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College
of Business Online Newsletter
April 2008 - Number 142
Contents:
Dean
Management Information Systems
Director of Marketing & Alumni
Relations
Undergraduate
Small Business
Development Center
Media
Congrats
Career Services
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Dean
Personnel
There will be several staffing changes in the Cox Dean's
Suite. The departure of Lori Wirth, our commitment to
support the PhD Director, and an expanded need to support
the Gerdin Citizenship Program provided us an opportunity to
reorganize our administrative support - including shifting
current staff responsibilities and locations.
Karen Terpstra has opted
to move from her current role to take on the duties of
supporting our new PhD program as well as Dan Ryan and the
college's marketing efforts. Additionally, Jaime Maehner requested to move into the back office to
provide better support for our development staff.
As a result, we are
interviewing for two Administrative Specialists. One will
support Dean Labh Hira and Associate Dean Mike Crum. The
second position will support Associate Dean Kay Palan, staff
the front desk, and manage the Krieger Board Room, Gerdin
Citizenship Program, and the Entrepreneurship Minor. So
there will soon be two new faces in the front office.
Karen and Jaime's
moves will take place when the two new front office
positions are filled. I will announce their names when those
hiring processes are complete.
Dean's Advisory Council Faculty and Staff Awards
Please join us at the Dean's Advisory Council Awards
Ceremony on Wednesday, April 16 at 4:00 p.m. in 2127
Gerdin Business Building. There will be a reception
following the awards ceremony in the Bergstrom Commons.
Please join us in congratulating the nominees.
Senior Faculty Teaching Award
Rick Carter
Brian
Mennecke
Kay Palan
Sue
Ravenscroft
Brad Shrader
Junior Faculty Teaching Award
Robert Gary
Danny
Johnson
Jeffrey
Kaufmann
Burt Porter
Tirthankar
Roy
Senior
Faculty Research Award
Stephen Kim
James
McElroy
Roger Stover
Yoshi Suzuki
William
Terando
Junior Faculty Research Award
Jennifer
Blackhurst
Pol Herrmann
Diane
Janvrin
Sekar Raju
Travis Sapp
P&S Student Impact Award
Sonja Foley
Merit Student Impact Award
Patty
Hefflefinger
Debbie
Johnson
Michele
Kohrs
P&S Superior Service Award
Deb Noll
Kathy
Wieland
Merit Superior Service Award
Debbie
Johnson
Jan Stoehr
Pat Wagaman
Non-Tenure
Eligible Superior Service Award
Jan Duffy
Rick Smith
Other April Events
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Voorhees Supply Chain Conference will be held
this Friday, April 4 at the Scheman Building. The
reception will be held Thursday night, April 3, in
the Bergstrom Commons of the Gerdin Business
Building. For more details, visit
www.bus.iastate.edu/voorhees.
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Gerdin Citizenship Poster Presentations will be
held in the Droste Den from 3:00-5:00 p.m. on April
10 and April 11.
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Alumnus
Scott Hamilton will present, "From Bad to Worse:
WorldCom to Hurricane Katrina" on Thursday,
April 10 at 4:00 p.m. in the Stark Auditorium, 1148
Gerdin Business Building (note the updated location). Visit
www.bus.iastate.edu/outreach/scotthamilton.asp
for more details.
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The
announcement of a major gift to the College of
Business will be held on Friday, April 11 at 10:30
a.m. in the Stark Auditorium, 1148 Gerdin.
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The
dedication of the William L. Varner Accounting
and Finance Suite will be held on Friday, April
11 at 1:30 p.m. in 2330 Gerdin.
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Dean's
Advisory Council Member David Drury will
receive the Distinguished Alumni Award at the
Distinguished Awards Celebration on Friday, April 11
at 2:15 p.m. in the Curtiss Hall Auditorium.
Click here for a
list of all awardees and full event details.
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Gerdin Citizenship Program Celebration will be
held Tuesday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Bergstrom
Commons. Please join us we celebrate the first group
of students to complete the requirements of the
Gerdin Citizenship Program.
