Voris Outlines Future

«oeoooooo< ckis'H American Graduate Sdiool of International Management VoM2No30 October 6,1981 4 Pages sooo Perennial Questions— Timely Answers VORIS OUTLINES FUTURE By more adaptable and have much more growing competition, however, because VORIS: I think it's going very well I Bart Bun ten empathy toward another culture The the kind of student we turn out is the like the way it's organized The funds, and rule of thumb is thai our people kind of executive everybody's talking well, we'll see I have confidence that Bill Kennedy sometimes do not do as well in the about, one who knows other languages we will achieve our goals Chase Manhattan Bank training pro and who is empathetic toward other DAS TOR: What are the prospects of Last week DASTOR reporters Barb gram as somebody from Harvard or cultures What our graduates have is a joint degree program with Arizona Bunlen and Bill Kennedy interviewed Columbia, but when they get up into what they want. State University, and what has to be in President Bill Voris concerning a varie their job in Caracas or Cairo, they take itialed for this to occur? We're sort of the forerunner of VORIS It's been talked about, but it ty ol relevant issues The following are off while the other guy is struggling to management education, and other excerpts from that interview understand the culture. has just never been brought about We business schools are going to do it have been reluctant in the past because DAS TOR: In light of the fact that a DAS TOR: Which institutions are we 4)AS TOR. With the increased com the University of Arizona made it very- M.I.M. degree costs approximately basically in competition with? petition, then, do you see any changes clear in the beginning that they want to $10.000. and considering that many VORIS: Well, we don't have any that AGSI.M will'militate iri the cur be exclusive < I' of A has a cooperative M.I.M. holders are placed in direct major competition. riculum? program with AGSI.M i. and in our undergraduate training program s, VORIS. We're always doing that- origin*! dgrecrneni it was said that it what's the advantage of getting an There is a Master of International changing with the times. We're now would be a unique arrangement and not M.I.M. degree versus an Business at the University of South looking at courses in agribusiness-this be duplicated undergraduate degree in Business? Carolina, and they have about 100 is the big deal now. We're also looking D.AS TOR: What construction pro VORIS: Of course, one is the educa students, but they're primarily from at a health management sequence posals or projects are currently under tion itself, and to get a good education South Carolina. Quite a few other col where someone can get an M.I.M. and way or have been approved? ___ internationally. The main thing is that leges and universities have interna go to work in hospitals across the world. VORIS: The next building will be a~ we turn out citizens of the world, either tional business courses, but there is no \ faculty building, and will complete the other really serious direct competition DAS TOR: Do you see the changes in I mall We'll tear down the present conn abroad or domestically. the curriculum, taking out the "baby" I think we add a dimension of ex ing tower We're going to try to Now, we're in competition with other courses, for example, affecting the : duplicate the tower part in the new perience that is valuable to the elite graduate schools of business to get marketability of AGSI.M graduates? graduate for the rest of his life. building, and the center of the new- jobs The recruiters that come here also VORIS: N'o. it will just make them faculty building will tte the old conning The other is that the consensus recruit at Wharton. Harvard. Berkeley better prepareJ among the companies and Ihe alumni is tower and Stanford, bul. luckily, they come W/I1 h«- concentrating on .-.mailer 1 < Her the next lu years, we're thinking that our graduates do very well and bet- here looking for our people for another d.is>«"> ;iml more in-dcpth classes, what -.._-.. , att o> ««fc-u»«-o. tfco-d. i»** i- -.- Tmww oi adding a^new student union, where business schools-vrhcn tftcy get* Into' pet rid of tnosc introductory courses foreign environment. They are much They come here because of our uni somehow or another, whether it be that que language program. It may be a and with a dining hall in it. Of course. you have to get them before you get we could use 10 more dormalories here, or you have to make them up on We're interested in getting a private your own. Eventually, we will just not developer interested to work with us to offer them gel an apartment house complex across DAS TOR: Last year. Or Robert the street That would be for married Horn of external affairs drew up a five students and for married students with year plan which projected the amount children, possibly. A new auditorium is of donations to be expected from cor way on the back burner because there porations, alumni, etc How close have are just so many things that have more we come to the expectations of that urgency plan? See Future on Page 3 HELP Semester in DAS TOR needs writers and reporters. If you have a desire to help out AGSIM's weekly newspaper, or if Japan you just like to write for the sake of writing, then come to the general Application for the exchange pro meeting on October 8 at the Pub. The gram with IIST. Japan, will be ac meeting will start at 3 pm and will last cepted by the Japanese section until of the about 4 pm. The purpose is to get Language Department from October 1. Bovs of the Ixwgh: Tisc Richardson, Aly Bain, Dave Richardson, and acquainted with the staff and throw to October 16.1981 CatbalMcCoouell. around some ideas for upcoming edi tions. Bring your imagination and en The exchange program will be given thusiasm and we'll all have a good at the Institute for International Studies Rock Around The Lough time. and Training located at the foot of Mt. Fuji in the spring semester of 1982 A NIGHT OUT WITH THE BOYS (February-May, 1982. > The program is open to all qualified ByRobMeador wide variety of musical styles in his travels. students, but preference will be given to Dave Richardson plays a number of instruments: man the students currently taking Japanese Traditional Irish and Scottish music has played an impor dolin, tenor banjo, cittern, and concertina. He grew up in or those with a proficiency level tant part in the evolution of American folk music. On Thurs Northumberland, where be was immersed in the local Nor equivalent to the intermediate level or day October 8. at 8 pm. AGSIM students will have the op thumberland and Tyneside musk. higher offered at AGSIM. Participants portunity to bear and enjoy one of the most highly touted and Ticii Richardson, brother to Dave Richardson, plays the of the exchange program can take a renowned groups in traditional music, the Boys of the Lough. guitar, a relatively new addition to traditional music. He first package of courses at IIST equivalent For ten years, the Boys of the Lough have been playing and appeared on an album at the age of sixteen. to one semester's load at AGSIM for the recording their blend of traditional music from Scotland, The Boys of the Lough have recorded numerous albums, MIM degree. Ireland. Shetland, and Northumberland The four musicians and have recently appeared at the Edinburgh International play a variety of instruments, including flute, fiddle, man Festival in Scotland, the Belfast Festival in Northern The exchange program dolin, cittern, penny whistle, tenor banjo, concertina, and Ireland, and the St. Laurei t Festival in France. In the is subsidized guitar. Their music includes ballads, reels, jigs, and other in by IIST with free tuition, housing, and a United States they have toured many college campuses and trip strumental and vocal works from their various backgrounds. music halls including Harvard University. Carnegie Music to the Kansai Area toward the end Cathal McConnell is considered to be one of the best flute of the program. AGSIM charges a Hall in Pittsburgh, and Cornell University, small registration and and whistle players in Ireland. He comes from County Fer In addition to their extensive touring, the Boys of the Lough administration managh, and was playing the whistle * similar to a flute, but participate in various educational programs, workshops, and fee (estimated$250). with no keys) since be was eleven years old. At the age of seminars. Typically, their programs emphasize instrumen eighteen, lie became the all-Ireland champion on both in tal technique, or the history of the British Isles music and its struments. Students who are interested in the impact on American music. program, please contact: Prof. A. Aly Bain comes from the Shetland Islands, where he learn The concert will be given in the Quad, followed by Irish ed to play the fiddle at an early age. His musical influence is Chang, or Prof. A. Kumayama of the Night at the pub. Don't miss the chance to experience Celtic Language largely from this area, although he has been exposed to a tradition with this excellent group of musicians.

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