Five Honored for Teaching Excellence

Recipients of The School of Management's 2003 Teaching Awards are (from
left) Erin M. Steffes, named outstanding teaching assistant; Dr. Laurie L.
Ziegler, outstanding undergraduate teacher; Dr. Nanda Kumar, outstanding
graduate teacher; Dr. Abhijit Biswas, outstanding adjunct faculty member,
and Dr. Marilyn Kaplan, outstanding online teacher. The SOM Teaching
Committee reviews nominations from students and selects award recipients
for their outstanding teaching abilities. This is the second SOM teaching
award for Dr. Ziegler, who also earned the honor in 1994. All five faculty
members received a plaque recognizing their achievement and a grant of one
thousand dollars. The committee also recognized two runners-up: Dr. Peter
Lewin, in the undergraduate teaching category, and Ibrahim Mescioglu, in
the outstanding teaching assistant category.


Indo-American Chamber of Commerce Honors Dean Pirkul

In October 2003, School of Management Dean Dr. Hasan Pirkul (second from
left) was honored for his outstanding contribution to education at the
Greater Dallas Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (GDIACC) 2003 awards
banquet. The event was held at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Dallas. Pictured
with Dr. Pirkul are A.K. Mago (far left), GDIACC founding chairman and SOM
alum (EMBA 1999); Joel Allison (second from right), CEO of Baylor Health
Care System and keynote speaker for the event; and S.R. Tayal (far right),
consul general of India in Houston, who received special recognition for
his contribution on behalf of the Indian community in Texas.


Associate Dean Diane McNulty Appointed to Public Affairs Council Board

Diane S. McNulty, Ph.D., The School of Management's associate dean for
external affairs and corporate development, has been appointed to the
board of directors of the national Public Affairs Council in Washington,
D.C.

The council is the leading association for public affairs professionals,
with more than 500 member corporations, associations and consulting firms.
It provides information, training and other resources to support members'
effective participation in government, community and public relations
activities at all levels.

A member of the council since 2001, Dr. McNulty previously served on a
communications task force for the organization. She also serves as
secretary of the board of trustees of The Science Place in Dallas, is
chairman of the board of directors of Dallas World Salute and has served
as secretary of the board for the World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas.
She is a member of the advisory board of the Dallas Friday Group, a
nonprofit and nonpartisan organization of businesspeople that provides a
forum for exchanging information on current events.

At the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, she long has participated on
the International Business Advisory Council and is an adjunct member of
the Technology Business Council. Dr. McNulty serves on the advisory
council of the Plano Sci-Tech Discovery Center. She is a past board member
and auction fundraising chairman of the Dallas affiliate of the American
Heart Association.


School of Management Introduces New Endorsed Internal Audit Program

A new Endorsed Internal Audit Program at The School of Management allows
graduate students in any field to add another valuable certification to
their degrees.

"Right now, the demand for internal auditors is greater than it's ever
been," says Mark Salamasick, program director and SOM Accounting and
Information Management faculty member. "Even with the down economy, there
was still demand for internal auditors. Now that things are picking up,
and new regulations are taking effect in the wake of [the] Enron and
WorldCom [scandals], there's an even greater demand."

Modeled after a highly successful internal audit program at Louisiana
State University and endorsed by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA),
the program prepares students for work in virtually any auditing field,
including operational, technology and environmental auditing.

To receive a certificate of program completion, students must take 12
credits of internal audit or control-related courses, including a
mandatory, core internal-audit course and nine credits of electives. They
also must sit for either the IIA's Certified Internal Auditor exam or the
Information Systems Audit and Control Association's Certified Information
Systems Auditor exam.

Program participants are also strongly encouraged to join the student
chapter of the IIA, which offers educational and networking opportunities
with major employers in the Dallas area.

The program launched in fall 2003 with six students enrolled in the core
course. By spring 2004, 20 students were taking the course, and enrollment
is expected to continue to grow.

With the addition of this new certification to their rŽsumŽs, Mr.
Salamasick says program participants stand to gain a competitive edge in
the hot internal audit employment market.

"On our advisory committee, we have TXU Corporation, EDS, Southwest
Airlines, Deloitte and Texas Instruments," Mr. Salamasick says. "We expect
this program to be very attractive to a lot of the bigger companies."


