In the morning of Nov.14, Prof. George Zhang, the LZU Cuiying Professor and the Professor from Western Washington University, has visited the School, to discuss the LZU-WWU Joint Undergraduate Program on Business Administration (Supply Chain Management). Dean He Wensheng, Associate Dean Wang Xuejun, Head of Management Department Wang Kanzhou, Prof. HongZhaofu and staff from International Cooperation Office have attended the meeting.

Dean He Wensheng, on behalf of the School, showed the warmest welcome and appreciation to Prof. George Zhang, for his continuous support to the scientific research, high-level research team, especially the joint program of the School. Associate Dean Wang Xuejun made a detailed introduction to the joint program, training goals, expected results, and the issues and challenges faced in the next step. Prof. George Zhang responded to Associate Dean Wang and introduced the efforts and progresses WWU has made in the Joint Program. Then all people presenting the meeting discussed the issues of common concern and clarified the cooperative details as training mode, faculty allocation, curriculum setting, financial management, and so on.

By the current visit of Prof. George Zhang, both sides made a detailed discussion on the joint program, helping to the application to the MOE next year.  

Background Information:

Western Washington University, located in Bellingham of Washington State, is a famous public university in the US. Its Supply Chain Management Program ranked 6^th in the world (SCM World, 2016). The LUSM and WWU has made fruitful achievement in joint research, joint PhD training, faculty exchanges, EMBA Study Tour, and so on over the past years. In March 2017, both sides agreed to apply to the Chinese MOE for the joint undergraduate program. To date, both sides has completed the drafting of program plan, curriculum setting, and feasibility report, and plan to submit the application materials in 2018.