The national Association of Small Business Development Centers honored Nancy Knighten, a business consultant at UALR’s Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, at the group’s 32nd annual conference in New Orleans on Sept. 11.
U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges guide has ranked UALR’s College of Business among the country’s best business programs for the third consecutive year.
Frank Crockett of American Electric Power Southwest Power Pool will present a UALR Institute of Economic Advancement forum Thursday, Sept. 20, on how to work with industrial prospects and how to learn what drives their decisions.
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UALR Professor Rolf Wigand and a team of co-authors will present research in Boston and Seattle this month on the effects of shared leadership and virtual teams.
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The College of Business hosted its first Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament on June 18 at Pleasant Valley Country Club. The fundraiser with 19 teams participating brought in more than $17,000 in net funds.
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Three Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center consultants have earned an international business credential held by only a handful of Arkansans.
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UALR student Vianca Cruz has been appointed the associate account executive of the Hispanic market for The Design Group, a multicultural communications firm.
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A team of management information systems students from UALR placed third in the national competition for Microsoft Imagine Cup Software Design over some impressive competition including a team from Harvard and MIT.
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The investigation into the misuse of university funds by the former dean of the UALR College of Business began Nov. 4, 2011, the day college staff and faculty reported to Interim Provost Sandra Robertson allegations of improper use of funds for personal travel and abuse of leave time regulations.
Joel Dunlap fell in love with the restaurant business when he flipped his first hamburger at his McDonald’s job at the age of 14. Last fall, the Philadelphia native graduated magna cum laude from UALR with a major in marketing and went back to his first love.