Other International Opportunities

PROJECT PYRAMID

In 2007, Owen students launched Project Pyramid, a Vanderbilt University-wide initiative housed at Owen. The mission of the project is to help alleviate global poverty, and includes a joint seven-week course between Owen and The Vanderbilt Divinity School (in collaboration with the Cal Turner Center for Moral Leadership) culminating in an international trip. Past trips have included India, Bangladesh and Guatemala. On the trip to India, students worked in teams to understand the impact of micro-finance, micro-equity and other ways that different agencies and institutions are empowering those at the Bottom of the Pyramid in India.

CHINA

This course focuses on issues of business, management, culture, and political economy related to The Republic of China. Students work in groups to: (a) identify a management issue or research question to be addressed, (b) propose a methodology, (c) follow through with the proposed analysis, and, (d) present findings. Students participate in a field research trip to the region studied.