Southeastern Oklahoma State University recognizes Jeretta Horn Nord as distinguished alumnus

Southeastern Oklahoma State University recognized Jeretta Horn Nord, professor of management science and information systems, as a Distinguished Alumni at the Alumni Homecoming Awards Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Horn Nord also was introduced at a special pre-game ceremony that afternoon at the Homecoming football game, which featured Southeastern and Northeastern in a 2:30 p.m. kickoff.

Horn Nord was born in Sherman, Texas, and graduated from Colbert High School in 1974.

She earned her bachelor's in 1997 and master's in 1979 at Southeastern and received her doctorate in 1982 at Oklahoma State University.

At Southeastern, she was involved in Sigma Kappa Sorority and served on the Panhellenic Executive Council. She worked at Eaker Field while obtaining her private pilot's license and was named Southeastern's 1976 Homecoming Queen.

Horn Nord previously served as associate dean for undergraduate programs in the Spears School at OSU. She has also spent time as a visiting scholar at UCLA and the University of Southern Queensland in Australia.

Horn Nord recently founded the Oklahoma State University chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization, and conducts research in the areas of technology and entrepreneurship. She is currently the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Computer Information Systems.

She resides in Stillwater with her husband, Daryl, and 17-year-old son, Nicholas.

Horn Nord has presented papers at international conferences in 14 countries, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Management International Conference in Barcelona, Spain, in November and was recently awarded a Fulbright Specialist Grant. She also is the author of numerous articles and a textbook.

Chakraborty wins faculty excellence award

The Oklahoma State University Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence has awarded Goutam Chakraborty, professor of marketing in the Spears School of Business, the Wendell H. Bailey Faculty Excellence Award. He received the award at the ITLE National Advisory Board Meeting in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 16.

"I am delighted and surprised to receive this award," Chakraborty said. "I know there are many outstanding teachers at OSU and I am lucky the committee chose me. I feel very honored."

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White presents paper

Margaret White, associate professor of management, presented a paper at the Strategic Management Society in Cologne, Germany. The paper was titled "Reviving the 'Living Dead:' A Case Study of Venture Capitalist Turnaround" and was co-authored by Suzanne M. Behr, an OSU MBA alumna and vice president of operations for GRC.

Stone earns best paper honors

Tom Stone, professor of management, co-wrote a paper with Jim Jawahar and that was recognized as the best paper in the Social Issues/Ethics/Diversity track of the Southern Management Association Conference. The paper was titled "Using the Theory of Planned Behavior and Cheating Justifications to Predict Academic Misconduct."

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

CEO National Conference
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel, Chicago, IL

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

Creating and Developing High Performance Teams workshop to be held Nov. 13
High performance teams don't just happen. They are carefully built and well managed through a not-always-smooth process. Raj Basu, vice president of academic affairs at OSU-Tulsa, will present "Creating and Developing High Performance Teams+ from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 13 in Oklahoma City. This workshop will address productive team development, obstacles for teams, when to use teams and how to implement them for success. Register now by calling the OSU Center for Executive and Professional Development at 1-866-678-3933 or visiting cepd.okstate.edu.

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.

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