Vice President's Office - MIIS

Michael J. Webber is currently Vice Provost of Academic Affairs at the University of San Francisco where he has particular responsibilities for the University’s branch campuses in Sacramento, San Jose, Pleasanton, Santa Rosa and a soon to be opened campus in Orange County. Webber served as the Dean of the School of Management from 2011 to 2014 where he was the first Dean of the newly named School of Management and was responsible for establishing the School’s new mission, values and strategic plan.

Presently, postgraduate higher education is faced with (at least) two major paradigm shifts simultaneously: techno-pedagogical disruptions that challenge what, how, and even why we teach; and geopolitical flux caused by economic, demographic, and ideological trends. Based on a fifteen years of leading International Relations for universities in Europe and the Middle East, this talk highlights the risks and opportunities in the postgraduate education sector. Dr. Christopher Brown currently serves as Director International at University College Cork (Ireland).

Professor Sandra Dow, the Grover M. Hermann Foundation Chair in International Business Management, will give a talk on “How Culture Shapes the Family Firm”. A growing body of research suggests the relevance of national culture in understanding business practices. At a most fundamental level, culture is a ‘background institution’ that underpins economic exchange and influences the ways in which issues and decisions are framed. For example, cultural context has been linked to the relative importance of financial markets and financial institutions as sources of capital.

As the Gordon Paul Smith Chair in International Studies, Professor Ed Laurance will deliver a lecture reflecting on his 45 years of involvement with efforts to reduce and prevent armed violence: in the U.S. Government, at MIIS, the United Nations, founder of an international NGO, and the streets of Chicago.

Mandatory information meeting for Spring and Summer 2016 graduates. Come to learn about all the details surrounding spring commencement and listen to the nominees for the graduating student speaker who will present summaries of their speeches.

All students graduating in December should plan to attend as we’ll present information about commencement logistics and graduating student speakers will present summaries of their speeches.

The META Lab is excited to announce a Geek Out on Open Source Mapping using CartoDB. In our international fields, geographic visualization becomes a critical skill for impact communication. Join us for an intro to a user-friendly web-based tool that allows you to tell your story in a new way!

Register for this event: http://bit.ly/1gYbuRJ About: Interested in launching a purpose-fueled career? Join the Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) online information session and learn about the award-winning certificate training in impact investing and social enterprise management and competitive social sector fellowship. The one-hour webinar will be hosted by Social Impact Programs Director Erina McWilliam-Lopez. The presentation will answer the following questions: • What will I gain from FMS? • What kinds of career tracks do FMS alums lead? • How much does it cost? • How long will it take?

“Assessing the Iran Nuclear Deal: A Conversation with Congressman Sam Farr and CNS/MIIS Experts” Congressman Farr will speak about the importance of the Iran deal from a Congressional perspective. Dr. Bill Potter will provide an overview of Iran’s nuclear program and moderate a discussion by Dr. Jeffrey Lewis on the deal’s verification provisions and Dr. Avner Cohen on Israeli perspectives on the deal. Dr. Jeffrey Dayton-Johnson, MIIS Vice President for Academic Affairs will introduce the evening’s speakers. Congressman Sam Farr represents the Monterey Bay Region in the U.S Congress.