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Greetings from the College of Business!
So many interesting things have happened
at the College of Business during the
past couple of months that it was
difficult to choose just a few to
highlight in our newsletter. Among these
activities:
- Estonia's head of state,
President Toomas Ilves, shared
lessons on international commerce
with students, faculty, and other
guests in a conversation about how
the small Baltic country uses
technology and the Internet to
develop its economy.
- Microsoft partnered with us in
March, aiming to encourage high
school girls to pursue careers in
technology with DigiGirlz, a program
to introduce girls to successful
women from the IT field (including
one of our own grads who now works
for the software giant).
- Wal-Mart gave small business
owners the chance to learn about
doing business with the popular
retail company, providing tips on
how to get products on the Wal-Mart
shelves.
- Business misconduct and how to
handle it got much-needed attention
when two world-renowned researchers,
an expert auditor, and an attorney
talked about backdating, corporate
compensation, misbehaving managers
and the legal system during the
second in a series of corporate
governance seminars.
Details can be found inside this
newsletter, along with a spotlight on
Adam King, one of three 4.0 business
students named King O'Neal scholars
during our June commencement. With our
alumni updates you can discover where
some of our business grads have taken
their careers, too.
Bob Forsythe, Dean
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President of Estonia Gives Lesson on
Economics |
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 USF
business students usually learn about
economics from professors or corporate
leaders, but, on April 21, they were
privileged to be educated by an
international head of state - Toomas
Hendrik Ilves, President of the Republic
of Estonia. The leader of the small
Baltic nation, which achieved
independence from the former Soviet
Union in 1991, spoke about how the young
nation's economy has been bolstered by
the Internet and technology. The
students, mostly international business
majors, were part of the capacity crowd
in the auditorium at USF's College of
Business that also included members of
the Central Florida Estonian community
and USF faculty and staff.
Full story...
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Microsoft and USF Host Digigirlz
Conference for Teen Girls Interested in
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 Two
hundred eleventh-grade girls from
Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas County
schools spent a half-day with female
executives, professors, and other women
with careers in the technology field on
March 28 as Microsoft brought its
DigiGirlz camp and Microsoft Across
America technology bus to the University
of South Florida.
More information...
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Wal-Mart Leaders Provide Tips for
Businesses Aspiring to Become Wal-Mart
Vendors |
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 Some
140 entrepreneurs and other small
business owners who envisioned their
products on Wal-Mart shelves filled the
USF Small Business Development Center's
offices April 8 when the USF Center
hosted leaders from Wal-Mart for a
special "Business to Business" half-day
seminar.
Read more...
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Going Green Expo Encourages
Environmental Friendliness in the Tampa
Bay Region |
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 Sustain-A-Bull,
a week-long series of green events
dedicated to promoting environmental
friendliness in the Tampa Bay region,
took place at colleges around the
university's campus recently. The
festivities began on April 7 with daily
workshops, lectures, competitions,
movies, and other forums for students to
showcase ways in which consumers and
businesses can go green in economical
ways. The program culminated in the
Getting Green by Going Green Expo in the
USF Sun Dome on April 12.
Full article...
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Corporate Governance Speakers Discuss
Backdating, Cooking the Books and
Misbehaving Managers |
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 Business
misconduct and how to handle it got
much-needed attention April 10 when two
world-renowned researchers, an expert
auditor, and an attorney talked about
backdating, corporate compensation,
misbehaving managers and the legal
system. USF hosted this installment of
the Corporate Governance Series, a
program aimed at helping top-level
executives and corporate board members
serve with greater effectiveness.
Full story...
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College of Business Advisory Boards
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 Advisory
boards in educational institutions play
an integral role in helping to achieve
an academic vision and provide quality
education to its students. USF's College
of Business boasts several such boards,
including the Dean's Executive Advisory
Council and advisory councils for the
Financial Services Education Center,
Center for Entrepreneurship, School of
Accountancy, Marketing Department,
Information Systems/Decision Sciences,
and the Executive MBA program. Each
council plays a specific role for its
department and also contributes to the
College of Business as a whole.
Read more...
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Outstanding Alumni |
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Alumni Notes
Recent accomplishments of College of
Business alumni
Business Alums
Chart The Bank of Tampa Course
College of Business grads lead the way
at The Bank of Tampa
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Student Spotlight |
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Business Student
Puts the Service in Service Learning
Recent graduate sets a stellar example
for students
Entrepreneurship
Student Makes Living in Nuclear Energy
The graduate student aspires to be an
entrepreneur
"Outstanding" AMA
Students Earn National Award
USF's AMA team garners top recognition
at national conference
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Focus on Faculty & Staff
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Faculty/Staff
Notes
Important news about the College, and
its faculty and staff
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Business Briefs |
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Alumni Spotlight:
Jim and Liana O'Drobinak
Jim and Liana: The prolific alumni
couple known for innovation in the Tampa
accounting community
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