Today was the last day of the AACSB International World Class Practices in Management Education conference, which was unusually rainy. We heard many success stories and pitfalls to avoid when establishing international partnerships. The question is no longer whether a college should find an international partner, given the global economy in which we live, but rather how to select the right partner. We made many new contacts, and hopefully some of these will bear fruit.
Tomorrow, we give two presentations to industrial design departments at two prestigious universities, Tsinghua University (considered the Harvard of China) and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Mingli He, our colleague in Mechanical Engineering, arranged these visits for us.
Last night, the conference dinner showcased a series of traditional forms of Chinese entertainment, including musicians, a neat ballet/acrobatic dance between two swordsmen, plate spinners, a magician, a peacock dance, an acrobat who could balance large pots on his head, and a costumed dancer whose mask would magically change whenever he twirled. Suffice to say, it was amazing, as is this trip in total thus far.
-- Mick Jackowski
Packed session
Entertainment
Pot throwing
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