Summer 2011 - University of Massachusetts Lowell

C A M P U S N E W S
STUDENTS STUDY
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ANKARA
College of Management
Prof. Steven Tello and five
students spent two weeks
in Turkey in January, as
part of a collaboration
with Bilkent University
in Ankara.
Tello and his counterpart
at Bilkent created a
course called Technology
Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
which examined
innovation and entrepreneurship
in Turkey.
“We in America need to
look at how to grow and
create new businesses with
international partners and
for international markets,”
Tello says. “It’s important
to understand how other
countries support entrepreneurship
and what the life
cycle of a new business
looks like in other places.”
In addition to meeting
for their own discussions,
the group attended a
session of case-study
presentations by students
in a Bilkent entrepreneurship
class and met with
several entrepreneurs who
have technology startup
companies in various stages
of development.
“Most of our students
have jobs,” says Tello.
Steven Tello
“They make connections
between concepts and
their application, so they
were able to be very
helpful in discussions
about taking fledgling
businesses to the next
level. I was proud of them.”
The time was right to
create an exchange course
like this one, says Tello.
The College of Management
introduced the
undergraduate concentration
in entrepreneurship
in 2007 and the Masters
of Science in Innovation
and Technological
Entrepreneurship program
in 2009, and both are
attracting growing
numbers of students.
A concentration in
international business
was added more recently.
FROM THE NILE TO
THE MERRIMACK
As political unrest in Egypt captivated the world,
a selection of contemporary Egyptian artwork
was on display at the University Gallery — including
Bassam Al-Zoghby’s dazzling image of a
dancer. The product of an international outreach
delegation led by Provost Ahmed Abdelal, “From
the Nile to the Merrimack” featured the work of
13 modern Egyptian artists.
Management students Steven Johnian, back left, and Chris
Foster, front, arrive in Turkey.
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