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COLLABORATIONS n A new Global MBA pro- gram will enable students at Case Western Reserve Univer- sity's Weatherhead School of Management to experience education in China and India in addition to Cleveland, Ohio, where the school is based. Weatherhead is joining with the School of Economics and Management at Tongji Univer- sity in Shanghai, China, and with Xavier Labour Relations Institute in Jamshedpur, India, for the shared academic ven- ture, which is slated to begin in the second half of 2013. n Three business schools on three continents are joining together to develop a cor- porate international master's degree program scheduled to launch next spring. The schools are Georgetown Uni- versity's McDonough School of Business in Washington, D.C.; ESADE Business School of Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, as well as Buenos Aires, Argentina; and EBAPE/ Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. n The Institute of Business Administration in Karachi, Pakistan, and the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in College Park have signed a memorandum of understand- ing focusing on executive education. The agreement incorporates "train the trainer" programs for IBA faculty, vid- eoconferences, and the cre- ation of an environment that promotes faculty exchanges. n The University of Toronto's Rotman School of Manage- ment in Ontario has signed a memorandum of understand- ing with the Beijing-based China Banking Association (CBA), which provides the school the opportunity to provide risk management programs to the association's 152 banks and financial ser- vices companies. GRANTS AND DONATIONS n The College of Manage- ment at Georgia Institute of Technology has announced a transformational gift from alumnus Ernest "Ernie" Scheller Jr. The majority of his US$50 million gift has already been fulfilled; it is expected to be completed in 2013. Between Scheller's gifts and matching challenge gifts, the college will have more than doubled its endowment. In recognition of Scheller's gen- erosity, the school has been renamed the Ernest Scheller Jr. College of Business. Scheller is chairman emeritus of Pennsylvania-based Silber- line Manufacturing Inc., a pig- ment supplier. n The vice chairman of the board of trustees for Quin- nipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, has donated US$1 million to accelerate the School of Business's innova- tions in entrepreneurship. Quinnipiac will match the gift, creating a $2 million perpetual fund for the Carlton Highsmith Chair in Entrepreneurship. Highsmith is the retired vice chairman of PaperWorks Industries of Philadelphia. n Butler University in Indianapolis has received a US$3 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to continue operation of Butler's Business Accelerator, a component of the College of Business. n The James F. Dicke College of Business at Ohio North- ern University in Ada has received a US$92,000 grant to support its entrepreneur- ship program. The money, a Rural Business Enterprise Grant awarded by the United States Department of Agricul- ture, will be used to support small business growth and development in a four-county area surrounding the school. OTHER NEWS The Stern School of Business at New York University, with support from its Social Enter- prise Association MBA club, is establishing a loan assistance program for full-time, part-time, and executive MBA graduates. The program will reduce the financial burden of repaying business school loans for graduates who pursue careers in social enterprise. n The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has chosen five business schools to participate in a pilot program aimed at help- ing MBA candidates learn better strategic communica- tion and reputation manage- ment skills. Participating schools include Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Con- necticut; Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire; the University of Maryland in College Park; Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois; and the University of Texas at El Paso. PRSA developed the new turnkey public rela- tions course in partnership with Paul Argenti, professor of corporate communications at Dartmouth. BizEd September/October 2012 17