University of Arkansas at Little Rock

This year the College of Business launched a capital campaign with proceeds directed toward an endowment for the college. In addition, the George W. Donaghey Foundation provided a $500,000 challenge gift. This is an opportunity to generate funds to better serve our students by supporting programs such as:

• Student abroad courses to Germany and Costa Rica
• Student competitions such as the Microsoft Imagine Cup and the Donald W. Reynolds Governors Cup Business Plan
• Professional development workshops

All net funds from the golf tournament will be designated for the Donaghey Challenge Match.

Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament
Date: Monday, June 18
Location:Pleasant Valley Country Club
Details: Four person scramble-1:30 p.m.

Sponorship Flyer
Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament Flyer

Putting Challenge Sponsors: Arvest Bank & Arvest Mortgage Company

Long Drive Sponsor: BBA Solutions

Hole in one Sponsor: Riser Ford & Lincoln

Hole Sponsors: Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation, Dillard’s, Entergy Arkansas, Fidelity Investments, First Security Bank, Jason Burt Photography, Kutak Rock, LLP, St. Vincent Health Systems, UALR College of Business Alumni Society, and Welspun Tubular

Additional Sponsors : Arkansas Business Publishing Group, Centennial Bank, Golden Eagle, Arkansas, LSC Marketing, Summit Bank, and Vestcom

Teams: Clark Power, Summit Bank, The Daily Record, and UALR Development Office

The UALR College of Business is seeking nominations for the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus and the Dean’s Award for Excellence. Recipients are recognized at the College’s awards luncheon Thursday, October 25.

Candidates for the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year:

· Must be a graduate of the UALR College of Business,

· Made a significant impact in a business or nonprofit organization

· Made a difference in the community and/or UALR

· Be available to attend the awards luncheon.

Candidates for the Dean’s Award for Excellence:

· Must be a graduate from the College of Business between 2002 and 2012

· Shown promise as a leader in the business or nonprofit community

· Be involved in the community and/or UALR

· Be available to attend the awards luncheon.

Letters of nomination should be sent by May 2 to Will Elliott jweillott@ualr.edu or Patrice Sims pnsims@ualr.edu.

For more information, call (501) 569-3356.

Cynthia Treadwell-McConnell is the Distinguished Alumna for 2011. She graduated from UALR with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting in 1998 and an Executive MBA in 2002. Ms. Treadwell-McConnell is the president of Air Transport Services Group Inc.

Frank D. Scott, Jr. is the Dean’s Award for Excellence for 2011. Scott received an MBA in 20009. Scott is the Business Development Office and Commercial Lender for First Security Bank.

CafeMBA

Please join us for an opportunity to network with faculty, current MBA students, and MBA alumni from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, at the Bailey Alumni Center.

RSVP: Marilyn Breaux mmbreaux@ualr.edu

State Rep. Barry Hyde, D-Sherwood, will be the guest speaker at the UALR Finance and Economics Association at 2 pm. Thursday, March 15, in the Reynolds Business Center room 103, to discuss economic and legislative issues affecting Arkansas.

Serving his third term, Hyde is a voting member of 13 committees in the House and is chairman of four of these committees. He represents Arkansas on four different national committees working on matters of insurance and economic development.

He also is chief executive officer of Hydco, Inc., a commercial construction company that he opened 24 years ago.

The event is free and open to the public.

The College of Business will host an Open House to provide information about all of its graduate programs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13.

Location: Clinton Presidential Center-Cafe 42
1200 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock

Prospective students will be able to meet with College of Business professors and students. Information about the academic programs, career options, admissions process, and financial aid opportunities
will be provided.

The following graduate programs are offered in the College of Business.

Master’s Degrees:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Concurrent MBA-JD, PharmD and MD
• Master of Management Information Systems
• Master of Accountancy
• Master of Taxation

Graduate Certificates:

• Management
• Management Information Systems
• Accountancy
• Taxation

If you would like to attend, RSVP to cobdean@ualr.edu or 569.3356.

How will the national health care reform law affect consumers, employers, payers, and providers? That is the subject of a Business Forum Wednesday, March 7, that will include a panel of experts and a moot court preview of the issues that will be decided by the Supreme Court.

“Health Care Reform: What Does It Mean?” will begin with a reception at 5 p.m. in Salon A at the Peabody Little Rock hotel with the program at 5:30 p.m.

The UALR College of Business event is sponsored by Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield, Arkansas Mutual Medical Professional Liability Insurance, and Delta Dental of Arkansas in partnership with UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Arkansas Business Publishing Group.

“We will begin with a preview of U.S. Supreme Court deliberations of the individual mandate to buy health insurance, with Dean John DiPippa of the Bowen School of Law leading colleagues in a brief moot court of this argument,” said Dr. Lawrence S. Powell, UALR’s Whitbeck Chair of Economics and Finance. “This will be followed by two expert panels discussing and answering questions about the effects of health care reform laws as provisions of health care reform legislation take effect.”

In addition to Powell and DiPippa, a diverse set of experts will address these issues from the perspectives of consumers, employers, health care providers, and public and private insurers. The panelists include:

• Mike Brown, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Calvin Kellogg, senior vice president and chief strategy officer, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cindy Crone, planning director of Health Benefits Exchange
• Greg Hatcher, owner of The Hatcher Agency
• Bob Ryall, president and ceo, Arkansas Hospital Association
• Nick Thompson, attorney for United Health Care
• Craig Wilson, senior policy and legal analyst, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement

The event is free and open to the public. RSVP to cobdean@ualr.edu or 501-569-3356.

