AWARDS

Arizona State University Professor Appointed Fulbright Senior Specialist

(Arizona, USA). Ajay Vinze, the Earl and Gladys Davis Distinguished Professor and director of the W.P. Carey MBA Executive Program at the W.P. Carey School of Business was recently appointed as a Fulbright Senior Specialist for his work in global academic projects. The Fulbright program promotes the participation of U.S. scholars and professionals to undertake collaborative projects with their counterparts in post-secondary academic institutions in other countries. The objective of the program is to create links between the U.S. and non-U.S. academic institutions. Vinze’s first appointment will be a five-year term with the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina to assist in the advancement of technology to achieve world standards.

University of Florida Awarded for Marketing Research

(Florida, USA). Joseph W. Alba, a University of Florida distinguished professor of marketing and chair of the Department of Marketing, was awarded with the Paul D. Converse Award for his findings and paper entitled, “Dimensions of Consumer Expertise,” which can be seen in the Journal of Consumer Research. The Converse Award is considered one of the highest honors in the field of marketing research and its winners are referred to by Forbes as part of the “Marketing Hall of Fame.”

Alba also has won other awards for his contributions to marketing. He has previously received the Journal of Marketing MSI/Paul Root Award, the AMA Louis Stern Award, and the Journal of Consumer Research Outstanding Article Award twice.

San Diego State University Professors Receives Honors

(California, USA). College of Business Administration assistant management professor, Martina Musteen recently was honored with the Olympus 2008 Emerging Educational Leader Award. Musteen was awarded for her dynamic teaching approach and the motivational classroom environments she creates. She is the developer of a popular international entrepreneurship course that she currently teaches for those seeking to become global entrepreneurs. Musteen was nominated by one of her students and says, “to be honored for doing something that I love to do is incredibly gratifying.”

The award is part of an on-going program that seeks out individuals who have demonstrated initiative thinking in higher education.

University of Stellenbosch Business School Receives A-Rating in Survey

(South Africa). The University of Stellenbosch was one of two schools in Africa to receive an A-rating as a “universal business school with major international influence” in the EDUNIVERSAL Official Selection. The rating was determined by a voting of business school deans regarding schools in the Selection. The deans were asked one question, “which business school(s) would you recommend?” One thousand deans participated and the survey was conducted over a period of several months.

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