New CEO Speaks R aymond W. LeBoeuf, president and chief executive officer-elect of PPG Industries, will speak Nov. 21 at the Cyert Distinguished Lecture Series. The series is de-signed to give Carnegie Mellon graduate business school students access to the nation's top business leaders. The series honors Richard M. Cyert, president emeritus of Carnegie Mellon and a professor of economics and management at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration. Students Pack Notebook Tutorials L ong popular with business road warriors, notebook PCs today are winning converts among graduate business schools of every ilk. At GSIA, special classes were offered this year to assist students in notebook use.
Notebooks are now powerful enough to replace desktops.
The Carnegie Mellon user tutorials included the very basics of notebook operation to discussions about transferring of data from one system to another through wireless ports. The weekly event is a forum for students, alums, faculty and staff. Second-year students also use the informal setting to discuss peer mentoring projects. The interactive long-distance education program is designed to give employees an opportunity to earn a business master's degree without leaving the job. Global Markets Tapped in India T he Executive Education Program at Carnegie Mellon's Graduate School of Industrial Administration offered its first on-line distance Learning Certificate Program to India Sept. 5.