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Entrepreneurship Week a Great Success
The Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour bus came to campus on Monday, March 30th. This event was funded by grants from the Coleman Foundation and the Kern Family Foundation.
It was a very successful day. All who attended received some great information from the two keynote speakers on 'how they did it', the Action Workshop, and the panel discussion of entrepreneurs at the close of the day.
On Wednesday, April 1 the second annual Student Entrepreneurship Fair was held in the Ridgway University Center from 9:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Wrapping up the week on Friday, April 3 was the Evansville New Venture Creation Competition where 23 student teams from all over the U.S. and Canada competed for over $12,000 in prizes. There were five teams from UE in the competition. The student team that took the top prize of $10,000 was J & J Solutions from Iowa City, IA. The company has developed a fully-vetted, patent pending prototype for the effective, efficient, and affordable handling of chemotherapy drugs in a clinic, hospital, pharmacy and research setting.
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Former UE Student Returns to Lecture at International Speaker Series on April 16
James Makawa is a former UE student and soccer player - he is also a co-founder of the Africa Channel. Originally from Zimbabwe, Mr. Makawa is one of the few executives from Sub-Saharan Africa to have enjoyed a successful career in both local and network television in the United States. His career spans decades and continents beginning with local news, moving to NBC as a news correspondent in New York and Chicago, returning to South Africa where he co-founded the African Broadcast Network, then back to the US to co-found the Africa Channel.
The Africa channel showcases the continent's most outstanding English language television series, documentaries, feature films, music, event specials, biographies, soap operas, current business analysis, cultural and historical programs. His goal was to create a station for shows that reflects the people of Africa - their incredible stories, daily lives, music and art, successes, celebrations, and challenges. You can visit the Africa channel at theafricachannel.com.
Join us to hear Mr. Makawa speak at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 16 in Eykamp Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
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Undergraduate Symposium on Global Enterprise Winners Announced
The 4th annual Undergraduate Symposium on Global Enterprise was held Saturday, March 28 in the Schroeder Family School of Business Administration. The following UE students were presented with awards: Best Paper 1st place Jesse Miller and Stephen Spinks; Best Paper 3rd place Kristin Groggel. Also receiving awards were Ryan Bator, Walsh College for Best Paper 2nd place. Receiving a Best Presentation Award was University of Indianapolis student Liz Homes. Congratulations to the winners, and to all the student presenters for helping make the event a success!
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Harlaxton 10 Day Trip
Dr. Sherman will be accompanying 23 students for a ten day course in Harlaxton from May 7 - 17, 2009. Other faculty joining Dr. Sherman are: Dr. Clark, Dr. Griffin, Marketing, Dr. Stevenson, Psychology and Dr. Zimmer, Economics.
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The British Engagements Series Continues
Wednesday, April 15
"Sectarianism in Irish History: The Legacy of the Reformation"
Lecture by Dr. Daire Killian Keogh, Dublin City University
SB 170 at 4:00 p.m.
Friday, April 17 - Sunday, April 19
Thursday, April 23 - Sunday, April 26
UE Theatre presents: "Henry IV, Part 1" by William Shakespeare
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00 p.m.; Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Advance purchase recommended.
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On Monday, April 5 Dr. Blalock's ECON 381, Economics of Public Policy class was privileged with a guest lecture on the Practice of Environmental Law from the Hon. Madonna McGrath of Baker & Daniels LLP of Indianapolis. The Hon. Ms. McGrath shared from her wealth of regulatory, policy and business experience and her experiences in the environmental law, energy and climate change practice group at Baker & Daniels.
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Dr. Montgomery's MKT 373, Personal Selling class has been selling Pacer tickets as a class project for this semester. The class has broken an all time record with over $17,000 in sales. Taylor Morrow broke the individual sales record, previously held by Kanav Kashyap, by selling $7525.00.
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Dr. Sherman's BUS 270, Experience in Entrepreneurship class had the privilege of hearing Tom Austerman, Evansville Bank Founder, discuss ethics and talk to students about their concerns with the economy. |
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Dr. Rosen's ID 150, The American Corporation class participated in Relay for Life. This is a fun-filled overnight event to celebrate survivors, remember those we've lost to cancer, and fight back against this disease. The two student teams were captained by Eric Hohimer and Ellen Sawin and together the class raised more than $3,700 for the American Cancer Society.
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Dr. Kleindorfer's MGT 497, Global Strategic Management senior seminar project is to develop a strategy for the Institute for Global Enterprise in Indiana (IGEI). The groups will be presenting their ideas in class on April 23 and April 28 from 8:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. The groups have some great thoughts about future strategy for IGEI. If you would like to come and hear the presentations, contact Kathy Kleindorfer. |
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Dr. Kleindorfer's Management 480: Global Assistance Projects (GAP) for Fall 2009 semester will provide an opportunity for students to work on a Global Assistance Project. The class will begin with a crash course on project management (a great marketable skill). Most of the semester will be spent doing a project for an organization. Students will need to have the flexibility to spend 8-10 hours per week on the project. There are still a couple openings available for this great new opportunity. Contact Kathy Kleindorfer for additional information. Permission is required for enrollment; course is targeted for seniors.
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Alissa Young's business, Ametrine Artisans Cooperative, was featured in the April issue of the Evansville Business Journal. Alissa started Ametrine Artisans Cooperative, a gallery for student artists, including herself, to display their work and be able to interact with customers. The gallery now operates in Innovation Pointe as part of the Arts Council (of Southwestern Indiana) Student Art Annex, which her business basically manages.
Also mentioned in the article are Valerie Clark and Bethany Brimberry. You can read the entire article here.
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Todd Nelson is the 2009 recipient of the Indiana CPA Society Outstanding Accounting Award for the University of Evansville. This award is in recognition of high scholastic distinction. Todd will be presented with the award at the Accounting Club meeting on April 30.
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As part of her sabbatical activities, Dr. Paglis attended a seminar at the Harvard Business School on March 13 and 14 titled "The Art and Craft of Discussion Leadership". The seminar provided participants with techniques and tips for facilitating case analysis discussions in class. Look for more casework in MGT 377, Organizational Behavior in the upcoming fall semester!
In June, Dr. Paglis along with two of her colleagues, Dr. Holly Brower from Wake Forest University and Dr. Susan Michie from the University of New Mexico, will be leading a session at the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. Their topic will be developing students' oral presentation skills through the design and assessment of course presentation assignments in business classes.
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Dr. Sherman has an article titled "The new corporate social responsibility: a call for sustainability in business education" that has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development.
Dr. Sherman also had an article published in the most recent Evansville Business titled "Six surefire ways to kill your business in tough times", and an article appeared in the Evansville Business Journal discussing brain drain in the Tri State area. Dr. Sherman gave the keynote speech to the Southwest Indiana Homebuilders Association about business strategies in a down economy. |
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| Important Dates |
Thursday, April 16
James Makawa
7:00 p.m. Eykamp Hall
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Wednesday, April 29
Reading/Study Day
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Thursday, April 30
Final exams begin
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Wednesday, May 6
Final exams end
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Saturday, May 9
Commencement 1:30 p.m.
Roberts Stadium
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Monday, May 18
10 week and Summer
Session 1 classes begin
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