The University Senate has announced that Mohamed Hussein, Professor and Department Head, Accounting, UConn School of Business, has been elected to the University Senate for three-year terms beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2014. The University Senate is a legislative body responsible for establishing minimum rules and general regulations pertaining to all undergraduate schools and colleges. The Senate also is responsible for establishing general educational policy in areas not reserved to the Board of Trustees, to the administration, or to the several faculties.
Students from the Program for Sales Leadership compete in the National Collegiate Sales Competition
Melanie Nunes, a senior psychology major, and Michael Ferrone, a junior marketing major, represented UConn at the 13th Annual National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC), hosted by the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. Melanie and Michael’s performances placed UConn in the top 3rd of the 61 schools that competed. Melanie made it to the wildcard round, having placed 3rd in her first round session. Michael made it to the quarterfinals, having placed 4th in his first round session, and 1st in his Wildcard round session.
Inaugurated in 1999, the National Collegiate Sales Competition is the largest and oldest sales role-play competition in existence. Instituted for the purpose of enhancing the practice and professionalism of the sales profession. The NCSC, places students in simulated one-on-one sales call challenges. Each sales call is broadcast live to faculty and recruiters, who evaluate each student’s performance.
The NCSC hosts the top collegiate sales talent and sales faculty from the most elite University Sales Programs in North America. Up-coming sales graduates are provided a venue for sharpening their sales skills in a highly competitive environment and networking with their peers and sales faculty from across the United States. NCSC Corporate Sponsors have the opportunity to network with and preview the elite talent and greatly contribute to their education and careers and in turn make a great investment in the future of the sales profession.
Pictured (left to right): Cyndi Soucy, Whitney McIntosh, Melanie Nunes, Michael Ferrone
Connecticut’s Leading MBA Programs to Compete in Second Annual ACG Connecticut Cup Competition
ACG Connecticut, the Connecticut Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), the premier authority on corporate growth, corporate development and mergers and acquisitions, will hold the second annual ACG Connecticut Cup Competition on March 28, 2011 at the offices of RBS Business Capital in Stamford, CT. Continue Reading
Alumna to receive an Honors Distinguished Alumni Award
On Friday April 29th and Saturday April 30th Nicole McKinney Lindsay, a School of Business alum, will be visiting UConn to receive an Honors Distinguished Alumni Award. On Friday she will be giving a presentation to students, faculty and staff at 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. in the Babbidge Library Class of 1947 Conference Room. She will speak about her nonprofit career and her advice to students regarding careers in this field. Refreshments will be served.
Nicole Lindsay is Executive Director of New York Needs You (NYNY), a start-up non-profit which supports first-generation college students in realizing their college and career ambitions. Ms. Lindsay joined NYNY in September 2009 as the first staff person. Now the organization has a six-person staff and an operating budget of $1.2MM. NYNY closes the opportunity gap through the most intensive career mentorship program in New York City, enabling high-potential, first-generation college students to realize their college and career aspirations. NYNY is the only non-profit in NYC that focuses exclusively on first-generation college students. The primary components of the NYNY curriculum are life planning, career development, and community leadership. The first class of 50 NYNY Fellows began the two-year program in June 2010 and recruitment for the second class is underway. Previously, she was the Vice President of Talent Development at Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), overseeing all program-related activities.
Ms. Lindsay earned her BS in Business Administration and graduated as an Honors Scholar from the University of Connecticut in 1996. She attended UConn with her twin brother, Anthony McKinney ’97 and her favorite pastime during her time at UConn was cheering for him and her friends on the Husky football team. She then enrolled in a joint JD/MBA program at the University of Virginia. Ms. Lindsay received a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law, in 2000 and an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business in 2000. Upon graduation, she joined Wachovia Bank as a Corporate Finance Associate and later moved into Community Development Finance as a program manager. In 2003, Nicole became the Associate Director of Admissions and Student Affairs at the Yale School of Management (SOM), overseeing minority and women’s admissions and diversity student affairs. She was instrumental in diversifying the applicant pool and in increasing the number of underrepresented minorities that matriculated at the SOM.
