Fall 2005, Table of Contents, Plain Text

Leadership At All Levels

VOLUME 9 No.1 Autumn 2005

2 Fostering Leadership at All Levels
Five stories about how the school advances leadership on campus, in the community and in the business world.

4 Wachovia Funds UTD Leadership Speakers Series
Patricia Schoch

4 Contributor Profile: Paying Attention to Leadership
Paula Felps

7 SOM Graduates Earn Achievement Awards
Paula Felps

10 Doing the Honors: Students Help Craft a New Program for Top-Tier SOM Undergrads
Jeanne Spreier

10 Off to a Good Start: A New Executive Education Academy Teaches Leadership Basics
Jeanne Spreier

12 Corporate View: Reaching Out to Stay Ahead
John H. Ostdick
Marsh Inc. and SOM's corporate governance institute are working to develop strategies and solutions for corporate governance.

21 Community View: Enhanced Visibility
Paula Felps
Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce vice president says that Metroplex businesses are seeing SOM's value more clearly.

22 China Firsthand
John H. Ostdick
Study tour transforms SOM students visions of a forbidding, closed society into insights of an increasingly accessible global power.

Departments

14 New Faculty
18 Advisory Council Update
26 Center News
28 Faculty News
32 Program Updates
40 Alumni News
43 Contributors

Advisores & Staff

Dean
Hasan Pirkul, Ph.D.

Executive Editor
Diane Seay McNulty, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for External Affairs and Corporate Development

Editorial Board
Varghese Jacob, Ph.D.
Steve Perkins, Ph.D.
David Springate, Ph.D.

Managing Editor
Patricia Schoch

Associate Editor
Kristine Imherr

Art Direction & Design
Peterson & Company

Photo Editor
Julie Spanos

Photography
Tracy Coe
Jason Gobert
Fabio Leoni
Jim Reisch
Becky Sullivan
Brian L. Wiest
Jeremy Woodhouse

Illustration
Todd Davidson

Writers
Paula Felps
Kristine Imherr
John H. Ostdick
Tim Polzer
Patricia Schoch
Jeanne Spreier

MANAGEMENT Magazine is a publication of The School of Management, U.T. Dallas, in the autumn and spring for friends of the university. The School of Management retains the right to determine the editorial content and manner of presentation. The opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect official university policy.

Cover Art by
Julie Spanos