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ber of its Institute for Business Analytics. is expected to continue for three to five years. ■ Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico has joined The Global Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education (GCEE), which was founded by Babson College of Wellesley, Massachusetts. Babson and Tec de Monterrey have signed an agreement calling for curriculum development and teacher training that will focus on entrepreneurship education in Mexico and Latin America. ■ In April, the Trulaske Col- OTHER NEWS MARTI N BAR RAU D/G LOW I MAG ES ■ Stanford Graduate School of Business in California has created the Stanford Africa MBA Fellowship to encourage African citizens with a commitment to the continent's development to pursue an MBA at Stanford. Each year, the school will award up to eight fellowships, which will cover tuition and associated fees of approximately US$140,000 for the two-year program. The fellowship has been launched as a pilot and lege of Business at the University of Missouri in Columbia hosted the inaugural MBA Case Competition for the Southeastern Conference (SEC), with all 14 universities participating. Teams developed business cases for event sponsor AT&T. Firstplace winner University of Florida divided a US$20,000 purse with second- and thirdplace winners. The SEC, with support from all member universities, made a threeyear commitment to help launch and sustain the program. Other member schools will host the event in coming years, with the University of Alabama hosting in 2014. ■ Towson University in Maryland has joined the CFA Institute University Recognition Program, which acknowledges that its bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in finance incorporates at least 70 percent of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge and places emphasis on the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. This degree program positions students to obtain the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. ■ This August will see the opening of the Alfond Inn, a hotel complex that will be owned and operated by Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Built with a US$12.5 million grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation, the inn will generate operating income that will endow the Alfond Scholars Program for the next 25 years or until the endowment principal reaches $50 million. ■ In May, the USC Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles kicked off the USC Marshall Initiative, a US$400 million fundraising campaign. The initiative is part of The Campaign for the University of Southern California, a multiyear effort to secure $6 billion or more in private philanthropy. Join the leading global platform for open dialogue and collaborative learning on responsible management and leadership education Visit us at unprme.org an initiative by the BizEd July/August 2013 17