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■ BUSINESS Continued from page 1 efficiently use the Darla Moore money, and that has helped us to take some risks, Smith said. “It has also helped provide financial support for graduate students.” Since becoming dean four years ago, Smith said he has seen a rise in the quantity and quality of graduate students, a trend common to the undergraduate business students as well. But Smith said the school had not always seen such monetary success. It had grown rapidly in the eight to 10 years before he arrived, he said, while the revenue supporting the school remained essentially the same, making hiring difficult. “Right after I got here, the state started cutting higher education funding, Smith said. “And that made budgeting very difficult because you don t know how much you are going to have.” With funding available, Smith said the college is doing an outstanding job balancing the roles of the Moore school as an institution of academics and research. Success, which he said comes from the structure of the school, is evident in the revitalization of older programs heavily involved in research, such as the college’s professional MBA program. “Our PMBA has been around since 1970, but hasn’t gotten a lot of attention in recent years,” Smith said. “We decided to breathe new life into it and it essentially added emphasis, so essentially the program was full for the first time.” Smith said the two professional degrees offered by the school have raised the prestige of the graduate program. “We have beefed up attention to the graduate school and in doing that our reputation has climbed,” Smith said. Smith said the school’s success could be judged by its attendance, which had almost doubled since he started at the school, even though the Moore school suffers from retention problems. Only 30 percent of its students return for a second year of study. In addition to the growing local program, Smith said the college has started an executive IMBA program in Guadalajara, Mexico, with Tec de Monterrey. Those students, principally from Mexico, spend the first part of a semester at USC and return to their campus in Guadalajara, where stands the largest private university in Mexico. “Something like this helps our reputation and also helps to build our own language and immersion training,” Smith said. “I think they are a great partner, and I think it will be successful for a long time.” Smith said the campus in Mexico is more technologically advanced than USC’s and is actually serving as a model for the technology renovations the Close/Hipp building is now undergoing. He said the superior technology is matched by a cutting-edge education. “Our MBA is taught at a very high level, but Tec’s normal teaching style is a different pedagogy from our program,” Smith said. Smith added that what is now a technological renovation may turn into a whole building if the college continues to grow. “I am afraid if the classes get much larger then our problem of space may be worsened,” Smith said. “We plan to build a new graduate school adjacent to the current site and upgrade the Close and Hipp buildings for undergraduate studies.” Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc. edu ■ ABROAD Continued from page 1 “It’s a sweet deal,” Bersinger said. “I can snowboard all day for 11 euro, and the bus ride costs about 4 euro round-trip.” Fifteen euro is approximately $20 U.S. Bersinger saved even more money with the snowboard he bought for about 500 euros (about $700) after he arrived in Grenoble. In the United States, he would have paid at least $1,000 for a new board and bindings, he said. Bersinger’s actual experience also provides a stark contrast. “In the states, you are skiing right at the tree line, but here in the Alps the altitude is above 3,000 meters,” he said. At this height, altitude sickness is a serious concern, but Bersinger has avoided problems so far. “I really enjoy going off pisting because it’s something most U.S. ski resorts don’t have,” Bersinger said. Skiing off-piste, or out of bounds, gives skiers and snowboarders more powder, but it can also be dangerous. “One second you will be skiing on mountain, and the next thing you know you’re on a glacier, which is the way avalanches start,” Bersinger said. Another bit of advice Bersinger offers skiing in France: Always check the weather reports. “Skiing when it’s snowing really sucks,” he said. “There is zero visibility, like trying to find your way through a war zone.” Comments cm this story? E-mail gamecocknerrs@gwm.se. edu Write for News, amigos. 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