Posted by: Alison Damast on July 24
Christine Riordan, a nationally recognized expert in leadership development and diversity, will be the new dean of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. Riordan took over as dean on July 21, succeeding Karen Newman, who resigned in June of 2007.
Newman will take on a new role this fall as a management professor, after a one-year leave of absence.
Riordan served as the associate dean for external relations (2005-2008) at Texas Christian University, where she oversaw the Tandy Center for Executive Leadership and areas such as alumni relations and marketing. During her time in Texas, she helped implement projects such as the creation of a new undergraduate student leadership office and developed executive education programs. She was named this year as one of 14 “brilliant minds” in Tarrant County, Texas by Fort Worth Magazine.
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Posted by: Louis Lavelle on July 22
Would-be MBA students getting ready to take the GMAT might be in for a little surprise when they show up at the testing center. In addition to all the usual security measures--including video monitoring and the computer adaptive test itself--test takers will soon be asked to submit to a new one: a biometric device that uses an infared light to capture the test-taker's unique "palm vein pattern."
Pearson VUE, the company that administers the GMAT for the Graduate Management Admission Council, plans to announce the new security effort tomorrow, but BusinessWeek got a sneak peak at it today.
The Fujitsu "PalmSecure" device will be rolled out next month at 16 testing centers in India and Korea for GMAT candidates. It goes live in the U.S. this fall, and when fully deployed will be used in 400 facilities in 107 countries by May 2009.
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Posted by: Alison Damast on July 21
Students applying to University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business during the first application cycle this fall will have to get their applications together sooner than expected. The school announced today that the new deadline for Round One applications has been moved from Nov. 1, 2008 to Oct. 10, 2008. The move will allow applicants selected for interviews to have more time to schedule their interviews, the school said in an announcement on their Web site.
The school is encouraging students interested in applying to Ross this year to apply during Round One.
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Posted by: Louis Lavelle on July 18
This morning, Richard K. Lyons, the former chief learning officer of Goldman Sachs, was named dean of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. He replaced Tom Campbell, a former Stanford Law School professor and congressman, who’s led the school since 2002.
For Lyons, the new position is familiar territory. He served as Haas’ acting dean in 2004/5, while Campbell was on sabbatical. The next year, he returned as executive associate dean. He’s also taught finance classes, and he currently holds the S. K. and Angela Chan Chair in Global Management.
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Posted by: Louis Lavelle on July 18
In this day and age there is nothing you can’t accomplish while “on the go.” You can eat whole meals, text message and now study for the GRE and GMAT.
According to a recent story in the Economic Times, Delta Technologies has developed a free mobile application, MAD-GK, which can be downloaded onto your phone from their website through a PC via cable or Bluetooth.
The application comes with 400 questions from a variety of disciplines.
“MAD has already achieved over 5,000 downloads in just a couple of weeks,” said Akash Shah, a co-founder of Delta Technologies, was quoted as saying in the article. “We see success in the application since it offers free education and preparation for the highly expensive contemporary education market.”
Happy studying!
--Matthew Lawyue
