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ChronicleBannerFooter:x 4/1/09 10:50 AM Page 1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Founding Dean of the School of Business Bernard Gordon Dean of Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) seeks a visionary and entrepreneurial leader to serve as the founding Dean of its new School of Business. Renowned for its innovative, interdisciplinary project-enriched curriculum and its basic and applied research, WPI offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts. The Dean of Business position has been established as the Department of Management transitions into a School of Business. The Dean will further the institution's mission of blending theory and practice to prepare business students for innovative leadership in a global technological economy - with the wisdom, creativity, and character to address the most pressing problems confronting society today. The School of Business will be rooted in WPI's strength in technology, engineering and science, and is focused on developing innovative and entrepreneurial business leaders who are deeply immersed in technology. A unique research portfolio and undergraduate and graduate business curricula have positioned WPI's School of Business to become the destination of choice for students interested in business education with a distinct technical focus and global view. In fact, the MBA is ranked as the #1 Part-time MBA program in the Northeast by BusinessWeek. Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bernard Gordon Dean of Engineering The new Dean will join WPI at an exciting time in the Institute's history. The appointment of founding deans of Engineering and of Arts and Sciences will create additional opportunities for linking the new School of Business more closely with other parts of the Institute, enabling it to pursue high potential opportunities where business intersects with engineering, science, technology, and other fields. The new Dean will be committed to this interdisciplinary approach and the value of technology-based education, and will possess a vision for business education of the future. WPI is consistently ranked among the top national universities. Its faculty is not only distinguished in research, but also engaged with students, as recognized by WPI's ranking as first among 33 doctoral intensive universities on the dimension of faculty-student interaction. The Institute's pioneering curriculum, the WPI Plan, affords students opportunities for real-world application of what they learn in the classroom, locally and at project sites in the U.S. and around the world. The WPI Plan has become a model for curricular innovation in higher education. Both faculty and student research across a variety of fields contribute to WPI's rising national profile. To enrich education through diversity, WPI is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. — A member of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium — All nominations and applications shall be confidential. Direct requests for information and written nominations and applications to: Martha Brest, Managing Associate • Isaacson, Miller 334 Boylston Street • Boston, MA 02116 • Email: 3856@imsearch.com. Electronic submission of materials is strongly encouraged To enrich education through diversity, WPI is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. — A member of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium — 76 BizEd SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009