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Letters Foreign Passport I read with interest Viktoria Kish's article "Passports to Education" in your January issue. It details differing approaches to internationalizing cur- riculum through overseas experiences. One option presented was matching students with international companies so they can work on a business con- sulting project with that firm. I would like to note that develop- ing a relationship with a university outside the U.S. can help American schools develop such consulting proj- ects. At Ohio University, we are cur- rently working with universities or business schools in Brazil, China, Greece, Hungary, Italy, South Africa, and Spain for this coming summer. A total of 130 undergraduate stu- dents and 90 graduate students from our school will work in consulting teams with students from these part- nering institutions as they do projects for firms in these countries. Involving strong local partners in France, Germany, the educational process benefits our College of Business in two ways. First, the learning process for our own students is enhanced as they work with international students to work of global companies in a very cost-effective way. For both our school and our host institutions, such partnerships are win/win situations. We strongly believe in the benefits get a task done. Second, our host institutions connect us with a net- of in-context learning opportunities for our students, and it's heartening to learn that we are not alone. John L. Keifer, JD, MBA Director Center for International Business Education and Development College of Business Ohio University Athens, Ohio Building Business LeadersSince 1931 1,200 undergraduate business majors and 445 MBA and MS-TIM students All undergraduate and MBA students participate in a capstone team experience to perform actual company strategic assessments MBA integrated core built around the theme "Creating Value Through Strategic Leadership" All MBA students develop a "personal commitment plan" that targets areas for leadership improvement AllMBA students may be individually coached by Tampa Bay business leaders State-of-the-art building including a financial trading center with Bloomberg Professional™ real-time data services The University of Tampa John H. Sykes College of Business 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33606 (813) 258-7388 Web site: www.ut.edu 6 BizEd MAY/JUNE 2003