The start of a new semester is an excellent time to strengthen connections and welcome in new students. That is just what happened at The Society Room on August 22 in downtown Hartford, as the UConn School of Business community welcomed in new students entering into the MBA, Master of Science in Financial Risk Management (MSFRM), and Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBAPM). Continue Reading
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Doctoral Student Awarded as Promising Young Educator
Management doctoral student Nicole Jones received the Promising Young Educator Award at the Ph.D. Project Management Doctoral Students Association Conference, held August 7-9, 2013.
A peer and self-nominated award, the Promising Young Educator Award is given annually to the Ph.D. Project Management Doctoral Student Association (MDSA) member who has demonstrated teaching excellence during the current academic year. Jones, a third-year doctoral student, received an exceptional teaching rating. Students’ evaluation of teaching gave her a 5.0 of 5.0 in both the MBA course, Gender & Diversity, and undergraduate course, Organizational Behavior. Teaching evaluations are considered in the nomination process among other criteria including a statement of teaching philosophy, teaching role and scope of responsibilities, number of courses, number of students, student population, teaching awards received, and class syllabus.
Jones also recently passed the General Exam, a major milestone in the School of Business doctoral program. She is active in Ph.D. minority recruitment and in other Ph.D. initiatives such as the Planning Committee for the U21 Doctoral Research Conference in Business (DRCB), which was hosted by the UConn School of Business April 10-13, 2012.
The Ph.D. Project’s expansive network helps African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans attain their business Ph.D., become business professors, and mentor the next generation. School of Business Dean John A. Elliott, then at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, was one of the inaugural inductees into the Ph.D. Project Hall of Fame in 2011.
Sulin Ba Named Associate Dean of Academic and Research Support
The UConn School of Business is pleased to announce that Professor Sulin Ba has accepted the new position of associate dean of academic and research support in the Dean’s Office of the School of Business, effective September 6, 2013. Ba joined the UConn faculty in 2002 as an associate professor in the Department of Operations and Information Management (OPIM) after beginning her career at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC). She was promoted to full professor in 2011.
Professor Ba holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. She has a distinguished research record and works on health IT, various issues around online behavior, and on internal market mechanisms. Several of her papers have been recognized by best paper awards including Best IS Publication of the Year (2010) and MIS Quarterly Best Paper of the Year (2000). She was recently awarded the School of Business Research Excellence Award for her nationally and internationally recognized scholarship and long term impact on UConn research. She is the co-principal investigator (co-PI) on two National Natural Science Foundation of China research grants.
Ba has extensive international experience including associations with Fudan University, Universitat Mannheim, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and City University of Hong Kong. She has been active with the Connecticut Information Technology Institute (CITI) and Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at the School of Business and has been involved in experiential learning for the last eight years. Recently, Ba led a team of Management Information Systems (MIS) students in developing a Microsoft SQL Server based Enforcement and Examination Tracking System for the Consumer Credit Division of the Connecticut Department of Banking. Her corporate engagements have included many Connecticut companies, nonprofits, and government organizations.
Business Law Faculty Takes Center Stage at Annual Conference
The Business Law Faculty in the School of Business participated in the 88th annual Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) conference, held in Boston, Massachusetts on August 6-10, 2013. The conference featured presentations, workshops, and panels, and hundreds of legal scholars from around the world gathered to discuss a variety of legal and pedagogical topics. Continue Reading
Marketing Department Fall 2013 Newsletter Now Available
Education takes many roads! In January, Professor Bill Ross led an MBA group to Lyon, France, and in June, Professor Robin Coulter led the Executive MBA Class of 2014 on their trip to Beijing, China (see the photos here). Both trips were filled with enriching academic and cultural experiences.
We are pleased to share these with you in our latest newsletter, along with exciting updates from our undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. programs here in Connecticut.
>>Access the Fall 2013 Marketing Department Newsletter (PDF)
In this issue, you’ll read about our undergraduate students who developed a promotional and advertising campaign for the Honda Civic sedan and graduate students who tackled marketing challenges for The Palace – Stamford Center for the Arts and News America Marketing.
You’ll find that we are also looking forward to some exciting research: Professors Hongju Liu, Nicholas Lurie, and Joseph Pancras received prestigious Marketing Science Institute grants for their proposals on mobile marketing.
View the full newsletter here to learn more. We are looking forward to a great 2013-14 academic year!
Alumni News and Notes
1960s
David P. Marks ’69, ’71 MBA has joined Conning Holdings Corporation’s Board of Directors as an independent director.
