Purpose Travels Well
By Jay Hodgkins
University of Virginia Darden School of Business students traveled on 14 Darden Worldwide Courses, learning across five continents, this spring.
Darden has expanded and diversified its global course offerings in recent years, and two of the spring courses were offered for the first time — “Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Technological Unemployment” led by Professor Tim Laseter in Germany and the “NOLS Experiential Leadership Elective” in Patagonia, led by the NOLS wilderness education school with Professor Bobby Parmar.
The popularity of Darden’s global courses is set to increase in the future. A recent $15 million gift from the Batten Foundation coupled with a $15 million match from the UVA Bicentennial Scholars Fund will result in the launch of the Batten Foundation Darden Worldwide Scholarship program. The resulting endowment will ultimately provide every student in Darden’s full-time MBA program a scholarship to attend a Darden Worldwide Course at no incremental cost.
Watch the video above to see footage from the spring Darden Worldwide courses.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business prepares responsible global leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences. Darden’s graduate degree programs (MBA, MSBA and Ph.D.) and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning programs offered by the Darden School Foundation set the stage for a lifetime of career advancement and impact. Darden’s top-ranked faculty, renowned for teaching excellence, inspires and shapes modern business leadership worldwide through research, thought leadership and business publishing. Darden has Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area and a global community that includes 18,000 alumni in 90 countries. Darden was established in 1955 at the University of Virginia, a top public university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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