The Eastern Michigan University College of Business has
signed an agreement with Kangwon National University (KNU)
in Korea to enroll more graduate students at EMU. This
is the second agreement that the college has signed with
a Korean university and the first U.S. joint program for
KNU.
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GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT: (above, from left)
Don
Loppnow, Eastern Michigan University's executive
vice president and provost, shakes hands with
Seung-Ho
Kim, vice president from Kangwon National
University
in Korea. The two signed an agreement
Aug. 10 in
which Kangwan will enroll more graduate
students
at EMU to pursue
their MBA or a master's
degree in science information
systems. |
"Kangwon National University is initially interested in
providing opportunities for their undergraduates to pursue
an MBA or a master of science in information systems in
the U.S.," Mielke said. "Our discussions also included
three additional possibilities for their undergraduates,
a two-plus-two, three-plus-one and a visiting student option.
The first two provide for two or three years of study at
KNU and then a transfer to EMU to complete our undergraduate
business degree."
The agreement provides additional potential as the partners
discussed the possibility of a program designed for Korean
business managers.
"KNU has excellent connections in the business community
and expressed an interest in developing an educational
program here for them. This would provide additional opportunities
for economic partnerships with local companies," Mielke
said.
Kangwon National University is a public university with
campuses in Samcheok and Chuncheon. It has about 15,000
students and offers both undergraduate and graduate degree
programs.
The connection between the two universities developed
as a result of a summer English as a Second Languages (ESOL)
program offered by EMU. Five KNU students enrolled in that program,
which eventually led to the agreement.
The first 10 graduate students from KNU are expected
to enroll at EMU in fall 2008.
