Alumni - the College of Business!
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Alumni - the College of Business!
Alumni Newsletter Summer 2011 INFORMATION ASSURANCE PROGRAM NAMED A NATIONAL CENTER OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BY THE NSA, DHS The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have designated the Information Assurance program in Louisiana Tech University’s College of Business as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Systems Security Education. This recognition places the program among the academic elite in information assurance and as one of only 106 schools in the country to have been designated a National Center of Excellence in Information Systems Security Education. Louisiana Tech is the only university in the State of Louisiana to achieve this distinction. The College’s information assurance programs have been certified by the Committee on National Security Systems Training Standards through the Information Assurance Courseware Evaluation Program for several national standards including Information Systems Security Professionals (4011), Senior Systems Managers (4012), and Risk Analysts (4016). “This is a major accomplishment that recognizes our ongoing efforts to develop one of the nation’s best programs in information security,” said Tom Roberts, Clifford R. King Professor of Computer Information Systems and director of the College of Business’ Center for Information Assurance. “It could not have been accomplished without a strong group of people working diligently within the College of Business and our sponsorship support from Argent Financial.” Other noted universities with this designation include Auburn, Arizona, Arizona State, the Naval Post MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN Graduate School, the United States Air Force Academy, Florida State, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, the United States Naval Academy, Minnesota, Missouri, Rutgers, New Mexico, Syracuse, the United States Military Academy (West Point), Ohio State, Carnegie Mellon, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Texas A&M, and Georgetown. “This national recognition of our Computer Information Systems program in Information Assurance is another indicator that the programs in the College are on the cutting edge of business education,” said James Lumpkin, dean of Louisiana Tech’s College of Business. “It is a delight to work with such innovative and dedicated faculty.” Louisiana Tech College of Business’ Information Assurance program received this recognition as a result of its ability to meet the education program criteria created by the NSA and DHS to provide a future workforce that contributes to the protection of the National Information Infrastructure. Program criteria includes outreach and collaboration with two-year and minority colleges, a multidisciplinary approach to information assurance, an active agenda in information assurance research, and the Louisiana Tech College of Business’ robust information assurance education program. Those programs include the College of Business’ Graduate Certificate in Information Assurance, MBA with an Information Assurance concentration, and information assurance efforts in the Computer Information Systems undergraduate program. Welcome to the College of Business summer newsletter. We have had an eventful spring and are pleased to share the accomplishments of our faculty, staff, and students. One of our feature stories in this newsletter details the exciting news regarding the Information Assurance program and it being designated by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Systems Security Education. Louisiana Tech is one of only 106 schools with this designation and the only university in the state of Louisiana to achieve this distinction. We are also very excited about the progress of our new building. We hope to be in the new building by fall of 2012. For those of you who would like to follow the daily progress of the building please click on the following link and you can see a live video cam of the work being done each and every day. http://www.business.latech.edu/alumni/ building_distinction/construction.htm. You can also go to our college home page at the following email address http://www.business. latech.edu/, and then go to the upper left hand corner and click on “click to see live construction.” Both of these links will provide a current view of the building activity. Thank you for your continued interest and support in the College of Business. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNOUNCES NEWLY APPOINTED ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS Dr. James R. Lumpkin, Dean Chase Bank Professor The College of Business announced the addition of four new Advisory Board members. The new board members include: Steve Davison 1989 Alumnus Grady Golden, Sr. 1961 Alumnus Robin Kavanaugh 1967 Alumnus Donald H. “Dut” LeBlanc, Jr. 1979 Alumnus Entrepreneur, Choudrant, LA Degree in Business Management Chairman of the Board and Senior Vice President Builders Supply Company, Shreveport, LA Degree in Business Management Executive Vice President and Senior Credit Officer IberiaBank, Shreveport, LA Degree in Business Managing Partner, KPMG, Shreveport, LA Degree in Accounting TOP DAWG NEW VENTURE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED A total of $14,500 in cash and prizes was awarded during the TOP DAWG New Venture