June 17, 2008
Texas A&M University Management Faculty Edit Record Number of Top Journals
Texas A&M University's Mays Business School is known for the quality of its management research, but in the last year, the stakes have gotten higher: the department now houses three top-rated academic journals and a start-up entrepreneurship journal.
Source: Texas A&M University-College Station
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June 17, 2008
Texas A&M University: Mays Business School PhD Graduates Headed to Prestigious Placements
PhD graduates from Mays Business School at Texas A&M University recently finished their formal education and have moved on to new challenges in classrooms of their own.
Source: Texas A&M University-College Station
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June 6, 2008
South Carolina State University Board of Trustees Name University’s 10th President
The SC State University Board of Trustees has announced today, (June 6, 2008) that Dr. George E. Cooper has unanimously been selected to be SC State’s 10th President. Dr. Cooper will begin his duties on July 1, 2008.
Source: South Carolina State University
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June 5, 2008
The University of Southern Mississippi Awarded $2 Million NIH Grant for Five-Year Walking Study
A $2 million National Institutes of Health grant has been awarded to The University of Southern Mississippi Department of Nutrition and Food Systems for a five-year community-based participatory research intervention to increase walking in Hattiesburg.
Source: The University of Mississippi
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May 27, 2008
University of Houston-Clear Lake to Offer Streamlined Instructional Design Program
University of Houston-Clear Lake’s School of Education has redesigned and streamlined its instructional technology master’s program and its distance learning certification program.
Source: University of Houston - Clear Lake, Texas
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May 21, 2008
Rice University: Simmons Family Foundation Gives $3 Million for Biomedical Health Research
A $3 million, five-year gift from the Virginia and L.E. Simmons Family Foundation will enable Rice University, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute and Texas Children's Hospital to work together on biomedical research aimed at benefiting the health of both children and adults.
Source: Rice University, Texas
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May 14, 2008
The University of Tulsa Renames Business College to Honor Collins
The University of Tulsa has renamed its business college as the Collins College of Business to honor the vision and leadership of Tulsa businessman Fulton Collins, who has chaired the TU Board of Trustees since 1997.
Source: The University of Tulsa, Oklahoma
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May 12, 2008
Shenandoah University: Business Student Jane Derrick is SU's First McGowan Scholar Recipient
Jane Derrick, a full-time weekend and evening business student at Shenandoah University's Northern Virginia Campus in Leesburg, Va., is Shenandoah University’s first scholarship recipient of the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund’s Scholars Program
Source: Shenandoah University, Virginia
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May 6, 2008
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte: MBA Students Explore Charlotte's "Southern Roots, Global Vision"
A group of UNC Charlotte MBA students played an important role in helping PBS television personality Charlie Rose prepare for a prestigious hosting assignment
Source: The University of North Carlolina at Charlotte
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May 6, 2008
The University of Southern Mississippi Doctoral Student Receives National Science Foundation Grant
University of Southern Mississippi chemistry doctoral student Mary Mackey of Crystal Springs found out she was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship April 1
Source: University of Southern Mississippi
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May 1, 2008
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Gargeya Gets BOG Teaching Award
Dr. Vidyaranya B. Gargeya, a professor of information systems and operations management and director of the Bryan MBA program, is among 17 outstanding faculty members selected by the UNC Board of Governors to receive the 14th Annual Award for Excellence in Teaching
Source: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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April 30, 2008
University of Tampa: Management Professor Wins UT's Highest Honor
Dr. Mary Anne Watson, professor of management at The University of Tampa, was awarded the Louise Loy Hunter Award at UT’s Academic Awards Ceremony on April 23
Source: University of Tampa, Florida
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April 30, 2008
University of Tennessee at Knoxville: UT Full-time MBA Students Win ORNL's Global Venture Competition and $32,500 to Invest in Their Businesses
Jim Clayton, founder of Clayton Homes. Sandy Beall, founder of Ruby Tuesday. Jim Haslam, founder of Pilot. Michael Strickland, founder of Bandit Lites. John Jansheski, founder of DenTek Oral Care. What do all of these Tennessee entrepreneurial giants have in common? All were under 30 years old when they started their first business
Source: University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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April 24, 2008
University of Miami: Entrepreneurs Take Home $34,000 in UM Business Plan Competition
From a technology-driven laundry service to a sustainable aquaculture company that will produce “goggle eye,” the winning entries in the annual entrepreneurship competition sponsored by the University of Miami’s School of Business represent entrepreneurship at its best
Source: University of Miami, Florida
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April 24, 2008
Hampton University Receives $1.2 Million to Enhance Biology Program
Hampton University was recently awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Source: Hampton University, Virginia
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April 24, 2008
Rice University: NSF Gives $1.5M For Next-Gen Wireless Networks, Phones, Health Sensors
The National Science Foundation has awarded $1.5 million to a Rice-led research team for the expansion of a wireless research network and the design and testing of experimental mobile systems and health-monitoring devices in East Houston's working-class Pecan Park neighborhood
