Marshall selected as Fall 2008 Outstanding Senior
Mary Oliver Marshall, an accounting senior from Battiest, Okla., has been selected as the Spears School Outstanding Senior for fall 2008. Marshall will carry the Spears School gonfalon in the student professional for Oklahoma State University's fall undergraduate commencement Dec. 13.

Marshall is one of seven students selected to carry their college's gonfalon, which is traditionally a long flag or banner that was first adopted by Italian medieval communities. Marshall also will wear an honorary orange cap and gown.

Finance Department receives donation from NGEAO
The Oklahoma State University Department of Finance recently received a donation from the Natural Gas & Energy Association of Oklahoma (NGEAO). NGEAO is a non-profit membership association comprised of upstream, mid-stream and downstream natural gas and energy industry participants, as well as corollary service companies who rely on Oklahoma's natural gas and energy resources for existence.

Each year, NGEAO supports industry education by making donations to colleges and programs designed to further the natural gas and energy industry in Oklahoma. Betty Simkins, associate professor of finance, said the OSU finance department will use the donation to sponsor activities that allow students to learn more about the oil and gas industry.

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Financial Management Association to hold last meeting of sememster
The last FMA meeting for the fall 2008 semester will be held Friday, Nov.21 from 10 to 11 a.m. on the Watson Trading Floor. The meeting will feature Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist of Standard and Poor's. Stovall joined S&P's in 1989, and he serves as an analyst, publisher, and communicator of S&P's outlooks for the economy, market, sectors and stocks.

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.

Petroleum accountants to attend dual conferences in Tulsa
Petroleum accountants will meet in Tulsa, Okla., Nov. 12-13 for the 4th annual Oil and Gas Accounting Conference and the 8th annual Accounting and Financial Reporting Conference. Both conferences are offered by the School of Accounting in the Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business.

"We expect 350 people to attend both conferences," said Don Hansen, head and Kerr-McGee Chair of Accounting at OSU. "We appreciate the loyal alumni of the School of Accounting who wish to continue their education by attending such conferences as these, which will allow them to update their knowledge and professional skills."

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Conference to address Oklahoma's future economy
A conference titled "Oklahoma's Economy: What's Forecast for 2009?" will be presented Tuesday, Nov. 18, by the Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business. The conference sessions' presentations will address the United States' and Oklahoma's current economic performance, as well as economic trends in key industry sectors. The event will be held 8 a.m. to noon at the Metro Technology Center's Springlake Campus in Oklahoma City.

"The forecast conference is especially timely this year because of the recent turbulence at the national level and the difficulty in understanding the expected impact on Oklahoma's economy," said Mark Snead, director of the Center for Applied Economic Research at Oklahoma State University and speaker at the conference.

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