Championship at Louisiana Tech University. Bulldog Entrepreneurs hosts the annual event which encourages students to build innovative, creative products and services that create value in the marketplace. During the competition, each team is mentored by business experts from commercial and academic fields. Teams of student entrepreneurs competed in the TOP DAWG “Idea Pitch” this past October with the top 10 teams invited to compete in the TOP DAWG New Venture Championship. Awards were given to the top three finishers as well as for entrepreneurial spirit and best presentation. “03 Solutions” (Alan Katzenmoyer – biology major and Casey Roper – recent finance graduate) won first place and $3,000 with an herbicide treatment for giant salvinia that leaves behind no trace or legacy chemicals. This year, the Innovation Enterprise Fund awarded $1,000, which was added to the $3,000 first place award. Second place and $1,500 was awarded to “BioTech” (Louis Reis – biomedical and chemical engineering double major, and Katelyn Burnaman – economics major) for a medical device that offers a continuous glucose monitor that is cheaper and requires only one finger prick per week for calibration. “HelpFlix” (Sreenivasa Rae Sanakan – biomedical engineering major, and Arjun Sada – computer science graduate student) won third place and $500 for a service company that turns printed assembly instructions into easy-to-understand videos. In addition to the cash awards, the Louisiana Tech Enterprise Center sponsors six months of incubator space to the winning teams, which is valued at $4,500. Jones Walker recognized the team with the most entrepreneurial spirit through sponsorship of the $2,000 Jones Walker Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. This award went to “PowerFetch” (Aaron Chenevert – mechanical engineering major, Brandon Lawrence – mechanical engineering major, Jason Reich – mechanical engineering major, and Brandon Cloud – biomedical engineering major), a venture that developed an automated fetch machine, a product that improves and extends a dog’s life through regular exercise. Jones Walker has grown over the past several decades in size and scope to become one of the largest law firms in the Gulf South. With more than 300 attorneys, Jones Walker serves local, regional, national, and international business interests in a wide range of markets and industries through offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. For more information, visit www. joneswalker.com. The O3 Solutions team also won the $2,000 Ruston-Lincoln Parish Business Awards Best Presentation Award. Proceeds generated by the Ruston-Lincoln Parish Business Awards Breakfast, a collaborative event of the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and the Louisiana Tech College of Business, fund the award. Supporting sponsors for the TOP DAWG include the Louisiana Tech College of Business, Louisiana Tech College of Engineering and Science, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology (CEnIT), the Louisiana Tech Enterprise Center, and the Technology Business Development Center (TBDC). Seven multi-disciplinary teams progressed to the New Venture Championship final round. Teams are scored on the quality of their new venture investment deck and presentation as well as the overall viability of their business concept. For more information on the event or the winning teams, contact Debbie Inman in the College of Business at (318) 257-3430 or debinman@latech. edu. APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR EXECUTIVE EMBA PROGRAM IN SHREVEPORT The application deadline for the College of Business’ EMBA-Shreveport program is fast approaching. Classes will start in September 2011 and will be held every other weekend on Friday evenings and Saturdays with time off in the months of December, July, and August. The EMBA program focuses on management and leadership applications. Information on the EMBA program can be found at http://www.business.latech.edu/emba/. Sean Dwyer, EMBA Director, can be contacted at (318) 257-3584 or at dwyer@Latech.edu. ANNUAL SPORTING CLAY FUNDRAISER – A SUCCESS! The College of Business’ annual sporting clay tournament was held on April 30 at Wild Wings in Downsville, Louisiana. Over 35 shooters participated in an effort to support the College of Business and its programs. The winning teams were Jamieson, Wise and Martin, CPA (first place), Frosty Factory of America (second place), and Builders Supply Company (third place). We want to thank everyone who supported this important fundraiser. The College raised approximately $5,000 to help fund important programs. EIGHTH ANNUAL RUSTON-LINCOLN PARISH BUSINESS AWARDS BREAKFAST MARKETING PROFESSOR TO CO-CHAIR WORLD MARKETING CONGRESS The Department of Marketing and Analysis at Louisiana Tech University, together with the Academy of Marketing Science and its international partner, Reims Management School, is hosting the 15th Biannual World Marketing Congress. The Congress will be held in Reims, France, from July 19 to July 23. The 500 participants will attend and take part in sessions presenting cutting-edge marketing research. The theme of the congress questions the old adage, “The Customer is Always Right.” Many sessions focus on how institutions and customers together co-create value. Speakers represent 49 different countries. A panel on business ethics highlights the Congress and features two internationally known scholars, Professor O.C. Ferrell of the University of New Mexico and Professor Donald P. Robin (retired) who was formerly a member of the marketing faculty at Louisiana Tech University. They challenge the various ways different companies and researchers have tried to change the meaning of what it means to be ethical and reinforce the theoretical meaning of what it means to be ethical and how good ethics benefits all stakeholders of the firm. The Congress is being co-chaired by Barry J. Babin, chair of the department of marketing and analysis and the Max P. Watson professor of business, Louisiana Tech University, and Adilson Borges, Reims Management School, Reims, France. