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Business Networks | March, 2007 | Volume 5, Issue 3
International Business Honor Society enters new phase. Since its founding in the College of Business Administration, the International Business Honor Society (IBHS)—the first honor society for international business in the United States—has had the vision to be the leading honor society in the world for motivated and globally-focused students with an interest in international business.
Recently, the college’s IBHS was designated as the national, or model chapter, empowered to charter other IBHS chapters worldwide. To date, chapters have received charters at universities in Thailand, Monaco, New Jersey, and New York. Most recently, St. Mary’s University, in San Antonio, Texas, was chartered, and a number of others are in the works. “Once we charter the group, they draft a constitution and by-laws using a template we provide, and then we give them final approval,” said Mark Elbadramany (BBA ’06), founding member of the IBHS and past president of the college’s chapter. IBHS chapters from around the world will work together globally. A signature feature of the college’s IBHS is the Global Leadership and Service Project (GLSP), which takes future business leaders to other countries to engage in a community service project. The third GLSP to Thailand occurs this month, and it will bring students from the college, as well as a scholarship winner from Auburn University, to Bangkok, where they will work at Children’s Creativity Foundation (CCF), a community pre-school, and at a Bangkok center for mentally challenged children. The students will accomplish the work in collaboration with service clubs from Thai universities, primarily from Chandrakasem Rajabaht University. “Our goal is to establish a GLSP within every collegiate chapter internationally, and then to use the GLSPs to foster collaboration and participation among chapters on a global scale,” Elbadramany said. The evolution continues: IBHS to become not-for-profit. The society currently is in the process of becoming established as a not-for-profit called IBHS, Inc. Elbadramany will serve as its executive director and, once it has been incorporated, IBHS’s chartering activities will shift to the new entity. “In anticipation of the change, we’ve fine-tuned our web site and set out roles and responsibilities,” he said. “Once we are officially a not-for-profit, we’ll launch a full-blown marketing effort as we work to create a global network of students interested in international business, to help them with business plans, and to provide them a venue for participating in global projects.” “The IBHS promotes and facilitates global leadership, economic development, and corporate social responsibility, allowing students the opportunity to create cross-border projects and initiatives,” said Robert Hogner, IBHS faculty advisor and associate professor of management and international business. “Its members are required to perform service to the community and to sign a lifetime ethics commitment.” Blog this. |
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