Events & Collaborations

• Hong Kong
  

  If you are interested in getting involved with other alumni in Hong Kong, please join the bi-monthly meetings held on the last Friday of the month at the Shanghai Fraternity Association, 3/F South China Bldg., No. 1, Wyndham St. Central (next to the Entertainment Building), from 12:30pm - 2pm. The “next generation” of area alumni (recent graduates) are hosting monthly happy hours in locations around the city and participating in occasional badminton matches with recent grads from other universities.

  To RSVP for the luncheon meetings or for more information about these events, contact by send an email to umalumni.hk.luncheon@gmail.com

• Shanghai
  

  If you are interested in getting involved with other U-M alumni in the Shanghai area or would like to know about upcoming club events, contact the Shanghai club at umchina@gmail.com.

  Shanghai MBA Network 2007 New Year Party - School Reunion

  Shanghai MBA Network invites you to join us for the School Reunion 2007 New Year Party from 6 p.m. until midnight on Saturday, February 10, 2007 in Fanyang City Villa. Please make your reservation by February 2, 2007.

  Time: 6 p.m.-midnight, on Saturday, February 10, 2007
  Venue: Night Club, 3/F, Shanghai Fanyang City Villa, #55 YuYao Road,
  JingAn District, Shanghai (between Changde Road and Xikang Road)
  Location: 10 minutes by taxi from Line 2, Nanjin West Station
  Hotel Phone: 021 3220 4567 and Website: www.fanyang.cn
  

  Activity:

  6-7:00 p.m.	Registration, network and raffle ticket for charity
  7-8:30 p.m.	Buffet dinner and live band, professional dancing With SH MBA Member School/Event review and sponsor speech
  8:30-9:40 p.m.	Game Time: Various games including Second Annual Charity: Bachelor/Bachelorette Auction
  9:40-9:50 p.m.	American swing dance
  9:50 p.m.-midnight	Disco and network

  Past Events/Collaborations

  • Sept. 26, 2006: In celebration of the UM Ross School of Business Worldwide Club Day and the Chinese National Day, 50 alumni met at a networking reception in Browns Pub in Beijing. Ling Lu, MBA'02, coordinated the event which featured comments by Chris Cooper, BBA'88, MACC; 88, a partner with Price, Waterhouse, Cooper, and filmed remarks by Ross Dean Robert Dolan. See photo here.
  • September 27, ,2006: Fifty Hong Kong alumni met at the Ladies Recreation Club in celebration of the UM Ross School of Business Worldwide Club Day at a networking even coordinated by area alumni headed by Fred Lui, '79 BS CAUP, '81MARCH. Christie Nordhielm, U-M Ross School Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing spoke to the group and Ross Senior Development Officer, Barbara Ackley joined them as well and presented Dean Dolan via film.
  • Twila Tardif, U-M associate professor of psychology, will spend two months in Beijing this summer at Peking University conducting research on children's early language and emotional development. She also will be mentoring U-M undergraduate students doing research at the university and at the PU Health Sciences Center.
  • In May, Dr. Alan Deardorff, U-M professor of economics and public policy, will host a series of lectures at the School of Public Administration at Renmin University in Beijing. Professor Deardorff will discuss international trade policy and China's relationship with the US and the world economy, including the World Trade Organization.
  • Dr. Edward Gramlich, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; Jun Ni, professor of mechanical engineering; and Stella Pang, associate director of graduate education, will travel to China in April to commission a joint institute for engineering between U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The institute will create a unique link between the two universities by providing a structure to manage and direct degree-granting programs offered by both universities to students from both nations.
  • The International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, along with other university units, will sponsor 25 graduate students and two U-M professors for their trip to China from Feb. 27 to March 3. They will attend meetings in Beijing and Xian with scholars, business leaders and government officials to learn more about China's growing economy and pressing policy issues. Ann Lin, an associate professor of public policy and political science, has led the class on this subject.
  • The U-M Shanghai Alumni Club enjoyed an exciting afternoon of go-kart racing at the Disc Kart in Shanghai. This was an opportunity for alumni, family and friends to show off their driving skills and get to know other alumni. The event took place on Saturday, February 18.
  • Dr. James Woolliscroft traveled to Shanghai in mid-February to meet with faculty from the medical school at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Last summer, Shanghai Second Medical School merged with SJTU. The two faculty groups met to share educational best practices and lay a foundation for innovative medical student educational programs.
  • "The Energy Future: China and the US"
    Hosted by the William Davidson Institute and Michigan's Ross School of Business
    
    This conference brought together top experts who have experience in academia, business and government service to address China's domestic energy constraints and dilemmas, its strategy to gain energy security, the implications for global energy marketing and the actions the US ought to take in response. The conference took place on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 on the Ann Arbor campus.