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Pace University Lubin School of Business Recruitment and Scholarships/Fellowships How does your school recruit minority and/or female students? The Lubin School of Business recruits prospective minority and female students by sponsoring nonprofit organizations that pro- mote women and minorities in business, such as the National Society of Hispanic MBAs. National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) The NSHMBA web site describes the organization as the premier Hispanic organization; it says: “NSHMBA serves 32 chapters and over 7,000 members (includes three chapters in formation) in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. It exists to foster Hispanic leader- ship through graduate management education and professional development. NSHMBA works to prepare Hispanics for leader- ship positions throughout the U.S., so that they can provide the cultural awareness and sensitivity vital in the management of the nation’s diverse workforce.” With regards to education, the web site says, “Developing and delivering educational programs which prepare Hispanics for admittance into graduate management schools. NSHMBA is focused on supporting the successful completion of advanced degrees.” Please describe any scholarship and/or fellowship opportunities for minority and/or female students attending your school. This can include school-specific programs and/or programs developed by independent organizations. Name of scholarship program: Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship Deadline for application: March 18th Scholarship award amount: $5,000 Web site or other contact information: www.gfoa.org/services/scholarships.shtml The GFOA’s Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship is available for award to an upper-division undergraduate or gradu- ate student of public administration, (governmental) accounting, finance, political science, economics or business administration (with a specific focus on government or nonprofit management). The purpose of the Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship is to recognize outstanding performance by minority students preparing for careers in state and local government finance. Name of scholarship program: National Society of Hispanic MBAs Scholarship Program Deadline for application: April 30th Scholarship award amount: Varies; $5,000 to $10,000 Web site or other contact information: www.nshmba.org/financial-assist/schol_home.asp From the NSHMBA web site, “The National Society of Hispanic MBAs, which exists ‘to foster Hispanic leadership through grad- uate management education and professional development,’ has established a scholarship program to assist qualified Hispanics to pursue MBAs. Scholarships are offered each year for full- and part-time study at an accredited (AACSB) institution of the stu- dent’s choice.” Name of fellowship program: The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Deadline for application: November 1st Fellowship award amount: Half of tuition Web site or other contact information: www.pdsoros.org The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished new Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. A new American is an individual who is a res- ident alien, i.e., holds a green card, has been naturalized as a U.S. citizen or is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens. The program is open to individuals who retain loyalty and a sense of commitment to their country of origin as well as 490 Vault/CGSM Guide to Business School Diversity • 2009 Edition Pace University (Lubin) to the United States, but is intended to support individuals who will continue to regard the United States as their prin- cipal residence and focus of national identity. Name of scholarship program: Graduate Management Program for Women Alumnae Endowed Scholarship Fund Deadline for Application: June 1st Scholarship Award Amount: Varies Web site or other contact information: enrollment.pace.edu/asp/studentscholarship To be eligible, applicants must be female, U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens (i.e., permanent resident), matriculated into a degree program, taking six or more credits per semester and have a GPA of 3.0 or above. Name of scholarship program: The AICPA Scholarship/Minority Accounting Major Deadline for application: March 1st Scholarship award amount: Varies; $1,500 to $5,000 Web site or other contact information: www.aicpa.org A minority student who is enrolled in the final year of a five-year accounting program or an undergraduate accounting major who is presently accepted or enrolled in a master-level accounting, business administration, finance or taxation program, or who had any undergraduate major and is presently accepted in a master-level accounting program. You also need to be enrolled as a full-time graduate student (nine semester hours or equivalent), unless you are completing your final semester of study. Prominent Alumni/Faculty Please provide information about prominent minority faculty members at your school. Jorge Pinto, Professor of International Business and Adviser to the Dean Jorge Pinto brings extensive international experience to the Lubin School of Business. Previously, he was consul gen- eral for Mexico in New York. A participant in numerous academic symposia, Mr. Pinto speaks on a wide array of issues related to Mexico’s current affairs and U.S.-Mexico Relations. He has been actively engaged in cultural initiatives including the creation of web sites, which includes La Vitrina and the “Virtual Gallery of Mexican Artists in New York,” and he has been a successful fundraiser for the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, a nonprofit organization of which he is honorary president. Mr. Pinto is also honorary president of the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce and is currently a member of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) Advisory Board at Columbia University. Throughout his career he has been greatly involved with international activities on a widespread basis. From 1981 to 1983 he was the European representative of Nafinsa, Mexico’s national bank based in London; from 1983 to 1988 he was deputy chief of mission at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C.; and from 1988 to 1990 he was executive director of the World Bank. Mr. Pinto also served as ambassador of Mexico in Sweden from 1991 to 1994, and during this time he was appointed concurrent ambassador of Latvia and Lithuania. From 1994 to 1995 he was undersecretary for international cooperation at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations, and he also acted as chief Mexican nego- tiator for the Miami Summit Declaration hosted by President Clinton in 1994. Mr. Pinto also has administrative and teaching experience in education, having served as chief of staff of the provost and as a full-time professor at Mexico’s National University (UNAM) during the 1970s. Mr. Pinto also recently start- ed his own publishing company, with offerings ranging from quirky and humorous art books to the first biography of Paul A. Samuelson, the influential MIT economist and textbook author, to translations of essential English-language business books into Spanish. He received his law degree from UNAM and has also studied law, economics and politi- cal science at New York University and at the Sorbonne in France. Vasanthakumar Bhat, Associate Professor of Management An authority on public policy issues in environmental management, health care and financial services, Dr. Vasanthakumar N. Bhat is an associate professor of management and management science at the Lubin School of Business. Dr. Bhat has published extensively in many journals such as the Journal of Operational Research, Computers 491 Vault/CGSM Guide to Business School Diversity • 2009 Edition Pace University (Lubin) and Industrial Engineering, Computers and Operations Research, Applied Financial Economics, Journal of Technology Management and Industrial Management. He is also author of the book, The Green Corporation: The Next Competitive Advantage, and a second book, Total Quality Environmental Management: An ISO 14000 Approach, will be published in the near future. Dr. Bhat has several years of experience working in corporate planning and information systems development in pharmaceutical companies, and has also served as an internal consultant for an engineering firm. Christian N. Madu, Professor of Management, Program Chair, Management and Management Science An authority on technology transfer and management issues, total quality management and statistical applications, Dr. Madu is a research scholar, professor and management science program chair at the Lubin School of Business. A ded- icated researcher and prolific writer, he has published more than eight books and 80 scholarly articles. Professor Madu has published articles in numerous professional journals such as Decision Sciences, Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE) Transactions, Journal of Operational Research Society, Applied Mathematics Letters, Mathematical and Computer Modeling and Long Range Planning. His recent books include the Handbook of Total Quality Management (Chapman & Hall 1998) and Statistics as Easy as 123 with Excel for Windows (Gordon & Breach Science Publishers, forthcoming). He is also frequently interviewed by the third world media regarding technology, quality management and planning issues. Professor Madu is also editor of the International Journal of Quality Science and the North American editor of the International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management. In