Roy Sandbach, research fellow with Procter & Gamble, will be the fall 2011 College of Business Dean’s Forum featured speaker Oct. 24. One of Sandbach’s patents, Tide-to-Go, introduced in 2006 has become more than a $50 million dollar business.

Sandbach’s presentation, “Innovating for Billions,” will include how his company built billion dollar brands and the billions of people that represent the opportunity for businesses to grow, particularly those in China, India, and other populous developing countries.

The talk will cover the basics of Procter & Gamble’s innovation strategy to include the Tide-to-Go story. Additionally, Sandbach will cover the complications that relate to expansion of standard practices into the developing world.

With patents on many new-to-the-world products, Professor Sandbach has worked in in research and development at Procter & Gamble for almost 30 years, with the majority in Frankfurt, Rome, and Brussels. His career has spanned the global range of Procter & Gamble product categories. His current interests are in the holistic development of new products, notably in the developing world.

In 2010, Sandbach was appointed visiting professor of creative design at Cranfield University’s School of Applied Sciences in the United Kingdom. He is also visiting professor of industrial design at Central St. Martin’s College of Art & Design in London, teaching innovation management both there and at Imperial College in London. He is the only working UK scientist with a professorship at a leading UK art and design college.

In northern England, he has championed the development of Design Network North, a vibrant community of designers, and has contributed to innovation management and MBA programs at Northumbria University Business School. Recently, Sandbach has been a key contributor to the development of a city-region innovation strategy for Manchester, the largest city in northern England.

He is a director of North Tyneside Learning Trust, a new collaboration between schools, universities, and employers with the aim of more formally providing coordinated inspiration and opportunity for all local schoolchildren. This is the largest learning trust in the UK.

For more information about the presentation, contact the dean’s office at (501) 569-3356 or cobdean@ualr.edu.

EMBA Information Session:

Arkansas Capital Corporation will host a UALR Executive MBA information session on Thursday, October 20 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. The EMBA information session will provide prospective students with an overview of the program as well as an opportunity to visit informally with EMBA faculty and alumni.

About EMBA

Providing strong and successful leadership, identifying opportunities and solutions, and successfully navigating the complex global business landscape, are just a few of the daunting challenges facing today’s busy executives. The UALR Executive MBA program is an important part of the College of Business’ commitment to developing successful and responsible business leaders. The 13th Executive MBA cohort will be comprised of a carefully selected and diverse group of participants. The program helps build capacity for innovative and strategic approaches to complexities of the global business environment and the uncertainty of the global economy. The EMBA XIII cohort’s classes will meet Fridays and Saturdays on alternating weekends beginning in the Spring of 2012. The length of the EMBA program is 18 months. For more information about the program, please contact Will Elliott, Director of EMBA & External Relations at jwelliott@ualr.edu jwelliott@ualr.edu or (501) 569-3208.

Also, please visit ualr.edu/emba to download an application for admission.

WHAT: UALR EMBA Information Session

WHEN: Thursday, October 20 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Arkansas Capital Corporation, 200 River Market Avenue, Suite 400, Little Rock, AR 72201

Space is limited. RSVP by Monday, October 17 to Latonya Wilson lswilson1@ualr.edu , EMBA Program Coordinator or 501.569.8863.

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Please ioin us in honoring our 2011 Distinguished Alumni, Friday, Oct. 14, The Peabody Little Rock.

Cynthia Treadwell-McConnell
Distinguished Alumna
BS Accounting 1998, Executive MBA V, 2002

President of Air Transport Services Group Inc., Treadwell-McConnell is the first female president of a major airline company. Cynthia McConnell Prior to her new role this year, for 10 years she was vice president and chief financial officer of Air Transport International, a subsidiary of the Air Transport Services Group, a leading provider of air cargo transportation and services to domestic and foreign air carriers and other companies.

Treadwell-McConnell is an experienced financial professional who was previously managing director of finance at Continental Airlines for four years and served in multiple audit roles for Ernst & Young and PepsiCo. She graduated with honors while receiving a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1988 and then an executive MBA in 2002 from UALR.

Deans Award for Excellence
MBA 2009

Director of Intergovernmental affairs and Deputy director of policy for Gov. Mike Beebe’s administration, Scott organizes implementation of the governor’s legislative agenda, makes public policy recommendations, and serves as liaison to congressional delegations, federal agencies, White House, National Governors Association, Southern Governors Association, and Delta Regional Authority. Frank ScottIn 2009, he was appointed to serve as the state’s interim health information technology coordinator for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Scott received an MBA with a concentration in strategic management from UALR following a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a sales management concentration from the Fogelman College of Business at the University of Memphis. Scott is a member of the UALR Alumni Association Board of Directors, UALR Management Business Advisory Council, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas board, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.

For more information about sponsorships,Sponsorship Flyer,
Save The Date please contact Will Elliott, Director of EMBA & External Relations at jwelliott@ualr.edu or (501) 569-3208.

Tickets $100.00 per person
$1,000 for a table of ten

RSVP by October 10 to cobdean@ualr.edu or 501.569.3048.

Graduation Applications are due for Fall 2011 by 5p.m. September 30. If you have any questions contact the Office of Records and Registration at (501) 569-3110, records@ualr.edu or in Administration South 203.