Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management - Definition

Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management is a graduate school specializing in international management and global business. Its main campus is situated in Glendale, Arizona, but it also has a campus in French Geneva and offices in Beijing and Shanghai. The school was founded in 1946 as the first known school in the world dedicated to training international managers.

An alumnus or current student of Thunderbird is sometimes called a "T-Bird". There are currently around 35,000 t-birds living in 135 countries. In march of 2004, Thunderbird--until then the American Graduate School of International Management--received a naming gift from alumnus Sam Garvin and his wife Rita. The gift of $60 million was at the time the single largest gift ever received by a business school.

In august 2004, Dr. Angel Cabrera became the first foreign-born president of the School, succeeding Dr. Roy Herberger.

Thunderbird graduate programs combine business, international studies and cross-cultural communication and language. Since 1995, Thunderbird has been ranked consistently by US News & World Report as the number one school in International Management.

External link

• Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management (http://www.thunderbird.edu)