Fulbright Visiting Chair awarded to Queen's

November 28, 2003

First business school in Canada to receive prestigious honour

2003-11-28 - Kingston, November 28, 2003 — Queen’s School of Business has broken new ground again by becoming the first business school in Canada to establish a Fulbright Visiting Chair. The Fulbright-Queen’s University Visiting Chair will attract prominent American academics to Queen’s starting in September 2004.

“The Fulbright-Queen’s University Visiting Chair will provide an opportunity for Queen’s School of Business faculty to forge important new links with their American counterparts,” said Dr. Michael Hawes, executive director of the Canada-US Fulbright Program. “Queen's was selected as the first business school in Canada to be awarded a Fulbright Visiting Chair because of its leadership internationally in business education – especially in the area of managing knowledge-based enterprises.”

In each year of the five-year agreement, Queen’s School of Business will welcome a senior U.S. academic recommended by the Ottawa-based Canada-US Fulbright Program. The chosen candidate will be in residence at Queen’s for one or two academic terms, collaborating with faculty to research the management of knowledge-based enterprises. Since the 1999 founding of Queen's Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises (KBE Centre), this has been a focal point of research at Queen’s School of Business.

“The establishment of the Fulbright-Queen’s University Visiting Chair underscores our commitment to attracting North America’s best and brightest to Kingston,” said Dr. David Saunders, Dean of Queen’s School of Business. “This further entrenches Queen's KBE Centre as a leading centre of activity and resources making critical research advances to help organizations around the world make the most of their employees’ knowledge and capabilities.”

In the past decade, Queen’s University has had three of its faculty members and eight graduates selected to participate in the prestigious Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program, which engages the best Canadian and American scholars in reciprocal educational exchanges.

“This is an exciting announcement for Queen’s. It clearly demonstrates our commitment to the nation and the community of nations,” said Dr. William Leggett, Queen’s Principal and Vice Chancellor. “Queen’s School of Business is playing an important role in advancing the University’s ability to prepare leaders and citizens for a global society.”

Official announcement: A reception will be held on Friday, November 28, 2003 at which time the establishment of the Fulbright-Queen’s University Visiting Chair will be announced. The reception will run from 12 noon to 2:30 p.m. in Room 302 of Goodes Hall, the new home of Queen’s School of Business.
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About the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program:
The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program is administered by the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America, which was created in February 1990 with a mandate to enhance mutual understanding between the two countries. In view of this mandate, The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program offers Canadian and American scholars a unique opportunity to explore contemporary issues relevant to Canada and the United States and the relationship between the two countries.

About Queen’s School of Business:
Queen's School of Business (www.business.queensu.ca) is one of North America’s premier business schools known for its innovative programs and commitment to high-quality research. The School’s programs include: the 12-month Queen's MBA for Science & Technology; the market-leading Queen’s Executive MBA delivered at Queen’s facility in Ottawa, as well as to 14 cities across the country by real-time, interactive videoconference; the undergraduate Bachelor of Commerce, with some of the most rigorous entrance standards in Canada; Queen's Executive Development Centre, Canada’s largest provider of executive education programs; and MSc and PhD programs that produce leading researchers for industry and academe. Starting in January 2004, the one-year Queen's Accelerated MBA for Business Graduates will be delivered by videoconference across Canada to students who have a business undergraduate degree and several years of work experience. A hive of research activity within the School, Queen's Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises’ mandate is to support research globally into the management of knowledge within organizations, and to foster the sharing and application of that knowledge.

For more information please contact:

Laurie Ross
Queen's School of Business
Lross@business.queensu.ca
613.533.2319