Steven A. Denning, a Georgia Tech alumnus whose donations have resulted in $15 million in funding for its business-school programs has been named to the board of trustees for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Mr. Denning chairs investment firm General Atlantic LLC, in which joined in 1980. The fund now manages nearly $25 billion and has 13 offices Read more
Education
World Affairs Council’s Board Elects New Chair, Peru’s Consul General Assumes Ex Officio Post
With a new strategic plan in hand, Hugh S. (Beau) Cummins III, Sun Trust Banks Inc.’s co-chief operating officer, has been elected chair of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta for a two year term, replacing former Coca-Cola Co. executive Clyde Tuggle who has co-founded Pine Island Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on small Read more
Georgia’s Mixed Grades on Economic Score Card Counter Customary Reports
Georgia receives poor grades in manufacturing health and human capital on a national report card judging the economic vitality of all 50 states, according to Ball State University’s Center for Business and Economic Research located in Muncie, Ind. The recently released report gives Georgia a “D+” in terms of its manufacturing health. Its grades also Read more
Agnes Scott President Lays Out Atlanta’s Strengths and Challenges Before Departing for Oxford
Twelve years ago just after arriving in Atlanta to begin her tenure as president of Agnes Scott College, Dr. Elizabeth Kiss read a New York Times article about the Fugees’ search for a soccer field and the wrong turn that Luma Mufieh made while driving through Clarkston. Ms. Mufleh, originally from Amman, Jordan, came to Read more
Czech Jazz Pianist Returns to Atlanta June 1-2 to Celebrate 1918 Independence and Honor Czech/Slovak School
The origins of the Czech and Slovak School of Atlanta, honoring Karel Velan date back five years to when Ivana Valkusova visited Atlanta from Paris. Curious to learn more about Atlanta’s Czech community, she contacted George Novak, the honorary consul general, and impressed upon him the need to open a school that would teach the American Read more
Kubota’s $1 Million Gift to Lanier Technical College to Provide State-of-the-Art Equipment
The $1 million donation from both Kubota Manufacturing of America (KMA) and Kubota Industrial Equipment (KIE) to the Lanier Technical College Foundation is to reinforce the college’s job placement rate for its graduates, Ray Perrin, president of Lanier Technical College, told Global Atlanta. It will do so, he said in a phone interview, by enhancing the Read more
Liberian Scholarship Deadline Extended
The University Consortium for Liberia, an Atlanta-based group that promotes educational partnerships in the West African nation, has extended its annual scholarship application deadline through July. The previous deadline was May 15. Applicants must be Liberians or descendants of Liberians with at least a 3.0 grade point average, acceptance from a U.S. university and a Read more
Renowned Marketing Scholar and Blue-Chip CMO Team Up to Share Profitable Growth Strategies for Execs
Editor’s note: This article is a sponsored post from Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business. Want to know the science behind leading brands’ success? Marketing legend V. Kumar and accomplished CMO Tim Bohling will share the strategies employed by global organizations like Coca-Cola Co., Procter & Gamble and AT&T in Engaging Customers for Profitable Read more
Atlanta Focuses in on Future U.S. Relations With Europe
With “Europe Day” fast approaching, Washington may not be focused on Transatlantic relations, but the same certainly can’t be said of Atlanta. In his overview of the current administration and the U.S. Congress’ neglect of a “European strategy,” Harlan Ullman, a top strategic thinker, and senior adviser at the Atlantic Council, charged that “nobody in Read more
KSU’s Division of Global Affairs Honors International Achievement
Kennesaw State University has presented its International Achievement Awards this year to a wide range of recipients including an authority on classical architecture and urban planning, three entrepreneurial sisters from Cartagena, Colombia, a member of the faculty of the university’s business school, and a vice chancellor of a university in Ghana. Rodney Mims Cook Jr., Read more
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