Administrative Changes New Director Chosen for Accounting and Information
management

Dr. Mark Anderson was named director of SOM's Accounting and Information
Management (AIM) area last fall. He succeeded Dr. Rajiv Banker, who left
to become dean of the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management at
University of California Riverside.

Dr. Anderson teaches courses in financial accounting and financial
statement analysis. A past recipient of the school's Excellence in
Teaching Award, he joined the faculty in 1995 as an assistant professor
and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in the spring of 2003.

An innovator in accounting education adroit at quickly adapting courses to
changes in the business world, the AIM area offers B.S. through Ph.D.
training in management consulting and performance management, financial
planning, technology services, assurance and information integrity, and
international services.

In announcing Professor Anderson's appointment, SOM Dean Dr. Hasan Pirkul
says he considers the school fortunate to have someone so capable take
over leadership of the AIM programs. "Mark has been a member of our
faculty for nine years and in that time he has not only proven his
excellent teaching skills but also his abilities as a respected researcher
in his field. We appreciate his willingness, now, to lead our accounting
programs to the next level of excellence."

Professor Anderson came to the school from the University of Florida,
where he completed his Ph.D. in accounting. He previously had earned a
master's degree in accounting from the University of Rochester and one in
business administration from the University of Alberta. Before beginning
his academic career, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Certified
Management Accountant in Canada, where he worked at the Edmonton office of
PriceWaterhouse.

Professor Anderson's primary research interests are in accounting for
employee compensation and the use of market measures of firm performance
in incentive programs.


Communications Forum Draws Top CEOS, Policymakers and Academics to UTD

Communications industry leaders and experts from both the United States
and abroad gathered at The UTD School of Management (SOM) May 5-7 for the
Global Communications Strategy Forum.

The forum, organized by SOM Professor of Technology Strategy Sumit
Majumdar, Ph.D., offered participants the opportunity to hear influential
CEOs and other senior executives, industry entrepreneurs, policymakers and
academicians in the field debate the challenges the communications
industry faces and the choices available to it in evolving markets.

"These debates, often about the fundamentals and based on academic,
practical and industry perspectives, will aid in firms' revitalization
strategies," Dr. Majumdar says.

The forum's panel members included: Keith Brummer, chief technology
officer (CTO), Cogent Communications; Robert Crandall, senior fellow,
Brookings Institution; David Dickinson, vice president, Mobile Services,
Nokia; Paula Kruger, executive vice president, Consumer Markets Group,
Qwest Communications; Andrew Lombard, chief executive officer (CEO),
airBand; Jamie Martinez, CEO, Last Mile Connections; W. Eric Mentzer, vice
president and CTO, Communications Group, Intel; Scott Nelson, CTO, Alcatel
USA; Sam Pitroda, chairman of WorldTel; C.K. Prahalad, the Harvey C.
Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration and professor of corporate
strategy and international business at the University of Michigan; Gordon
Quinn, vice president, Strategic Technologies and Business Planning,
Nortel Networks;  Angel Ruiz, president and CEO of Ericsson Inc., and
Donald Stockdale, director of research, Federal Communications Commission.

Topics of the forum's panels included critical concerns of the corporate
officer, the evolution of digital-services markets and the technology
evolution and next-generation networks.

UTD President Dr. Franklyn G. Jenifer lauded the forum's importance to the
university and the communications industry, adding that UTD recognizes the
critical importance of telecommunications to the digital economy and has
made telecommunications a core academic discipline and business
competency.

"Located in the Telecom Corridor of North Texas, UTD was the first
university in the U.S. to have an accredited telecommunications
engineering degree. The telecom revolution is far from over, however, and
this forum is intended to provide insights into where it may take us with
the next generation of products, services and innovative new strategies,"
President Jenifer said.

In his welcome message, SOM Dean Dr. Hasan Pirkul noted that in the last
decade, The UTD School of Management has invested significantly in the
field of telecommunications knowledge. "We are pleased to be able to
present a forum that can attract the best and the brightest minds from
academia, government and industry. With stimulating discussions and
high-power panels, we feel this conference has something significant to
offer everyone interested in the past, present or future of communications
technologies."


