For immediate release
Page Prize for Environmental Sustainability Courses Announced
For immediate release:
Columbia, SC July 7, 2008Page Prize for Environmental Sustainability Courses Announced
Called the Dr. Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula, the competition will "encourage and support efforts to introduce or substantially upgrade environmental sustainability courses and/or associated coursework into the curriculum of business schools, both nationally and internationally," according to Dr. Hildy Teegen, dean of the Moore School. Teegen announced earlier this year that Sustainable Enterprise and Development would be a new focus for the business school, along with its longtime focus on international business. Two Page Prizes will be awarded each year, beginning in the fall of 2008. One prize will honor the best submission from faculty in the U.S.; the second will be awarded to the best submission from faculty at an overseas institution. USC faculty and students may not compete for the Page Prize, but a parallel prize will be offered to the best USC submission through the dean’s office of the Moore School. Initial prizes will be $1,000 each, plus a framed print of Aegean Sea #6 (shown above) certifying the award. Two Honorable Mention prizes (one in each category) will also be awarded at levels of $250 each. Dr. Alfred N. Page is dean and professor emeritus of the Henry Bloch (H&R Block) School of Business of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He previously served as co-chief academic officer and dean for the Sykes College of Business at the University of Tampa, dean of the School of Business at the College of William & Mary, and acting dean of the School of Business at the University of Washington. At Washington, Dr. Page helped found the Executive MBA program and served as chair of the Department of Finance, Quantitative Methods, and Business Economics for eight years. In addition, while at Washington, he taught as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago, University of Rochester, and Stanford University. Also at Washington, Dr. Page was recognized with the Burlington Northern Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award and the Executive MBA Excellence in Teaching Award. Dr. Page graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from Macalester College. He completed his graduate studies at the University of Chicago, where he earned an MBA and a Ph.D. in Accounting, Finance, and Economics. Lynn Manos Page, an accomplished painter and printmaker currently working in Florida, for many years painted and studied in Venice, Italy, and in Greece. Her paintings, both in pastels and oils, generally feature water and boat scenes and are widely collected and included in the public and private collections of institutions world wide, such as Johnson and Johnson, Continental Insurance, H&R Block, Mayo Clinic, Sprint, and more.She has participated in single and goup exhibitions nationally and internationally. Ms. Page received her B.F.A. degree from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, and her M.A. from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. She has also served as an art instructor at the Kansas City Art Institute, and worked with Christo and Jean Claude on The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, in Lebec, California. Ms. Page has donated to the Moore School an original diptych of an ocean scene called Aegean Sea #6, images of which will be used in electronic and print promotional materials for the prize. The artist’s research for her Aegean Sea series was done on the islands of Skopelos and Hydra, Greece, in September 2006 and May 2008. The Page Prize will have two purposes, says Dean Teegen. “One is to encourage efforts to expose business students to state-of-the-art environmental sustainability knowledge and practice. A secondary purpose is to demonstrate the commitment of the Moore School of Business to promoting sustainability in business education. The school will maintain an associated national and international database on teaching/curricular materials related to environmental sustainability and organizations. Initial winners will be chosen by a three-member USC faculty committee. Submissions and prizes will be awarded electronically. A database of top submissions each year will be made available on the Moore School’s Web site for adoption by business faculty around the world to utilize in their home institutions. For more information about the Page Prize, or to make a submission, please go to the Dr. Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula home page. |