While at the SOM, Ms. Lindsay also served as a coach for MLT’s Career Prep program, aiding eight college juniors in their career exploration and development process. She later managed MBA recruiting initiatives for Goldman Sachs at the Wharton School, Chicago Graduate Schools of Business (GSB), Kelloggat Northwestern, and the Tuck School at Dartmouth before joining MLT full-time as director of the Career Prep program in June 2006. In February 2007, Ms. Lindsay became Director of the Career Prep and MBA Prep programs for MLT and in July 2008 was promoted to Vice President.
Ms. Lindsay serves on the UVA Darden School Alumni Board, the Board of Directors of New York Chapter of the UConn Alumni Association, on the Advisory Board of MOVE, an NYC-based high school mentoring program, and is licensed to practice law in Connecticut and Georgia. She is a 2010 recipient of the Rebirth Renaissance Award for Perpetuating Excellence and Leading Generation Now from the New York Urban League Young Professionals.
She is married to Josiah Lindsay.
UConn B-School Featured in the Princeton Review’s “The Best 300 Business Schools: 2011 Edition”
UConn is an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the school in the new 2011 edition of its book, “The Best 300 Business Schools” (Random House / Princeton Review).
According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review Senior VP-Publishing, “We are pleased to recommend UConn’s School of Business as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA. We chose the 300 business schools in this book based on our high opinion of their academic programs and offerings, as well as our review of institutional data we collect from the schools. We also strongly consider the candid opinions of students attending the schools who rate and report on their campus experiences at their schools on our survey for the book.”Continue Reading
New School of Business Mentor Program
University of Connecticut School of Business alums Rob Amenta ’07, Ben Duell ’07 and Tim Kelley ’08 MBA from the UConn New York City Alumni Chapter had a vision of how they could give back to their alma mater. Together with a team of talented young alumni and Jim Lowe, Executive Director of the School of Business Career Center, they developed a new mentor program around the idea that young alumni would be able to share their experiences and expertise with the students to help direct them into a more focused study and career plan.
The group held their first event on Thursday, February 17th when alumni were paired with undergraduates at a meet and greet dinner in the School’s Board Room. The School is extremely grateful for the time and talent that these young alumni bring to this program.
Faculty Awards 2011
The Teaching and Research Committee at the University of Connecticut School of Business has met and evaluated the nominations for annual Faculty Awards. The following winners were selected:
Best Paper: (3-way tie)
Xue Bai and Manuel Nunez: “Managing Data Quality Risk in Accounting Information Systems”
(with Jayant Kalagnanam), Information Systems Research
Xinxin Li: “Price Effects in Online Product Reviews: An Analytical Model and Empirical Analysis”
(with Lorin M. Hitt), MIS Quarterly
David Souder and Zeki Simsek: “The Differing Effects of Agent and Founder CEOs on the Firm’s Market Expansion” (with Scott G. Johnson), Strategic Management Journal
Research Excellence: John Zhang
Undergraduate Teaching: Dave Papandria
Graduate Teaching: Amy Dunbar
Teaching Innovation: Andy Rosman (with Roger Travis, Modern and Classical Languages)
Service Award: Tim Dowding
UConn Business School Organizes an International Conference in India
The Management Development Institute in India and the University of Connecticut School of Business jointly organized a two-day conference in new Delhi on Financial Innovations and Change during January 7-8, 2011. The conference covered a wide range of issues such as the dynamics of the financial markets and price discovery process for financial assets, requirements for innovative financial products and services for corporate and other sectors, issues of governance, financial regulations, accounting, and financial inclusion.
About 60 academics and Indian executives attended the conference. It provided them a platform for brainstorming to identify the “fault lines” and envisage a robust financial system for future growth.
