Spears School International Travel Scholarship Application due
5:00 p.m.; 201 Business

This scholarship can be used for summer 2009 academic travel programs offered through the Spears School Center for Executive and Professional Development. Applications and more information are available in 201 Business.

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OSU Accounting Students earn $8,500 in scholarships from the Tulsa Chapter of Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants

The Tulsa Chapter of the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants is proud to award scholarships to deserving undergraduate accounting students or accounting majors who have graduated and are completing the 150-hour requirement to take the CPA exam. Awards given were in honor of member Glenn Solomon, CPA and in memory of Duane Summers, CPA. Scholarship award recipients from OSU for the 2008-2009 academic year include:

• Stephen Todd Vincent, $1,500 to honor Glenn Solomon
• Amanda Carol Dexter, $1,500 to honor Duane Summers
• Andrea Nicole Bailey, $1,000
• Chas Everett Craig, $1,000
• Jillian Leigh Jobe, $750
• Laura Kaitlin Cook, $750
• Madison Lynn Hopkins, $500
• Abbie Elizabeth Field, $500
• Janelle Elizabeth Rogers, $500
• Amanda Michelle Krittenbrink, $500

The Tulsa Chapter of the Oklahoma Society of CPAs is a 650 member organization supporting social, educational and professional endeavors of area CPAs and providing benefits to the community.

Renford Reese to speak about ethics, diversity at OSU

Renford Reese, human rights activist and nationally recognized author, is slated to speak to Oklahoma State University students and the public at Oklahoma State University on January 28 at 4 p.m in 317 Engineering South. Reese will address the issues of ethics and diversity as they relate national and international relationships in a presentation titled “The Colorful Flags Model: Developing Empathy and Cultural Competency.”
 
Sponsored by the Puterbaugh Foundation and OSU Inclusion Leadership Program, the event is open to the public and is intended to bring cultural knowledge and motivation to people of all ages.
 
“I met Renford in South Africa in 2000,” said Andrew Urich, associate professor of business and Puterbaugh professor in legal studies and ethics in the Spears School of Business. “He is a fascinating speaker and I believe he will be very inspirational to our students.”
 
Reese grew up in McDonough, Ga., in the early 1970s where segregation was still apparent. At age 12, he recognized social inequality within his hometown and decided to dedicate his career to helping others understand the cultural and lingual differences within countries and among international relationships. As the creator of Colorful Flags, a program designed to diminish mistrust between ethnicities and develop human relations knowledge, Reese focuses on understanding cultural differences and helping others overcome racial barriers.
 
Currently, Reese serves as a professor in political science at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. In addition to his work as an instructor, Reese has written four books, a play turned short-film and traveled to 51 countries for research and lecture purposes. He continues studying ethnic conflicts in urban neighborhoods and uses his Colorful Flags program to educate others in hopes of creating mutual tolerance between races.
 
In addition to the January 28 presentation, Reese also will speak to the Inclusion Leadership Program High School Visitation Conference on January 29.
 
For more information on Renford Reese, visit his Web site at http://www.csupomona.edu/~rrreese/nonfla/index.html. For more information about the Spears School of Business, call 405-744-5064 or visit spears.okstate.edu.
 
Oklahoma State University is a modern land-grant system that cuts across disciplines to better prepare students for a new world.  Oklahoma’s only university with a statewide presence, OSU improves the lives of people in Oklahoma, the nation, and the world. The Spears School of Business is dedicated to the original land-grant vision of integrated, high-quality teaching, research and outreach.

Leadership seminar to transform leaders from “good to great”

Business and government professionals are encouraged to attend “Leadership: Good to Great” on Thursday January 29, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the CREC Training Center, 3304 S. Boomer Road in Stillwater.

The seminar is part of the LeadershipSource Professional Development Program sponsored by the Oklahoma State University Center for Executive and Professional Development and Central Rural Electric Cooperative. The seminar will feature Ken Eastman, head and associate professor in the OSU Department of Management in the Spears School of Business.

This seminar is based on a book by Jim Collins titled Good to Great. In the book, Collins explores how to take organizations to greatness. Eastman will present Collins’ principles and discuss how to move an organization from good to great.

“Too many companies settle for just being good, when with a few changes, they could become great,” Eastman said. “To become great, leaders must change what they do and not just put more effort into the things they are already doing.

The fee for the seminar is $85 per person. To register or for more information, call the OSU Center for Executive and Professional Development in the Spears School of Business at 405-744-5208 or visit cepd.okstate.edu.