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Marie Cowan, the dean of the UCLA School of Nursing who was credited with restoring its reputation as one of the top 10 in the nation, has died. She was 69. Cowan died on Feb. 22 after a 10-year battle with metastatic colon cancer, the school announced in an obituary. Cowan was "a dynamo," said Dr. Gerald S. Levey, dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and vice chancellor of medical sciences. "She was fearless about thinking outside the box, identifying what was best for UCLA and her school, and creating strategies to move

Anderson Schools to Offer GMAT Prep Course in March The Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico will conduct a six-week GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) preparation program this spring. The program, which runs March 24-May 12, is designed to teach participants the math and verbal skills theyll need to be successful on the exam. Anderson isnt the only school that requires the GMAT – top-tier business schools across the country include the test in their admission decisions. The GMAT is only one of a handful of criteria we look at, including undergraduate GPA, work experience, and letters of

Mr. And Mrs. Robert Grayson Santa Barbara, California, have announced the engagement of his daughter Eve Jocelyn Mark Grayson Breslauer Louis, the son of Mr. Norman and Ms. Breslauer from Cupertino, Calif. The couple plan to marry in April. Mr. And Mrs. Robert Grayson Santa Barbara, California, have announced the engagement of his daughter Eve Jocelyn Mark Grayson Breslauer Louis, the son of Mr. Norman and Ms. Breslauer from Cupertino, Calif. The couple plan to marry in April. Ms. Grayson, an analyst at the fund programming at Home Box Office in New York, graduated from Skidmore College and an MBA from the

Work of MBA student photographers on display LENS 2007 contest winners celebrated The prize-winning photographs from LENS 2007 will be on display at the Rotman School of Management through April 18. LENS 2007 is the second annual competition featuring photos taken by students enrolled in the Rotman Schools two- and three-year MBA programs. This year, 167 entries were submitted for consideration by 35 students. Ten winners were chosen and celebrated at a March 19 reception at the school. First prize was awarded to Mike Graham (MBA 2008) for his photo Down the Tower Stairs taken at Ronneberg Castle, Ronneberg, Germany. Michelle Lozano (MBA

Merrex Gold Inc. Appoints C.F.O. Ms. Teri Anderson, C.A., has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Anderson, who holds a B.Sc. and an M.B.A. in addition to her Chartered Accountancy designation, brings to Merrex a breadth of financial and accounting experience acquired over fifteen years, including time in private practice with a major accounting firm and more recently as a financial consultant to several companies both private and public. Ms. Anderson assumes office from Merrex director John Cumming who, in addition to his functions as vice-president and general counsel, acted as CFO while this search was undertaken. The board of directors

The winners of a $1.1million suite of scholarships to some of the worlds most prestigious business schools such as Wharton, Chicago and IE Instituto de Empresa in Spain, were announced yesterday. 2007s winners are from countries as diverse as Bulgaria, China, Colombia, France, South Korea, UK, Ukraine and the USA. The scholarships are available exclusively to attendees of the QS World MBA Tour, which travels with a total of over 350 business schools to 43 countries and is the largest programme of b-school events worldwide. Awards include the QS scholarships for Leadership and Community Involvement as well as those from the

Pamela Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Robert Anderson, of New Rochelle, NY, was married here on Saturday Radin, the son of Mrs. Clarence Radin of Paterson, NJ, and the end of Mr Radin, Rabbi Melvin Sirner, with the support of Cantor Lawrence Avery, in the Fenway Golf Club, Scarsdale, NY The bride, a representative of Corporate Banking at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, earned a BS degree in marketing and management from New York University, College of Business and Public Administration, and an MBA in finance from the conclusion of its Graduate School of Business Administration. His father is a

NEW DELHI MARCH 22 The convening of the sixth Amity Business School, was held last week in Noida, where diplomas were merit students of management and business administration. The Samajwadi Party leader, Amar Singh, and the Minister of State for Human Resources, Sanjay Paswan, diplomas awarded to students. Mr. Singh Parthapratim Basu awarded the "Amar Singh Award for Leadership qualities and capabilities organizing committee." Speaking of the occasion, Mr. Singh said: "I had to Amity Business School as a guest, but I will again, when he was a student. There are so many things to learn, if only, I believe that the

Mumbai: Yashpal Mittal, Mr. Karve Anand, Ms. Gupta Ashoka and Professor Michael Nagler, the beneficiaries of the Jamnalal Bajaj awards for 2007. Yashpal Mittal, 74, wins the Excellence Award for his contribution to "bhoodan movement, and for spreading communal harmony. Mr. Anand Karve, 71, the President of the countryside Institute for Appropriate Technology in Pune, get the reward for the application of science and technology for rural development. Mr. Karve has 39 projects on behalf of national and international institutions and has worked mainly in the water sector, green house technology and harvesting technology. Ms. Gupta Ashoka, the "Award for

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 10. HINDUSTAN Newsprint, Kottayam, and Cochin Shipyard are among the winners of the Energy Conservation Awards instituted by the State-level Monitoring Committee for Energy Conservation under the State Government. Announcing this here, a spokesman of the Energy Management Centre, an autonomous body under the Department of Power, said the Electricity Minister, Mr Aryadan Mohammed, would give away the awards and commendation certificates at a function here on Tuesday. Hind Newsprint and Cochin Shipyard are the winners in Category I (large-scale enterprises). The former was chosen for reducing consumption of electricity and thermal energy, leading to a cutback in contract demand

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