《110-2 Program Event》2022 Local Students Orientation: We Welcome You

Written by Teresa Chan

On May 6th, IBMBA & GHRM MBA held an online orientation event for the upcoming local students in Fall 2022-2023. At the local students' orientation, alumni Justin (唐學智； IBMBA 105), the event's host, started the event by sharing how studying in the International Programs enables students to win a ticket to explore everything. 

It was such a pleasure to have Program Director Sher and Deputy Director Kim deliver the greeting speech. Director Sher mentioned that the International Programs provide various resources for students to utilise. Students from diverse studying backgrounds can have opportunities to transform themselves in his data analytics lab. Even a student who majored in English could be a data analyst afterwards. In addition, Deputy Director Kim mentioned that after three years in the International Programs, she’s glad to have met so many hardworking and sincere students. She will be teaching courses including International Marketing, Research Methodology, and Seminar in Business Management next semester. She looks forward to seeing new students in her courses.

Later on, Alumnus Patrick (劉家誠； IBMBA 105) introduced the IBMBA program. He pointed out that maintaining harmonious relationships with classmates is vital because they were the ones who helped him to get employed in two jobs. Some to-be students were curious about dual degree and exchange program applications; all alumni pointed out that getting as high a TOEFL or IELTS score as possible makes the application process smoother.

Alumna Amber (許亞庭； IBMBA 105) encouraged first-year students to network with others. For instance, she got an internship offer based on social connections, in the same way as Patrick mentioned that classmates in the International Programs have a special relationship with each other. As for suggestions for choosing the thesis advisor, she recommended we consider our thesis's aim and meet with some professors before deciding. Her extracurricular experience of being a member of the Student Association improved her organizational ability, that has also helped in her career.

Alumnus Felix Chen (陳柏村； IBMBA 106) found it fascinating to meet different people studying here and to listen to their exciting life experiences. To properly exercise the resources at NSYSU, he chose to have an exchange with a  university in Japan to strengthen his language skills. It sharpened his Japanese proficiency by studying lectures taught in Japanese. After graduating from IBMBA, he started his business, Der ZÖMAR, in 2019 and he shares, “Nothing is more important than courage to start a business.” 

Gary (袁子修； IBMBA 108) shared his experiences participating in the Hult Prize business competition. Studying at IBMBA sharpened his presentation skills. Moreover, his team got first place at Air Liquide Summer School. The cross-cultural communication ability and teamwork of group projects at IBMBA made him stand out during the event. He interned at Air Liquide Manager Office, which benefitted him to network with higher positions managers and learn from them. He encouraged students to achieve their limits by taking challenging courses. 

Our beloved alumni, Justin, Patrick, Amber, Felix, and Gary’s shared that students should experience contrasting things to broaden their horizons. All in all, the time of being a student is a precious period of trial and error. we shoudl aim to try as many things as we can and learn lessons whether these trials are successful or not.