The University of Hawaii in the beautiful Manoa Valley in Honolulu has taken its Shidler College of Business to the next level...or rather hemisphere. The Japanese MBA students spend the last semester of their two years of study in Japan and prepare to do so by taking intense Japanese language courses. The Chinese MBA students split the deal half and half, spending a year in Hawaii and a year in China. However, the Vietnamese MBA students have taken the study abroad to the next level and actually have the professors fly to Vietnam and teach the entire Masters degree courses in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City.
So, in short, I can complete my entire Masters of Business degree that has an Asia-Pacific focus, in the actual region that I am so keen to learn about and possibly do future business in. Not only is this a wonderful opportunity to have a US-level graduate degree without the limitation of staying in the USA, it is a fantastic move on the part of the University of Hawaii to get good students. My classmates are marked by their intuitiveness to see opportunities as they arise and grab them. Most of these students have gotten into their careers and hold high level managerial positions at well-known companies like Microsoft and Nike, it can be difficult to leave those jobs for two years to study abroad. This way, Shidler College of Business gets top quality students in their Vietnamese Executive MBA program and these students continue to work in these top positions.
As for me, I sit in the middle and get the added benefit of incredibly knowledgeable professors, who are constantly improving in their respective fields with more regular trips to Asia, and the chance to absorb and learn from the actual experiences of my classmates. Graduation date is July 10, 2010. Graduation party theme will definitely be Hawai'ian, so bring your Aloha shirts.
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