Partnership Yields Award-Winning Software for Two SOM Centers

Two School of Management research centers--The Center for Intelligent
Supply Networks (C4ISN) and The Center for Information Technology
Management (CITM)--have entered a software-training collaboration with San
Jose, California-based Agile Software Corp. Agile is donating Agile PLM
(Product Lifecycle Management) software to the two centers, providing the
necessary support to maintain the software and sharing its training
materials with C4ISN. Under the partnership, CITM's network server is
hosting the software and providing use of computer labs for training
students to use the product.

Agile won the Circuits Assembly magazine 2004 Service Excellence Award in
the supply chain management software category in February. Its product,
Agile PLM, is designed to improve product profitability and has been used
by nearly 1,200 companies worldwide.

Agile CEO Brian Staley says his company's partnership with the SOM centers
will provide an opportunity to help "incorporate the domain expertise and
industry best practices companies need to improve their bottom line" in
programs that The School of Management offers.

The two centers' partnership with Agile was initiated by Paul Peck, vice
president of operations for Covaro Networks, who is a member of the C4ISN
industry advisory board and an Agile customer.


AMME Awarded Texas Mental Healthcare Contract

The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (MHMR) has
awarded The School of Management's Alliance for Medical Management
Education (AMME) a $100,000 contract to help improve the way mental
healthcare is delivered in the state.

AMME is the partnership between The UTD School of Management and The
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The alliance
partners developed the evidence-based approach to mental healthcare in
collaboration with The University of Texas at San Antonio.

In addition to offering a graduate business program for physicians and
senior healthcare administrators and sponsoring periodic national
conferences on healthcare policy and regulation, AMME provides customized,
on-site programs on strategy, operational improvement and financial
management for healthcare agencies.

Called Benefit Design, the joint project introduces a new way to treat
people suffering from schizophrenia, major depression and bipolar
disorder. "The treatment of these three disorders is a significant expense
for the state of Texas, costing almost $2 billion each year," says John
McCracken, Ph.D., executive director of AMME. "Benefit Design aims to
lower mental-health costs and improve outcomes."

The objectives are to reduce inappropriate variation in the diagnosis and
treatment of these conditions, and to ensure that financial resources are
allocated based on true service needs. Ultimately, the result will be more
appropriate, consistent and cost-effective mental healthcare across Texas.

But change doesn't always come easily.

Benefit Design is a massive project that fundamentally changes the way
mental-health services are delivered in Texas, "and that has created some
resistance among care providers," Dr. McCracken says.

The AMME faculty members will work with physicians and other clinicians to
implement the new medication treatment algorithms at four pilot MHMR
sites: Lubbock Regional, Panhandle Regional, Hill Country (Austin) and
Tarrant County.

AMME's change-management faculty was chosen to tackle the challenge based
on the success of its leadership, change management and conflict
resolution programs. Full implementation involves three major change
projects: determining patients' eligibility for ongoing treatment;
implementing the new Texas Medication Algorithm, an evidence-based
approach to the medication treatment of patients suffering from major
mental illness; and developing and implementing a patient and family
education program.

Dr. McCracken and AMME adjunct faculty member Dr. James Newstead will work
on the initial phases of the project, and more faculty members will join
the project as it progresses. Within the next two years, Benefit Design
will be rolled out to all 39 community-based MHMR centers in the state.


Exec Ed Advisory Council Meets

At the January meeting of the SOM Executive Education Advisory Council,
(1) Dean Dr. Hasan Pirkul stressed the important role of executive
education in "keeping our programs and our curriculum close to
developments in the real world" as well as functioning as an effective
"outreach to industry" in his welcome to the council for its first meeting
in the school's new building. (2) Council members Charles Matthews (left)
and Lonnie Martin (right) shared a point with council chairman Ron
Robinson before the meeting started. (3) Topping the meeting's agenda were
reports and discussions of current operations and future plans for two SOM
Executive Education programs, the Alliance for Medical Management
Education (AMME) and the Executive MBA (EMBA) Program.


