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Nyenrode Alumni provide 65 Scholarships
Nyenrode Alumni are providing 65 scholarships to talented students. The scholarships are for the 2011-2012 academic year, when Nyenrode Business Universiteit will celebrate its 65th anniversary. Taken together, the grants are worth over 1.3 million euros. Nyenrode alumni are working hard to get the financing together. The Nyenrode Fund Foundation is coordinating these activities. The alumni regard the scholarships as a gift that the candidates can eventually repay by making new scholarships available. Nyenrode's aim is to use this initiative to create a system of revolving scholarships. Read more (in Dutch).

Nyenrode & RTL Masterclasses on the Power of TV and Cloud Computing
On 23 June, Nyenrode and RTL Z will stage a masterclass on the power of television. During this masterclass, top speakers such as Matthias Scholten, Antoinette Hertsenberg and Erland Galjaard will speak to advertisers, media professionals and other interested parties about the ins and outs of the powerful medium of television. Earlier that month, on 7 June, Nyenrode and RTL Z will stage a masterclass on cloud computing. For more information (in Dutch) and to register, visit: http://www.rtlmasterclasses.nl.

Second Henk van Luijk Lecture
The second Henk van Luijk lecture will be held on 31 May. Herman Wijffels, a former board member of Rabobank, SER and the World Bank, will speak about the current and future relationship between ethics and economics. The Henk van Luijk lecture is organized annually by Nyenrode and MVO. Prof. Henk van Luijk (1929-2010) was a pioneer in European business ethics and the 'grand old man' of business ethics in the Netherlands. He founded Nyenrode's European Institute for Business Ethics (EIBE) in 1994. Read more (in Dutch).

Candidates compete for Young Professional of the Year Title
A 'case day' was held at Nyenrode on 20 April in connection with the Young Professional of the Year 2011 competition. Young professionals from a variety of organizations are taking part in the competition. Pieter Verheijen, an Executive Master of Finance & Control student at Nyenrode, has battled to the final round on behalf of his employer, PwC. During the case day at Nyenrode, the participants had to carry out group assignments on the estate while blindfolded. There was also a fun factory, improvised theatre and a parliamentary debate. The candidates also presented plans for a new business to the 'dragon's den', attempting to convince a jury to invest in their proposed business. The winner of the Young Professional of the Year competition will receive a grant worth 15,000 euros from Nyenrode to take a course of their choice at our institution. Read more (in Dutch).

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Program News

First Executive Doctorate Program Begins
The first Executive Doctorate Program began on 16 April with fifteen new PhD students. The Executive Doctorate Program is a four-year, part-time research degree program. The participating professionals will carry out practice-focused academic research. The participants span a wide age range from early thirties to early sixties and they come from diverse backgrounds. They will be awarded PhDs on successful completion of the research program. Read more.

Nyenrode MSc in Management Experience
The best way to find out the precise nature of the full-time Master of Science in Management course is to experience it yourself. Nyenrode is therefore inviting prospective students to get a taste of the course on campus on 21 May. There will be lectures, interactive sessions and presentations from 11 am, and the day will conclude with a great party organized by the NCV student association. The day will also be attended by alumni and current students, who will share their stories and experiences. You can register at: http://www.nijenrode.nl/msc-eventregistration.

Experience the International MBA
On 13 May, an interactive webinar will be held about the International MBA program. Meet the program director, alumni and current students online. Register for the webinar

Fly to Nyenrode and experience the International MBA program during the 20 - 21 May Campus Weekend. More information.

MSc Students welcome Interested Students in Style
The nextOne Business Game was held on 28 - 29 April for people interested in the full-time MSc in Management program. Current students arranged a stylish reception to welcome the prospective students. The bus shelters by the entrance to the estate were cosily decorated. The Business Game was won by Joost Oosterveld, who was awarded a grant for the full-time MSc in Management program as a prize. For more information on this program, visit www.nyenrode.nl/msc.

Partnership between Veroz and Nyenrode in Healthcare Entrepreneurship
A 3-day masterclass in Healthcare Entrepreneurship will be delivered at Nyenrode starting on 30 May. This masterclass is the result of a partnership between Nyenrode and Veroz, the united platform for healthcare entrepreneurs. The first step in this cooperative venture was the establishment of a chair of Healthcare Entrepreneurship. This was taken up on 1 January by healthcare entrepreneur Prof. Dr. Loek Winter. For more information on the masterclass (in Dutch), visit the website.