1970s
Stephen J. Enright ’72 has been promoted to senior vice president at Diamond Healthcare Corporation.
Christopher J. Kelleher ’77 was promoted to senior managing director and head of institutional asset management at Newfleet Asset Management.
James M. Mahoney ’79 has been elected the new CPA and managing partner of Mahoney Sabol & Company, LLP, and has been appointed to chairman of the Board of Directors for the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain.
Rakesh Narang ’74 MBA was recognized by the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin as an outstanding member of Indian-American community in the category of Entrepreneurship and Business Acumen.
1980s
David L. Albrycht ’89 MBA has been inducted into the CCSU Business Hall of Honors.
Christopher A. Bleck ’80, ’88 MBA has been appointed to the Product Advisory Board of Alcresta.
James E. Cotter ’82 has been appointed to executive vice president and chief operating officer of Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation.
Deborah R. Gordon ’88 MBA has been appointed to chief learning and development officer at Boyden in New York City.
William J. Hagist ’80 MBA has been named president and chief executive officer of the Enfield Community Federal Credit Union.
Paul H. Kauffman ’84 has been appointed as a managing director at Jones Lang LaSalle in its Stamford office.
Todd A. Krygier ’87 has been named the new coach of the Muskegon Lumberjacks, a tier one junior hockey team in Michigan.
Edward F. Lange Jr. ’86 MBA has been appointed to the position of chief executive officer of Holiday Retirement.
Scott R. Lewis ’85 has been promoted to senior vice president and controller of The Hartford.
Lee R. Schlesinger ’82 received the Mary H. Connolly Community Caring Award for outstanding service to the United Way and the entire community.
Donald E. White ’89, ’00 EMBA has been appointed to serve as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Salisbury Bank and Trust Company.
1990s
Andrew N. Albert ’92 MBA has been named managing director in the equity sales and trading group at R.W. Pressprich.
Paulette R. Alviti ’92 has been appointed to senior vice president and chief of human resources at Foot Locker.
Christopher L. Ayers ’96 EMBA has been appointed to president and chief executive officer at WireCo WorldGroup in Kansas City.
Richard L. Baran ’93 MBA, JD has been named as chief financial officer at MediaShift, Inc.
Shawn R. Fields ’99 has been selected as the new C.H. Booth library director.
Heidi M. Goldstein ’95 has been promoted to principal of Altus Capital Partners, Inc.
Robert L. Howard Jr. ’93 has been appointed as a partner directing the public sector practice at Mahoney Sabol & Company, LLP.
Gregory P. Lewis ’91 has been named the vice president and chief financial officer of Automation and Control Solutions.
Gary T. McCollum ’94 EMBA has been listed on “The Power List: 75 people who shape and influence Hampton Roads.”
James M. Yanosy ’92 has been promoted to chief financial officer for consumer markets at The Hartford.
Christopher R. Zell ’97 MBA has been appointed senior client manager of specialized industries for the Connecticut market by Bank of America.
2000s
Ashley M. Battle ’04, ’05 (CLAS) was named Chartiers Valley High School’s girls basketball coach.
Christina S. Brown ’08 was promoted to assistant vice president and sales and service manager at Encore Bank N.A. located in Bonita Springs, Florida.
Bryan P. Hurlburt ’02 has been appointed to farm service agency state executive director for the United States Department of Agriculture by President Obama.
Jennifer A. Lambert ’02 MBA was appointed vice president of marketing at Crosman Corporation.
Ann L. Lovejoy ’02 MBA has been appointed as a quality improvement specialist at Mountain-Pacific Quality Health.
Hang T. Nguyen ’08, ’13 Ph.D. successfully defended her dissertation titled, “Three Essays on the Financial Impacts of Branding Strategies and Marketing Assets” and will begin a tenure-track position at Michigan State University.
Daniel D. Pinho ’02 MBA has been recognized as one of the “20 Under 40 Latinos Going Places” by Poder 360 magazine.
Nykesha S. Sales ’00 was named the community liaison to the assistant coaching staff for the Connecticut Sun.
Melanie E. Thomas ’08 has been inducted into Mount Notre Dame’s Hall of Fame for being the all-time leading scorer in the History of the School’s basketball program.
2010s
Danielle Higgins ’13 Ph.D. successfully defended her dissertation titled Communicating Information Beyond the Tax Footnote: Effective Tax Rate Forecasts in the MD&A and will be joining the faculty at CUNY – Baruch College in the Fall of 2013.
