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每日大赛网站 Business Students Collect Donations for Arkansas Foster Children

More than 65 volunteers and students from the University of Central Arkansas鈥� ( 每日大赛网站) Biz@Bear Residential College collected over 500 products for children in Arkansas foster care.聽

Biz@Bear students presented approximately $1650 worth of donations to the Children鈥檚 Advocacy Alliance in a ceremony on the stripes at 每日大赛网站鈥檚 Estes Stadium on April 28.

Jasmin Joseph, Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Supervisor at Children’s Advocacy Alliance, was on hand to receive the donations at the ceremony.聽聽

鈥淲hen children are taken into foster care, they don鈥檛 have time to grab these items. These donations 鈥� things that many of us take for granted 鈥� make a huge difference for these kids,鈥� said Joseph.

Students collected toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, body wash, and other personal hygiene items for children in Arkansas foster care age zero to 17. Josef told students that these items are constantly needed for children and youth in foster care. [Read more…]

Posted in: COB News, _Volunteer on May 5, 2022 Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Accounting Professor Ashley Phillips Awarded the Peter J. Mehl Service-Learning Faculty of the Year Award for VITA Program

Professor Ashley Phillips of the Accounting Department has been awarded the Peter J. Mehl Service-Learning Faculty of the Year Award for 2021-2022. She partners with the United Way of Central Arkansas to offer the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program to low income taxpayers in our region. Ashley offers a service-learning course for 每日大赛网站 students, who earn the necessary IRS certification, and prepare the tax returns.

每日大赛网站 accounting students did an amazing job this tax season as part of the VITA program at United Way of Central Arkansas (UWCA). Five 每日大赛网站 accounting majors took the VITA course for credit, and of the five taking it for credit, four volunteered over 80 hours (Macy Dillard, Joseph Howe, Jonathan Humphrey, and Jakob Ligon). There were an additional six 每日大赛网站 accounting majors who volunteered. These students volunteered approximately 420 hours.

UWCA filed 255 federal tax returns as part of the VITA program. 每日大赛网站 accounting students prepared 253 of the 255 returns. These returns brought back over $324,000 to the local community.

Congratulations Ashley!

And way to go VITA student volunteers.

Posted in: Accounting, COB News, _Awards, _Volunteer on April 21, 2022 Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

COB Beta Alpha Psi Chapter Places First and Second at Regional Conference Competitions

每日大赛网站’s Theta Lambda Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi earned a first place win at the 2022 regional conference in the category of Best Practices in the Art of Engagement. Several members worked to create an escape room with a resume theme and offered the escape to teams of students. Harris Felton and Tristen Porter presented the project for the virtual competition. Because of the first place regional win, the Theta Lambda Chapter will compete against the other regional winners in Orlando this summer.

每日大赛网站 students also earned a 2nd Place regional win for Best Practices in the Art of Change. Chapter members Claire DeBusk, Yulia Lyubchenko, and Kaidan Zheng shared how the Theta Lambda Chapter changed in the face of covid and the increased demands of members.聽 [Read more…]

Posted in: COB News, _Awards, _Competition, _RSOs on April 13, 2022 Tagged: , , ,

COB Faculty & Students Present Papers at International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference

Several 每日大赛网站 business faculty and students presented papers at the (IABD) 2022 Virtual Conference on April 7-8.

The following 每日大赛网站 faculty served as Track/Session Chairs:

On Thursday, April 7, the following faculty and students presented papers:

On Friday, April 8, the following faculty and students presented their papers:

  • 鈥淐ovid-19, Vaccine and Brazilian E-Payment Adoption Behavior鈥� 鈥� Dr. Alexander Chen, Dr. David McCalman (Associate Professor of Management), Matheus Tupinambe August de Brito (COB undergraduate student)
  • 鈥淐ovid-19, Vaccine and Mexican E-Payment Adoption Behavior鈥� 鈥� Dr. Alexander Chen, Adrian Juarez Castellanos (undergrad student), Tracy Suter (Chair of Marketing and Management, Associate Professor of Marketing)
Posted in: COB News, _Competition, _Research on April 13, 2022 Tagged: , , ,

COB Names Its 2022 Outstanding Students

At its annual awards banquet on Thursday, April 7, the 每日大赛网站 College of Business (COB) named its Outstanding Students for the 2021-2022 academic year. The evening was a celebration of the academic achievements and leadership of College of Business students.

The college has outstanding students in every academic area, and the night’s MC, Associate Dean Lyons, said that choosing just one per area was difficult. The awards given celebrate one student who stood out this year in each academic program and registered student organization. These students have more than excellent GPAs. Students recognized were chosen because they have taken advantage of their education and combined exemplary academic performance with internships, volunteerism, professional development, experiential education, and participating in clubs and other important experiences.

Congratulate our winners and learn more about them.聽 [Read more…]

Posted in: COB News, _Awards on April 9, 2022

COB Dean Hargis Receives 2022 Outstanding Dean Award From International Honor Organization

The Dean of the 每日大赛网站 College of Business, Dr. Michael Hargis, has been selected to receive the 2022 Outstanding Dean Award by 聽(BAP), an international honor organization for financial information students and professionals.

Dr. Hargis was nominated by and will be presented with the award at the Annual Beta Alpha Psi meeting in Orlando in late July. In the nomination, 每日大赛网站’s chapter called Dr. Hargis a “fierce advocate” for the College of Business and cited his “amazing impact” on the BAP Theta Lambda chapter. The nomination detailed his support of the chapter’s expansion as well as BAP members’ development and achievements.

