Upcoming Workshops on Faculty Development in International Business

As the leading business school educator in the area, GSU’s College of Business and Public Administration is providing a series of workshops for faculty at community colleges in the region.  The Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB) workshops are designed to instruct community college business faculty on how to bring international content into the classroom and expand their classroom knowledge and skills.  

Offered through our School of Extended Learning and sponsored by a US Department of Education grant, the FDIB workshops will be led by highly experienced CBPA faculty who are content experts on the presented topics.  The workshops will be held on Wednesday, June 10 through Thursday, June 11, 2015 from 9 am – 4 pm, and because of the education grant, are offer at a minimum cost to participants.   Upon successfully completing the two-day workshop, participants will receive a “Certificate of Completion.”

The two-day workshop features two modules.  FDIB’s Day 1 is on the Management in the Changing Global Environment and includes:  Understanding national culture; Global leadership and team management; Managing social responsibility in a global context; and Global human resource management.  On Day 2, entitled Global Financial Economics, participants will be presented with the following workshops: Finance and economics; International financial markets; Exchange rates; and International diversification.

Two of the workshop presenters are Dr. Stephen Wagner and Dr. Michael Williams.  As an Associate Professor of Management for the CBPA, Dr. Stephen Wagner received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Northern Illinois University. Dr. Michael Williams is an Assistant Professor of Finance at GSU and received his PhD in Finance (2012) from the University of Texas at San Antonio. 

You may register for the FDIB workshops through the Governors State University Continuing Education and School of Extended Learning registration page.  Please see our website for the complete details. 

We encourage you to explore our many degree, certificate and individual course offerings listed on our website.  Each college has stellar programs and world-class professors; all of which are focused on delivering academic excellence in a small-class setting.  Learn more about the rich history, cultural amenities and beautiful campus that contributes to making us one of the top colleges in Illinois.  

Excellent Preparation for the TOEFL® Test

Along with our many resources for English language learners, GSU also offers a TOEFL® test preparation course designed for students intending to take the TOEFL iBT® exam.  This course is offered through our School of Extended Learning and is open to anyone.  The TOEFL iBT® exam is used for admission into American colleges or universities and evaluates the four core language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

Our TOEFL® test preparation course will help you to score better on the exam by teaching key test-taking strategies and ways to improve your performance under time limits.  During the course, you have the opportunity to take a complete practice TOEFL iBT® test.  As part of the course offering, students have access to the TOEFL® Online Prep Course.   

According to the Educational Testing Service (ETS), a nonprofit organization and administrator of the TOEFL iBT® exam, over 9,000 colleges, agencies and other institutions in more than 130 countries accept TOEFL scores.  ETS explains that the “TOEFL test helps prove you have the English skills you will actually use in an academic classroom.  In the test, you may read a passage from a textbook and listen to a lecture and then speak or write in response, just like you would in a classroom.  Because the test is composed of 100% academic questions and tasks, many universities consider it the most appropriate test to use when making admissions decisions.” 

Once students have completed the course, they will be able to register for the next upcoming TOEFL iBT® exam.  Governors State University is an ETS Authorized TOEFL iBT® Test Center. ETS, the logo, TOEFL and TOEFL iBT® are registered trademarks of ETS.  While we currently are running a prep course, please see the School of Extended Learning’s website for details regarding the next Prep Course for the TOEFL® Test or contact us for upcoming courses.

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https://www.ets.org/toefl/

At GSU you will discover a highly diverse student body made up of individuals of all ages and backgrounds and courses that are taught by gifted professors.  At the School of Extended Learning we are dedicated to providing support and resources to all students, faculty, and the community to enhance individual growth and global understanding.

GSU’s School of Extended Learning: Off-Campus Locations

GSU’s School of Extended Learning is designed to meets the needs of life-long learners by providing a wide range of courses in a very flexible manner.  One of the ways we do this is through offering several off-campus locations throughout the greater Chicago area. 

One of our larger off-campus sites, GSU Naperville Education Center (NEC) in Naperville, IL, offers various graduate degree programs that includes a M.A. in Psychology and School Counseling, several Bachelor of Arts programs, Communications Workshops and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt courses.  Our Bachelor of Arts degree programs in criminal justice, psychology and interdisciplinary studies at the NEC are designed for students entering with an associate’s degree or 60 college credit hours.  Most of our B.A. programs will except up to 80 credits.

The Governors State University at South Suburban College and University Center is another of our off-campus sites located in Oak Forest, IL.   Currently Our College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Division of Communication Visual and Performing Arts, offers one credit hour undergraduate/graduate level special topic courses from the Communication program curriculum.  Please see our website for more information. 

In a partnership between Triton College in River Grove, IL and GSU, students may now earn a B.A. in Criminal Justice or in Communication from the College of Arts and Sciences.   The College of Health and Human Services also offers a Bachelor of Health Administration or Social Work.  Furthermore, a new Master of Arts in Criminal Justice cohort was started in Spring 2015 at the campus.  

The James R. Thompson Center in Chicago offers another convenient opportunity to pursue GSU’s exceptional graduate programs at an off-campus site.  Currently students can pursue their Master of Public Administration or a Master of Arts Political and Justice Studies.   These accredited programs are offered as evening classes and are adult focused coursed taught by industry leaders.  We also have special incentives for veterans.  Please see our website for details. 

In every college we have outstanding programs and world-class professors; all focused on delivering academic excellence in a small-class setting.  Academic excellence and innovation are natural partners. At Governors State University you’ll find an abundance of both.  We look forward to helping you achieve your educational and career goals.