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THINK of the possibilities. Undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs. State-of-the-art facilities. Internationally recognized faculty. Innovative learning environment. The possibilities for career development, advancement, and personal growth are endless. Think about it. http://som.utdallas.edu UT Dallas School of Management Fully accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The University of Texas at Dallas is an affirmative action/equal opportunity university. OTHER NEWS n The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has rec- ognized the master of science in human resources degree offered by DePaul University in Chicago, hailing it as the first program in the nation to fully align its curriculum with new academic guidelines. The cur- riculum guidelines were issued in 2006 by SHRM, which worked with HR practitioners and academics to identify the standard set of skills that HR students need to succeed in the business world. n Stefano Gatti, associate professor of banking and finance at the Uni- versità Bocconi in Milan, has been named the director of the Internation- al Teachers Programme (ITP) for 2007- 2008 and 2008-2009. It will be hosted at the SDA Bocconi School of Management. The ITP is an intensive faculty development pro- gram for business professors, aimed at providing them with the tools, techniques, and expertise to teach in a fast-paced global environment. The ITP has been developed by ten leading business schools that form the International Schools of Business Management. The ten-month pro- gram includes two residential mod- ules in January and July. For more information, visit www.sdabocconi. it/eventi/it/itp/prospectus.pdf. n Dominican University of San Rafael, California, has acquired the Green MBA program and trademark cur- rently offered at New College of California. The Green MBA is a graduate business program focused on cor- porate social responsibility, environmental sustainability, and social justice within the business context. The move to Dominican allows the MBA program to grow and reach a more mainstream student body. Co-founder and executive director John Stayton will move with the program to Domini- can, retaining his title as program director for the Green MBA. n Full-time students enrolled in master's and doctoral programs in the U.S. are invited to enter an essay contest to win $500 toward college tuition and fees. The 2007 Excellence in Project Accounting Philosophy contest is sponsored by Journyx, which provides Web-based time-tracking and project account- ing solutions and is based in Austin, Texas. Interested students should contribute an essay of 1,000 words or less on one of two topics: per- suading someone to track his time on a per-product, per-activity basis; or describing a real situation in which project-oriented time track- ing has made a positive difference. Deadline is June 1. Complete rules and details are online at scholarship. journyx.com. n z BizEd MAY/JUNE 2007 19