April has much to offer!
Aside from weekly lunches at HIS Columbia, don’t miss:
- April 18, Global Leadership Forum with Dr. Kwok of the USC International Business program.
He’ll be discussing:
Recent Economic Crisis, Job Prospect, and Lessons Learned
Over the last four years, the financial tsunami has led many jobs lost and families’ suffering. It started from the United States and spread around the world. What are the causes of such crisis? Is the economic crisis over? How does it affect the job prospect of university graduates? What are some of the life lessons we can learn from such crisis?
At UNC Charlotte
- Also on the 18th a Global Leadership Forum w/ John Rhineman: President Rhineman and Company: Computer recycle Company with strong China ties.
Upcoming GLF Events
Charlotte
Global Leadership Forum with lunch, speaker – Investment Banker, Matt Kuruvilla, on Thursday,2/23/12, 12 – 1:30 pm at the Student Union, 340 CF, Register your attendance by email to HISInternationalCharlotte@gmail.com.
For more information see our brochure here.
Columbia
Finding Success in an International Company
Beyond the specific job skills that you studied long and hard to acquire, what are the skills and values that will ensure growth and
promotions in an international company?
Join us for lunch on Wednesday, February 29 to here John Myers speak on succeeding in an international company.
John is a retired manager from the paper industry. He spent 30 years with Union Camp Corporation and later International Paper Company. He has served in various roles, including Engineering group leader, Information Technology department manager, and Finishing/Shipping manager.
His last assignment was at the Eastover, South Carolina Paper mill where he served 8 years as the Controller and General Services manager, responsible for Accounting, Purchasing, IT, Quality Control and Finishing/Shipping. John received his bachelor of science degree in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech and has a master of science degree in Industrial Management from the University of Arkansas.
Space is limited, so sign up early at his@hisinternational.org.
Global Leadership Forum, this Saturday, January 21 at 6PM in the Capital Senor Center.
Happy New Year
Today, January 12, was our first lunch of the semester here in Columbia. It was great to see many of our old friends and make some new friends. We hope to see you for lunch between 12 and 1:30 every Thursday this semester.
Also, please make a note of our upcoming Leadership Forum on Saturday, January 21 @ 6PM. More information will be posted here soon.
Holiday Events update.
All of the “This Man Called Jesus” presentations sponsored by the various Columbia Area Ministries are full except the one by Shandon on Dec. 18th has 8 openings and we’ll have a sign up for that at tomorrow’s lunch.
John’s Conversation class on Mondays at 6:00 and Wal-mart trips at 7:00 will continue through the holidays but Kathy’s Thurs. class and Stephanie’s Sat. class will conclude this week.
Upcoming Christmas Events
1. DRAMA PRESENTATION: THIS MAN CALLED JESUS: This Friday, Dec. 2nd. Meet at IFM’s office building (610 Pickens St.) by 6:00 PM. [Be certain to eat your supper before coming, since we will not stop to buy a meal.] The drama will go from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Return back to IFM around 10:15 PM. Limit: 14 people. Transportation Provided. Email John Wenzel at info@ifmusa.org to sign up.
2. DRAMA PRESENTATION: THIS MAN CALLED JESUS:Sunday, Dec. 11th. Meet at the IFM office building (610 Pickens St.) by Noon. [Be certain to eat your lunch before coming, but be on time!] You will see the drama, and then go to an American home to eat a free supper after the drama. Finally, you will travel around some neighborhoods to see the pretty Christmas lights and decorations. You will return to Columbia around 10:00 PM. Transportation Provided. Limit: 30 people. Email Marilyn at marilyn@ifmusa.org to sign up.
3. DRAMA PRESENTATION: THIS MAN CALLED JESUS:Sunday, Dec. 18th. Meet at HIS house (1711 Pendleton St) by 4:00 PM. You will purchase some supper to take with you and eat it before you see the drama. After the drama, you will visit some neighborhoods and see the pretty Christmas lights and decorations. You will to Columbia around 10:00 PM. Transportation Provided. Limit: 14 people. Email John Myers from Shandon House at john.myers26@yahoo.com to sign up.
