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CONTACT:
communications@mail.cox.smu.edu
Andrea Hugg
(214)768-4474 |
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Lindsay Hogan
(214)768-1794 |
SMU Cox Business Leadership Center Honors Top Business PartnersCenter Will Recognize Business Professionals for Their Excellence in the MBA Classroom
DALLAS, Texas (SMU) - The Business Leadership Center (BLC) at SMU's Cox School of Business honors 15 business professionals with its Distinguished Teaching Excellence Award, Friday, April 11, 2003, at 12:00 p.m. The instructors, each a leading industry professional rather than academic professor, teach a variety of leadership programs to the school's MBA students, bringing "real world" knowledge and experience to the classroom.
The BLC exemplifies the Cox School's partnership with the Dallas business community and its focus on developing business leaders. Founded more than 10 years ago, the BLC developed as a partnership with several major Dallas corporations. Today, those relationships have grown. The BLC offers more than 40 non-credit elective seminars yearly in five primary skill areas - creative and productive leadership, managerial leadership, team dynamics, leadership in a service culture, and communication and interpersonal skills. Programs are developed and customized jointly by the BLC's director and corporate leadership professionals, according to their specialties, from companies throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Courses are taught to equip MBA students with the skills to lead and excel in business to enhance their academic curriculum. The BLC at Cox is unique among MBA schools. Students learn important and fundamental skills through the BLC that are invaluable to their future careers.
Instructors honored with the Distinguished Teaching Excellence Award were evaluated by SMU Cox MBA students in three categories - instructor, content, and value. Receiving the award are: Wade Bibbee, Norman Brinker Interests; Norman Brinker, Norman Brinker Interests; Ed Dawson, Capital Alliance Corporation; Richard Graves, SBC Communications; Dave Gunby, formerly EDS; Henry Marsh, FranklinCovey Company; Scottie Pearson-Thompson, Accenture; Randy Pennington, Pennington Performance Group; Jan Powell, Xerox Corporation, retired; Randy Raines, EDS; Tracie Reveal, formerly EDS; Stewart Rogers, Data Sort; Mike Smythe, Accenture; Merrie Spaeth, Spaeth Communications, Inc.; and Steve Zipkoff, Zipkoff Solutions.
Building corporate partnerships is essential to building a top-ranked business school. As well as teach in the Business Leadership Center, corporate partners serve on the BBA Business Associates Program, the MBA Associate Board Executive Mentoring Program, the Executive Board, and on advisory boards for the Caruth Institute's Venture Fund, the Career Management Center, and the Maguire Energy Institute. At SMU Cox, corporate partners mentor, advise, recruit, instruct, and share their experiences with BBA and MBA students.
SMU's Cox School of Business offers a full range of business education programs, from BBA and full-time MBA to Professional MBA (P MBA), Executive MBA (EMBA), and Executive Education. Cox is ranked among the top business schools nationally and internationally by major publications including Business Week, The Economist, Financial Times, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and U.S. News & World Report. In addition, the school's Business Leadership Center (BLC), Caruth Institute of Owner-Managed Business, American Airlines Global Leadership Program (GLP), and Associate Board executive mentoring program are recognized nationally and internationally.
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