Ronald S. Liu ’11 and Thomas Wang ’11 will be opening a Japanese restaurant, Haru Aki Café at Storrs Center in the Fall of 2013.
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UConn Business | Volume 3, Issue 3 | Summer 2013
Business Briefs (Summer 2013)
Bridging the Gap between Business and Human Rights
This article first appeared in the UConn Business magazine, Volume 3, Issue 3 (Summer 2013)
Robert C. Bird, Northeast Utilities Chair in Business Ethics and associate professor of marketing, and his colleagues hosted a colloquium titled, “Bridging the Gap between Business and Human Rights.” The event took place on May 14-15, 2013 to explore the potential for common ground between business and civil society groups in the area of human rights. Attendees at the conference explored how firms perceive and interact with human rights, examined how voluntary regimes can positively influence business behavior, and analyzed how multinational corporations can align their interests with human rights in their chosen markets.
Pictured: Lisa Laplante (UConn School of Law), Stephen Park (UConn School of Business), and Norman Bishara (University of Michigan) during the May colloquium,”Bridging the Gap between Business and Human Rights.
UConn Students Win 1st Place in Statewide Competition – Venture Business Category
On Friday, April 26, eighteen finalists from nine Connecticut universities competed in the statewide 2013 Connecticut Collegiate Business Model Competition. Among the first place winners were UConn School of Business undergraduates Tim Hidu ’13 and Paul Melancon ’13, whose business, Sea Green Organics, was awarded first place in the venture business category, coming ahead of three competing MBA teams from other universities. Sea Green Organics aims to commercially produce and distribute an organic liquid seaweed-based lawn fertilizer.
Travelers EDGE Scholars Identify Growth Opportunities for Local Organization
Travelers EDGE Scholars Begum Abadin ’15, Kurtis Adei ’14, Janice Tate ’14 and Andrea Llivichuzhca ’14 presented a marketing strategy to the New England Air Museum (NEAM) as part of the Travelers EDGE Venture project for 2013. Travelers EDGE (Empowering Dreams for Graduation and Employment) works to help underrepresented students attain college degrees, as well as a competitive edge when entering the job market.
NBC Sports and Olympics at Stamford Learning Accelerator
Executives from NBC Sports and Olympics in Stamford met with over 80 UConn students at the Stamford Learning Accelerator (SLA) in March. Arranged by Brian Brady, director of the SLA and instructor in residence, the event was video streamed live from Stamford to the School of Business Café in Storrs, where students at the main campus were able to simultaneously participate and pose questions to the NBC Sports team.
MIS Students Develop Tracking System for Connecticut Department of Banking
During the Spring 2013 semester, a team of Management Information Systems (MIS) students, as part of their capstone course taught by Professor and Ackerman Scholar Sulin Ba, developed a Microsoft SQL Server based Enforcement and Examination Tracking System for the Consumer Credit Division of the Connecticut Department of Banking. Despite the complexity of the project, the students were able to provide a system solution that the Consumer Credit Division staff can incorporate and use.
Cigna CIO Mark Boxer ’87 MBA Addresses Undergraduate Business Students
UConn School of Business Dean John A. Elliott welcomed Mark Boxer ’87 MBA, executive vice president and chief information officer at Cigna, to campus on March 12th. Boxer spoke to a full audience of 240 undergraduates about the importance of information technology in the insurance industry and for Cigna. He also shared his career experiences and spoke about Cigna’s career opportunities in information technology for business majors.
Pictured: Undergraduate students gather to hear Mark Boxer ’87 MBA speak on the importance of information technology.
Marketing Students Develop Advertising and Promotional Campaign for 2013 Honda Civic
In an Integrated Marketing Communications course taught by William Congdon ’75, former publisher of Popular Mechanics and adjunct lecturer, a team of students—named the “Blueprint Integrated Marketing Team”—engaged with EdVentures, Inc. to develop “Honda Push-Play,” an advertising and promotional campaign for the 2013 Honda Civic Sedan.
Pictured: UConn students experience the 2013 Honda Civics on Fairfield Way and participate in games and giveaways.
UConn School of Business Ranked Among Top 100 Most Social Media Friendly MBA Schools
Evaluated on presence and activity levels in social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and others, the University of Connecticut School of Business was ranked among the “Top 100 Most Social Media Friendly MBA Schools for 2013” by OnlineMBAPage.com.
