IU CIBER Scholarship Enables International Exchange
I want to thank IU CIBER for making it possible for me to travel to Belize for the Kelley M-360: Sales for Social Impact course. The experience of doing business in another country is something I will carry with me for the rest of my life and will always look back upon fondly. During… Read more »