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Graduate Programs
50 Years of Excellence
Gala Evening Celebrates Accomplishments of UConn’s Prestigious Real Estate Program
Some 300 people—from real estate legends to revered faculty to soon-to-be graduates—filled the Rome Ballroom on the Storrs campus to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies.
The tight-knit commercial real estate community came out to laude the program’s accomplishments, honor those who have shaped its success, reminisce about the growth of the program over the decades, and to look enthusiastically toward the future.
The UConn Real Estate program has long been regarded as one of the best in the country. Director John Glascock announced that the program’s Advisory Council has secured $2 million in endowed funds for the program during the last four years. At the dinner it was announced that an endowed scholar position would be created in honor of William Kinnard, the first director of the Center. Long-time Professor John Clapp will be named as The William N. Kinnard Research Scholar. Continue Reading
Alumna Named SUNY Dean
Rowena Ortiz-Walters Becomes One of the Few Hispanic-Americans to Lead a U.S. Business School
Rowena Ortiz-Walters, a two-time UConn graduate who earned her Ph.D. in 2005, has been appointed Dean of the School of Business and Economics at the State University of New York—Plattsburgh.
Ortiz-Walters is only the ninth Hispanic-American dean of a business school in the United States, according to The Ph.D. Project, a program designed to foster more diversity in corporate America and higher education administration. She will begin her new job on July 1.Continue Reading
Marketing Students Recognized at Awards Reception
The annual Marketing Awards Reception recognizes students who have surpassed expectations in the marketing department. The reception, which took place in the Alumni Center on April 27, presented 51 students with certificates for outstanding and honors scholars, various scholarships, and a concentration in Professional Sales Leadership and/or Digital Marketing & Analytics. Students mingled with parents, faculty, corporate sponsors, and scholarship sponsors – John ’85 and Sally Fodor, Fodor Family Scholarship and Stewart ’80 and Pamela Lander, Lander Family Scholarship and Alumnus of the Year – for appetizers in the Sports Museum, and then sat down for dinner and awards in the Great Hall.Continue Reading
Kevin McEvoy Awarded Best Session Paper
Assistant Professor in-Residence of Marketing, Kevin McEvoy, received a Session Best Paper Award for his presentation of The Toolbox-An Innovation Connecting Marketing Education and Practice, at the Academy of Business Research Conference held New Orleans in March. He also served as session chair. The Academy of Business Research is an international society of scholars and practitioners who exchange ideas and collaborate in all areas of business and business education.Continue Reading
Spring 2015 Research Newsletter
$300,000 NSF Grant
UConn Receives a $300,000 NSF Grant Toward Student, Faculty Research
By Molly Stadnicki. This article originally appeared in The Daily Campus.
The University of Connecticut was recently recognized as a National Science Foundation I-Corps Site (NSF) and will receive a grant of $300,000 distributed over the next three years.
NSF’s I-Corps program focuses on fostering entrepreneurship that will lead to the development of technological advancements. Institutions recognized by this program are those that incorporate teams that are committed to strengthening local innovations.Continue Reading
Instructor of the Year
Congratulations to our Instructor of the Year, Stephen Pedneault
Congratulations to Stephen Pedneault, who received the MSA Instructor of the Year award. Steve teaches our Forensic Accounting and Securities Fraud course (ACCT 5546) and has been with the program since 2008. Stephen is the principal of Forensic Accounting Services, LLC, a local CPA firm in Glastonbury, Connecticut specializing only in forensic accounting, fraud investigations, and litigation support matters. Congratulations Stephen!
SOX 404 Research Study
Why Certain Managers Thrive
Why Certain Managers Thrive in Tough New Jobs While Others Get Fed Up
Harvard Business Review – Career development is supposed to keep young managers engaged and motivated, but sometimes it backfires, prompting them to start looking for an exit from the company. That’s because the new responsibilities that facilitate on-the-job learning can take them well beyond their comfort zones, making them feel frustrated, angry, or fearful of failure.