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16 May/June 2014 BizEd VE N I MO/TH I N KSTOCK (CR EATIVITY); MON KEY B USI N ESS I MAG ES LTD/TH I N KSTOCK (PAR IS) headlines orandum of understanding to collaborate on developing their respective maritime pro- grams. Under the agreement, exchange students from the two schools will spend a full term at the partner university to benefit from academic knowledge and industry immersion. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is supporting SMU's mari- time initiative through seed funding up of to S$4.3 mil- lion (US$3.4 million). ■ Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, are partnering on a new global master of finance dual degree program. Students in the 14-month program will earn a master of finance from Washington University and a global MBA from Yonsei University. ■ The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Califor- nia, has partnered with the Peter F. Drucker and Masa- toshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University in Califor- nia to launch the Innovation Systems Design MS/MBA degree program this fall. Stu- dents will graduate with an MS in industrial design from the Art Center and an MBA from the Drucker School. ■ The Brandeis Interna- tional Business School in Waltham, Massachusetts, has formalized a partnership with Universidad Escuela de Administración y Finanzas e Instituto Tecnológico (EAFIT), a private university in Medellín, Colombia, that will allow EAFIT finance stu- dents to study at Brandeis and earn dual degrees. ■ Audencia Nantes School of Management in France and Escola Superior de Propaganda e Market- ing (ESPM) in São Paulo, Brazil, have partnered to launch a master of science in food and agribusiness management. NEW PROGRAMS ■ The Helzberg School of Management at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, is now offering a master of arts in manage- ment degree designed for early- to mid-career individu- als. Students can choose from three concentrations in the MA: organizational leadership and development, healthcare management, and nonprofit administration. ■ This fall, the Frankfurt School of Finance & Man- agement in Germany will offer a full-time international MBA focused primarily on leadership and strategic management. The course starts with team-building camp and features weekly career development days that include personality tests and visits to German compa- nies. Two of the 12 course modules are spent abroad at the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business in South Africa and the SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan, Italy. ■ The Rady School of Man- agement at the University of California San Diego has launched a one-year master of finance program that will offer hands-on training for students interested in analyzing Big Data for financial decision making and risk management. ■ In fall 2014, the Raymond J. Harbert College of Busi- ness at Auburn University in Alabama will launch the finance track of its PhD in business. The program grew out of a US$40 million gift from 1982 alumnus Raymond J. Harbert in June 2013. ■ Cass Business School at City University London is offering a new MSc in global supply chain management designed to give students supply chain knowledge and analytical skills. ■ This fall, NEOMA Business School will launch a 12-month, full-time MBA program to be taught at its campus in Paris. Core courses will focus on four phases of business—diag- nosis, optimization, interna- tional development, and value creation. The program will be punctuated by several real- world experiences, such as the Out of Your Comfort Zone class that, in collaboration with the French Air Force, will test students' decision-making ability and emotional stability in a crisis. ■ The Naveen Jindal School of Management at the Uni- versity of Texas, Dallas, has launched a professional certificate program for fund- raising executives. ■ This fall, the Jones Gradu- ate School of Business at Rice University in Houston, Texas, will launch a revised curriculum and delivery for- mat for its EMBA program. The new version will include five-day experiential forums at the start and end of each academic year, executive seminars to help partici- pants integrate skills across disciplines, and a capstone experience focused on inter- national management. GIFTS AND DONATIONS ■ Entrepreneur and alumnus Al Warrington IV and his wife, Judy, have committed US$75 million to the University of Florida in Gainesville. The gift will be used to increase SHORT TAKES