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Springfield, MO
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Springfield, MO
The two-year grant will be issued by the U.S. Department of Education. First-year funding begins July 1.
The grant will fund the Business and International Education Program, which will target businesses in the four-state region with programs to expand their abilities to compete in the international marketplace.
“The program’s goal is to increase the level of revenues generated from international trade to local businesses,” said John Lewis, MSSU associate professor of international business, in a news release. “We hope to make local companies aware of opportunities in the world marketplace and increase their knowledge about how to be more competitive in that field.”
More than 200 companies in the Springfield-Joplin area export to international markets, according to the release.[[In-content Ad]]
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