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Accounting students from the College of Business at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will assist low income families in the Coastal Bend prepare their tax returns throughout the tax season as part of the Internal Revenue Service’s Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.click here for more information.
Ms Yvonne Hein, a former BBA student, has been hired as part-time secretary for the College of Business.
Ms. Shay Lee has been promoted to Senior Administrative Assistant. She acquired the position after Ellen Rossi, our former Senior Administrative Assistant, retired late last year.
Dr. Karen Middleton' Leadership & Managerial Effectiveness class raised $6,792.90 to help foster children. The money allowed 200 gift boxes to be filled as well as a $99 skateboard, and a $200 bowling party for 20 kids at Saratoga Lanes. The gifts will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 6 to Foster Angels of South Texas. To read more on the story, click here.
Mr. Bill Cone was formally introduced to the campus community on Friday December 2, 2011. Mr. Bill Cone is the Interim Director of the Costal Bend Business Innovation Center. To read more about Bill Cone, click here.
On November 28th, the Costal Bend Business Innovation Center received a $1.4Million check from the Economic Development Administration (EDA). Special remarks were made by Congressman Blake Farenthold. Click here to see pictures
One of business Professors, Dr. Amir Hormozi, offers dance lessons through the university Dance Club which meets every Thursday evening. He has offered dance lessons since 2003. His passions for dance started at age 12 when he learned to cha cha and tango. Now he offer more than 25 different dance styles including salsa, rumba, and Argentina tango. Every year he attends the Brigham Young University Dance camp. He is the board member of the Revelaires Dance Club. Dr. Hormozi also plays table tennis in his spare time. He won 2 Senior Olympic Gold Medals in 2001 and 2005 in table tennis. (Click here to see his interview.) He has more than 25 years' experience in training and implementation of manufacturing planning and control systems. Dr. Hormozi has served as chair of the National Remanufacturing Group of APICS, program chair for INFORMS, track chair for National Decision Sciences Institute, and Ph.D. dissertation consortium Chair for Production Operations Society. To know more about Dr. Amir Hormozi, click here
One of our alumni students, Curtis Rock, talks about the importance of alumni support to the University. Curtis Rock earned his BBA in Management Information Systems from the College of Business in 2004. He and his wife co-chair the Momentum Capital Campaign. Rock was named the 2010 Corpus Christi 40 under 40 "Person of the Year." He is a graduate of the Leadership Corpus Christi XXXIII and serves as chairman of the Leadership Corpus Christi XL. In 2006 the city council appointed him the Transportation Advisory Council (TAC) which led him the become TAC chairman in 2009. He Is the Business Development Manager for Rock Engineering and Testing Laboratory. Also, during his time at the University, Rock was a founding father of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He owns Boombox Brothers DJs and is in the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi National Alumni Board. Rock is also a Past President of the Corpus Christi Area Alumni Club. To know more about Curtis Rock, click here
Mr. Benjamin Blanco, one of our Marketing adjunct professors, received his Doctor's Degree in Educational Leadership. Congratulations Dr. Blanco!
One of our students, Onur Guler who is from Turkey, has been chosen as an Outstanding Islander. We would like to congratulate him. Onur Guler has been recognized for bringing awareness about Turkish culture on the campus. He has been teaching about Turkish culture, history and language to give people a more accurate image of Turkey. He has also received numerous scholarships and has been part of some student organizations as well. To know more about Onur Guler, click here
In these times of financial uncertainty, Dr. Vinod Venkiteshwaran is stressing to his students that they need to be informed of how monetary systems work and how their lives can be affected by what's happening in today's financial markets. He arrived at the Island university in fall 2009 after serving as a visiting assistant professor at Ohio University. One of his papers on activist shareholders was published this year in Morgan Stanley's Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and was also cited in several Reuters news articles bringing international recognition to the Island University. He is also a member of the International Education Advisory Council, where he actively participates to evaluate international student issues and learning issues. Click here to see more about Dr. Vinod Venkiteshwaran.
The College of Business would
like to introduce four new members to our team:
One of our students is a great example of a young business professional leader. He received his BBA in Finance in 2007 and an MBA with a concentration in International Business and is now pursuing his Master of Accountancy at the University and is a relationship manager for Frost Bank where he aspires to become regional president for the Corpus Christi market within the next 25 years. Jonas Chupe is a member of Leadership Corpus Christi Class 39, a Lichtenstein Scholar, a recipient of several graduate scholarships and academic recognitions from the College of Business, and a member of Golden Key International Honor Society and Beta Gamma Sigma Click here to see more about Jonas Chupe.
On July 15 the winners of
the Texas A&M System Student Recognition Award for Teaching
Excellence Award for Spring 2011 was finalized. Throughout all
the winners from the system, 7 of the winners were from the
College of Business. Congratulations to the following faculty
for their hard work and dedication:
The Coastal Bend Business
Innovation Center presented the second "Innovation Center Awards"
at its June 1 advisory board meeting. The awards recognize extraordinary
effort and contribution in the goals of the Innovation Center
by faculty, students and clients.
Dr. W. Scott Sherman was recognized
as an Outstanding Islander. He was awarded the College of
Business Teaching Excellence Award, the Faculty Senate University
Teaching Excellence Award, and three Texas A&M University
System Student Recognition Awards for Teaching Excellence.
Click
here to see more about Dr. Sherman We would like to congratulate
Shashi Raj, one of our students, who became an Outstanding
Islander. He is a member of Delta Chi. He volunteered for
the Junior Achievement Middle School Teaching Program, the
American Diabetes Association's Step Out Walk and the City
of Corpus Christi's Operation Paint Brush. Click
here to see more about Shashi Raj Dr. Robert Vokurka, chair
of the Department of Finance, Economics and Decision Sciences
has been appointed to the 2011 Board of Directors for the
Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award by Dr. Patrick Gallagher,
director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of
Standards and Technology. Click
here to see more May 13th, was the Dedication
Ceremony for the Michael and Karen O'Connor Building. Guests
that attended were Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Klein, Mrs. Buckley and
Mrs. Urban. Also the Campus community was invited to the dedication
ceremony as well. Tours of the building followed. Click
here to see pictures or Click
here to see the youtube video The Office of Community will
offer the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test) preparation
class on Mondays and Wednesdays from June 6 through June 29,
from 6-9 p.m. For more information click
here. Come watch the final competition
of the 2011 Coastal Bend Business Plan Competitionon May 16th. Click
here Join us for the Dedication
Ceremony of the Michael and Karen O'Connor Building May 13th Click
here On April 28th, Dr. Kent Byus'
MKTG 3355 class (Guerilla Marketing) had their 2011 Hairiest
Guerilla competition. Dr. Byus' class worked with Mike Shaw
Automotive Group dealers to create and plan one community
centered marketing campaign. Click
here to see pictures On April 26th, was the Kirkland
Distinguished Visitors Award. This year's recipient was Mr.
Ed Hicks. In the morning Mr. Ed Hicks made a presentation
that was followed by a luncheon and award ceremony at the
Omni Marina Hotel. Click
here to see pictures. Congratulations to Dr. Margaret
Lucero on her research award and to Dr. A.N.M. Waheeduzzaman
on his research award. Congratulations to Dr. Valerie
Chambers for her leadership in involving students in the VITA
program April 5th. Click
here
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