Program Highlights

Program Highlights

At 4:00 - 5:30 pm on November 22 2003, SJTU-USC MBA Alumni Association was launched with 98 members currently registered. The First Alumni Committee was elected at the launching.
On the morning of August 10, 2003, the Graduation Ceremony for Cohort 2 of SJTU-USC MBA Program was held at Rm 102 Hao Ran Hi-tech Building, SJTU Xuhui Campus, at which the Vice President of SJTU Wenjiang Ding handed over the Completion Certifite to the graduands and the Vice Chancellor of USC Robert Elliot also expressed his congratulations to them. Also present at the ceremony were: Mr Zijian Zhang, Commissioner of Queensland Trade & Investment Office - China and other educational representatives, Dr Deborah Ralston, Dean of Faculty of Business, USC, Prof. Haixing Yang, Dean of Adult Education School, SJTU, Dr Meredith Lawley, Director of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Business, USC, Prof. Luxi Liu, Deputy Dean of Adult Education School, SJTU and others.
From April 19 to 26, 2003, 13 graduands of cohort 2 had a graduation tour to Australia. The USC Graduation Ceremony was held at the Innovation Center Sunshine Coast on campus at the night of April 24, with the grandness of which they were conferred the testamur for MBA degree.
On March 22 2003, the appraisal of Excellent Student Cadres and Excellent Students was announced for SJTU-USC ABAPDC Cohort 3. 11 students were awarded the prize with Certificate of Honor.
At 6:30 - 8:30 pm on November 17 2002, three student representatives from three cohorts were invited by the Faculty of Business, the University of the Sunshine Coast, to attend the dinner party "Friends of Queensland" hosted by the Queensland Education Delegation at Peace Hotel.
On May 11 2002, the appraisal of Excellent Student Cadres and Excellent Students was announced for SJTU-USC ABAPDC Cohort 2. 12 students were awarded the prize with Certificate of Honor.From April 14 to 24, 2002, 14 graduands of cohort 1 had a graduation tour to Australia. The USC Graduation Ceremony was held at the Innovation Center Sunshine Coast on campus at the night of April 19, with the grandness of which they were conferred the testamur for MBA degree.(see their itinerary)

On the morning of April 14, 2002, the Graduation Ceremony for Cohort 1 of SJTU-USC MBA Program was held at Huating Hotels & Towers, Shanghai, at which the Vice President of SJTU Quyuan Ye handed over the Completion Certifite to the graduands and the Vice Chancellor of USC Paul Clark also expressed his congratulations to them. Also present at the ceremony were: Mr Paul Braddy, Chairman of Queensland Education & Training Export Board, Mr Scott Sheppard, Director of Queensland Education & Training International, Mr Zijian Zhang, Commissioner of Queensland Trade & Investment Office - China and other educational representatives, Dr Deborah Ralston, Dean of Faculty of Business, USC, and Prof. Haixing Yang, Dean of Adult Education School, SJTU.

During about one month from November 12 to December 16, 2001, seven students of Cohort 1 studied the last two courses of Research Methods for Managers and Strategic Management on campus at USC.

On September 13 and 14, 2001, the two parties of our joint program, at the presence of the third party, held another talk at SJTU on checking the fullfilment of the tasks put forward at the Annual Conference, scheduling the students' study tour to USC for the last two courses, changing the large-size class into the small one, and setting the number of students to be enrolled for cohort 3.

On July 24 and 25 2001, Professor Haixing Yang, Dean of Adult Education School, and Ms. Yuanchao Zhu, Director of the School's International Education Project Office, attended Shanghai Workshop of International Collaborative Education organized by Shanghai Education Commission at China Accounting College, in which Ms. Zhu made a keynote speech entitled "Practice and Reflection: International Collaborative Distance Education". SJTU-USC ABAPDC was the only non-degree international collaborative education project presented among the five keynote speeches.

From June 12 to 21 2001, Professor Quyuan Ye, Vice President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Professor Haixing Yang, Dean of the University's Adult Education School, Ms. Yuanchao Zhu, Director of the School's International Education Project Office, and Ms. Xiaowei Wang, Project Assistant of the Office, attended, at the company of the representative from ACEC, SJTU-USC ABAPDC Annual Meeting held at USC. The two parties had thorough discussions on improving the operation and teaching in the ABAPDC program. At the same time, the SJTU delegation also visited Sydney University, Canberra University and Bond University and talked with these universities' representatives about the possibility of doing combined education projects.

On May 12 2001, the appraisal of Excellent Student Cadres and Excellent Students was announced for SJTU-USC ABAPDC Cohort 1. They were awarded the prize with Certificate of Honor.

Award Type

Award Class

Award Number

Award Forms

Percentage

Prize (RMB)

Certificate

Excellent Student Cadre

First

1

1000.00

Certificate of Honor

5 ％

Second

2

500.00

Excellent Student

First

1

1000.00

Certificate of Honor

15 ％

Second

2

500.00

Third

6

200.00

From February to May 2001, Ms Su Tang of Cohort 1 published a series of papers in 《世界经理人文摘（Chief Executive China）》（ISSN 1022-7784）：“分拆上市的战略管理”（February Issue, pp 30-33），“别让沉没成本误导决策”（March Issue, pp 48-50），“高成长中的财务稳健”（April Issue, pp 46-48），“建立投资退出战略”（May Issue, pp 42-44）.

The second cohort of 78 students enrolled from more than 250 applicants commences from March 3 2001, with the first two courses offered - Corporate Finance and Managing Organizational Behavior.

On July 14 2000, Professor Andrew Hede, Dean of USC's Faculty of Business, Chinese co-lecturers and project supervisors had a heated discussion with Cohort 1 students on improving teaching methods, administration and assessment for more than 3 hours. Many ideas and suggestions were brought forth and all the parties involved were more full of hope and more confident that SJTU-USC ABAPDC program would be one of the best of the same kind

On March 24 2000, the Australian Delegation of Queensland Universities led by the State's Education Minister paid a friendly visit to Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The delegates visited the Distance Education Center of Adult Education School, SJTU. And the Education Minister met with ABAPDC students and showed his positive attitude and supporttowards the joint program. Via synchronous video conferencing, Professor Weiping Shen, Vice President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Professor Haixing Yang, Dean of SJTU's Adult Education School, the Mayor of Maroochydore, Professor Paul Thomas, Vice Chancellor of University of the Sunshine Coast, and Mr. Haishan Jiang, Director of International Exchange Department of Shanghai Education Commission all gave their speeches showing care and support and were sure that modern distance education can enhance the academic exchanges between the two countries. Also present are Professor Andrew Hede, Dean of Faculty of Business, and some professors in supervision of the joint MBA program from USC.

The first cohort of 60 students commenced from March 11 2000, with the first two courses offered - Managing Organizational Behavior and Information System for Managers.