It was very nice to visit Taipei again (on a raining day)…..especially National Taiwan Normal University, which is located in central Taipei that is not too far from where I spent my teenage years. Time flies….Anyway this time I visited NTNU’s College of Management and met with faculty there to talk about possible international collaboration ideas. Hopefully we (SOM at UM-Flint) are able to continue to nurture this relationship and commit more resources in international collaborations!
NTNU campus
In addition to College of Management, I also visited world-renowned “Mandarin Training Center” at NTNU. This center has many famous alumni including former prime minister of Japan and Australia. They enrolled almost 1,600 students every year and 40% of students come from the U.S. Students take Mandarin language classes on week days and participate in cultural activities when they are free from heavy work load on weekends. Sounds like a perfect place for me to take my next study abroad group!
Pictured with executive secretary of MTC
MTC's student lounge
MTC class
Three of my former students: Sydnee Adams, Karen Kellogg, and Sean O’Morrow were nominated for Maize and Blue scholars – this is the highest academic award students are able to get at UM-Flint campus. I am very proud of them (because I never got any award like this!) and I wish they will be selected! Good luck!
I was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the 2011 International Business and Management Education Forum. I received a very warm welcome at the National Pingtung Institute of Commerce, the hosting institution of the event. I was also very glad to have the opportunity to meet with Dr. Elaine Tan from Royal Holloway College, University of London, who is another keynote speaker of the event. I wish Dr. Tan good luck in her new position with the Government of Singapore! Part of my presentation at NPIC can be found here:
More event pictures can be found by clicking here.
I recently accepted a visiting professor position at National Taichung Institute of Technology in Taiwan for the fall 2011. I look forward to spending my sabbatical leave from UM-Flint in a different environment with my new colleagues in Taiwan.
This summer the accounting faculty members in SOM gathered together and made a very important decision – we will be proposing a new graduate degree program in accounting soon. Stay tuned…accounting students here at UM-Flint will have an opportunity to finish their 150-hour requirement AND receive a professional degree at the same time.
I have been wanting to re-design my personal web site – here is the first step and hopefully it will be done soon….still under construction though.
