Throughout last semester the Spanish students honed their Spanish-language skills and participated in several Latin American oriented events. Since 1971, OPIC has served as the key federal agency for encouraging mutually beneficial American business investment in the world s developing nations. The projects supported by OPIC must not result in the loss of US jobs and must provide significant benefits to the social and economic development of the host country. OPIC has previously offered summer internships in its departments of Finance, Investment Development, Insurance, Investment Funds, Financial Management and Statutory Review, and Management Services. These internships are open to US citizens and the work is on a volunteer basis.
Specific details are forthcoming.
Interested students would participate between their first and second years in the Iowa MBA program and participation would delay graduation from Iowa by one year. Applications for this program are due by February 16, 1998. Contributed by first-year MBA student Daniel Gu. Banking Banks play a dominant role in China's financial system. Compared with other financial industry sectors, banking is more open to international competitors.