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College
of Business Online Newsletter
March 2008 - Number 141
Contents:
Career Services
Dean
Director of Marketing & Alumni
Relations
Finance
Management Information Systems
Media
Operation &
Supply Chain Management
Pappajohn
Center for Entrepreneurship
Small Business
Development Center
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Dean
Please join us
as we wish Lori Wirth good-bye and good luck on Monday,
March 3 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Dean's Suite.
Lori has accepted a
position with the Wilbur-Ellis company, an international
marketer and distributor of agricultural and industrial
products. They are based out of San Francisco and are
expanding their seed operations into Iowa. Lori will be
their coordinator of seed logistics and administration.
The next Lunch with Labh is
Tuesday, March 4 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Schaller
Seminar Room, 3164 Gerdin Business Building. Please join us
as Labh discusses the state of the College and answers your
questions.
9th Annual Iowa State
Conference on Race and Ethnicity (ISCORE)
March 7, 2008, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Memorial Union, Iowa State University
Nominations for the 2008 Deans Advisory Council awards is due to the
Dean's office on Monday, March 3.
Click here for award information
and nomination procedures.
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Management Information Systems
A paper titled "Second Life and
other Virtual Worlds: A Roadmap for Research," is forthcoming in
Communications of the AIS. 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.
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Director of Marketing & Alumni Relations
The 16th Voorhees Supply Chain Conference will be on Friday, April 4
at the Scheman Building from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Full agenda and
details at
www.bus.iastate.edu/voorhees. College
of Business students may attend free of charge, non-business
students and faculty are only $25, but everyone must register.
April events to plan
ahead for:
Friday, April 11
10:30 a.m.: gift announcement in the Stark
Auditorium, 1148 Gerdin
1:30 p.m.:
dedication for the William O.
Varner Accounting and Finance Suite, Schaller Seminar Room, 3164
Gerdin
2:15
p.m.: Dean's Advisory Council member David Drury receives the
Distinguished Alumni Award at the 2008 Distinguished Awards
Celebration in the Curtiss Hall Auditorium
Thursday, April 10,
4:00 p.m.: CoB alum Scott Hamilton, "From Bad to Worse: WorldCom to
Hurricane Katrina," 2117 Gerdin
Wednesday, April 16,
4:00 p.m.: Faculty and Staff Awards sponsored by the Dean's Advisory
Council, 2127 Gerdin
Thursday, April 17,
3:30 p.m.: Beta Gamma Sigma induction ceremony and Scholarship
Reception, Bergstrom Commons
Wednesday, April 23,
1:10 p.m.: F. Wendell Miller Lecture Series featuring Dr. Josh
Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard
Business School, 2117 Gerdin
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Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship
FREE PUBLIC LUNCHEON AND KEYNOTE
MARCH 5 * 11:45 to 1:00 PM * SUN ROOM, MEMORIAL UNION
"It Isn't About the Box: Conquering
Creativity in the Classroom or in Business: Why It Fails and How
To Win"
Presented by: Jeffrey Stamp
Registration Required:
www.isupjcenter.org/programs/reimanspeakers
FACULTY/STAFF INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
ON CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
MARCH 6 * 1:00 to 3:00 PM * SOUTH BALLROOM, MEMORIAL UNION
Is it possible to be creative and innovative in a large
university environment?
How do you teach these skills to students?
Registration
Required:
www.isupjcenter.org/programs/reimanspeakers
JOHN & MARY PAPPAJOHN SCHOLARSHIPS
Please
let your entrepreneurial students know that we are accepting
applications for ten $1,000 scholarships to be awarded in April
2008. Eligibility and an application process are available at
www.isupjcenter.org/programs/pjscholarship.
ENTREPRENEUR FORUM
March 29, 2008 * 12 to 1 pm *
Campanile Room, Memorial Union
Guest Speaker: Mark Ballard, founder of Sugardaddys.com - the
ultimate brownie experience!
Mark has a background with Banana Republic, Ann Taylor,
Victoria's Secret, Gap, and other retail giants and has now
launched a new brownie business that is the rage in Hollywood!
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Small Business Development Center
The Iowa Small Business Development Center and its two entrepreneurs
of the year were honored with resolutions by the Iowa House and
Senate on February 20th following the SBDC’s annual legislative
reception and award ceremony at the State Capitol.
Senate Resolution Number 106 and House
Resolution Number 108 “honors award winners Anna Bradley and
Marguerite White and congratulates them on their success, and
recognizes and expresses its thanks to the Iowa Small Business
Development Centers for their ongoing work in making Iowa a better
place to live and work.”
