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  Issue #83                                                                                                       August 2015

School News
School is Part of White House Announcement of New Business School Diversity Initiative
School of Business Dean Gene Anderson attended a gathering at the White House with the nation's top business school deans to advance a series of best practices in expanding opportunities for women in business.
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School's First Online MBA Program Begins with Students From Across the U.S.
More than 30 students from across the country begin the School's first Online MBA program.
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Five-Day Leadership Certificate Program Offered in Spanish
The University of Miami School of Business Administration offers the Leadership Program for the Americas to help executives working with and/or in Latin America enhance their management and leadership skills both at the strategic and tactical levels. Participants will learn different concepts acquire new tools and discover the latest trends that existing and aspiring leaders should know.  

The program is taught in both English and Spanish with simultaneous translation. Several modules of the program are taught in Spanish only.

There is still time to apply for the five-day certificate program running September 28 through October 2. For more information or to apply, contact the Office of Executive Education at 305-284-1354 or at execed@miami.edu.  
School Partners with Private Wealth Latin America & the Caribbean Forum - Alumni Discount Offered
Through the School's partnership with the Private Wealth Latin America & The Caribbean Forum, our alumni receive a 10% conference registration discount. Held in Miami Oct. 20 - 21, the Forum is a pan-regional wealth management, wealth planning and investment management international meeting for private banks, high net worth individuals, wealth managers, and family offices.
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School's Miami Executive MBA for the Americas Program Draws Accomplished Professionals from Across U.S. and Latin America
The Miami Executive MBA for the Americas program, which focuses on the challenges and opportunities faced by those doing business in the Americas and across the globe, welcomed a new class of high-level executives in August. The 26 participants have backgrounds in engineering; accounting, finance and banking; business; medicine; business information systems; economics; history; international relations; and law. Half of the participants hold foreign citizenship - from countries including Argentina, the Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Serbia, Spain, Russia and Venezuela.
 
To learn more about the program, click here.
In the News

Miami Today - August 27, 2015 - An article about a slowdown in international trade in South Florida due to economic turmoil in other countries included insight from Joseph Ganitsky, research professor of management, who noted that "Brazil's GNP will not increase at all this year," and if a scandal there continues, "the impact might be more severe. As for Colombia, growth will be around 3% this year." Article

US News & World Report - August 13, 2015 - Dean Gene Anderson discussed the importance of matching prospective women MBA students with current women students during the admissions process in an article about a pledge, made at the White House by the School and 44 other business schools, to increase opportunities for women in business. Article

Bloomberg BusinessWeek - August 6, 2015 - An article about more senior Wal-Mart employees angered by the company's raising of the minimum wage without raising theirs included quotes from Laura Giuliano, an associate professor of economics, who noted that workers pay attention to the wages of their peers. "Even a small difference can matter, and whether or not it is going to matter may well depend on whether it appears arbitrary or unfair."Article

Sirius XM Business Radio - August 6, 2015 - Patricia Abril, associate professor of business law, was interviewed for 30 minutes about "The Right to Be Forgotten" law in Europe giving people the right to ask Google to take down from their search engine information that misrepresents or is no longer relevant to them. She also discussed the latest legal trends in social media and privacy.

Miami Herald - August 5, 2015 - An article about a pledge by the School and 44 other business schools to increase opportunities for women in business included quotes from Dean Gene Anderson, who noted that "All business is now global and to compete effectively we need to make certain our best talent is able to rise to the highest level." Anderson attended a White House event where the standards were discussed that day. Article

Miami Herald - August 3, 2015 - An article about the value of mentoring included quotes from Terri Scandura, professor of management, who noted that mentoring "has become part of the culture now for a lot of organizations." The article also cited a 2011 survey by The Commonwealth Institute and the School of Business. Article

Forbes - July 30, 2015 - An article featured research by Henrik Cronqvist, professor of finance, which found that U.S. firms led by CEOs with daughters spend 13% more of their net profits on corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts than those with CEOs who do not have daughters. Article

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FACULTY AWARDS/HONORS


September 3, 20153:30pm - 5:00pm
Faculty & Staff Welcome Back Mixer
Storer Auditorium
UPCOMING EVENTS

September 9, 2015
Professional MBA and Executive MBA Programs Information Session

September 28 - October 2, 2015
Executive Program in Marketing

September 28 - October 2, 2015
Leadership Program for the Americas

October 15 - 16, 2015
Am�ricaEconom�a 5th Foro Multilatinas

October 17, 2015
MBA Preview

October 20 - 21, 2015
Private Wealth Latin American & the Caribbean Forum

October 21 - 23, 2015
Latin American Health Care Compliance Program

November 5 - 8, 2015
Alumni Weekend & Homecoming

More School of Business Events
Corporate Partners Program

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