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JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2015 BizEd 63 Two new members will join AACSB International's Board of Directors and serve through June 30, 2016. They are Reginald H. Gilyard of Chapman University in Orange, California, who will assume the remaining term for the board position vacated by Christine Riordan; and Ira Solomon of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, who will assume the remaining term for the position vacated by Mauricio Gonzalez. Lisa Kramer, an associate professor of finance at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management in Canada, has been elected president of the Northern Finance Association, a Canadian association of finance researchers. STEPPING DOWN John T. Delaney will step down as dean of the University of Pittsburgh's Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Admin- istration in Pennsylvania. He has held the position since 2006. He plans to return to Pitt's business faculty once the next dean is chosen. NEW PROGRAMS Audencia Nantes in France has launched a professional MBA in inter- national sports management. It will be taught part-time at the school's Paris campus and at Loughborough University's London site. A study seminar also is offered in São Paolo, Brazil, at ESPM (Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing). The program will be taught in French and English by faculty from the three schools; class size will be limited to 15. The Cox School of Business at Southern Meth- odist University in Dallas, Texas, has debuted a global strategy certificate program designed to cover developed and emerging markets by exploring them within historical, cultural, and economic contexts. The class will address critical questions about the trends driving buyer behavior and government actions, the changes brought about by new technology and shifting demographics, and the ways cross-border trade is affected by international law, finance, and accounting. The Simon Business School at the University of Rochester in New York will address some of Amer- ica's healthcare problems through two new initia- tives. The Health Care Seminar Series consists of six seminars held monthly between last October and this March; each one examines a different health- care topic, such as the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid, big data and healthcare, and hospital reform. The school is also planning to introduce a part-time MS in healthcare management. Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business in Washington, D.C., has launched its Busi- ness, Society, and Public Policy Initiative to address policy issues in the 21st century. The initiative will sponsor a wide array of events, including lectures by business and government leaders, as it examines how public decision making can affect business and how business can influence society. Providing direc- tion to the initiative will be an advisory board that includes former U.S. senator Tom Daschle, Thomas Farley of the New York Stock Exchange, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, former Utah governor Jon Hunts- man, former president of Poland Aleksander Kwas- niewski, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman, and former president of Mexico Vincente Fox. It will be led by James P. Moore Jr., Georgetown faculty member and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development. The J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University in Atlanta will offer an online graduate degree in hospitality management beginning fall 2015. The one-year master of global hospitality management degree will be the first online program offered by the Robinson College of Business. In addition to their degree, graduates of the program will receive a certificate of specializa- tion in sustainable hospitality management. In February, the University of Miami School of Business Administration in Florida debuts its new Executive MBA for Professional Artists and Athletes, designed to help public figures with "strong personal brands" leverage their career success into business and social achievement. Because the program is expected to draw players from the National Football League, Advisors on Innovation Twenty-seven people, including four from the education field, have been selected to serve on the U.S. National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). The Council will operate as an independent entity within the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. NACIE members will advise the Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on issues re- lated to accelerating innovation, expanding entrepreneurship, and developing a globally competitive workforce. Among those in the education field are: Lou Anne Bynum, executive vice president for the Long Beach Community Col- lege District; James Clements, president of Clemson Univer- sity; Julie Goonewardene, vice chancellor for innovation and strategic investment at the University of Texas System; and Lila Ibrahim, president of Coursera. Says Pritzker, "Through our 'Open for Business Agenda,' the Commerce Department has prioritized supporting entrepre- neurs and helping foster innovation, which are key drivers of America's global competitiveness." Anil K. Makhija David Hummels