With summer only a couple finals away some students may be wondering what type of programs can be done this summer to get more hours done or to improve upon some of their own skills. The Rawls Summer Business Institute can be a good option for students who are not in the Rawls School of Business but would like to have a better understanding of how the business world works.
Feruzan Williams is an associate professor of practice in the Rawls College of Business, Williams is also the director of the Rawls Summer Business Institute. Williams describes what happens in the program and what it is intended for.
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The Suez Canal is a canal that connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The canal is a trading route for boats to use instead of a boat going around the continent of Africa. A ship called the Ever Given blocked the canal for about a week causing distress and many problems.
Alan Pritchard, assistant professor of supply change management in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech, talked about where the effects of this blockage will be felt.
âIt is a 120-mile water way that provides the shortest route between Asia and Europe,â Pritchard said. âOn the surface, it seems that this blockage would affect only the European and Asian markets, however the ripple effects of the Suez Canal shutdown are already starting to occur, and they are happening globally.â