People and Places: July 26, 2022
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![]() New ProgramsThe Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University in University Park has added a one-year Master’s in Accounting Analytics program that will enroll students beginning in the fall of 2023. The 30-credit STEM-designated program is aimed at students with strong quantitative skills who are seeking careers in corporate accounting or business. Smeal also offers one-year master’s degrees in business analytics, accounting, corporate finance, management and organizational leadership, and real estate analysis and development. Next fall, Columbia Business School will join with Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science in New York City to offer a 20-month dual-degree program in which students earn an MBA and an Executive Master of Science in Engineering and Applied Science. Students will take courses with faculty from both schools, spend a summer pursuing entrepreneurial ventures or interning at technology companies, and complete capstone projects. The curriculum will include courses such as Digital Disruption and Tech Transfer, Business Analytics, and Human-Centered Design and Innovation. CollaborationsMontclair State University in New Jersey is partnering with Emerge Education, a higher education marketing and recruiting firm, to launch two STEM-designated master’s degrees. The Master of Science in Human Resources Analytics is composed of two stackable certificates, one in human resources management and one in business analytics, and culminates in two capstone courses that include a practicum. The Master of Science in Digital Marketing Analytics combines digital marketing and business analytics fundamentals with opportunities for students to gain real-world skills and experiences. Both programs are offered fully online. The School of Business at the University of Washington Bothell is bringing its Eastside Leadership Center to the campus of Bellevue College, also in Washington. The collaboration will provide the services and support of both institutions to students in supply chain management and entrepreneurship programs and allow students at Bellevue College to earn a UW Bothell bachelor’s degree. The schools also are planning to offer a joint master’s degree in supply chain management within the next two years. Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and Maastricht University (UM) in the Netherlands have signed an agreement to integrate MSM into UM’s School of Business and Economics. After the summer, MSM’s educational and research activities will continue as part of UM. For a limited number of years, the MSM Foundation will continue to exist in an adapted form and to award MSM diplomas to current students. A double-degree MSc in Product Management and UX Design is being launched this fall by SKEMA Business School in Lille, France; POLIMI Graduate School of Management in Milan; and POLI.design, also in Milan. The full-time one-year program combines a business, tech, and design approach aimed at improving the user experience (UX). Students will acquire expertise in creating and managing digital products, leading teams, communicating with stakeholders, and using product management tools. New Centers and FacilitiesAfter five years of construction, EHL Hospitality Business School has unveiled its new 80,000-square-meter (262,467-square-foot) campus in Lausanne, Switzerland. The campus was designed with the input of architecture students from around the world who answered EHL’s call for proposals. Twenty students and their professors were invited to Switzerland to meet with EHL students and discuss their expectations. The result is an open campus that promotes interactions between professors and students and is also welcoming to the local community. It features nearly 1,000 student beds, 12 food outlets, a variety of sports facilities, an organic orchard, and a 2,500-square-meter (8,202-square-foot) garden that houses six beehives. The eco-certified architecture is equipped with 44 geothermal probes and a wastewater heat recovery system that will cover 80 percent of the university’s heating needs. The campus also contains solar panels that are expected to fully offset the school’s carbon emissions by 2024. Grants and DonationsThe Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, has received a 30 million USD donation from Warren and Carol Spieker, the largest single gift in the school’s history. The money primarily will be used to support Berkeley Haas as it expands its two-year undergraduate business program to a four-year program. Starting in August 2024, prospective Berkeley students will have the option to apply directly to Haas and enter as freshmen. In recognition of the gift, the four-year program will be known as the Spieker Undergraduate Business Program. The donation also will endow the new Spieker Scholars Program and expand other scholarships; provide support to students from nontraditional backgrounds; allow the school to increase staffing for academic and admissions advising, mental health services, and other student touchpoints; fund new classroom technology and infrastructure; and support co-curricular opportunities. Carol and Frank Morsani, long-time benefactors to the University of South Florida in Tampa, have pledged another 7 million USD to the university. The gift will endow the Morsani Scholars program, which will offer scholarships to USF students; create an endowed chair in geriatrics; and fund a directorship and professorship focused on ethical leadership in business. 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