Two SOM Publications Earn Katie Awards

Two School of Management (SOM) publications won top honors in October 2003
at the annual Press Club of Dallas Katie Awards gala, which was held at
the Hotel Intercontinental in Dallas. SOM Associate Dean for External
Affairs and Corporate Development Diane S. McNulty, Public Relations
Director Patricia Schoch and Associate Editor Kristine Imherr received a
Katie in the communications category for the Autumn 2002 and Spring 2003
issues of MANAGEMENT. Dr. McNulty is executive editor, and Ms. Schoch is
managing editor of the magazine. A communications category Katie also went
to Ms. Schoch and former SOM graphic designer Michelle Long for the Spring
2003 Cohort RŽsumŽ Book electronic brochure. The Press Club of Dallas's
Katie recognizes excellence and the highest standards of achievements in
journalism in a regional competition that includes a seven-state area and
many categories.


Former Secretary of State Inaugurates Leadership Center Speakers Series

In April, former United States Secretary of State James A. Baker III
delivered the inaugural address in The Leadership Center at UTD's
Excellence in Leadership Speakers Series. Using Winston Churchill as a
prime example, Mr. Baker's speech, "World Events: Implications for
Leadership," centered on two crucial attributes of successful leaders:
that they have the ability to see what action is necessary in a situation
and that they have the ability and courage to carry out that action.
Currently serving as a presidential envoy leading international efforts to
restructure and reduce Iraq's foreign debt, Mr. Baker also made the point
that reducing Iraq's enormous debt is a key to the successful rebuilding
of that country. The luncheon speech, which was co-sponsored by the World
Affairs Council of Greater Dallas, took place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel
in Dallas.

The center, part of the university's School of Management, promotes
ethical leadership skills, in part, by combining practical life
experiences of contemporary leaders with the existing body of knowledge in
academic surroundings to create a new learning environment. The center
also seeks to stimulate and fund multidisciplinary research that will
advance knowledge and understanding of effective leadership.

Center Director Gerald Hoag noted that Mr. Baker's appearance directly
relates to the center's mission.

"The vision behind The Leadership Center at UTD is the premise that
leadership qualities and skills can be learned and improved through a
systematic program of classical teaching combined with real life
experiences, imparted by people who are recognized as outstanding
leaders," Mr. Hoag said.


McDermott Library Lecture Series Highlights SOM Research

Six faculty members showcase their expertise

As part of festivities to celebrate the opening of the new School of
Management (SOM) Building, UTD's 2003 Fall McDermott Library Lecture
Series highlighted research by six senior SOM faculty members.

The series of three lectures, one each in September, October and November,
featured presentations by two faculty members at each lecture session. The
lectures were introduced by SOM Dean Dr. Hasan Pirkul and were free and
open to the public. A reception followed each one.

Speaking at the September lecture were Dr. Frank M. Bass, Eugene McDermott
University of Texas System Professor of Management and a leading
operations research theoretician and practitioner, and Dr. Gregory G.
Dess, who holds the Andrew R. Cecil Endowed Chair in Applied Ethics and is
an internationally recognized expert on business management strategy.
Professor Bass presented "The Bass Model: Overview and Historical
Perspective," and Professor Dess lectured on "Leveraging Human and Other
Forms of Capital: Creating Competitive Advantage."

In October, Dr. Theodore E. Day, the school's area coordinator for finance
and managerial economics and an expert on ranking the performance of
security analysts, discussed his research findings in a presentation
titled "Security Analysts, Public Information and Trading Profits." Also
speaking was Dr. Suresh Radhakrishnan, an associate professor of
accounting and information management and director of research in the
school's Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance. Professor
Radhakrishnan's talk was on "Valuation Impact of Law and Organization
Capital."

The November lectures were presented by Dr. Suresh Sethi, Ashbel Smith
Professor of Operations Management and director of the school's Center for
Intelligent Supply Networks, and by Dr. Vijay Mookerjee, coordinator for
the school's Information Systems area and an expert on information systems
issues of e-commerce. Professor Sethi's presentation was on "Supply
Networks: Challenges and Research," while Professor Mookerjee lectured on
"Customer Delay at E-commerce Sites: Capacity Planning and Differentiated
Service."

Both Dean Pirkul and UTD Director of Libraries Dr. Larry Sall say the
lecture series presented an opportunity to showcase some of the important
research going on at UTD.