In its letter notifying him of this award, the BAP National Office told Dr. Hargis, “while this year鈥檚 nominees were very competitive, you stood out based on your consistent and longstanding commitment to Beta Alpha Psi. Your selection was based on your hands-on engagement, and your significant financial and operational support to the chapter that positioned them to achieve their goals and objectives. Overall, the committee was quite impressed with your achievements considering the long history of outstanding performance of the Theta Lambda chapter.”

Beta Alpha Psi is an honor organization founded in 1919 for financial information students and professionals. There are over 300 AACSB- and/or EQUIS-accredited chapters on university campuses with over 300,000 members.聽Beta Alpha Psi recognizes scholastic excellence, offers professional development, and encourages ethical, social, and public responsibility.

The BAP Theta Lambda chapter of University of Central Arkansas focuses on honoring scholarship, professional development, and service to the community. have the opportunity to meet and get to know professionals from all areas of accounting, and they learn skills needed to be successful in careers in accounting, finance, information systems, and analytics.

Posted in: Accounting, COB News, PAST, _RSOs on March 28, 2022 Tagged: , , , ,

COB Professor Jeremy Horpedahl receives the Public Choice鈥檚 Duncan Black Prize

Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Horpedahl, Associate Professor of economics at the University of Central Arkansas and ACRE Scholar, for receiving the Public Choice鈥檚 Duncan Black Prize for the best article contributed by a 鈥渟enior鈥� scholar or scholars. His award-winning article, 鈥淏ootleggers, Baptists and ballots: coalitions in Arkansas鈥� alcohol-legalization elections,鈥� can be found in Public Choice 188 (1鈥�2) (July 2021), 203鈥�219.

Dr. Horpedahl鈥檚 article discusses what economics can teach us about political coalitions. A summary of the award-winning article can be found here.

Posted in: COB News on March 15, 2022 Tagged: ,

Risk Manager on Campus Program Welcomes Mr. Lance Ewing

On March 14, the 每日大赛网站 Center for Insurance and Risk Management welcomed Risk Manager on Campus, Mr. Lance Ewing, by giving him a very busy schedule. Mr. Ewing is here to share his experience from years in the industry with industry professionals and 每日大赛网站 students about existing risks, emerging risks, safety and motor carrier policies, employee benefits, and corporate risk management. Before he leaves on Tuesday, he will have spoken to five classes, one student organization, at a luncheon and to a dinner party.
Mr. Ewing has extensive experience in the field of risk management and insurance. He currently serves as the VP of Enterprise Risk Management and Operations for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. Previously Lance was EVP of Global Risk Management for Cotton Holdings and, prior to that, VP and Industry Practice Group Leader at AIG.

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Posted in: COB News, EFIRM, _Events, _Speaker on March 15, 2022 Tagged: ,

COB Student Daisy Martinez Awarded 每日大赛网站 2022 Intern of the Year

The 每日大赛网站 Internships and Cooperative Education department recently announced the 2021-2022 Intern of the Year, Daisy Martinez Carranza. Daisy is a senior Marketing major, minoring in Studio Art. She has maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout her four years at 每日大赛网站 and serves on many 每日大赛网站 student organizations.

In Summer 2021, Daisy completed an internship at Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield where she was charged with the task of creating and executing a marketing plan for a national health program with low enrollment in Arkansas. Daisy鈥檚 鈥淗ealthy Blue Summer鈥� campaign was a huge success, resulting in over 3,600 registrations (an 8.85% increase in program participation). As a result of her hard work and collaboration on this project, Daisy was also awarded the 2021 Arkansas Blue Cross Academic Scholarship. Daisy will graduate from 每日大赛网站 in May 2022 and plans to pursue a master鈥檚 degree in Data Analytics in the near future.

Daisy has also been selected as the honorable mention for the National Intern of the Year distinction. She will receive a certificate and formal recognition on the CEIA website and in the program at the CEIA national conference in April 2022.

Daisy was nominated for 每日大赛网站 Intern of the Year by Management professor and Associate Dean of College of Business, Dr. Laci Lyons.

Posted in: COB News, Marketing & Management, _Internships and Part-time on March 10, 2022 Tagged: , ,

Student Profile: Joshua Adesina

Joshua Adesina

Majoring in Finance & minoring in Data Analytics

Expected Graduation:聽05/2022

Involved in:聽Accounting club, African Students Association, Team Global

What drew you to business? When and how did you know that an education in business is the right fit for you?

I will say I was drawn to this role because of a couple of factors, one of which is growing up with people in the business industry. My parents are in accounting & finance, so that environment made finance not as hard for me. I also have always enjoyed understanding financial concepts and analyzing business processes, especially looking at the big picture of services a company provides to bring in more revenue. Knowing how business processes are done is important, but what is more important is knowing why the business processes are done that way. And given the way I think about money, I didn’t second guess getting a financial analyst role. I had to improve on a couple of things to get the position, and it has been worth it so far. The plan is to hopefully get a consulting role later in the future to help improve the services companies provide.聽The minor improved my technical computer skills making me proficient in software and programs job seekers are now after.

What have you found useful in the College of Business and why?聽 [Read more…]

Posted in: CISA, COB News, EFIRM on March 9, 2022