Poole College Dean Ira Weiss Elected President of IPBS
Dr. Ira R. Weiss, dean of the North Carolina State University Poole College of Management in Raleigh, N.C., was elected president of the International Partnership of Business Schools (IPBS) during its fall 2011 meeting held at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICADE, Madrid, Spain. Poole College joined IPBS in 2009.
Also elected to leadership roles were Dr. Ottmar Schneck, dean of the European School of Business (ESB) at Reutlingen University, Germany, vice president; Dr. Maurizo Luigi Baussola, dean of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, in Piacenza, Italy, treasurer; and Dr. Francois Bonvalet, director, Reims Management School, Reims, France, secretary.
“I commend both the vision and the work of those who have led IPBS since it was established in the mid-1970’s under the name of the European Partnership of Business Schools,” Weiss said, adding that the organization adopted its current name in 1994, when U.S. and Mexican schools joined.
“IPBS has created a great collaborative model that is providing students from all our partner schools unparalleled opportunities for dual degrees, language and cultural mastery, and global internship experiences,” he said. “I look forward to serving with the leadership team as we expand the IPBS network into South America, Asia, Eastern Europe and beyond.”
That growth – including expanding the network to include 10 to 15 additional universities, particularly in Brazil, China, India, as well as Russia and the U.S.A. – was among the topics discussed by the deans and program directors at their fall meeting. Potential new partners, one from Russia and one from the U.S.A., attended the recent meeting. Additional potential partners will be invited to IPBS’s next meeting in March 2012, to be held in Reims, France.
“By expanding the number of countries represented through the IPBS, we are each offering our students new opportunities to see first-hand how changes in the global economy are impacting countries and commerce. This kind of experience is vital for our students who will be working in an increasingly global marketplace,” Weiss said.
About IPBS
The International Partnership of Business Schools (IPBS) is a consortium of leading business schools, working together to develop a lifelong cross-cultural international community of business and management students, alumni, professors, and staff, by sharing and increasing their professional knowledge, skills and understanding through international exchange programmes. IPBS currently includes nine business schools in Europe, the U.S.A. and Mexico, and is developing new partnerships with business schools in other regions of the world.
Current IPBS partner schools are: Dublin City University, The Business School, Dublin, Ireland; Reutlingen University, European School of Business (ESB), Germany; Lancaster University, The Management School, Lancaster, U.K.; North Carolina State University Poole College of Management, Raleigh, N.C., U.S.A.; Northeastern University College of Business Administration, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; CESEM Reims Management School, Reims, France; Universidad de Las Americas Puebla Escuela de Negocios, Mexico; Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICADE, Madrid, Spain; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy.
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