"These free public lectures offered the DFW area business community the
opportunity to hear firsthand some of the best academic business minds in
the country," Dr. Sall explains.

Dean Pirkul says that the series gave the school an opportunity to
showcase important research. "Research is an integral part of academic
life. We have world-class faculty at our school, and we were happy to take
the opportunity with the McDermott Library to introduce them and their
research to the community."

Dr. Sall emphasizes that the McDermott Library Lecture Series is open not
only to the UTD faculty, staff members and students but also to the
community at large. "In this way, we hope to show the public what
magnificent academic accomplishments are being made here at UTD," he says.


Campus Library Opens Satellite Facility In New SOM Building

UTD dignitaries joined McDermott Library and School of Management (SOM)
personnel in January for a reception and ribbon cutting to mark the
official opening of the library's satellite office located in The School
of Management Building. Pictured below from left are librarian Hillary
Campbell, Director of UTD Libraries Dr. Larry Sall, UTD President Dr.
Franklyn G. Jenifer, SOM Dean Dr. Hasan Pirkul, UTD Executive Vice
President and Provost Dr. Hobson Wildenthal, Executive Vice Provost Dr.
Larry Terry and librarian Loreen Phillips. Ms. Campbell and Ms. Phillips
serve as reference librarians in the satellite office.

Adjacent to the school's undergraduate and graduate student lounges, the
office is equipped with catalog computers and is designed to assist
students and faculty with any reference or library resource needs they may
have. Hours of operation are 3:30 to 5 p.m., Mondays and Thursdays; 1 to 3
p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays; and Fridays by appointment.

Dr. Sall says he expects the facility will be the first of several
satellite offices to open on campus. He explains that this type of
outreach is a growing trend for university libraries. "Walls no longer
define the McDermott Library. We want to establish these types of
facilities as a service gesture to better serve UTD students and faculty,
not only electronically but also with that face-to-face presence that
cannot be duplicated when it comes to informing patrons of the latest
services and resources that the library offers." At the event, Dr. Sall
expressed his appreciation to Dean Pirkul for his enthusiasm and support
for the library's outreach project.


Executive MBA Student Featured in Business Magazine

Executive MBA student Jason Anderson appeared on the cover of the January
2004 Business Solutions magazine and was featured in a four-page article
in that issue. Mr. Anderson, a first-year EMBA student, is a business unit
manager of System ID Warehouse in Plano, Texas.

In the article, he discusses the rationale behind the focus on attracting
and serving smaller businesses--an approach that may at first seem contrary
to the more common sales tactic of targeting primarily large businesses.

"There are three downsides to targeting large customers," author Jay
McCall quotes Mr. Anderson as saying. "First, you run up against a myriad
of competition, which automatically lessens your chances of success.
Second, the sales cycle is much longer--sometimes as much as 10 times
longer than a small company's sales cycle. ... And third, the profit
margins are much smaller."

By focusing on smaller businesses, Mr. Anderson says, his company has been
able to establish and maintain relationships with 20,000 active customers.

Business Solutions magazine focuses on top management of companies that
make up the distribution channel for information technology products. It
is published by Corry Publishing Inc., which is based in Erie,
Pennsylvania.


Three SOM Students Receive Professional Honors

Three School of Management (SOM) MBA students, Dave Prior, Daniel Madera
and Brook Barefoot, have won recognition for achievements in their fields.

Dave Prior, a student in the online Project Management MBA Program, has
received the 2003 "Member of the Year" Award from the Project Management
Institute (PMI) Information Technology & Telecommunications Specific
Interest Group (IT&T SIG). Mr. Prior, who works as a senior e-commerce
systems analyst for Plano-based sales and marketing company CROSSMARK,
received the award in September 2003 in Baltimore at the annual PMI Global
Congress North American Symposium. The award honors a member who "provides
significant support to the organization and its members," says Bob Tarne,
group chairman. Mr. Prior received the award for his leadership role in a
project to update the IT&T SIG website. The project's success "has
significantly increased the IT&T SIG's ability to present and maintain a
website that is relevant to our members," Mr. Tarne says.

Mr. Prior entered the online Project Management MBA Program in 2003. He
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Temple University in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. He moved to Plano in 2001 from New York City. He has been a
project manager since 1996, originally working in the music industry. He
began producing websites in 1995 and earned his Project Management
Professional certification from the Project Management Institute in 2002.

