Drs. Cynthia Daily and Cynthia L. Taylor’s manuscript, “Job Satisfaction of Accounting Educators,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business and Accounting’s fall 2010 issue.
The Center for Economic Development Education and Workforce Analysis and Assistance at UALR’s Institute of Economic Advancement (IEA) will host two forums on Tuesday, Aug. 31. The morning targeting innovation and workforce development systems and the afternoon focus on innovation and economic development.
Researchers, students, and entrepreneurs who have technologies with commercial potential can learn how to tap into that potential at Advanced Invention to Venture, or AI2V.
Brent K. Whittington, chief operating officer of Windstream Communications, will receive the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award at UALR’s College of Business annual award ceremony Oct. 15.
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Dr. Jane Wayland, chair of the Marketing and Advertising Department in UALR’s College of Business, has joined the Women’s Advisory Council at Delta Trust and Bank.
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The Institute of Economic Advancement in the UALR College of Business is hosting a statewide business and economic discussion Wednesday, Aug. 18, with a focus on the state’s workforce.
The Arkansas Economic Breakfast Series links educational institutions throughout the state via videoconferencing, and provides an interactive setting for learning about the latest economic trends that affect businesses in the state.
The event will be from 7 to 9:15 a.m. The Little Rock site will be in Room 103 of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Business and Economic Development, located on 28th Street and South University Avenue on the UALR campus. Parking will be available in Lot 13, in front of the Jack Stephens Center, across the street from the Reynolds Center.
The program is the third in the series and will focus on matching the needs of business and industry with the skills of the Arkansas workforce. Michael Pakko, chief economist and state economic forecaster for the Institute for Economic Advancement, and Kathy Deck, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville will provide the latest data and trends about the state’s economy.
Charisse Childers, executive director of Accelerate Arkansas, will make the business case for being concerned about student and worker capability in science, technology, engineering, and math. After her presentation, faculty, staff, and business leaders from around the state will engage participants among the seven sites in discussion about workforce readiness. Accelerate Arkansas is a statewide group of leaders volunteering their time and resources to focus on how to move the state forward in the 21st century economy.
Cost is $20 for the breakfast event, and reservations are required by Aug. 16. Registration is limited. Reservations for any of the seven locations can be made on the Arkansas Business website. For more information, contact Neva Wayman, 501-569-8551.
The Arkansas Economic Issues Breakfast Series is coordinated by UALR’s Institute for Economic Advancement in cooperation with the Center for Business and Economic Research in the Walton College, College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, Delta Center for Economic Development at Arkansas State University, Economic Research and Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, University of Arkansas at Monticello and Southern Arkansas University. The series is sponsored by Arkansas Business.
Dr. Jane Wayland has been named chair of Marketing and Advertising in UALR’s College of Business, Dean Anthony Chelte announced today.
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Dr. Joe Felan, associate professor of management in the College of Business, is teaching two management courses this summer in Innsbruck, Austria. He is teaching in a summer program offered by the University of New Orleans. It’s the 35th anniversary of the program, which has 236 U.S. students taking courses this summer. Felan previously taught in the program in 2008.
Patricia Day of Hot Springs and Shawn McGhee of Sherwood and their coaches are off to Poland this week to represent the United States — and UALR — at the Imagine Cup World Finals sponsored by Microsoft Corp. They finished their final practice presentation session Monday in which they explained their IT application to identify and track the immunizations needed by children in the least-developed countries of the world.