Source: Rice University, Texas
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April 22, 2008
Rice University Breaks Ground For a New Multipurpose Recreation and Wellness Center
Rice University broke ground today for a $41 million Recreation and Wellness Center that will offer students, faculty and staff state-of-the-art workout and health facilities for everything from competitive swimming and billiards to nutritional counseling and meditative classroom space
Source: Rice University, Texas
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April 22, 2008
Rice University: Rice, Lockheed Martin Partner on Nanotech Research
Lockheed Martin and Rice University announced April 22 the creation of an innovative, strategic partnership to develop new technologies for a broad range of applications in electronics, energy and security
Source: Rice University, Texas
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April 22, 2008
Arkansas State University: Dr. Jennifer Bouldin Receives James Bailey Memorial Educator of the Year Award
Arkansas State University’s Dr. Jennifer Bouldin, director of ASU’s Ecotoxicology Research Facility, is this year’s recipient of the James Bailey Memorial Educator of the Year Award.
Source: Arkansas State University
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April 17, 2008
Lamar University: MBA Open House Set for April 28
The Lamar University MBA program invites students to explore its dynamic program at the MBA open house on April 28 at 6 p.m. in the Landes Auditorium of the Galloway Business Building
Source: Lamar University, Texas
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April 17, 2008
Florida International University College of Business Administration Achieves Reaffirmation of The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business Accreditation
Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam announced today that the College of Business Administration has achieved reaffirmation of accreditation of its bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting by action earlier this month by the Board of Directors of AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Source: Florida International University
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April 16, 2008
Shenandoah University Hosts 10th Annual Nursing Research Day, April 18
The Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Honor Society of Nursing and the Rho Pi Chapter, Shenandoah University’s nursing honor society, will host its 10th Annual Nursing Research and Scholarship Day on Friday, April 18, at the university’s Health Professions Building on the campus of the Winchester Medical Center
Source: Shenandoah University, Virginia
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April 15, 2008
Shenandoah University's Northern Virginia Campus Will Move to New Location in Leesburg
Shenandoah University’s Northern Virginia Campus in Leesburg, Va., will move approximately five miles east, from its current location on Trailview Boulevard to Scholar Plaza – where a new building is under construction and slated for completion in December 2008
Source: Shenandoah University, Virginia
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April 14, 2008
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to Inspire Prairie View A&M University 2008 Spring Graduating Class
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott will address members of the class of 2008 during Prairie View A&M University’s 127th commencement exercises
Source: Prairie View A&M University, Texas
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April 11, 2008
Arkansas State University: Assisi Foundation Makes Gift to ASU College of Nursing and Health Professions
Arkansas State University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions has received a gift that will support the registered nursing programs it conducts at Mid-South Community College in West Memphis, Ark
Source: Arkansas State University
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April 8, 2008
Argosy University Appoints William Brown, Psy.D. President of the Washington, DC Campus
Argosy University President Craig Swenson, Ph.D. announced the appointment of William Brown, Psy.D. as President of Argosy University, Washington, D.C. Campus
Source: Argosy University
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April 4, 2008
Arkansas State University: Groundbreaking Conducted for New Student Recreation and Wellness Center
Arkansas State University is set to begin construction on the Student Recreation and Wellness Center
Source: Arkansas State University
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March 28, 2008
Rice University: Three Graduate Specialties at Rice Rank Among Top 10 Nationally
Three specialty areas of graduate study at Rice University that ranked among the top 10 nationally in last year's U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools” made the top 10 again this year
Source: Rice University, Texas
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March 27, 2008
U.S. News & World Report Ranks the SMU Cox MBA Programs Among the Nation's Best Working Professionals and Full-Time Programs All Receive High Marks
U.S. News & World Report released today its annual ranking of the nation’s top graduate programs. SMU Cox is pleased to announce its Professional MBA program (PMBA) moved up three slots from last year to #9 – the highest ranked program in Texas
Source: Southern Methodist University, Texas
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March 17, 2008
Arkansas State University: College of Humanities and Social Sciences to Present Forum on Clinton Presidency
The forum, “The Clinton Presidency…an Arkansas Legacy,” will be moderated by Janis Kearney, author and presidential diarist, and it will include brief presentations by several participants who served in the Clinton administration
Source: Arkansas State University
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March 13, 2008
Rice University Ranked No. 5 Best Value by Kiplinger
Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranks Rice University No. 5 on its 2008 list of best values among private colleges and universities
Source: Rice University, Texas
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February 18, 2008
University of Tennessee Offers New Doctorate Program in Organizations and Strategy
Applications are being accepted for the University of Tennessee's new doctorate program in Organizations and Strategy, offered through the Department of Management in UT's College of Business Administration.
