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 Dr. Berkwood M. Farmer, Dean |
This issue of eConnections focuses on several exciting new programs and the unprecedented national awards our students have achieved this year. Once again, our students made history in a broad spectrum of national case competitions –demonstrating the quality of our students and the caliber of our curriculum. These include: |
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• Two-time national winner in the Ameriprise Financial Service Invitational. Only university to receive two first places in the same year. And as I write this update, two of our MBA student teams placed in the Top 50 in Google’s 2008 Online Marketing Challenge – out of all entrants in North and South America. An additional two teams placed in the top 10% for the Americas. Overall, 1,600 student teams from 47 countries took part in the competition. We are also extending our masters programs throughout southwest Ohio and the nation. This fall, our weekend MBA program is being offered for the first time in Mason, Ohio at Sinclair Community College’s Courseview Campus Center. Demand has been overwhelming for this innovative cohort MBA program which we launched in 2006 at the Mound Advanced Technology Center in Miamisburg. We are also enrolling this summer for the sixth cohort of professionals in the Masters of Logistics and Supply Chain program and our second cohort in the Information Systems masters. These programs attract professionals throughout the region and greater Midwest by combining leading-edge online learning modules with five weekends in class. Students add immediate value to their businesses by completing a research project focused on profitability or productivity improvements for their sponsoring company or organization. Through a variety of additional partnerships with the business community, our faculty continues to enhance the economic vitality of the region and enrich our students’ learning experience. For example, we have expanded our services to area businesses with a series of customized executive development programs for Speedway and Dayton Superior. Two of our newest centers, the Center for Global Business Education and Research and the Institute for Defense Studies assist area business and government professionals with best practices in their respective sectors. The Institute for Defense Studies will provide credit and non-credit programs in supply chain management in cooperation with the Defense Logistics Agency and the Air Force Material Command. In addition to fostering research in international business through the publication the Journal of Asia-Pacific Business, The Center for Global Business Education and Research brings policy leaders such as Strobe Talbott, President of the Brookings Institute, to share ideas about the global business and political environment with students and college supporters. Please also take a few moments to read about numerous faculty awards and achievements in the Faculty News section – including Maggie Houston’s appointment by Governor Strickland to the Accountancy Board for Ohio, Dr. Evan Osborne’s Fulbright Fellowship in Global Economics and Dr. Zdravka Todorva’s, international recognition for her dissertation on “Reconsidering Households in Economic Theory”. Of course, these new programs and achievements would not be possible without our excellent faculty, the generous support of our alumni and business leaders throughout the region. Please join me in congratulating the Raj Soin College of Business 2008 Outstanding Alumnae, Christina Howard, vice president of entrepreneurial development for the Dayton Development Coalition. And please do let us know about your career success and recent accomplishments so we can include them in upcoming issues of eConnections. Thanks to your support and involvement in the Raj Soin College of Business, we can continue to be a catalyst for progress, innovation and positive change in the business world. Best regards,
Berkwood Farmer, Dean |
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Featured Stories in this Issue of eConnections
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Students Sweep Nation in Case Competitions For more than five years, Raj Soin College of Business students have consistently achieved national recognition in a broad spectrum of national case competitions. Our 2008 teams continued to broaden our students’ recognition with unprecedented wins at the Ameriprise Financial Service Invitational, the Institute for Management Accountants Case Competition, the Society for the Advancement of Management National Competition and the U.S. National Ethics Bowl. See photos of all the teams and learn more about the caliber of the students who brought home top honors this year. Read more... |
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Weekend MBA Now in Warren County With two highly successful weekend MBA cohorts in sessions at the Mound Advanced Technology Center in Miamisburg, The Raj Soin College of Business is extending its reach to Warren County in partnership with Sinclair College's Courseview Campus in Mason, Ohio. The program uniquely links business and technology to develop leaders who can initiate change and enhance the creative agility of their companies. Read what some of the current students are saying about the program. |
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Executive Development Program Launched for National Firms Under the leadership of Dr. James Munch, Professor and Chair of Marketing, the Raj Soin College of Business is offering a series of executive development seminars customized for regional and national employers. According to Munch, more and more, companies are saying, To continue to innovate, stay abreast of global trends, and successfully grow our business we must continually improve our technical skills and organizational processes. Read more... |
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Center for Global Business Hosts President of Brookings Institute Under the leadership of Dr. Riad Ajami, the Center for Global Business and Education Research, enriched students’ learning experiences during spring quarter with several key events including a campus visit from Strobe Talbott, President of the Brookings Institute and native of Dayton. Read more... |
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Center for Global Business Leads Spring Study Abroad in Paris Under the leadership of Dr. Riad Ajami, Professor and Chair of Chair, Management and International Business, the Center for Global Business Education and Research students were immersed first-hand business and cultural experiences which focused on European Business Operations. Read about one student’s insights and sign up for next fall’s course. Read more... |
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Economics Professor, Evan Osborne, Receives Fulbright Award Dr. Evan Osborne has received a Fulbright Fellowship to teach Global Economics at Soochow University in Taipei, Taiwan from September through January 2009. He is also the author of a new book, "The Rise of the Anti-Corporate Movement: Corporations and the People Who Hate Them", published by Praeger/Greenwood in 2007. Read more... |
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Governor Appoints Maggie Houston to State Accountancy Board M. A. “Maggie” Houston, CPA, a lecturer in the Department of Accountancy at Wright State University, has been appointed to the state’s Accountancy Board of Ohio by Governor Ted Strickland. |
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Economics Professor, Zdravka Todorova, Receives National Recognition for Dissertation Dr. Zdravka Todorova has won the prestigious Veblen prize for her doctoral thesis "Reconsidering Households in Economic Theory". She is also the recipient of the 2007 "Outstanding Dissertation Award in Behavioral and Social Sciences from the University of Missouri--Kansas City." Read more... |
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John Talbott, Accountancy Professor, Honored for 33 Years of Service Over the course of the past 33 years, Dr. John Talbott, Professor of Accountancy, has been one of the most influential and memorable people ever to teach in the Department of Accountancy in the Raj Soin College of Business. The impact that John has had on so many lives as a teacher, mentor and friend is simply immeasurable. Read more... |
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ISOM Faculty Recognized for Excellence Two Raj Soin College of Business faculty recently received the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education Excellence in Teaching award. The award winners were among 47 faculty recognized from 13 area colleges and universities. Anand Jeyaraj, Ph.D. and Shu Schiller, Ph.D., are both assistant professors of Information Systems and Operations Management. Read more about each of these faculty’s teaching and research. |
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Christina S. Howard Named Outstanding Alumnae Christina S. Howard, B.A. ’74, M.S. ’80, vice president of entrepreneurial development for the Dayton Development Coalition, is the Outstanding Alumni Award winner from the Raj Soin College of Business. She is currently focused on the implementation of the Dayton region’s newest entrepreneurial effort, the $22.5 million Entrepreneurial Signature Program, which supports emerging technology companies through grants, equity investments, and entrepreneurial assistance programs. Howard also manages the Miami Valley Venture Funds and the Dayton Investment Network. Read more... |
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