4. IFM’s Orlando Tour is scheduled for December 21-28, 2011. Fifty-seven people have now registered, leaving room for eighteen (18) more people. If you’d like to attend, complete a registration form [you will find one online which you can print, or you may obtain one at the IFM office building, 610 Pickens St.] and pay the registration fee of $150. If you plan to travel to and from Orlando with IFM (in vans), pay IFM an additional $125. The total for both registration and transportation = $275 per person. Prices do not include the tickets into the various attractions.
For additional information, go to IFM’s web site at www.ifmusa.org/tours or you may contact IFM at info@ifmusa.org or 803.799.3452
Registration closes once IFM has reached the limit of 75 people.
Thanksgiving Feast, Friday November 18th
Thanksgiving Feast sponsored by HIS and IFM on Friday, Nov. 18th from 6:30 – 8:00 pm. You’re invited! Join us for the annual traditional thanksgiving meal (vegetarian provided also) and entertainment. Transportation to Lexington Church Banquet Hall is provided. If you want to drive yourself, we can email you a map. To register, please email his@hisinternational.orgor sign up at HIS or IFM. There are spaces for 200 and in past years we have filled all the spaces. We look forward to seeing you!
Upcoming Forums, November 12, 2011
Global Leadership Forum at USC
6 PM, Noveber 12 at the Capital Senior Center
1650 Park Circle
Columbia, SC 29201
Topic: “Marketing Yourself in a Global Economy”
Speaker: Brian Klauk, PE
Brian is a Program Manager with the South Carolina Department of Transportation. In that capacity he is responsible for pre-construction project management for all federal-aid bridge and roadway widening projects in four counties totaling over $200 million. Previously, he was a Design Engineer with the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism, where he oversaw infrastructure development planning, design, and construction as part of a team responsible for 47 State Parks. He also spent several years in private practice where he designed MSW landfills, stormwater retention facilities, UST petroleum release remediation systems, and performed air pollutant dispersion modeling. Brian has also had the opportunity to serve as a volunteer engineer on two projects in the Philippines and Uganda to masterplan expansions to orphanages. Most recently, he volunteered as part of the team performing research and development on a low-cost, high-durability roof for use in disaster relief. Brian is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a BS in Civil Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in South Carolina. He and his wife, Alecia, reside in Chapin with their five kids, Sierra, Serenity, Summit, Venture, and Ranger.
You will also be able to interact with our wonderful table hosts.
Life and Faith Forum at UNCC
November 12 from 6-7:30PM at the Student Union, Rm 340 EF
Featuring: Jiangang (Jim) Dai, Ph.D. Edenfield Professor
Topic: Life and Death
Jim Dai is a professor in ISyE. Dr. Dai received a B.S. and an M.S. in mathematics from Nanjing University in China. He received a Ph.D. from Stanford University in applied probability and joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 1990. His research interests are focused on performance analysis and scheduling of queueing networks that originate from computer communications and manufacturing systems. He serves as an associate editor for Queueing Systems, Mathematics of Operations Research, Operations Research, and Management Science. Dr. Dai is also a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Applied Probability Society of INFORMS, and the Institute of Mathematics Statistics (IMS).
Honors& Awards
- Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics 2003
- IBM Faculty Award 2003
- Erlang Prize, Applied Probability Society of INFORMS April 1998
- Best Publication Award, Applied Probability Society of INFORMS May 1997
- 1996 Sigma Xi Best Paper Award, Georgia Tech May 1996
- Bergmann Memorial Research Grant Award, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation in Jerusalem, Israel. 1995
- Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation 1994
Personal Homepage
http://www.isye.gatech.edu/faculty/dai/
Lonely
I spent two semesters abroad as an undergraduate student. The first semester was in London and the second was in Cairo.
You would think that England, with the comforts of home and common language, would have been by far the easier experience, but it wasn’t. I was ready to go home by the middle of week two. I had never in my whole life been so lonely as I was in England. The sites that I had dreamed of seeing, the “shrines” of my heros’ lives, seemed so empty without my family and friends.
Egypt was completely different. The director of our study program in Cairo worked hard to give us the one thing I lacked in London–a community. Cliff and his family made Cairo a second home for us by opening his home and helping us build genuine community.
At HIS International, students not only find lunches, forums, classes, or help–they find community.
Welcome to our family.