Source: University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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February 1, 2008
Survey Ranks AU Economics Professors among Most Productive in Nation
Economics faculty at Auburn University achieved high rankings in a newly published study in the Southern Economic Journal that examined research productivity and impact in the area of economic education from 1991-2005.
Source: Auburn University, Alabama
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January 18, 2008
Shenandoah University: Public Policy Scholar/Author Speaks on Health Care Reform, Jan. 22
Dr. Robert B. Helms, a resident scholar, researcher and author affiliated with the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) of Washington, D.C., will speak on the topic of "Healthcare Reform in America" on Jan. 22 at 4 p.m.
Source: Shenandoah University, Virginia
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December 13, 2007
West Texas A&M Receives Full Accreditation From SACS
West Texas A&M University received full and unconditional reaffirmation of its accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) at the association’s annual meeting Tuesday in New Orleans.
Source: West Texas A&M University
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October 16, 2007
Prairie View AandM University Names Kendall T. Harris New Dean of Engineering
Kendall T. Harris, formerly associate professor of mechanical engineering and associate dean, has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering at Prairie View AandM University. Harris officially assumed his post Oct. 1, after being confirmed by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.
Source: Prairie View A&M University, Texas
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September 12, 2007
Prairie View AandM Welcomes Its First-Ever National Student Exchange Students
Prairie View AandM University welcomed its first ever group of visiting National Student Exchange (NSE) students during a welcome reception held Wed. Aug. 29 in the lobby of the Alvin I.
Source: Prairie View A&M University, Texas
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August 29, 2007
ABC News' Charles Gibson Donates $85,000 to Shenandoah University
Charles Gibson, news anchor for ABC News' "World News with Charles Gibson," donated $85,000 to Shenandoah University along with a portion of his late brother Lang Gibson's estate to establish the Langdon Gibson II Music Scholarship Fund at Shenandoah University. The Langdon Gibson II Music Scholarship Fund will be managed as part of the overall endowment of the institution and will benefit talented music students at Shenandoah Conservatory.
Source: Shenandoah University, Virginia
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July 31, 2007
Palm Beach Atlantic University Appoints James Walz Dean of Rinker School of Business
James T. (Jim) Walz of Lake Worth has been named Dean of the Rinker School of Business and professor of business and management at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Dr. Jim Walz comes to Palm Beach Atlantic University from Azusa Pacific University, where he served as the associate dean for the School of Business and Management. He also has served as president of Life Pacific College in San Dimas, Calif., and as associate dean at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. Dr. Walz served as CEO of two consumer goods corporations and spent several years as a navel officer.
Source: Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida
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July 24, 2007
Baylor University: Entrepreneurs, Enroll Now for FastTrac Training
FastTrac is accepting applications for fall courses to begin August 28, 2007. FastTrac is a unique, hands-on business development program designed to help you create or grow your company wisely, successfully and profitably. It provides training in the practical business management skills used by leading entrepreneurial firms today.
Source: Baylor University, Texas
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