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Can the US Stay on Top in the New Global Economy?

Can the  US  Stay on Top in the New Global  Economy?

US multinational companies play a pivotal role in the global economy and yet US dominance in attracting and keeping multinationals is fading as other nations (China, India, Russia) are ramping up efforts to compete. What does the US need to do to remain competitive?
PLUS: 4 things your business can learn from multinational corporations.

ID the Photo – Spring 2011 #1

ID the Photo – Spring 2011 #1

In each issue of the ggu magazine, we ask readers to identify a historic GGU photo by contacting the Alumni Association at 415-442-7824 or alumni@ggu.edu.

ID the Photo – Spring 2011 #2

ID the Photo – Spring 2011  #2

In each issue of the ggu magazine, we ask readers to identify a historic GGU photo by contacting the Alumni Association at 415-442-7824 or alumni@ggu.edu.

ID the Photo – Fall 2010 #1

ID the Photo – Fall 2010 #1

In each issue of the ggu magazine, we ask readers to identify a historic GGU photo by contacting the Alumni Association at 415-442-7824 or alumni@ggu.edu.

ID the Photo – Fall 2010 #2

ID the Photo – Fall 2010 #2

In each issue of the ggu magazine, we ask readers to identify a historic GGU photo by contacting the Alumni Association at 415-442-7824 or alumni@ggu.edu.

GGU Tax and Accounting: a part of San Francisco History

GGU Tax and Accounting: a part of San Francisco History

An Educational Experience More Valuable Than Gold 1849 The Gold Rush era begins, and people from around the world flood into the Bay Area in hopes of finding their own personal gold mine. 1850 California becomes the 31st state admitted to the union. 1853 A Rush to Learn Two years after the country’s first YMCA [...]

2010 Alumni Award Winners

2010 Alumni Award Winners

By Erin Carlyle photo by Kris Davidson Jim DeMartini Alumnus of the Year Given to alumni whose professional accomplishments and contributions to the community are worthy of recognition. In April, Jim DeMartini (BS 74) dined at Oxford with 250 of the world’s most influential social entrepreneurs. He listened as the woman next to him, Dorothy [...]

The Power of a Suggestion

The Power of a Suggestion

photos by Kris Davidson Q&A with Melissa Mendez, winner of a SHINE scholarship, which offers financial aid to first-generation college students. When Melissa Mendez graduates with her bachelor’s in management degree next spring, she will be the first in her family to earn a college degree. GGU: What motivated you to be the first in [...]

Two Beloved Long-Time Professors Retire

Two Beloved Long-Time Professors Retire

By Marianne Koch Faith Chao and Les Gottesman, both GGU professors since the 1980s and now transitioning from their roles as full-time faculty members to faculty emeriti, have seen and led GGU through growth and change. Faith Chao knew online teaching would be the future. So in 1997, the year CyberCampus became a department at [...]

Meet the Board: J.P. Harbour

Meet the Board: J.P. Harbour

Meet GGU board of trustee member JP Harbour