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Live from Malaysia! Walker Center launches blogLive from Malaysia! Walker Center launches blog

Thunderbird instructor Melissa Beran Samuelson helped the school’s Walker Center for Global Entrepreneurship launch a faculty blog July 17 with her first report from a global Islamic women’s conference in Malaysia.

“My goal in attending is to share what Thunderbird is doing to support women’s economic empowerment in the Muslim world, gain further perspectives on issues relating to Muslim women globally, and to connect with an amazing variety of women from around the globe, some of whom are downright courageous in their work.,” Samuelson writes from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she is participating as a panelist at the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equity global conference.

Visit the Walker Center for Global Entrepreneurship Blog on the Thunderbird Knowledge Network to read more from Samuelson, who directs a women’s entrepreneurship programs for the Walker Center in Jordan.

Other blog contributors include Walker Center director Robert Hisrich, Ph.D.; and fellow professors Ernesto Poza; Steven Stralser, Ph.D.; Amanda M. Bullough, Ph.D.; and Gary Gibbons, Ph.D.

The blog also includes videos, podcasts and profiles of alumni entrepreneurs and guest speakers. Readers can participate by posting comments on any post.

Hisrich says the Walker Center blog will serve as a gathering place for entrepreneurs, where they can share ideas and stay current on Walker Center programs and services.

“The entrepreneurial community is the one that is going to bring the economy back from the global recession,” Hisrich says. “They will make the greatest contribution in net employment and the greatest contribution in new products and services. It’s not going to be large corporations.”