Students enrolling in UALR’s entrepreneurship class don’t have to be future start-up CEOs. Associate Professor Joe Bell just wants them to think like one.
Two alums of UALR’s MBA program were named to the Arkansas Business “20 in their 20s” list.
Chasse Conque, director of development for the UAMS College of Medicine, previously worked in UALR Office of Development where he was manager of donor relations while earning a master’s degree in business. During his five years in the position, Conque kicked off SpectacUALR, a fundraising program that generated nearly $400,000 for the school in its first two years. He also founded an alumni association to help raise private support.
UALR alumnus Frank Scott, director of intergovernmental affairs and deputy director of policy in Gov. Mike Beebe’s office, graduated from UALR in 2009 with an MBA degree with an emphasis in strategic management. He also serves on the board of directors for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas and Better Community Developers Inc.
Dr. Clay Posey, assistant professor of management, and two of his colleagues — Tom L. Roberts of Louisiana Tech University and Ross Hightower of Texas A&M University — have been invited to give a presentation on their information security research at the 2011 Decision Sciences Institute’s Annual Meeting Saturday to Tuesday, Nov. 19 to 22, in Boston.
The title of the presentation is “Assessing the Motivating and Inhibiting Factors Surrounding Internal Computer Abuse.”
Kenneth Simonson, chief economist of the Associated General Contractors of America, will present his take on the national economic outlook at the Arkansas Economic Forecast Conference, hosted by the Institute for Economic Advancement, Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock.
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An article titled “Attesting Adios! Airways’ XBRL Filings: A Case Study on Performing Agreed-Upon Procedures” by Dr. Stephanie Farewell, associate professor of accounting in the College of Business, will be published in April 2012 as a book chapter in “Accounting Education,” edited by Karen Van Peursem, Elizabeth Monk, Richard M.S. Wilson, and Ralph W. Adler.
Roy Sandbach, developer of Procter & Gamble’s Tide-to-Go stain remover stick, will be the fall 2011 College of Business Dean’s Forum featured speaker at 5:30 Monday, Oct. 24. His topic: “Innovating for Billions.”
A paper written by Dr. David Gilliam, assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business, has been selected Best Paper in the Sales/CRM Track of the American Marketing Association’s 2012 Winter Marketing Educator’s Conference. The paper is titled “Storytelling by the Sales Force.” Continue reading “Gilliam Paper Wins Award”
Dr. Lawrence S. Powell, Whitbeck-Beyer Chair of Insurance and Financial Services and an associate professor of finance in the College of Business, has received the 2011 Service Award from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.
UALR’s College of Business moved up almost 30 places in the recently released U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 Rankings for Best Undergraduate Business Programs.
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With the help of the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center in UALR’s College of Business, a local bed-and-breakfast business has won a Google Uptick Award for using cutting edge Google technology.