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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 2005

Contact: Angie Joe
713.743.8153 (office)
713.617.7138 (pager)
ajoe@uh.edu

The Management Faculty of Color Association (MFCA) will hold its second annual conference at the University Hilton Hotel June 2-4.

Sponsors of the conference include the University of Houston’s C.T. Bauer College of Business, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith’s School of Business and Texas Southern University’s Jesse H. Jones School of Business.

The conference theme is “Agents of Change: Building Our Professional and Personal Strengths to Meet New Academic Challenges.” Session topics are teaching pedagogy, research development and professional development.

“Given the diversity of UH and Bauer College, Houston is the perfect host to MFCA’s annual conference,” said conference co-chair and Bauer College Assistant Professor of Management Ashleigh Shelby Rosette.

MFCA is a non-profit member organization that promotes and supports the professional development of African American, Hispanic American and Native American business management faculty.

Since its founding in 2001, the MFCA has met the professional development needs of underrepresented minority management faculty by offering professional development workshops and conferences on research, teaching and career advancement, hosting networking events and facilitating in-person, on-line mentoring and social support activities. The association boasts a membership of nearly 100 management professors throughout the United States.

To learn more about the Management Faculty of Color Association, visit their Web site (www.mgtfacultyofcolor.org) or contact Rosette at (713) 743-4674.

WHAT:   MFCA’s Second Annual Conference

WHEN:   June 2-4, 2005

WHERE: University Hilton Hotel

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