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Message from the Dean (Summer 2013)
This article first appeared in the UConn Business magazine, Volume 3, Issue 3 (Summer 2013)
What a year it has been, and what an exciting year is approaching. In this issue of the UConn Business magazine we celebrate a number of recent events and initiatives, but the big news is certainly Next Generation Connecticut, the transforming decision by the State of Connecticut to invest $1.5 billion in UConn over the next ten years. Key features of this investment are the need to foster economic growth and the desire to ensure that students have access to education that will prepare them for key career opportunities, while also developing them as people, as citizens. These features are at the core of who we are and what we do.
As you will read in this issue, we offer an innovative Master of Science in Business Analytics and Project Management, which prepares its graduates for great careers in a rapidly growing industry. You can hardly open a newspaper today without seeing examples of data analytics at work: whether it is about pushing advertisements to you as you shop online; or analyzing the human genome and drug efficacy; or searching for cyber-terrorists. While not all of our programs are in the news daily, our various programs excel at preparing our students for excellent career opportunities.
Also in this issue you will read about our very successful and over-subscribed Geno Auriemma Leadership Conference held at Mohegan Sun this spring. It brought executives together from across Connecticut and beyond to examine leadership practices, with particular attention to leading a diverse, cross-generational work force. This is one of many examples of active engagement with the business community in mutually beneficial ways. The article in this issue on the Northeast Utilities project is an example of such a partnership. Over several semesters our students worked under the guidance of a faculty member to help NU develop a solution for their need to have more diverse suppliers prepared to bid on projects and deliver services and products to NU. We are pleased not only by the resulting program to train venders, but also by the significant learning opportunity that our students enjoyed as they encountered real world problems and worked with faculty and NU executives to define and solve the problem.
The Next Generation initiative has other significant features that will transform UConn and the School of Business. We will be doubling the size of the student body at the Stamford campus, and many of those students will be business students. We will also add residential facilities and thereby transform the student experience. UConn is moving its West Hartford campus into downtown Hartford, and we will be able to co-locate our undergraduate and graduate business programs to that location. This will be very good for our programs and equally good for the city of Hartford. A more vibrant downtown is in everyone’s interest. Finally, we will be adding some 5,000 new students to the Storrs population and many will want to pursue business.
So this year will be exciting as we begin to implement these initiatives. We will be hiring exceptional new faculty to support our growth. We will be welcoming outstanding students. As these groups come together, I look forward to sharing their stories with our alumni and friends. Thanks, as always for your interest and support.
John A. Elliott
Dean
Edwin W. Tucker
In Memoriam: Edwin W. Tucker
Edwin Tucker who served as Professor of Business Law at UConn for 39 years, passed away on May 16, 2013. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of New York University and Harvard Law School, he also received graduate degrees from New York Law School and Trinity College. Following service in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict and a law practice in Brooklyn, NY, he began a long teaching career at the UConn School of Business. Teaching was his passion, and he deservedly received numerous awards, including the E. Harris Harbison Award for Gifted Teaching, the School of Business Outstanding Teacher. Professor Tucker wrote over 100 legal articles and authored/co-authored six legal textbook. He retired in 2003 as a Distinguished Alumni Professor and Professor Emeritus of Business Law.
Ed and his wife, Gladys (who passed away in 2009) having shared 57 years of marriage were long-time members of the Storrs community. They were very generous with their time and support of many local social service organizations. He is survived by his daughter, Pamela Tucker (New York, NY) and his son Sherwin (East Granby, CT). Memorial donations may be made to Windham Hospital Foundation, 112 Mansfield Avenue, Willimantic, CT 06226.
UConn Business | Volume 3, Issue 3 | Summer 2013
Marketing Professor, CIBER Director Receives AMA Global Marketing Award
Professor Subhash Jain, Marketing Department, has been selected by the Board of the American Marketing Association Global Marketing Special Interest Group (GlobalSIG) to receive the AMA Global Marketing SIG’s 2013 Significant Contributions to Global Marketing Award. This eminent award recognizes a marketing educator for a lifetime of significant contributions to the field. The key criterion is the achievement of a record that has influenced the advancement of global marketing and thought.
Jain, director of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at UConn School of Business, was commended for his research, teaching, and service contributions that have helped disseminate global marketing knowledge across the globe. The award was presented by Secretary of the Global Marketing SIG, Professor Frank Franzak of Virginia Commonwealth University, at the Global Marketing SIG Member Reception. The reception was held on Saturday, August 10, 2013 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts, as part of the American Marketing Association 2013 Educators’ Conference.
Pictured: Professor Frank Franzak, Virginia Commonwealth University, Marketing Department Head Robin Coulter, UConn, and Professor Subhash Jain, UConn.