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JULY | AUGUST 2015 BizEd 65 PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF ESCA ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT REACHING OUT TO WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS The Thunderbird School of Global Management, part of the ASU Knowledge Enter- prise at Arizona State University, has launched DreamBuilder, a 13-module online program for women entrepreneurs who live in rural and other underserved com- munities in the U.S. Thunderbird's DreamBuilder is an English-language version of a Spanish-language program originally developed by the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation and delivered to women in Latin America. DreamBuilder guides students through animations, interactive exercises, and videos that highlight stories from successful entrepreneurs. Students must create their own business plans to graduate. The U.S. Small Business Administration's O†ce of Women's Ownership will act as a program coordinator. For information, visit dreambuilder.org. NEW APPOINTMENTS Brian Till will be the next James H. Keyes Dean for the College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was most recently dean of the Williams College of Business at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He succeeds interim dean Mark Eppli. Sue Lehrman, currently dean of the School of Business Administration at Philadelphia University in Pennsylvania, has been named dean of the William G. Rohrer College of Business at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. Lehrman will take over as dean on July 1. Elad Granot has been named as the new dean of the College of Business Administration at Rider University in Lawrence Township, New Jersey. He most recently served at Cleveland State University in Ohio, where he was an assistant dean for MBA programs and special assistant to the provost for eLearning development. Upon Granot's arrival in July, interim dean Anne Carroll will return to her former role as associate dean for the College of Business Administration. In June, St. Cloud State University in Minnesota welcomed Dave Harris as the new dean of the Herberger Business School. Harris previously was director of the full-time MBA program in the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Harris will replace Walter Roettger, who has been serving as interim dean. Montclair State University in New Jersey an- nounced that A. Gregory Cant will begin as dean of the School of Business on July 1. Cant is the founding dean of the O–utt School of Business Administration at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Cant will replace Kimberly Hollister, who has served as acting dean since 2013. Rob Straughan will become the Crawford Family Dean of the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He is currently associate dean and professor of business adminis- tration/marketing at the school. He succeeds Larry Peppers, who will step down at the end of the academic year after 29 years in the position. African Schools Unite BUSINESS SCHOOLS from five African nations have signed a partnership agree- ment in which they commit to sharing resources, expertise, and research with the goal of boosting economic development in their countries. The newly formed African Academic Association on Entrepreneurship (AAAE) will promote and develop academic cooperation—particularly in the areas of entrepreneurship, small business development, innovation, and startups. The American University of Cairo in Egypt will serve as the coordinator of the collaboration until a structured steering committee has been set up. The other participants are the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Busi- ness in South Africa, the University of Stellenbosch Business School in South Africa, Esca Maroc Ecole de Management of Casablanca in Morocco, the La- gos Business School in Nigeria, and Strathmore Business School of Nairobi. Representatives from African business schools at a ceremony to mark the creation of a consortium to promote job creation on the continent.