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The following professional activities are held in conjunction with the 35th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute.

Doctoral Student Consortium
The Doctoral Student Consortium provides a unique opportunity for doctoral students from across the nation and around the world to interact with one another and with distinguished scholars in a one-day program devoted to career development. Attendance at this consortium is by invitation based on application. All students who meet the criteria will be accepted. Application deadline: July 30, 2004.
See flyer (PDF format) for more information.
Coordinators:
Robert J. Mockler
St. John's University,
Tobin College of Business,
Grand Central and Utopia Parkways,
Jamaica, NY 11439, USA.
(212) 876-5856
fax: (212) 996-6967
mocklerr@stjohns.edu
Dorothy G. Dologite
Baruch College,
City University of New York,
114 East 90th Street,
New York, NY 10128, USA.
(212) 876-3362
fax: (212) 996-6967
dorothy_dologite@mail.baruch.cuny.edu

New Faculty Development Consortium
The New Faculty Development Consortium deals with research, teaching, publishing and other professional development issues for faculty who are beginning their academic careers. Attendance at this consortium is by application and is open to faculty members who have Ph.D. degree and are in the first two years of their teaching career.
See flyer (PDF Format) for more information and the application form.
Coordinators:
Nancy C. Weida
Bucknell University,
Department of Management,
Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA.
(570) 577-1399
fax: (570) 577-1338
nweida@bucknell.edu
Christine T. Kydd
University of Delaware,
Department of Business Administration,
223 MBNA America Hall
Newark, DE 19716, USA.
(302) 831-1783
fax: (302) 831-4196
kyddc@be.udel.edu or kyddc@lerner.udel.edu

Curricular Issues Miniconference
Is your curriculum getting stale? Have you struggled unsuccessfully with program restructuring? Would you like an opportunity to benchmark world-class curricula? If so, the Curricular Issues Miniconference may be just what you need. This year's conference will provide a forum for exchanging ideas and discussing curricular challenges and opportunities in degree-granting business education. Separate tracks will explore issues of interest to those who design, run, and contribute to programs at the undergraduate, MBA, and Ph.D. levels.
Coordinator:
Barbara A. Price
Georgia Southern University,
College of Business Administration,
P.O. Box 8151, 3323 COBA,
Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.
(912) 681-5775
fax: (912) 871-1835
baprice@GeorgiaSouthern.edu

Technology in the Classroom Miniconference
The Technology in the Classroom Miniconference provides a forum for participants to share novel or innovative applications of technology in the classroom that enhance the student's learning experience. Submissions should be limited to creative approaches and best practices for using course support software, multimedia, spreadsheet software, simulation software, online tutorials, or other applications of technology, and be capable of being demonstrated and discussed within a 20-30 minute timeframe. Submissions will be competitively reviewed and selected for their creativity, novelty, and contribution to pedagogy, and should not be duplications of material found in existing textbooks.
Please send submission (following the "Instruction for Electronic Submissions") directly to the miniconference coordinator, Tom L. Roberts, by May 1, 2004.
Coordinator:
Tom L. Roberts
The University of Kansas,
Accounting and Information Systems,
School of Business,
1300 Sunnyside Ave.,
Lawrence, KS 66045-7585, USA.
(785) 864-7529
troberts@ku.edu

Professional and Faculty Development Program
The Professional and Faculty Development Program, coordinated by Soumen Ghosh (Georgia Tech) in consultation with the Institute's Professional Development Program Director Robert E. Markland (University of South Carolina), is for the Institute's members in all stages of their careers, with the goal of keeping them current in their fields. The content of the sessions offered is designed to provide insight into the challenges and opportunities in today's rapidly changing environment. Topics include, but are not constrained to, the following: new instructional and research methodologies; professional service and counseling; balancing the needs of different stakeholders (students, corporations, alumni, etc.) in the educational process; globalization of business education; role of grading and assessment; obtaining research funding; career path strategies; meeting increasing demands in teaching, service, and research; and challenge and opportunities of new technologies. In addition, the program will include a series of sessions related to research, teaching, publishing, and other professional development issues for faculty who are beginning their academic careers. Please submit proposals for workshops, tutorials, and other special sessions directly to the professional development program coordinator, Soumen Ghosh, by May 1, 2004.
Coordinator:
Soumen Ghosh
Georgia Institute of Technology,
DuPree College of Management,
800 W. Peachtree St., NW,
Atlanta, GA 30532-0520, USA.
(404) 894-4927
fax: (404) 894-6030
soumen.ghosh@dupree.gatech.edu