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News Releases 2012

May 14, 2012
 Thunderbird Executive Education programs rank among top 10 worldwide ~ The Financial Times has ranked Thunderbird School of Global Management as one of the world's top 10 providers of executive education.

May 10, 2012
 Leaders from Public, Private Sectors Join Thunderbird ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management today announced four new appointments as Ambassador Barbara McConnell Barrett begins her tenure as Interim President of the world's #1-ranked school for international business.

May 8, 2012
 Thunderbird Professor Joseph Cavinato wins J. Shipman Gold Medal ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Joseph L. Cavinato, Ph.D. has been awarded the J. Shipman Gold Medal, the highest award given by the Institute for Supply Management™.

May 8, 2012
 Thunderbird and the Graduate Institute I Geneva expand their collaboration in Switzerland ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies have announced an expansion of their academic partnership in Geneva, further enhancing a powerful alliance between institutions acclaimed worldwide for international management and world affairs, respectively.

April 27, 2012
 Thunderbird Celebrates Spring Commencement ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management will celebrate the graduation of 233 students from 39 countries at its Spring 2012 Commencement on April 27, 2012 at 9:45 a.m. The ceremony will feature the Presidential Transition of Dr. Ángel Cabrera, who has led the school for the past eight years, to Ambassador Barbara Barrett, who will serve as Interim President. Mr. Robert Moran, Chairman and CEO of PetSmart, Inc. will be the commencement speaker.

April 21, 2012
 Arizona Welcomes Former President Mikhail Gorbachev ~ Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev will make a special appearance in the state on Saturday, April 28, 2012, as part of a day-long event presented by Thunderbird School of Global Management in cooperation with partner organizations including O'Connor House, Arizona State University, the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce and Eight, Arizona PBS.

April 17, 2012
 Being Global: How to Think, Act, and Lead in a Transformed World ~ Thunderbird President Ángel Cabrera, Ph.D., and Professor Gregory Unruh, Ph.D., outline a three-pronged formula for developing a new class of leaders in their new book, Being Global: How to Think, Act, and Lead in a Transformed World.

April 10, 2012
 Phoenix Business Journal honors Ambassador Barbara Barrett with Lifetime Achievement Award ~ The Phoenix Business Journal has awarded Ambassador Barbara Barrett, Interim President Designate of Thunderbird School of Global Management, with its Lifetime Achievement Award.

April 6, 2012
 Ambassador Barbara Barrett to Join Mavis Leno for YWCA Afghanistan Event ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management Interim President Designate Ambassador Barbara Barrett will join leading feminist activist Mavis Leno for a luncheon discussion on women's rights in Afghanistan on April 10, 2012 at the Renaissance Downtown Phoenix.

March 30, 2012
 Thunderbird to host eighth annual Private Equity Conference ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management's Global Private Equity Center (TPEC) will host its eighth annual conference April 4-5, 2012, with a special focus on opportunities in emerging markets.

March 26, 2012
 Thunderbird to welcome USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management will welcome Kathleen A. Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to campus March 27 to meet participants of the 2012 Emerging Leaders Program.

March 13, 2012
 Thunderbird ranked No. 1 International MBA for 17th year ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management has once again been recognized as the No. 1 business school in the "International" MBA program specialty by U.S. News & World Report magazine.

March 12, 2012
 Thunderbird MBA students to tackle first consulting project in China ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management's Emerging Markets Laboratory (TEM Lab) has been tapped by the Lemon Industrial Development Bureau in Anyune, China to develop a global action plan for the province's most important agricultural crop.

March 12, 2012
 Thunderbird appoints interim Chief Academic Officer ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management has appointed Dr. Larry Edward Penley, former professor and dean at Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business and former president of Colorado State University, as interim Chief Academic Officer (CAO) and Provost.

March 02, 2012
 Thunderbird and IFRC launch online program for social sector leaders ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management has partnered with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to develop a new online program for leaders at all levels in the social and voluntary sector.

February 27, 2012
 Thunderbird to host ACCESS 2012 International Trade Forum ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management will host the ACCESS 2012 International Trade Forum, an elite global conference led by the U.S. Commercial Service April 24-25.

February 21, 2012
 Thunderbird partners with HP on campus upgrades ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management will be featured this week as the school partners with Hewlett Packard (HP) for a global webinar on WLAN on the 21st Century Campus: Preparing for a New Reality, scheduled for February 23 at 11:00 A.M. PT.

February 20, 2012
 Thunderbird to host international healthcare leadership conference ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management is bringing together leadership experts and senior healthcare practitioners from around the world for a first-ever industry conference, New Requirements for Healthcare Leaders: Moving Beyond Our Comfort Zones.

February 9, 2012
 Thunderbird Summit to Focus on Preparing Leaders for Global Roles ~ The 2012 Developing Leaders For Global Roles Summit, an international platform for new thinking, ideas and best practices related to developing global leaders and increasing their management effectiveness in cross-cultural environments, will take place March 15 and 16 at the Najafi Global Mindset Institute.

January 30, 2012
 Thunderbird MBA ranked No. 1 in International Business by the Financial Times ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management has once again been ranked No. 1 in International Business by the Financial Times in its annual worldwide ranking of full-time MBA programs.

January 23, 2012
 Thunderbird names Ambassador Barbara Barrett Interim President ~ The Board of Trustees of Thunderbird School of Global Management today announced its selection of Ambassador Barbara McConnell Barrett to serve as Interim President.

January 20, 2012
 Thunderbird to train 28 women entrepreneurs from 10 countries ~ Thunderbird School of Global Management is about to welcome 28 women entrepreneurs from 10 countries to campus for two weeks of intensive business skills training.

January 17, 2012
 Thunderbird Executive MBA ranks among top 20 worldwide ~ In rankings released today by Poets&Quants, a popular website geared toward prospective MBA students and executives, Thunderbird School of Global Management is recognized as one of the world's Top 20 providers of Executive MBAs.