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The new building is expected to be completed by December 2013. n This April, the Indian School of Business opened a new campus in Mohali that is designed to meet LEED Gold sustainability criteria. The campus buildings, which are spread over 70 acres, feature energy-efficient mechanical and electrical fixtures, rainwater harvesting, maximum use of daylight, and passive environmental controls. The new campus also has been outfitted with a geothermal air conditioning system designed to save 1.2 million kilowatt hours of power annually. n The University of Louisville's College of Business in Kentucky has just unveiled a "green" roof created with living plants, pavers, and reflective roofing. The SHORT TAKES NEW APPOINTMENTS n Paul M. Bobrowski has been named dean of the University of Dayton's School of Business Administration in Ohio. He was previously dean of the College of Busi- ness at Auburn University. n In June, Lance Nail became dean of Texas Tech's Rawls College of Business in Lubbock. He served for four years as dean of the College of Business at the University of Southern Mississippi. Nail replaces Allen McInnes, who served as dean for ten years. n Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, has appointed Barbara Nemecek as interim dean of its Robert B. Willumstad School of Busi- ness. Nemecek most recently was the dean and the Louis J. and Ramona Rodriguez Distinguished Professor at the Dillard College of Business Administration at Midwestern State University in Texas. She served for four years on AACSB's Board of Directors. n Robert Barrett has been named dean of Lander University's Col- lege of Business and Public Affairs in Greenwood, South Caroli- na. He took his new position in July. Barrett comes to Lander after serving five years as dean of the College of Busi- ness and Applied Professional Sciences at South Carolina State University. He succeeds interim dean Douglas Grider. n In July, Donna T. Mayo became the new dean of the Mike Cottrell School of Business at North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega. Most recently, Mayo was dean and professor of marketing at Dalton State College's School of Business. She replaces Max Burns, who has taken a position as presi- dent of Gordon College. n In July, French school Grenoble Ecole de Manage- ment put a new governance structure in place. Loïck Roche (pictured) was appointed dean, while former dean Thierry Grange became president of a newly formed Strategic Board, which will handle operational and strategic plan- ning and leadership. n Michael B. Mikhail has been appointed dean of the College of Business Admin- istration at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Mikhail most recently was the KPMG Professor and director of the School of Accountancy at Arizona State Univer- sity's W.P. Carey School of Business in Tempe. Mikhail will succeed interim dean Michael A. Pagano. n California State Univer- sity in Dominguez Hills has Krista Loyd Sky Garden, which is expected to trim 25 percent from heating and cooling costs in the two-story addition it covers, also drains to a rain garden on the ground below to help prevent campus flooding. The roof is named for the late daughter of Raymond and Eleanor Loyd, who donated US$55,000 for the project. n This spring, the College of Business at the Uni- versity of North Texas in Denton received LEED Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council. The 180,000-square-foot Business Leadership Building includes water-efficient plumbing, electricity generated in part by wind power, low-maintenance landscaping, recycling stations, and sustainable irriga- tion systems. BizEd September/October 2012 15 COURTESY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY