The Association of Business Schools and Programs proudly announces that Dr. Michael E. Gordon, International School of Management, Paris, France, has received the 2009 Teaching Excellence Award for Region 8. The award is supported in all regions this year by a financial contribution from the University of Indianapolis-Athens Campus, in Athens, Greece. As a regional recipient, Gordon will now be considered for the 2009 ACBSP International Teaching Excellence Award, to be announced in June.

Overland Park, Kansas, 27, March, 2009 ­­--- Dr. Michael E. Gordon, International School of Management, Paris, France, has been named a regional recipient for the 2009 ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award. The Association of Business Schools and Programs recognizes individuals each year who exemplify teaching excellence in the classroom. The University of Indianapolis-Athens Campus is the financial sponsor of the 2009 award.

Gordon will be honored, along with other regional recipients, at the ACBSP 2009 Annual Conference, June 26-29 in San Antonio, www.acbsp.org. He will receive a medallion and a $100 check. Two International Teaching Excellence Award recipients will be announced at the luncheon, one from a baccalaureate/graduate degree-granting institution and one from an associate degree-granting institution. As a regional recipient, Gordon is now a candidate for the international award.

“Professor Gordon is a conscientious and motivating educator. He seeks to engage students on an individual level, leaving each one with meaningful and memorable information that they can apply to their particular circumstances,” said Dr. Peter Horn, Chancellor, Director of Research, International School of Management. “Students have expressed their sincere satisfaction with his teaching materials, methodology and extensive entrepreneurial experience,” Horn said.

The Associate Degree Commission of ACBSP established the International Teaching Excellence Award in 1995 to recognize outstanding classroom teachers. In 2002, the Baccalaureate Degree Commission created a similar award to recognize excellence in teaching at the baccalaureate degree level. ACBSP is the only specialized accrediting body for business schools that presents an award recognizing excellence in teaching.

“It is more important than ever for business programs to produce graduates who are ready to enter the global marketplace,” said Douglas Viehland, ACBSP executive director. “ACBSP has a mission to develop, promote and recognize best practices that contribute to continuous

improvement of business education. Recognition of teaching excellence is one way we achieve this goal.” he stated.

ACBSP currently has more than 585 members in 25 countries and eight regions. International School of Management is part of International Council Region 8, a regional division of ACBSP, representing member institutions located outside the United States.

Profile of Dr. Gordon:

Dr. Gordon has extensive experience in the areas of Entrepreneurship, education, public speaking, and science. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. For the past ten years, he has been teaching entrepreneurship as an Adjunct Professor at Babson College and for the past five years at the Harvard Extension School. After twelve years in research, development, and management at Polaroid Corporation and Celanese Plastics Company, Dr. Gordon pursued a career in entrepreneurship and founded four companies: a plastics injection molding company a company which made products for the control of static electricity (Plastic Systems, Inc) a Network for entrepreneurs and investors (the Venture-Preneurs Network) and a private investment and consulting firm (Quantum Ventures). He is currently developing the internet venture AngelDeals.com, a virtual global network for the business community: entrepreneurs seeking funding and growth, investors seeking deal flow, business professionals seeking visibility, and both employers and job seekers.