BOISE STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Vietnam MBA alumni chapter members include (left to right) Tran Doan Kim (’99), Tang Van Khanh (’99), Phan Thuc Anh (’95), Phan Thuy Chi (’95), Dau Thuy Ha (’99), Chu Huong Giang (’99), Professor Nancy Napier, Vu Huy Thong (’95), Nguyen Trong Khang (’99), Ngo Minh Hang (’95), Tran Phuong Lan (’99), Dao Thi Thanh Lam (’99) and Hoang Thi Thuy Nga (’99).

First International Alumni Chapter is Formed in Vietnam

The Vietnam alums are graduates of an English language MBA program that Boise State ran in Vietnam from 1990-99, the first-ever internationally accredited MBA program conducted in Vietnam. There were 84 graduates of the program, many of who now run their own successful companies or hold leadership positions in the private or public sector in Vietnam.
“It's great to see and feel ourselves part of the alma mater,” said Ha Nguyen, a 1997 graduate who has helped lead the chartering process and is serving as president for the alumni chapter.
The Vietnam alums have maintained ties with Boise State through former professors, including Nancy Napier, a professor of international business who headed up the Vietnam MBA program and still teaches courses in Hanoi once a year. She just visited this month and took the newly formed chapter members Boise State pompoms, luggage tags and other alumni association membership items.
“This is our first international chapter, so it’s very new for Boise State,” said Jennifer Wheeler, senior associate director for alumni relations at Boise State. “We have set up a Web page to help them communicate with us and each other.”
The purpose of the Boise State Alumni Vietnam Chapter is to provide closer contact between the university and the Vietnam alums. But the formation of the chapter could have other positive results.
The Boise State alums also met with Sabine Klahr, director of international programs at Boise State, and colleague Chalimar Swain, when they visited Hanoi prior to joining an Idaho trade mission to Asia in Ho Chi Minh City, led by Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter in October.

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