Daniel Madero, a Cohort MBA student who graduated with a Master of
Business Administration (MBA) degree in December 2003, was one of 14
students from throughout Texas to receive a $5,000 scholarship from the
Texas Business Hall of Fame last fall. The students were chosen because
they "exemplify the entrepreneurial spirit that the foundation holds to be
[the] future and continued success of business in Texas," according to an
announcement from the Houston-based Texas Business Hall of Fame. Cohort
MBA Director Jyoti Mallick described Mr. Madero as "a natural entrepreneur
with an established track record of developing, creating and successfully
managing to profitability his own state-of-the-art foundry," which was a
self-taught business venture. Mr. Madero is currently pursuing a Master of
Science degree in information technology and management at The School of
Management.

In February, current MBA student Brook Barefoot was named one of the
Dallas Association for Financial Professionals (DAFP) "Outstanding MBA
Honorees" for 2004. As an honoree, he received a $100 recognition
scholarship. Mr. Barefoot was among five MBA students concentrating in
finance who were nominated by their Dallas area universities for the honor
based on a set of criteria that included academic achievement and overall
achievement and citizenship. The DAFP Board of Directors reviewed
honorees' transcripts and curriculum vitae and also reviewed essays they
had written on a general finance topic. Board members also interviewed
each of the nominees and chose one to receive the organization's
"Outstanding MBA 2004" Award. Southern Methodist University student Sam
Chase won the top honor along with a $500 scholarship for his personal use
and a $1,500 scholarship for his school.


Cohort MBA students Greg Mayfield (left) and Jana Hoehnel (right) received
special recognition from Dean Dr. Hasan Pirkul at the SOM awards dinner in
October 2003 for their help in organizing volunteers to assist with Frito
Lay's annual community campaign to collect donations for United Way. The
project was part of the Cohort MBA (CMBA) student association's community
outreach program. Both Mr. Mayfield and Ms. Hoehnel also served as members
of the CMBA student senate.


Also at the 2003 SOM awards dinner, members of UTD's Ford F-150 Campus
Launch Team were recognized for being chosen by Ford Motor Company as one
of two teams of MBA students in Texas to participate in an internship that
focused on marketing the 2004 edition of the classic Ford pick-up truck.
The UTD team--all members of SOM's Cohort MBA Class of 2003--was chosen on
the basis of a marketing plan competition that included teams from Texas
A&M University, The University of Texas at Austin, Southern Methodist
University, North Texas University and Texas Christian University.ÊThe
other team chosen to work on the project was from the McCombs School of
Business at The University of Texas at Austin. Pictured here with Jyoti
Mallick, Cohort MBA Program director (fourth from left), are UTD team
members (from left) Hardik Sheth, Vanessa Richards, Junchao Su, Charul
Sharma and Jana Hoehnel. Not pictured are team members Richard Yang and
Zhi Liu.


SOM Serves as a Model For Modernizing Ukrainian Business School

by Paula Felps

The principles taught at The School of Management are making an impact a
long way from Dallas.To help spur economic development in his homeland, an
administrator of the International Business Institute in Ukraine visited
and studied at The School of Management last November. The University of
Texas at Dallas was one of three colleges on the itinerary of Vladyslav
Osadchy, deputy director of the institute. Mr. Osadchy, a former captain
in the Soviet army who fought against Iraq, spent several weeks in the
United States observing how business schools function and studying their
curricula.

Vlad, as he asked everyone to call him, said he was particularly
interested in The School of Management because of its "gentle atmosphere"
and vast library resources. UTD was on his agenda because of its
specialized studies in various forms of management, as well as for its
strong MBA and Executive MBA curricula.

"In the classes, I spoke with professors on how they [teach], and [I]
looked at the Executive [MBA] Program," Vlad said. "It is a good
university, and very productive. I am taking schedules and catalogs back
with me to establish our own college in the capital of Ukraine."

His visit was part of the four-year-old Community Connections program, a
U.S. State Department program locally hosted by the World Affairs Council
of Greater Dallas. The council offers internship-based training
opportunities in the United States for former Soviet Republic educators,
entrepreneurs and business professionals.

