2009 Programs And Events
Students Attend Digital Conference on Business Degree Programs (05/28/2009)
About 60 students came to the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent to speak with the director of a business school about studying for a Master of Business Administration degree at an American university.
The conference May 28 linked the students by video with Howard Ling, the director of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke. Through the video cameras, the students in Tashkent were able to speak with Ling about areas of study within MBA programs, the types of careers such a degree leads toward and the possibilities for scholarships and other types of financial aid.
The digital video conference (DVC) was organized by the Educational Advising Center (EAC) at the Embassy, which provides a wide range of resources to students in Uzbekistan who are considering studying in the United States. The director of the EAC said she plans to hold more DVCs about various topics of higher education in the coming months.
“It was really helpful for the students,” she said, as they were able to speak directly with an expert on MBA programs and ask him whatever questions they wanted.
Ling, who also teaches courses on marketing and runs his own business, spoke about the specific coursework involved in MBA programs, the importance of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and Graduate Management Admission Tests (GMAT) scores in the admissions process, and gave advice on finding the best scholarships.
During the conference, students were provided other information about MBA programs and directed to websites about business schools and the GMAT.
Colleges and universities in the U.S. have been actively recruiting students from Central Asia (see article about recruiting efforts here). The EAC’s Education Advisor said students who score 100 or higher on the TOEFL have a good chance of receiving scholarships and other financial aid for study at institutes of higher education in the United States. The services of the EAC, which are free and open to the public, include help locating financial aid.