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Headlines SHORT TAKES work set up last year by Audencia, HHL-Leipzig Graduate School of Management in Germany, and MIP Politecnico di Milano in Italy. The schools intend to expand the net- work by adding more partners over the next three years. n Grenoble Ecole de Management in France and ESCA Ecole de Management Casablanca in Morocco have strength- ened their partnership to jointly establish a new Euro-African Cam- pus for Management. The goal of the new campus is to draw students with high potential and train them to be respectful of the environ- ment, focused on African business, and open to globalization oppor- tunities. Programs will include an MSc in business development, a doctorate of business administra- tion, and an advanced management program. Research projects will focus on African businesses and their unique characteristics. BE INFLUENTIAL. > 1.800.680.3701 > CPS.Regis.edu/beinfluential COLORADO · NEVADA · ONLINE 18 BizEd NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010 n The Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University in the Neth- erlands has partnered with Wetsus, Center of Excellence for Sustain- able Water Technology, to launch a new water specialization track in its EMBA program. The program targets international businesspeople in the global water business and will cover issues of water quality, distribution, availability, and related technology. Participants will attend the first two terms of the EMBA Program at RSM. The third term, which specializes in the water busi- ness, will be modular in format and will take place at Wetsus in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. OTHER NEWS n Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB) in France has opened a new recruitment office in Cairo, Egypt, to expand its presence in the Middle East. The project is supported by cooperation between GGSB and the Cultural Office of the Egyptian Embassy in Paris. n Pace University in New York has con- cluded a fund-raising effort that resulted in $101,096,941 in cash and pledges since the campaign's inception in 2003. Among the donors were entrepre- neurs Helene and Grant Wilson, who pledged $5 million to launch the Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship. The school also received gifts from more than 6,000 first-time donors, as well as 16 single gifts of more than $1 million each. n In response to the change in Pennsylvania legislation regarding the number of accounting credits required to sit for the CPA exam, changes have been made in the mas- ter of accounting degree offered by Temple University's Fox School of Busi- ness in Philadelphia. The Fox MAcc now will provide accounting majors with an opportunity to earn credits at the master's level and allow MAcc students to sit for the CPA exam while they are enrolled in the full- time program. n Columbia Business School in New York has launched an initiative to help MBA and EMBA candidates improve their networking opportu- nities with the school's entire com- ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOR ADULT LEARNERS. > In-demand Bachelor's and Master's degrees and Certificates > Accelerated online and campus-based learning > An accredited University ranked by U.S.News & World Report