Real-world experience highlighted in SBA Insight Online summer issue

Spring and summer offers a time for SBA students to put their skills into action. Through programs focused on the SBA's core foundation -- integrative thinking, experiential learning and global understanding -- students gain the real-world experiences that enrich their education and help the regional economy. This experience also differentiates them in the marketplace.

The Summer 2010 issue of SBA Insight Online offers articles on

• the second year of the CIBRE Summer Internship program which gave 37 students a chance to see the advantages of integrative thinking and experiential learning, which was augmented this year by the guidance of executive mentors
• graduate and undergraduate trips to China which allowed SBA students to immerse themselves in a new culture while learning how business is conducted across the globe
• how a recent Executive MBA alumnae transformed her capstone project into a nonprofit organization aimed at helping patients obtain affordable medication.
• the SBA is partnering with units across campus to offer new programs and experiences for students.

These are examples of how the SBA is operationalizing its core foundations while helping businesses, supporting the regional economic transformation and making a difference to the community.

See the issue here.