Dr. Shantaram Hegde from the Department of Finance at the UConn School of Business served as the co-chair of the conference. Finance head, Chinmoy Ghosh was one of the keynote speakers at the conferences.
For further information, contact Dr. Shanta Hegde.
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Pictured: Dr. Hegde and Dr. Ghosh at the keynote address by the Economic Advisor to India’s Prime Minister.
Ackerman Scholars Announced
The Dean’s Council has reviewed the Ackerman Scholars at the University of Connecticut School of Business and made the following awards:
Appointed for the next two years (2011-12 and 2012-13) are:
- Sulin Ba, OPIM
- Joe Golec, Finance
- John Harding, Finance
- Suresh Nair, OPIM
- Rex Santerre, Finance
- Zeki Simsek, Management
Continuing in their second year are:
- Robert Bird, Marketing
- Assaf Eisdorfer, Finance
- Gary Powell, Management
- Ramesh Sankaranarayanan, OPIM
- Jan Stallaert, OPIM
The Ackerman Scholar award recognizes significant and continuing all round academic productivity among the faculty of the School. It is awarded to faculty who are not already supported by Chair or Professorship appointments. The award is supported by the Ackerman Fund, the School and the departments. The purpose of the Ackerman Fund is to “grant a monetary reward to faculty members who have excelled in classroom teaching, curriculum development, research, outreach to business and state agencies.”
The Business Mastery Program for Public Service Professionals Certificate Ceremony
The University of Connecticut School of Business Executive Education Business Mastery Program for Public Service Professionals held its certificate ceremony at the Graduate Business Learning Center in Hartford on December 15, 2010.
Dr. Lucy Gilson welcomed honorees, friends and family, distinguished guests and program faculty and staff. She also shared experiences from her course module, Introduction to Management. Dr. Robert Bird and Dr. Michelle Stronz addressed the group with regard to their course modules, Introduction to Employment Law & Government Processes. Distinguished guests attending the ceremony and assisting Dr. Gilson with the distribution of certificates included: Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Thomas; Department of Revenue Services Commissioner Richard Nicholson; CT Housing and Finance Authority Administrator, Nancy O’Brien; State Elections Enforcement Commission Executive Director and General Counsel, Albert Lenge; and Department of Development Services Commissioner Peter O’Meara.
Certificate recipients honored included: Troy Anderson and Patricia Johannes, (Department of Public Safety); Carol Andrews, (Department of Revenue Services); Oddler Fils and Justin Giorlando, (Department of Transportation); Leanne Harty, (University of Connecticut); Audrey Horan and Erica Garcia, (Department of Social Services); Mark Hirsch, (CT Housing Finance Authority); Sheri-Lyn Lagueux, (State Elections Enforcement Commission); Cristina Boisvert-MacGillis, (Department of Social Services); Linda Rooney and Dawn Stephenson, (Department of Developmental Services).
The two-course Public Service Professionals Certificate Program offers Introduction to Management and Introduction to Employment Law & Government Processes. Participants either earn 4 undergraduate or 3 graduate non-degree credits per course. To date, 47 participants have completed the program from agencies and departments, in addition to those above, that include the Department of Public Health; Department of Mental Health & Addition Services; Office of the State Treasurer; the UConn Health Center; Veteran Affairs; and the CT Commission on Culture & Tourism. By providing customized educational opportunities to public service professionals, the program enhances participants’ skills, while benefiting State agencies and the residents of the State of Connecticut. Our alumni have credited the program with networking and promotional opportunities as well as the development of advanced management skills.
Testimonials on the value and benefits of the program can be found at: www.business.uconn.edu/publicservice.
Pictured (top right): Business Mastery Certificate Program for Public Service Professionals 2010 certificate recipients. Pictured (below, left to right): Dr. Lucy Gilson addresses the audience. Dr. Robert Bird discussing his Introduction to
Employment Law course module. Dr. Michelle Stronz congratulates the honorees.