2010 News and Announcements
- Books To BusinessThe College of Business Administration and College of Arts and Sciences announce "From Books to Business."
- Broomball Tournament and Ice Carnival EventOn the 5th of November the College of Business organized a Broomball and Ice Carnival event for it's FYE students. See some photos of this lovely exchange between faculty and students.
- CEO Week, Executive SpeakersStudents, Faculty, and Staff, join us on Tuesday, April 27th and Thursday, April 29th as we welcome Tim Timken of The Timken Company and Karl Warnke of The Davey Tree Expert Company.
- College of Business Administration AdvisorsCollege of Business Administration Advisors
- College of Business Administration Dedicates the Olga A. Mural Lecture HallOn Friday September 17, 2010 the College of Business Administration dedicated the Olga A. Mural Lecture Hall. The summer-long project renovated room 200 in the Business Administration Building with new technology and a complete cosmetic overhaul.
- College of Business Graduate Founds FlashNotes.comMichael Matousek, a graduate of Kent State University, has created a web site where college students from various campuses can sell and buy their class notes.
- College of Business Hosts High School Business Innovation CompetitionThe 2010 2nd High School Annual Business Innovation Competition at Kent State University sparked the innovative spirit among high school juniors and seniors who competed on innovating board games for 14-18 year olds.
- Congratulations to Drs. Datta and Guiffridacongratulations to Dr. Al Guiffrida and Dr. Pratim Datta for running a successful Green Supply Chain Symposium last weekend.
- Distinguished Teaching Award Finalists AnnouncedThe Distinguished Teaching Award Committee has announced this year's finalists. The College of Business Administration's own Dr. Cathy DuBois is among those to receive this honor.
- Donald McFall Receives Outstanding Teaching AwardCongratulations to Donald McFall, Department of Accounting, on receiving the University’s 2010 Outstanding Teaching Award. The Outstanding Teaching Award (OTA) honors full-time, non-tenure track and part-time faculty and is sponsored by the University Teaching Council.
- Dr Pratim Datta, Assistant Professor in Management & Information Systems, IS Research RankingsDr. Pratim Datta, Assistant Professor in Management & Information Systems was ranked #32 among the top 100 international researchers in premier Information Systems journals. These journals include MISQ, ISR, JMIS, JAIS, EJIS and ISJ.
- Dr. Datta Wins Farris Family Innovation FellowshipDr. Pratim Datta is a winner of the Farris Family Innovative Fellowship for academic years 2010-11 through 2012-2013.
- Dr. Mark Holder Named Panelist at Asia Hedge Funds SummitDr. Mark Holder, director of Kent State University’s Master of Science in Financial Engineering Program, will participate in a panel discussion entitled “FX, RISK & THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE YUAN”.
- Entrepreneurship Education Consortium Wins National HonorEntrepreneurship Education Consortium Wins National Honor
- Entrepreneurship ExtravaganzaLearn from experienced entrepreneurs about launching and accelerating your business on November 4th and 5th, 2010
- GMA Outstanding Professor 2010GMA Outstanding Professor 2010
- Kent Ranks among the Best National UniversitiesKent State University earned a place in the Best National Universities category in the 2011 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News Media Group. Kent State ranked 183 out of the 1,400 ranked schools.
- Michelle Parrish Receives President's Excellence AwardThe President's Excellence Award was implemented in 2009 to recognize full-time classified and unclassified employees who demonstrated exceptional performance in advancing one of the goals of the university's excellence agenda during the previous fiscal year.
- MSFE Press ReleaseExecutives at Hangzhou Xingli Investment Co., Ltd. agreed for the first time to employ six student interns from Kent State University’s Master of Science in Financial Engineering (MSFE) Program for 10 weeks this summer.
- New Academic MBA DirectorThe Dean’s Office is pleased to announce that Jaume Franquesa will officially begin his new role as the Academic MBA Director next week.
- New Finance ChairWe are pleased to announce that, effective immediately, John Thornton has been appointed to serve as the Chair of the College’s Finance Department.
- New PhD DirectorWe are proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Murali Shanker as PhD Director. Dr. Shanker will assume the responsibilities of the position immediately.
- Pilliod Lecture Series, Sharon L Allen, April 27, 2010View the Pilliod Lecture Series' 2010 speaker, Sharon L. Allen, on KSUTube.
- Princeton Review Lauds College of BusinessThe Princeton Review, a publication of college rankings based on how students rank their schools, recognized Kent State University’s College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management as one of the top 300 outstanding educational institutions for business students.
- Undergraduate Research ContributionAnthony J. Apicello (Operations Management major), Jennifer F. Becka (Operations Management major) and Ran Ding (Finance major) were co-authors on the paper, “A Transportation Based Economic Order Quantity Model”.