<strong>Our</strong> <strong>Collective</strong> <strong>Achievements</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Year</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Review</strong>: <strong>May</strong> <strong>2007</strong> – April 2008 June <strong>2007</strong> Rotman Executive Programs launches the Indian Railways Partnership.<strong>The</strong> two-week program provides participants with a greater understand<strong>in</strong>g of North American railway transportation systems and equipment for both passenger and freight traffic. It is the first time that Executive Programs has partnered with an organization from India.<strong>The</strong> program <strong>in</strong>cludes classroom-based activities and site visits to relevant bus<strong>in</strong>esses throughout Canada and the United States.<strong>The</strong> managers also receive specialized tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> their respective areas of human resources and f<strong>in</strong>ance. July <strong>2007</strong> Professor Richard Florida jo<strong>in</strong>s the Rotman School of Management as Professor of Bus<strong>in</strong>ess and Creativity and Academic Director of the Lloyd and Delph<strong>in</strong>e Mart<strong>in</strong> Prosperity Institute (see December <strong>2007</strong>). Florida is well known for his work on economic competitiveness, demographic trends and cultural and technological <strong>in</strong>novation. September <strong>2007</strong> <strong>The</strong> Rotman School launches the world’s first morn<strong>in</strong>g MBA. MBA students <strong>in</strong> the Toronto area, who are also work<strong>in</strong>g professionals, will be able to pursue their studies 2 early <strong>in</strong> the morn<strong>in</strong>g before head<strong>in</strong>g to their jobs.<strong>The</strong> majority of the core classes are offered on Tuesday and Thursday morn<strong>in</strong>gs, from 7 to 8:59 am. October <strong>2007</strong> Account<strong>in</strong>g education at the Rotman School receives a boost with a three-year, $50,000 per year, sponsorship commitment from Certified Management Accountants of Ontario (CMA Ontario).<strong>The</strong> partnership will strengthen academic collaboration and <strong>in</strong>struction <strong>in</strong> managerial account<strong>in</strong>g. November <strong>2007</strong> Marcel Desautels, president and CEO of the Canadian Credit Management Foundation, makes a $10 million donation to the Rotman School (recognized <strong>in</strong> the 2006–<strong>2007</strong> Investors’ Report).<strong>The</strong> gift will support the ongo<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>itiatives of the Marcel Desautels Centre for Integrative Th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g. His total giv<strong>in</strong>g to the Rotman School is $31 million to date. December <strong>2007</strong> <strong>The</strong> Rotman School celebrates a new $18 million gift from its lead benefactors, Sandra and Joseph Rotman (recognized <strong>in</strong> the 2006–<strong>2007</strong> Investors’ Report).<strong>The</strong> gift names the Mart<strong>in</strong> Prosperity Institute and the Commerce program, and supports capital expansion and Rotman Magaz<strong>in</strong>e. <strong>The</strong>ir giv<strong>in</strong>g to the School totals $ XX. At his retirement party, it is announced that Tony Fell’s family, friends and colleagues will establish the Anthony S. Fell Chair at the Rotman School.<strong>The</strong> chair is a tribute to Tony’s outstand<strong>in</strong>g leadership at RBC Dom<strong>in</strong>ion Securities and to honour his ongo<strong>in</strong>g commitment to the Rotman School. February 2008 Lee and Margaret Lau pledge $3 million to support capital expansion for the new build<strong>in</strong>g (see April 2008). A $1 million gift from the RBC Foundation supports prosperity research at the Rotman School. It is the first donation to the Founders Group Research Fund at the Mart<strong>in</strong> Prosperity Institute.<strong>The</strong> fund supports research aimed at broaden<strong>in</strong>g our understand<strong>in</strong>g of prosperity and how it is created. Sun Life F<strong>in</strong>ancial donates $50,000 to the Rotman Bridge to Bus<strong>in</strong>ess program.<strong>The</strong> scholarships will be awarded to high potential students who enrol <strong>in</strong> the 2008 and 2009 offer<strong>in</strong>gs of the program. Rotman Bridge to Bus<strong>in</strong>ess is Marcel Desautels, president and CEO of the Canadian Credit Management Foundation, makes a $10 million donation to the Rotman School of Management <strong>The</strong> Rotman School celebrates a new $18 million gift from its lead benefactors, Sandra and Joseph Rotman a month-long <strong>in</strong>tensive program that provides participants with knowledge of fundamental bus<strong>in</strong>ess, management and people skills that will serve them throughout their careers. March 2008 Birch Hill Equity Partners pledges $50,000 (matched by the Graduate Student Endowment Fund) to establish the Birch Hill Equity Partners Award for a cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g domestic student <strong>in</strong> the two-year MBA program. April 2008 <strong>The</strong> renowned undergraduate Commerce program at the University of Toronto announces its new name – Rotman Commerce – thanks to a $2.5 million gift from Sandra and Joseph Rotman.<strong>The</strong> donation was part of an $18 million gift to the Rotman School announced on December 13, <strong>2007</strong>.In addition to the new name, a new curriculum will be <strong>in</strong>troduced <strong>in</strong> summer 2008. Mr.Ted Kernaghan, president, Kernaghan Securities, renews his $250,000 support of <strong>The</strong> Edward J. Kernaghan Professorship <strong>in</strong> F<strong>in</strong>ancial Analysis.<strong>The</strong> professorship, currently held by Professor Ramy Elitzur, will cont<strong>in</strong>ue for an additional five years to 2015. 3