University Daily Kansan / Friday, March 4, 1988
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Interns link China to Kansas
Students seek economic ties by studying country's businesses
By Dayana Yochim Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
A new internship program at the University of Kansas might help establish opportunities for more trade between Kansas and Chinese businesses.
Clyde Stoltenberg, associate professor of business and campus coordinator of the program, said that since August, two student interns have been making contacts and establishing a presence for Kansas businesses in the Henan Province in the People's Republic of China.
The students, David McClure, a graduate student in Chinese, and Tim Cook, who earned a bachelor's degree in East Asian history from KU last summer, will be in Henan taking classes at Zhengzhou University and visiting Chinese businesses until the end of May.
The students are researching Chinese businesses to determine how they operate and how Kansas companies could establish economic ties
with them.
As part of the student exchange, two Chinese students are studying at KU but are not involved in commercial activities, Stoltenberg said.
Can we re-recruit us? "I hope over time, we can get them to send people from their foreign trade offices to link up with Kansas businesses," Stoltenberg said. "Now, our primary goal is to establish a permanent presence in the province."
Stolttenberg said that the KU interns reported regularly to the Department of Commerce in Topeka, which then relayed the messages to Kansas businesses.
"They are helping to advance the interests of particular companies by making arrangements for them and providing information about ethnic background that may be useful." Stoltenberg said.
He said that he hoped Kansas and the province could exchange delegations of educators, businesses and governments in the future.
John Tollefson, dean of business, said that this was the first time the program had been offered and that it was unique in terms of the partnership with Henan.
"We view this program as a model and hope to extend our ties to other countries." Tolleison said.
Tollefson said that the program originated in the Legislative Educational Planning Committee and was open to any Regents school in Kansas.
BUSINESS:
Because of the success of the program, Gov. Mike Hayden's budget includes funding for next year's program, said State Rep. Denise Apre, R-Iola.
The internship program is sponsored by the committee, the Department of Commerce and the School of Business.
The program has been allotted $25,000 to cover expenses for two student interns living in Henan, Apt said.
TACHA NAMED TO POST: Deanell Tacha, a former KU vice chancellor for academic affairs, has been selected president of the University of Kansas Alumni Association's board of directors.
Tacha, who is a judge in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, will become president of the board on July 1.
Briefs
BOMB SCARE: Employees of K-Mart, 3106 Iowa, were evacuated about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday after a bomb threat was received on the telephone, Lawrence police reported.
The caller said that a bomb was in the building and that it was about to explode. After the time period specified by the caller had expired, customers and employees were allowed to return to the building.
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