Global Business Center News 

Brigham Young University teams captured top Chinese and Spanish honors at the 2012 Business Language Case Competition, the only business language competition of its kind in the nation.

In an effort to attract, develop and place more men and women in the international business landscape, the Marriott School of Management has joined with the Brigham Young University College of Humanities to announce the global business and literacy minor beginning Fall Semester 2012.

Can a girl have too many clothes? Cecilia Yiu thinks so and won first place in the global category sponsored by the Whitmore Global Management Center at the 2012 Brigham Young University Business Plan Competition with a consignment store model.

Solving global problems might seem daunting, but the Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance is stepping up to the challenge by providing a way to help experts create breakthroughs in specific fields.

Sixty Brigham Young University students received Global Management Certificates from the Kay and Yvonne Whitmore Global Management Center/CIBER at a banquet in their honor, joining a group of more than 500 others who have also earned this credential.

The Kay and Yvonne Whitmore Global Management Center at Brigham Young University announced 10 first-year MBA candidates as Eccles Scholars and awarded each recipient $9,000 to aid with schooling costs, international projects, and global career exploration.

Since 1977 the Brigham Young University Management Society has made an impact throughout the world by promoting moral and ethical leadership. This winter that impact grew to include another branch in Asia. Lee Radebaugh, director of the Whitmore Global Management Center/BYU CIBER, traveled to Singapore to help establish the nation's first chapter.

Students from Utah high schools along the Wasatch Front tested their language and business skills in the third annual High School Language Competition hosted by the Whitmore Global Management Center/BYU CIBER and the Center for the Study of Europe at Brigham Young University.

A Brigham Young University student business may have created the perfect solution for those who are always searching in vain for a parking spot. At the second-annual International Business Model Competition, XoomPark won the grand prize of $12,000 cash for its idea of a parking reservation website. XoomPark bested five other teams at the competition, sponsored by the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.

Competing against nine other teams, Indiana University took top honors at BYU's fifth Business Language Case Competition. This year the event, held Nov. 11, challenged students to apply their Spanish skills to critical business decisions.

Although the Earth isn't expanding, the opportunities for students to explore it are growing with the announcement of two new international exchange programs through the Whitmore Global Management Center at Brigham Young University.

Reading headlines about the Greek debt crisis is one way to stay informed about current events. But for 28 Brigham Young University students, talking directly to a chief officer at the second largest bank in Greece seemed a lot more intriguing.

Business savvy, a passion for international travel and excellent presentation skills set seven Marriott School of Management students apart and earned them the title of the Whitmore Global Management Center's first Global Ambassadors.

Seven teams of students from Utah high schools put their marketing and Spanish skills to the test as they competed in the second High School Business Language Competition. The event, sponsored by the Whitmore Global Management Center/BYU CIBER, the Center for the Study of Europe and Nu Skin Enterprises, was held at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management on April 29.

A team of MBA students are putting the age-old maxim of teaching a man to fish to the real-world test. Social venture Tilapiana won first place for its fish-farming franchise model in the global category of the 2011 Brigham Young University Business Plan Competition.

The Kay and Yvonne Whitmore Global Management Center at Brigham Young University recently named five first-year MBA students as Eccles Scholars and awarded each $10,000 toward tuition and travel — encouraging the world to be their campus.

Years of practice and precision in a foreign language are paying off for two Marriott School students who recently received a combined $20,000 in tuition and stipends from the U.S. Department of Education.

If presenting a business plan to company management isn't stressful enough, try doing it in another language. But teams kept their cool at the Business Language Case Competition held Nov. 13 at Brigham Young University. The nation's only competition to combine business with linguistics attracted 22 teams from 16 universities across the country.

For the first time ever, five tribal colleges from Native American reservations across Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas joined BYU and 28 other institutions at the Rocky Mountain CIBER Conference. Co-sponsored by BYU CIBER and dedicated to discussing the best practices in teaching international business, the event was held Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at Montana State University–Billings.

Study abroads, internships and field studies — oh my! From Ghana to Greece, Mexico to Mongolia, India to Italy, and Brussels to Brazil, students explored more than twenty international business opportunities showcased at the first-ever International Study Fair held 15 September in the Tanner Building atrium.