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS DEAN’S LIST SPRING 2011 – GPA 3.5 AND ABOVE Jayson Wiatt Alexander Mary E. Allred Jonathan Robert Bale Brittany F. Batten Dana A. Birdwell Logan J. Blackwell Brittany D. Broom Morgan Iliane Broussard Raven S. Brown Joshua Tait Brunson Morgan B. Canfield Matthew J. Carmichael Kimberli S. Carr Sarah Christine Cassiere Ying Chen Jordan Danielle Clark Melanie R. Cockrell Dylan S. Coker William D. Corbett, Jr. Patrick Gerard Coudrain Evan Thomas Derveloy Alena Igorevna Erofeyeva Sagan K. Ezell Daniel R. Fluty Sam Louis Forgan Kellie A. Fox Shelby L. Franklin Kaitlyn Ann Gallegos James A. Green Hannah C. Greet Mary K. Guimbellot Alyssa M. Guin Patrick Taylor Gullatt Nicholas T. Hanson Corey Dale Hardaway Dane C. Harris Andrew Haynie Sophie Heldoorn Robert B. Henderson Ethan P. Herring Michael W. Hilton Jr. Carlton W. Holland Austin G. Hunter Andrea A. Jackson Seth R. Jones Michael G. June Brandon C. Justus Suraj Kc Catherine M. Laskowski Hema Devi Lawati Phong Xuan Le Vu Hoang Le Adriana Marlena Lege Jack Stuart Lempke David P. Lindle James D. Lortz Lei Luo Matthew N. Maberry Travis E. Markey Chelsea Nicole Martin Ross A. Mathews Alexandra R. McKenzie Gavin Glen McKinney Tavis W. McKinnon Tyler Drake Mills Russell S. Moore William Chase Moroni Baraka D. Murimi Holden Lacarl Murray Adam J. Napper Benjamin T. Nelson Hoa Dieu Nguyen Caitlyn B. Norris Sarah M. Peshoff Karlie Ann Pharr Tyler James Phillips Kassia Giorgette Pinto Erika Giorgette Pleasant Clarence J. Prewitt Pritam Pun Solomon T. Randle III Nicholas A. Rangel Lauren Elizabeth Ricard Shane W. Rich Christopher T. Richardson Ashley Rebecca Roark Lester H. Robinson Richard S. Royal Anna E. Schimmel Maleah K. Schorpp Kelly L. Sexton Daniel Preston Shaw Christian A. Shelton Pragyani Shrestha Abbey M. Simoneaux Jill Renae Souter Miranda M. Sparish Thomas C. Spence Sunena Suwall Robert K. Tassin Blaze B. Thomas Megan Noel Thurman Randall P. Thurman Ryan J. Turek Ngozi Ugwuegbu Melanie Urvoy Johnathon L. Vaverka Rachel Watts Waggoner Michael E. Walraven Joshua T. Welch David J. White Joseph D. Wrzesinski Jin Zhang Juan J. Zuniga COCHRAN TO SERVE AS PROGRAM CHAIR AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR HEALTH STATISTICS Dr. James J. Cochran, Bank of Ruston, Barnes, Thompson and Thurman Endowed Professor in Quanitative Analysis at Louisiana Tech University, will serve as the program chair for the first International Conference for Health Statistics in the Pacific Islands. The conference is scheduled for July 5-8, 2011, at the Tanoa Plaza Hotel in Suva, Fiji. ICHSPI was established in order to provide much-needed training in the field of statistics to health workers in the Pacific Islands (including Fiji, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Baker Island, Guam, Kiribati, Midway Islands, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Vanuatu, Nauru, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Wake Island, Samoa, Solomon Island, Northern Mariana Island, Coral Sea Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Howland Island, Clipperton Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Christmas Island, Palmyra Atoll, Marshall Islands, and Wallis and Futuna). This conference is bringing together statistical experts from around the world including the United States, Australia and New Zealand, local statisticians from the Pacific Islands, and local health workers who are seeking to advance their knowledge of statistics to support their work in other health disciplines. Conference sessions will focus heavily on statistical training and discussions by researchers about health projects in which they are currently involved and the role statistics is playing in these projects. Conference partners include the American Statistical Association’s Friends of Australia and Health Policy Statistics Section, Statistics Without Borders, the Statistical Society of Australia, the International Chinese Statistical Association, and the Korean International Statistical Society. In addition to serving as the ICHSPI 2011 Program Chair and working with the conference chair, Mark Griffin of the University of Queensland, to organize the conference, Dr. Cochran will also present workshops on Integer and Nonlinear Optimization, Effective Communication with Students, and the State of Health Statistics Initiatives in Developing Countries. Professor Cochran, who received his Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Cincinnati in 1997, joined the Louisiana Tech College of Business in 2000. He is considered a leading authority in the areas of sample based and Bayesian optimization, statistical methods, computational statistics, and statistical learning. The College of Business along with the