Millikin University welcomed 16 international students and three faculty members from the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), May 21-25, as part of an international innovation pilot program.
While visiting, the students were given a tour of the Midwest Inland Port and engaged in workshop sessions on Millikin's campus.
Students in Millikin University's Tabor School of Business recently worked with the government of Ecuador to develop a U.S. market entry strategy for Ecuadorian handicrafts. The project was part of Millikin's International Business Consulting course led by Dr. J. Mark Munoz, professor of international management at Millikin. The course provides an opportunity for students to take part in real life projects for companies, and sometimes governments, in various parts of the world.
"Good market research takes teamwork," said Jacob Kissaw, who earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Millikin University on May 20. Kissaw, from Monticello, Ill., was one of 21 students in Millikin's most recent Executive MBA cohort.
As part of its annual celebration of International and Hispanic Heritage Month, Millikin University International Fellowship students shared their recent study abroad experiences during an event on Sept. 22 in Lower Richards Treat University Center.
It's a strategic plan that is so much more than a plan, it's a way to help real people in real conditions.
For Cori Grzenia, a Millikin University music education major from Lombard, Ill., the chance to visit London as part of a January immersion course was quite the eye-opening experience.
You might think it’d be a cinch to earn college credits primarily by watching movies.
Yet the seven students taking Ireland on Film, one of nearly two dozen January immersion courses under way at Millikin University, are learning plenty about human history and how absolute power can corrupt absolutely, no matter what your politics, nationality or religion.