Undergraduate students will increase their global business, entrepreneurial, cross-cultural and cross-functional competencies through advisor-guided collaboration, participation in an international, student team and two weekend trips to a specific Latin American market. Each team develops, presents and defends a business plan addressing the specific needs of a Latin American market, leveraging the entrepreneurial and technological expertise of its members, as well as others with whom they network. Click to download 2018 flyer.

The primary goal is for students to increase their global business, entrepreneurial, cross-cultural and cross-functional competencies through adviser-guided collaboration, participation in an international, student team and two weekend trips to a specific Latin American market. Each team develops, presents and defends a business plan addressing the specific needs of a Latin American market, leveraging the entrepreneurial and technological expertise of its members, as well as others with whom they network.

COST:

No Program Fee for students. 

Students are responsible for all travel expenses (meals, local transportation, personal expenses, etc.) and for course credits at their respective Universities

**Accepted students will receive travel/lodging support up to $2,000 from UM CIBER (funds are provided upon completion of the program and depend on the number of trips taken by each student).

A maximum of:

USD $1,000 for a single international trip

USD $1,500 for two international trips

USD $2,000 for three international trips

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This non-credit Compliance Boot Camp examines the foundations of compliance, including the basic framework of US and international law and recent developments in enforcement and anti-corruption efforts. The particular issues presented by compliance concerns in health care and in the financial industry will be considered.
 
The Boot Camp focuses on the Seven Elements of Compliance and the fundamentals of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Anti-Money Laundering and Bank Secrecy Act. Half-day sessions are co-taught by Anita Cava, professor of business law and director of Business Ethics Programs and Mark Shapiro, business law lecturer and director, Undergraduate Career Resources with the participation of compliance professionals working in health care, finance, and consulting.  
 
In addition to classroom discussion, students have “hands-on” exercises to better understand the work of a Compliance Professional.

UM CIBER supports the Department of Modern Languages and Literature in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami in introducing this course, primarily targeted to undergraduate UM students (but open to other constituents) already fluent in a romance language. This course enables students to become competent, after one year of training, to conduct business in Portuguese.

Join the School as we kick off the University's International Week with Focus On! The evening focuses on discussions on the current entrepreneurial environment in the country of choice and guests will get the chance to experience the culture and cuisine of that country.

This program is offered by the Directed Independent Language Study (DILS) in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami. DILS is a free program open to all undergraduate and graduate students who want to become proficient in a language and culture they otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity to learn, and that is not offered by the curriculum at UM.

Language Tutorials Offered by DILS (among others):

• Arabic
• Cantonese
• Hindi
• Irish
• Punjabi
• Russian
• Swahili
• Turkish

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The International Business Case Competition at San Diego State University will bring together undergraduate business students from across the nation. Students will apply their knowledge and skills to compete in solving an international business case. This is a great opportunity for students to challenge themselves, gain experience and network.

The competition will be open to junior/senior undergraduate business students from participating universities. Teams should consist of four undergraduate business students and one Advisor.

Team members should possess expertise in a wide range of business disciplines from finance, management, marketing, economics and accounting. Teams should also have an understanding of global business practices, international issues, technology and quantitative thinking.

Dates: October 19 – 21, 2017

Location: San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182

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