LincolnRuston Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual business awards breakfast to recognize outstanding businesses and individuals in the Lincoln Parish community. Awards were given to M. L. Smith, Jr., LLC, Tanks and Refractories - Business of the Year; The Team Advertising and Publishing, Inc. - Small Business of the Year; and Dr. Trey Underwood - Young Businessperson of the Year. The Business Awards Breakfast this year was sponsored by QuickCARE of Ruston and featured keynote speaker and College of Business graduate, Robert M. Holt, Jr., Managing Partner of Holt Capital Partners, L.P. The event was held on March 30, 2011, in the Louisiana Tech University Student Center. Mr. Holt presented an excellent overview of the economic situation currently and what trends appear to be for the future. Additional sponsors included Bank of Ruston, Community Trust Bank, and Lincoln Builders as Gold Sponsors; Marbury Companies as a Silver Sponsor; Ruston Florist as the Floral Sponsor; Emogen Marketing Group, KRLQ 94.1 fm, Sudden Link, The Radio Center of Ruston, and The Ruston Daily Leader as Media Sponsors; and Driggers Outdoor as the Billboard Sponsor. LOUISIANA TECH ECONOMICS SENIOR RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PROGRAM RUSTON, La. – Dane Harris, the College of Business Economics Student of the Year, has been awarded a scholarship to study international business at the Munich Business School in Munich, Germany, starting this fall. The 20-month international business program includes a semester abroad in a third-world country. Following this educational opportunity, Harris would like to pursue a position with an international company or consulate. Harris received a business degree in May in economics graduating with honors. Dane is a native of Sulphur, Louisiana. ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE CELEBRATES 40TH BIRTHDAY The Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) celebrated its 40th birthday at its annual conference held this year in Coral Gables, FL. The AMS home office resides on the campus of Louisiana Tech University. The Academy also announced the publication of the first issue of the AMS Review, a theoretical and review oriented academic marketing journal, which will join the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, widely regarded as one of the top marketing journals in the world, as its second flagship journal. AMS honored Professor Joseph F. Hair, Jr. (DBA Director at Kennesaw State University) as the 2011 Outstanding Marketing Educator of the Year. Hair was Department Chair of Marketing for over two decades and was involved closely in the careers of several Tech marketing faculty. Professor Barry J. Babin, Department Head of Marketing and Analysis at Louisiana Tech University and Chair of the AMS Board of Governors, introduced Hair at the AMS Awards Luncheon. The conference was also attended by the AMS Founding Fellow, Dr. Harold Berkman, a Battle of the Bulge veteran and former Associate Dean at the University of Miami. For more information, please contact Debbie Van De Velde at (318)-257-3741 or debrav@latech.edu. BETA ALPHA PSI Members of Louisiana Tech’s Beta Alpha Psi chapter and their faculty advisor, Carol Shaver, will attend the 2011 annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, on August 11-13. Beta Alpha Psi focuses on developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of our students. This year’s theme is “The Bridge to Our Future.” The meeting includes community service day, competitions, and opportunities to network with professionals and other students. The annual meeting will kick off with the Community Service Event on Thursday, August 11. This event will be a joint effort of Beta Alpha Psi, the City of Denver, the Mile High United Way, and KPMG. The purpose of the project is to provide essential social and other services for the homeless or those at risk of becoming homeless in the Denver area. During the meeting, our students will attend sessions presented by professionals. There are also sessions designed to help other students run their chapters more effectively and efficiently. Our students will make a presentation on successful fundraisers at one of the sessions. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS CRAWFISH BOIL Sixty students are selected each year to participate in Project Run With It sponsored by Moss Adams. One of our students, Caitlin McAlpin, completed the requirements and was selected to participate in this competition. The selected students will work in teams during the annual meeting to develop solutions to real life business problems of actual not-for-profit agencies. Presentations by the teams will be delivered to the judging panels at the conclusion of the meeting on Friday. This competition provides students with an opportunity to engage in a real-world consulting project. The competing teams will “pitch” their proposal much like a consulting firm would. The winning team will be announced at the awards presentation on Saturday. Each chapter represented on the winning team will receive a plaque and a $1,000 cash award. Our chapter should be recognized as a Superior Chapter for the 9th consecutive year at the awards presentation. Beta Alpha Psi is an honorary organization for financial information students. The annual meeting always provides students with a wealth of educational and professional opportunities. ENGLEBRECHT, CHU, COLEMAN, AND MARTIN RECEIVE AAA 