Senator Larry
Noble, Anna Bradley
Jim Heckmann, Representative Doug Struyk,
Carolyn Bradley, Mark Bradley,
Anna Bradley, Representative Nathan
Senator Bill Dotzler and Jim Heckmann
Reichert and Rand Fisher
Over 110
legislators, SBDC clients, personnel and partners discussed issues
important to Iowa’s small businesses at the reception. At the
conclusion of the reception, an award ceremony was held for Anna
Bradley and Marguerite White, winners of the SBDC’s two annual
entrepreneur awards. Immediately following the award ceremony, the
House and Senate resolutions were read into law.
For more information on
the legislative resolutions, SBDC reception and awards, please visit
www.iowasbdc.org
and read the top SBDC Announcement, or paste the following link into
your browser: http://www.iowasbdc.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=lMJJJxdhwlM%3d&tabid=1797&mid=3043
The Mid
Iowa SBDC in Urbandale (hosted by Iowa State) has received a grant
from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture to expand its
very successful Iowa agricultural business planning program, Grow
Your Small Market Farm, which is in its 8th year. The
grant, called “Expanding Business Skills for Specialty Growers in
Iowa” will expand the program’s services, in order to serve more
farm businesses across Iowa.
SBDC State
Director Jim Heckmann, Associate State Director Lars Peterson and
Assistant State Director Ellen Nystrom attended the PDI Grow Iowa
Day at the State Capitol on February 6th.
Lars
Peterson presented at the 2nd annual entrepreneurs
conference – EntreFest2008 – held in Cedar Falls on February 21-22.
Over 230 entrepreneurs attended the conference. He was also the
keynote speaker for a Business Succession workshop at Western Iowa
Tech Community College in Sioux City on February 27th.
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Media
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27
The Iowa State Daily interviewed two students who have developed a Web
site that rates property management companies and landlords in Ames, IA.
David Kaiser, senior in computer engineering, and Keegan Dobson,
senior in operations and supply chain management, created
www.rateamesrentals.com.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25
It was announced in The Des Moines Business Record that Suku
Radia (industrial administration, '74) is leaving Meredith Corp. to
become president of Bankers Trust Co. on March 13, 2008. Radia has
been with Meredith Corp. since 2000 and was chief financial officer.
P.A. Henrichsen
(accounting, '93) was interviewed by The Des Moines Business Record.
After graduating from Iowa State Henrichsen earned his law degree and
has been with McEnroe, Gotsdiner, Brewer & Steinbach P.C. since 2003.
He has been named shareholder in the firm and his name has been added to
the company name.
The Des Moines Business
Record included a story on it's recent Power Breakfast. Ric
Jurgens (industrial administration, '71) spoke along with J. Barry
Griswell, chairman and chief executive, Principal Financial Group; Gary
Thomas, president of the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association; and
Matthew Wendt, superintendent of the Ankeny Community School District.
The theme of the speaker panel was "From Good to Great."
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24
A story was ran in The Des Moines Register on J. Michael Earley,
chief executive of Bankers Trust Co. in Des Moines and Suku Radia
(industrial administration, '74) whom will take over Earley's position
in March.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22
The Des Moines Register announced that Suku Radia
(industrial administration, '74) is leaving Meredith Corp. to become
president of Bankers Trust Co. on March 13, 2008. Radia has been
with Meredith Corp. since 2000 and was chief financial officer.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16
It was announced in The Tribune that Iowa State University
Accounting students will be offering free tax preparation services
through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. The
program is located in 2148 Gerdin Business Building, February 19-April
10. Excluding spring break, March 17-21.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13
The Des Moines Register announced that Iowa State University
Accounting students will be offering free tax preparation services
through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. The
program is located in 2148 Gerdin Business Building, February 19-April
10. Excluding spring break, March 17-21.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12
The Des Moines Register printed a story on how marketers help
consumers find the perfect Valentines Day gift. Kay Palan,
associate dean for undergraduate programs and professor of marketing,
stated that companies study patterns in gift-giving and fit their
product to it.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11
The Des Moines Business Record listed the Forty Under 40 Class.
Dwayne Vande Krol (accounting, '93) is one of the 40 members.
An event will be held March 11 at the Polk County Convention Complex.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9
Becky Pratt (accounting, '91) was featured in "On The Move" in
The Tribune. Becky has been appointed vice president and director
of compliance and Community Reinvestment Act for First American Bank.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4
Kay Palan, associate dean for undergraduate programs, did an
in-studio interview with WOI about Super Bowl ads.
FEBRUARY 2008
Facets interviewed Marv Bouillon, chair, accounting and finance
departments & professor of accounting, and his wife Vicki. Vicki
owns Storybook Weddings in Boone, Iowa. |
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