International affairs

GLI and GCSCI Hefei & Columbus Cultural Exchange Night!

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Welcome back to campus everyone! Last semester, the Global Leadership Initiative (GLI) and Greater Columbus Sister Cities International (GCSCI) were able to collaborate for a cultural exchange event that celebrated the sister city relationship between Columbus, Ohio and Hefei, China.

We will be having 5 more of these events this semester to celebrate the sister city relationships with Curitiba, Ahmedabad, Accra, Herzliya, and Seville! Be on the lookout with more information regarding these events soon.

Below are photos from the Hefei event.

Sincerely,

Global Leadership Initiative 2015-2016

 

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Week 6: GLI Monthly Dinner

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GLI Monthly Dinner

September 28th, 2015
Location: Faculty Club
Guest Speakers: 

  • Dr. William Brustein, Vice Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs
  • Mr. Tim Sword, President of Greater Columbus Sister Cities International
  • Mr. Chris Stellato, President of The Columbus School of Chinese and Sino-American Business Consulting, and Committee Chair for Hefei and Tainan City
  • Ms. Gabi Vandermark, Founder and CEO of Rottie Consulting LLC, and Committee Chair for Curitiba, Brazil
  • Mr. Archit Dhir, Project Manager of Global Trade and Investment for Columbus 2020

Week 6: For GLI’s first monthly dinner of the 2015-2016 school year, we had the pleasure of hosting 5 distinguished guests to share their experiences and expertise to our cohort members. Dr. William Brustein opened up the night by giving a personal remark to everyone. His message to our members regarding their involvement in GLI was simple, “You are doing great things and don’t forget to get that out.”

The night continued on as everyone enjoyed dinner, and our members had the opportunity to interact and network with the guests. The valuable experiences and information that each guest provided really spoke to our members, and we are excited for the things to come this year!

Below are more photos of the dinner:

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Dr. William Brustein giving his remark.

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Tim Sword giving advice to our cohort members.

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The 2015-2016 GLI Cohort sharing their stories to the guests.