Former MBA Trip to Peking University

The 24 students will be traveling to Fudan University May 4-15, 2008 during their “Doing Business in China” 2008 Immersion Course. This trip will include company visits and cultural tours. Company visits will be made to Volkswagen, a successful joint venture between China and Germany, and Baosteel Factory in Shanghai, which is the most successful case of State-owned enterprise. The students will also have the opportunity to visit Zhouzhuang, a famous southern Chinese village, and Pujiang River Cruise where they will be able to see East and West Shanghai, the oriental pearl, as well as the Jinmao Tower.

The MBA class of 2007 traveled to Peking University’s Guanghau School of Management GSM from May 6-17, 2007. This school is ranked as the top business school in China. The visit gave the students many opportunities to participate in lectures, group projects, company visits and cultural tours.

Tours such as these give the students real-life experience with other business practices and cultures and allows them to broaden their business expertise and knowledge.

John Rogers, Midwest US-China Association, Monday, February 11th, 2008

Dan Towery, Head of Ag Conservation Solutions, Monday, February 25th, 2008

John Rice, Executive V.P. Archer Daniels Midland, Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Jay Barlett, COO of Springfield City Water Light and Power, Monday, March 17th, 2008

Doug Oberhelman (Millikin '75), Group President of Caterpillar, Thursday, March 27, 2008

We are very excited to introduce 30 new students into our MBA program.  This class of 2009 completed the MBA Review Session (affectionately known as "Bootcamp"). The class took the ETS field test in business and achieved a mean score of 166, placing our students in the top 5% of institutions on the business exit test.

The MBA classes consistently place well above the national mean and in the top tier of schools.