Business Career Services to provide 45 free tickets to Marcus Buckingham presentation
Business Career Services is sponsoring a block of tickets for the Nov. 5 Marcus Buckingham presentation to make this opportunity free to students. There are a limited number of slots available (45) to allow students to attend an event that would normally cost $25. Tickets are first come, first served. Please stop by 112 Business, to pick up a ticket.

This presentation, The Truth About You: Your Secret to Success, will be held Nov. 5 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the West Watkins Center.This event is presented by the Spears School of Business Center for Executive and Professional Development in cooperation with the OSU Student Government Association and OSU Career Services. It is ideal for college or high school students as well as professionals.

Participants who attend this event will receive a copy of the new book, a DVD and a RE-Memo Pad.  Ticket prices are $25 for students, $35 for educators, $40 for other individuals and $60 for a mentor/mentee ticket (1 individual ticket and 1 student ticket). Tickets are available online at iTickets.com.  Student organizations or corporate sponsors wishing to order a group of student tickets may do so in the OSU Center for Executive and Professional Development, 215 Business. For more information, call 405-744-5208 or 1-866-678-3933 or visit www.marcusbuckingham.com.

Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) Meeting
5:00 p.m.; 207 CLB

Business meeting to elect officers for Spring and Fall 2009 semesters

O, the Place You'll Go - International Opportunity Exploration
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.; 211 Student Union (Oklahoma Room)

• International Opportunities 
• Job Opportunities 
• Travel Opportunities 
• Free International Cuisine

Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Meeting
(Meetings are held every Monday)
6:00 p.m.; 235 Business

Sharda and Kasiri present paper at INFORMS meeting

Ramesh Sharda, regents professor of management science and information systems and ConocoPhillips chair of management technology, and Narges Kasiri, management science and information systems graduate teaching associate, presented a paper “Scheduling Email Processing: An SPR Formulation” at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) meeting in Washington, D.C.

Romano publishes paper about research advance in electronic collaboration

Nicholas C. Romano Jr., associate professor of management information systems, recently co-wrote a paper titled "Synthesizing the research advances in electronic collaboration: Theoretical frameworks." The paper was published in the International Journal of e-Collaboration. Romano's co-authors include James B. Pick and Narcyz Roztocki.

Developing Effective Attitudes in the Workplace workshop to be held October 23
Effective attitudes breed happier, more productive employees and thus significantly contribute to an organization’s success. To help participants grow in understanding how attitudes affect employees and shape the work environment, Lee Manzer, professor of marketing in the Spears School of Business, will present “Developing Effective Attitudes in the Workplace” Oct. 23 at the OSU-OKC Student Center. Register now by calling the OSU Center for Executive and Professional Development at 1-866-678-3933 or visiting cepd.okstate.edu.

23 undergraduate business courses offered through distance learning

The Center for Executive and Professional Development offers several undergraduate courses through its Distance Learning program.
 
For more information, visit http://spears.okstate.edu/cepd/dl/undergraduate-course-pages/fall-08-course-listings.html

ConocoPhillips SPIRIT Scholars application period closes Oct. 31

Spears School of Business ConocoPhillips SPIRIT Scholars program application period opened September 1, 2008 and closes October 31, 2008 for awards beginning in Fall 2009. This program includes a $5000 scholarship per year plus enrichment activities.  The application is located online at http://spears.okstate.edu/spirit_scholars.