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The
Dean's Advisory Council will be meeting in the
Gerdin Business Building on Friday, April 18.
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The
Beta Gamma Sigma Induction Ceremony will be
Thursday, April 17 at 3:30 p.m. in the Bergstrom
Commons. Shazia Manus, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Greater Iowa Credit Union is the
speaker. Reception will follow with scholarship
recipients and donors joining the group.
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The next
research colloquium is Monday, April 21.
Jennifer Blackhurst is the presenter. Title and
abstract will follow soon.
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The
2008 Miller Lecture featuring Dr. Josh Lerner of
Harvard Business School will be held on Wednesday,
April 23 at 10:45 a.m. in room 2117. For more
details, visit
www.bus.iastate.edu/outreach/miller_lecture.asp.
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Management Information Systems
A paper titled "Second Life and other Virtual Worlds: A Roadmap
for Research," was published in Communications of the AIS
- Volume 20, Article 20, March 2008. The authors are
Brian Mennecke, associate professor of management
information systems, D. Mcneill, M. Ganis, E. Roche, B.
Konsynski, D. Bray, Lester and Anthony Townsend,
associate professor management information systems.
Two
papers authored by Brian Mennecke are also scheduled to
be presented at upcoming conferences. The first, co-authored by
L. Hassall, is titled “Teaching Ecommerce and Entrepreneurship
in Immersive Environments: A Tale of One Experience” and will be
presented at Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and
Online Teaching – MERLOT, Eighth International Conference,
August 2008 in Minneapolis. The second, co-authored by L.
Hassall and J. Triplett, is titled “Teaching eCommerce using
Second Life: Lessons Learned” and will be presented at the 2008
NMC Summer Conference in Princeton, NJ in June.
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Director of Marketing & Alumni Relations
"Iowa State University's 150-Year Adventure," a special series
produced by Mediacom Communications honoring the university's
sesquicentennial, is now airing on Mediacom's Connections (channel
22 in Des Moines and Ames). The series is divided into three
one-hour shows. Each college is featured in its own 15-minute
segment, which highlights its history, current priorities, and
future goals. The series also showcases Iowa State's traditions,
campus beauty, and student life. ISU alum and KCCI anchor Kevin
Cooney hosts the series.
Set your DVRs! All three shows in the series are scheduled to air
consecutively Thursday, April 3, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The
College of Business segment is in the third hour. Our faculty,
staff, students, and alumni are featured. I am working to get DVDs
of the program for anyone who wants to borrow them.
The program will be aired again in days and weeks to come - visit
www.connections22.com and
click the "more" button in the "Today on Connections 22" box to view
the upcoming programming schedule.
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Undergraduate
The College of Business has received information on the Minor in
Engineering Studies. Courses needed for the minor are listed on the
following website:
www.eng.iastate.edu/mes.
Orientation time is here again; in April and May, there will be
transfer students attending sessions on April 4th, 8th and 16th, and
May 30th and June 27th.
Orientation for new incoming Freshmen will begin on June 4-5, and
again of 8-9,10-11, 12-13, 16-17, 18-19, and 24-25.
A reminder that the region 6 NACADA conference, hosted by Iowa State
University, is in Ames May 18th-20th at the Gateway. If you would
like to attend part or all of the conference, contact Deb Noll,
conference Co-Chair at 294-8300 or check the website at
www.nacada.ksu.edu/Regional_Divisions/region6/confindex.htm.
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Small Business Development Center
SBDC State Director Jim Heckmann and Assistant State
Director Ellen Nystrom traveled to Washington, DC in
early March to attend a national SBDC meeting and visit with
federal legislators.
Associate state director Lars Peterson gave a
presentation on Business Succession on March 18th in
Mason City.
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Media
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Congrats
Congratulations to
Beth Romer, graphic designer, and Chrystal Martin,
graduate assistant in the Union Pacific Undergraduate Programs
Office, who were named to a three-year term and a one-year term,
respectively, on the City of Ames Public
Art Commission. Their terms begin in April.
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