Summer Courses in Cooperation with Utrecht Summer School
This summer, Nyenrode will once again offer summer courses together with the Utrecht Summer School. The Utrecht Summer School is a joint venture of the University of Utrecht, Hogeschool Utrecht and Nyenrode. Within the framework of the summer courses, Nyenrode is offering programs at advanced Bachelor's and Master's degree levels. For more information, visit: www.nyenrode.nl/summercourses.

Second Edition of President's Program
For the second year running, Nyenrode is to offer the President's Program for NL EVD International. It involves management training sessions and internships for 50 Russian managers. The first module will take place in Russia in May. The second will be held on the Nyenrode campus in September. Nyenrode is working together on the program with Clingendael, Nederlandse Export Combinatie and the Creative Center for Leadership in Moscow.

Fraud Days: 'Fraud in View'
Nyenrode will be organizing the 'Fraud Days' in May and June. For four days, professionals with hands-on experience of various themes will update the participants regarding the latest developments in the field of fraud. Topics include fraud in financial reporting, recognizing signs of fraud, the psychology of fraud, investigating via open internet sources and current news, fraud and whitewashing, and bankruptcy fraud. The Fraud days are of interest to various groups, such as lawyers, tax advisors, consultants, accountants and controllers. For more information, send an email to pe@nyenrode.nl or view the website (in Dutch).

Faculty

Lidewey van der Sluis in Big HR Dictation Competition
Language is the most important instrument for personal and professional communication. Inadequate command of language can lead to misunderstandings, inefficiency, unnecessary costs and damage to the reputation of organizations. HR managers and recruiters frequently complain about the applicants' use of language and poorly written letters of application. To see how things stand with the language use of the HR professionals and recruiters themselves, ACA Communicatie organized the 'Big HR Dictation 2011'. Prof. Lidewey van der Sluis, professor of Strategic Talent Management at Nyenrode, delivered an introductory speech before the dictation. The next day, she spoke in Willebroek, Belgium, at a congress staged by vacature.be and reference.be, the Flemish and French-language equivalents of the Dutch intermediair.nl.

Joanne Ciulla delivers Nelson Mandela Lecture at Red Cross Event
At a Red Cross dinner on 14 April, Prof. Dr. Joanne Ciulla, visiting professor at Nyenrode, delivered a lecture on the moral leadership of Nelson Mandela and the lessons that other leaders can draw from his work. Ciulla is a professor of Leadership and Ethics.

Jacques Reijniers at MVO Event in Courtrai
On 31 March, Prof. Dr. Jacques Reijniers MBA delivered an introductory presentation during the MVO Event in Courtrai, Belgium, which brought together businesses from Flanders and the Netherlands to talk about promoting sustainability. He emphasized that the innovational strength of suppliers needs to be pro-actively utilized to advance sustainability in one's own business. During the 'meet and greet' session later in the day, he and Prof. Herman Wijffels led an interactive discussion with congress participants. Prof. Wijffels spoke about the need to switch to a circular economy in which auxiliary resources are reused instead of being exhausted.

Research & Publications

Book: 'Succesvolle bedrijven?'
Why is one business more successful than another? Is it good leadership, a question of having the right business model, standing out from the competition or the ability to innovate? In the book 'Succesvolle bedrijven?' (Successful Businesses?), Nyenrode lecturers Dr. Jeroen van der Velden, Dr. Hans Veldman, Richard Janssen and Fred Kandou discuss seven dimensions in which businesses make themselves stand out by means of strategic balancing. The authors examined fourteen companies, including Wal-Mart, KPN, H&M, Friesland Campina and Ahold.

Nyenrode Students research Generation Differences
In working on their theses, MSc in Management students Danielle van Bakel and John Harinck have researched the differences between generations, including their psychological contracts and their leadership style preferences. They conducted their research with Robert Half, a market leader in brokerage of permanent and interim positions for specialized personnel. Read more

Campus and Alumni

Nyenrode donates Books in Connection with World Book & Copyright Day
23 April saw the worldwide celebration of the World Book & Copyright Day, an initiative of UNESCO. UNESCO's intention is to use this day to focus attention on reading and publishing books, and on the protection of intellectual property by means of copyright. Nyenrode wished to make a contribution and called on its staff to donate spare books in English and French to Buea University in Cameroon, where 10,000 students are in urgent need of books. Some of its faculties have only two or three copies of books that are required by all the students. In the end, over 300 books were collected.

Nyenrode student wins slogan contest
The Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, celebrated its 2nd anniversary with an English slogan contest. Nyenrode International MBA student Uday Shankar won the contest with his slogan "Shaping the World of Finance". Read more