"Mr. Osadchy participated in the program with a goal of establishing
relationships with our higher learning institutions," said Dagmar Fleming,
Dallas director of Community Connections. She explained that the
International Business Institute was established with a goal of providing
Ukrainian students and entrepreneurs with U.S.-style business management
training.

"As small- and medium-size businesses are growing rapidly in the former
Soviet republics, the Ukrainian professionals seek new skills and training
in order to grow their operations and adopt Western-style business
practices," Ms. Fleming said. In response, she said, Mr. Osadchy is trying
to develop a progressive curriculum that will enhance his students'
marketability and potential for success.

Using materials from professors at The School of Management, Southern
Methodist University and the University of Dallas, Mr. Osadchy will
develop a new syllabus and schedule for the International Business
Institute.

Still, he doesn't expect that the courses will completely Americanize the
mindset of future business leaders in Ukraine. "Your style of economy is
much more aggressive than ours," he said. "Capitalism, socialism and local
conditions are more gentle over there."

However, he acknowledged that an evolution to a more American-styled
economic structure is inevitable, even though the country will retain many
of its native elements. "I think it is a natural process," he said.
"Ukraine is very society-oriented, and it will always be somewhat oriented
to a Russian style of economy. But times have changed."

And with them must come a change in the way students are taught and
businesses are operated. "Some professors are still trying to learn the
old process, still trying to teach that way," he said. "That is not the
new reality."

He is optimistic that his weeks spent in the United States will have
broad-reaching effects on curriculum and instruction in his homeland. He
said his trip also taught him more than he had anticipated. "I can see the
Ukraine reality from another direction now," he said.


Traveling Program Director Promotes Project Management--and UTD

Jim Joiner, director of the Project Management Program at The School of
Management (SOM), is traveling internationally this spring and summer as
chairman of the Project Management Institute's Global Accreditation
Center. The center reviews project management degree and non-degree
programs and confers accreditation to those that meet strict criteria.

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world's leading
not-for-profit project management professional association, with more than
100,000 members in 125 countries worldwide. PMI members practice and study
project management across many disciplines, including aerospace,
automotive, business management, construction, engineering, financial
services, information technology, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications.

In March, Mr. Joiner traveled to the PMI Seminars World Conference in
Vancouver, Canada, to provide an update on the Global Accreditation
Center.

In July, he will travel to London to give a presentation to
representatives of European universities about how to obtain accreditation
through PMI. He also will travel to Lille, France, in August for an
international project management workshop, where he will give a
presentation on management and leadership to academics from around the
world.

Mr. Joiner says participating in such activities is helpful in making sure
the school's Project Management Program incorporates the latest
developments in the field.

"Being part of this network gives UTD visibility in the international
project management community," says Mr. Joiner. "It also lets me network
with other academics and program managers and directors, so I can see what
they're doing and hear different views that help me keep our program
current."

For more information on the UTD Project Management Program, contact Mr.
Joiner at 972-883-2652 or visit http://som.utdallas.edu/project.


Longtime Student Advisor Retires

A longtime member of SOM's student advising team, Beverly Ann Payne, was
honored at a reception in January when she retired from a 20-year career
at UTD. She spent eight of those years working as a School of Management
undergraduate student advisor. At the reception, SOM Associate Dean
Varghese Jacob expressed appreciation for Ms. Payne's long service to the
school and its students. She also received an inscribed clock to
commemorate her service.


Ericsson and Intervoice Make donations to SOM

At a luncheon in October 2003 in the corporate offices of Ericsson Inc.,
in Plano, UTD President Dr. Franklyn G. Jenifer (center) accepted two
separate checks for $100,000 each to be used for The UTD School of
Management Building Fund. Ericsson CEO Angel Ruiz (left) and Intervoice
chairman and CEO David Brandenburg (right) presented the gifts at the
luncheon, which was also attended by School of Management Deans Hasan
Pirkul, Ph.D., and Diane McNulty, Ph.D., and UTD Vice President for
University Advancement Carlos Pe–a, among others. Mr. Ruiz invited the
group to the special luncheon. Intervoice is an Ericsson customer. Mr.
Ruiz and Mr. Brandenburg are both members of the UTD Development Board.