"The MSU IB institute provided an excellent overview of global affairs, showcased the extensive web resources of globalEDGE, and gave participants access to how knowledgeable MSU faculty have internationalized their courses."

Susan Crosson
Accounting Faculty
Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville FL

I attended both the 4th (2001) and 5th (2003) Biennial International Business Institute for Community College Faculty conferences and am eagerly looking forward with great intellectual hunger for the 6th, which is to be held May 14-19, 2005. There is no finer conference for community college faculty concerned with globalizing their curriculums anywhere in the country.

Attendance at my first conference helped me to organize and develop my International Business Associate Degree curriculum at Forsyth Technical Community College in North Carolina. But it was the second conference I attended which instilled in me the determination to make my program the best in the country! Thanks to the inspiration and support I've gotten from MSU-CIBER and the conferees, I now have my curriculum in high gear, with seven international business classes both online and in the classroom in a high-quality, interactive format. In fact, except for the foreign language requirement, the entire degree is available online. I thank my students, the local global trade industry, and the entire conference team and its sponsors for making this highly exceptional program both affordable and worthwhile.

If anyone would like to speak to me about this conference, please feel free to call or email me (MSU-CIBER has my contact information). This conference is a MUST for serious community college educators of international business.

Mac McGuire
Program Coordinator/International Business
Forsyth Technical Community College



"This Institute was a truly unbelievable experience for me...Attending this Institute has given me many options and fresh ideas which will be shared with faculty members in my department... The networking was excellent! Sharing information and discussing the different international business programs with the participants was truly enlightening. I have already utilized at least one (simple) idea to better serve our students...Events like this Institute help us broaden our horizons..."

Paula from Texas
July 2001