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The NASDAQ Stock Market Educational Foundation, Inc. Committed to Financial Markets Literacy $644,000 in U.S. dollars) toward the venture, which is expected to cost al- most £1.4 million (about $2.2 mil- lion) in total. The project, scheduled to start this spring, is designed to help business owners understand the relationship between leadership and business success through coursework, mentoring, and research. ■ The Third Annual Hawaii International Conference on Business will be held from June 18 to June 21 at the Sheraton Waikiki hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is sponsored by the University of Hawaii—West Oahu. The confer- ence, which last year attracted more than 450 people from nearly 40 countries, offers opportunities for academicians and professionals from business fields to interact plines. Conference organizers have issued a call for papers and abstracts, which must be submitted by January 16. For more information, see the Web site at www.hicbusiness.org. with members inside and outside their disci- ■ University of the Pacific's Eberhardt School of Business, Stockton, Cali- fornia, has received a $4 million commitment from alumnus Neven Hulsey. The gift will allow for the creation of the Neven C. Hulsey En- dowed Chair in Business Excellence. ■ Stephen A. Stumpf, professor and chair of the management department at the Villanova University College of Commerce and Finance in Vil- lanova, Pennsylvania, is the first holder of the Fred J. Springer En- dowed Chair in Business Leadership. NEW! MARKET MECHANICS: A GUIDE TO U.S. STOCK MARKETS, RELEASE 1.2! The Market MechanicsSM series consists of a print supplement and interactive CD-Rom that can easily be incorporated into lec- tures and distributed to students either in hard copy or PDF form. Featured Interactive Modules ■ Going Public ■ History of the Markets ■ Technology of the Markets ■ Digital Video Interviews ■ Trade Execution Demonstration ■ PDF Documents ■ PowerPoint Presentations ■ and much more The NASDAQ Educational Foundation is an originator of products designed to provide balanced and insightful financial markets education. Reserve your copy of this free curriculum supplement. To learn more, visit www.NASDAQ.com > About NASDAQ > Education Initiatives. The chair was established to honor contributions to instruction, re- search, public service, and business. ■ Kathleen McClave has been named to the newly created post of associate dean for Communications and Busi- ness Development of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsyl- vania in Philadelphia. The position was created to expand on the school's efforts in global brand- building, corporate relations, and the creation of new commercial revenue streams. McClave will help to coor- dinate efforts across administrative and academic departments. ■ In other news from Wharton, the school has announced the creation of the Russell L. Ackoff Endowment, which will initially be funded through the charitable trust of Anheuser- Busch. With a $1.2 mil- lion endowment, the fund will pro- mote research and practice in risk management and systems science. Paul Kleindorfer has been named the Anheuser-Busch Professor of Man- agement Science. ■ Jay F. Nunamaker, Regents' and Sol- dwedel Professor of Management In- formation Systems, Computer Sci- ence and Commun i ca tion at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Business and Public Administration in Tucson, received the LEO Lifetime Exceptional Achievement Award from the Association for Information Systems. The award was given at the association's annual conference in Barcelona, Spain. The award recog- nizes seminal contributions to re- search, theory development, and practice in information systems. Named for the Lyons Electronic Of- fice, the world's first commercial ap- plications of computing, the award honors outstanding scholars who are pioneers in their areas of expertise. ■ z BizEd MARCH/APRIL 2003 17