2011 OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD Ted D. Englebrecht, Tony Chu, Fred Coleman and Rebecca Martin are recipients of the American Accounting Association’s Outstanding Paper Award for their article, “An Assessment of Patterns of Coauthorship for Academic Accountants Within Premier Journals Edited Outside the US: Evidence From 1995-2009.” This AAA award was presented to them in the form of a plaque and a $500 prize on April 8, 2011, at the 2011 Southeastern American Accounting Association regional meeting held in Destin, Florida. Dr. Englebrecht holds the Harold J. Smolinski Eminent Scholar Chair in Accounting at Louisiana Tech University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina and has been at Louisiana Tech in this role since 2001. Tony Chu, Fred Coleman, and Rebecca Martin are doctoral students at Louisiana Tech University majoring in accounting. The mission of the American Accounting Association is to promote worldwide excellence in accounting education and to serve as the premier forum for scholarly interchange in accounting. NEW BSA OFFICERS INSTALLED FOR 2011-2012 President--------------------------------------- Christian Conley---------- Junior------------ Business Administration Vice-President I------------------------------- TBA Vice-President II------------------------------ TBA Secretary---------------------------------------- KeaJuantra Brisker------- Junior------------ Marketing Treasurer---------------------------------------- Laura Nichols-------------- Junior------------ Economics Accounting------------------------------------- Harrison Wallace--------- Sophomore Economics & Finance------------------------- TBA Marketing--------------------------------------- Alexis Brokenberry------- Sophomore Management & Information Systems--- Shelby Kay----------------- Junior Graduate School------------------------------ Chandler Spence CLASS NOTES: Kenneth W. Green, Jr., MBA ’76 and DBA ’02, recently received both the 2011 Research Excellence Award for the College of Business and the 2011 University Faculty Excellence Award for Research at Southern Arkansas University. Dr. Green is a professor of management at SAU where he currently holds the LeMay Technology Chair. He has published more than 40 journal articles. Since beginning work at SAU in 2009, he has published 11 journal articles and has had four additional articles accepted for publication. The majority of his research is focused on supply chain management and is conducted in partnership with his former dissertation chair, Dr. Tony Inman, Bank of Ruston Endowed Professor of Management and Information Systems at Louisiana Tech University. Paul Ponder, ‘ACCTG ’80 and MBA ’81, senior advisor to the President and CEO of Interstate Batteries, has been named to the board of Directors of TechRadium, Inc. TechRadium is one of the world’s leading providers of mass notification and emergency alerting systems. Ira Spears, MBA ’70, recently retired from the US Government Accountability Office in Dacula, GA (metro Atlanta). RECOGNITION AND PROMOTION: Dr. Qin Lian was promoted to assistant professor of finance in the College of Business at Louisiana Tech University. SEND US YOUR GOOD NEWS More than 250 students, faculty, and staff converged on the Argent Pavilion on Thursday, April 7, to experience the annual tradition of the College of Business Crawfish Boil. Dean Lumpkin welcomed everyone to the festivities and Caitlin McAlpin, 20102011 BSA President, invited all to enjoy the food and fun. It was a beautiful day and a huge success! JARRELL NAMED COB ADVISOR OF THE YEAR Mr. Larry Jarrell, Instructor of Marketing, was selected by the student body as the recipient of the 2011 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award for the College of Business. This award is voted on by the students based on criteria such as current knowledge of University policy, effective interpersonal skills, demonstration of a caring attitude toward students, referral of students to appropriate sources of assistance or information, and service to student organizations and University programs. Congratulations! SPRING COMMENCEMENT On May 22, the College of Business graduated 95 undergraduate students. Congratulations and best wishes, new graduates, as you begin another segment of your life. You are always welcome in the College of Business, and we hope that you will stay in touch and support the College in the future. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Over $40,000 was awarded to outstanding students at the College of Business in the way of scholarships from generous donors. Students from all four academic departments and graduate studies were recipients of individual awards ranging from $300 to $2,500 to be used toward their academic pursuits next year. Congratulations, and thanks to the donors and friends of the College of Business who make this opportunity possible! COLLEGE OF BUSINESS FOOTBALL TAILGATE DATES DATE TIME September 10 vs. Central Arkansas 4-6 September 17 vs. Houston 4 - 6 October 1 vs. Hawaii 4-6 October 29 1-3 vs. San Jose State (HC)** November 26 vs. New Mexico State 1-3 **Homecoming Starts two hours prior to Bulldog kickoff GO DAWGS!! We want to let your fellow Bulldogs know what’s happening in your life by printing your news in our new “Class Notes.” Email your news to debrav@latech.edu and we will share it with everyone in our next quarterly newsletter. Thanks! Building Distinction.