meet 70 duke MBAs in Beijing early May

BD09

To all Duke class 2010 and potential future applicants to Duke MBA:

Here is the chance to meet 70 current Duke MBAs (class 09) in Beijing!

First,

~Five volunteers needed on May 9th (Friday), 11:30am-6pm.  Event: visit a village together with 30 MBA students and do some casual translations for a couple of hours.  Transportation (bus) and lunch will be provided.  If interested, please send me email wangjlus AT yahoo DOT com .

Second,

There are also social opportunities during May 6th, 8th and 9th for having dinners/drinks with 35 MBA students. Feel free to send me emails for time/location.  Similar events for another group of ~35 MBAs, but I don't know the dates yet.

These are great opportunities for networking, and learning MBA life in general and Fuqua in particular. Some current Chinese first year students as well as some alumni will also be there.

The backgrounds:

Every spring many Duke students take a special course, Global Academic Travel Experience (GATE). Students spend 6 weeks studying a specific country/region and then spend ~10 days visiting the country/region.  http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/internationalcenter/gate/

The course is very popular, and of course, China is the most popular choice for destination.  This year there are two teams, 70 in total, going to China (there is another team going to Southeast Asia, which includes China).  Understandably, none of these 70 students is native Chinese :-). 

BD09

Friends in Class 2010,

please help me spread the words.  The GATE students are also going to Shanghai and Hongkong.

Thanks.

vincelee

如何报名申请啊，这真是个非常好的机会啊，我的email: neosvince(在) gmail.com, 谢谢BD09

jeffpan

Count me in!

BD09

以下是引用vincelee在2008-4-25 10:03:00的发言：
如何报名申请啊，这真是个非常好的机会啊，我的email: neosvince(在) gmail.com, 谢谢BD09

Vince,

just send me email wangjlus AT yahoo DOT com

Please specify if you want to be a volunteer for the village visit (space is limited) and/or dinners/drinks (space is unlimited :-)).  One sentence about yourself in the email would be great (optional).

Thanks.

BD09

Just want to make sure that all Blue Devils and family members/friends (not limited to Fuqua) are welcome. If you just want to become a friend of Duke people,  welcome too! :-)

BD09

以下是引用BD09在2008-4-25 10:29:00的发言：

Just want to make sure that all Blue Devils and family members/friends (not limited to Fuqua) are welcome. If you just want to become a friend of Duke people,  welcome too! :-)

Already got a few emails which is great. 

Please help me up the post on the first page so many more people can see it. Thanks!

chase_2008

duke mba怎么这么批量的产啊 晕

jeffpan

What a smart comment!

Problem is, Duke is not the university with the largest MBA program nor the biggest number of Chinese admits among all the top MBA programs. So don't jump on this MBA bandwagon if you are not willing to be part of the "mass production."

以下是引用chase_2008在2008-4-25 14:07:00的发言：
duke mba怎么这么批量的产啊 晕

greybates

8楼恐怕以为来的都是中国人？不是的，来的70个人都是DUKE的老外MBA，这门课程是为对中国的政经文化有兴趣并愿意有亲身了解的人而开设的。在DUKE的中国MBA学生一般是不会选CHINA GATE的，因为已经对中国比较了解了啊。中国学生可选CUBA GATE, SOUTH AMERICA GATE等等。。。一个学校招70个中国MBA，那恐怕还是有一定难度的。

如果说8楼没有理解错，那么说MASS PRODUCTION就更不对了，DUKE一二年级学生加起来也就是800人左右，而大的商学院一个年级就有这么多人呢。

所以，更准确地说，是DUKE MBA里对中国感兴趣并愿意亲自来看看的人可能是所有商学院里最多的，哈哈