Two Spears School alumni named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008

Two Spears School alumni recently were selected as Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) 2008 recipients. Charlie Eitel, Chairman & CEO of Simmons Bedding Company was named EOY for the Alabama / Georgia/Tennessee region, and Greg Massey, CEO of First United Bank, was named EOY in...

Spears School receives largest donation ever to a university entrepreneurship program

The Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business announced today a transformational gift that will create a state-of-the-art entrepreneurship program within the Spears School. The Spears School’s share of the $57.2 million gift from Texas alumni Amy and Malone Mitchell III is the larg...

Honors roll in for Pat Dorr during final year

Written by By Jacob Longan - NewsPress
Wednesday - September 03, 2008
Oklahoma State University has found several ways to honor Dr. Pat Dorr as he begins his final year with the school. The Haskell Cudd professor of accounting had one such honor earlier this summer when an endowed professorship was named the Patrick Dorr Beta Alpha Psi Professorship in Accounting. More than 140 donors gave a total of more than $400,000 in his name. He called that honor “pretty incredible.” Then he won the 2008 Richard W. Poole Outreach Faculty Excellence Award from the Spears School of Business. The award honors the outreach contributions of faculty. Click here to read the full story in the Stillwater NewsPress

OSU professor demonstrates leadership in information technology development education

Written by Emily Kilian, Spears School Communications intern
Thursday - August 28, 2008
STILLWATER, Okla. – Marilyn Kletke, Oklahoma State University professor of management science and information systems, has been selected as a Faculty Advocate for Pearson Prentice Hall’s myitlab, an online assessment and training solution for Microsoft Office 2007 and other computer concepts. “Today’s students cannot live without becoming computer savvy,” Kletke said. “They will use a computer in their everyday interactions, and they will fall behind and be ineffective without the ability to use a computer. Myitlab helps students become computer literate and functional in their daily lives.”
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Spears School Headline News for August 25-29

Written by Spears School
Wednesday - August 27, 2008
Welcome to another great year at OSU! The Spears Headline News is your connection for information about upcoming events scholarships, employment opportunities and other exciting happenings important to Spears School Students. Spears Headline News is distributed periodically via e-mail, on the Spears Web site and on SSBTV, which can be viewed on-campus on Channel 80.
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Chakraborty named CIMBA Professor of the Year

Written by Written by By Emily Kilian, Spears School Communications Intern
Thursday - August 28, 2008
STILLWATER, Okla. – Goutam Chakraborty, professor in the department of marketing at Oklahoma State University, has been named Professor of the Year from the Consortium Institute of Management and Business Analysis. He received the award at the CIMBA graduation dinner July 18 at the University of Kansas.
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CAER Oklahoma Economic Outlook report tells a tale of two cities' job growth

Written by Spears School
Thursday - August 28, 2008
STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma State University economist Mark Snead boosted his 2008 Oklahoma City job growth projection to 1.5 percent, according to a midyear report released Wednesday. Bolstered by a vibrant energy industry, he predicted the Oklahoma City market would add 1.8-percent more jobs next year. But Tulsa displays more signs of the nation's economic slowdown. Click here to read more.

Dorr receives 2008 Richard W. Poole Faculty Outreach Excellence Award

Written by Spears School
Thursday - August 28, 2008
STILLWATER, Okla. - Pat Dorr, Haskell Cudd professor of accounting at Oklahoma State University, has been named the recipient of the 2007-2008 Richard W. Poole Faculty Outreach Excellence Award. This prestigious award was created to recognize the honor and contributions made by faculty through the outreach mission of the Spears School of Business.
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Two Spears School alumni named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008

Thursday - August 28, 2008
Two Spears School alumni recently were selected as Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) 2008 recipients. Charlie Eitel, Chairman & CEO of Simmons Bedding Company was named EOY for the Alabama / Georgia/Tennessee region, and Greg Massey, CEO of First United Bank, was named EOY in the Financial Services Division for the Southwest region. Both Eitel and Massey received bachelor’s degrees in business administration from OSU in 1971 and 1987, respectively
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Spears School receives largest donation ever to a university entrepreneurship program

Thursday - August 28, 2008

The Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business announced today a transformational gift that will create a state-of-the-art entrepreneurship program within the Spears School.

The Spears School’s share of the $57.2 million gift from Texas alumni Amy and Malone Mitchell III is the largest donation ever to a university entrepreneurship program.

”The Mitchells’ gift will be a catalyst for infusing an entrepreneurial culture at OSU that will convert intellectual capital into entrepreneurial activity that creates value for the state and region,” said Sara Freedman, Spears School dean. “We can’t thank Amy and Malone enough for what this means to OSU, our students and the state of Oklahoma.”

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Speaker: ConocoPhillips
Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
September 08, 2008 (5:00 PM)

An Introduction to the New Hire System
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CAET Career Fair
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September 09, 2008 (9:00 AM)

Business Etiquette Dinner
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September 09, 2008 (5:30 PM)

Thomas Friedman: “Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution”
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Motivation to Lead, Motivation to Follow
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Thomas Friedman: "Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution"
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September 11, 2008 (9:30 AM)

Putting the Career Fair to Work for You
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September 15, 2008 (5:30 PM)

CASNR Career Fair
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MSQFE Alumni Weekend
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September 19, 2008 (5:00 PM)

Mock Interview Day 1, OSU-Stillwater
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September 22, 2008 (1:00 PM)

Speaker: TBA
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September 22, 2008 (5:00 PM)

Experience Pays: Why You Should Consider an Internship
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Mock Interview Program
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September 23, 2008 (5:00 PM)

Mock Interview Day 2, OSU-Stillwater
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September 24, 2008 (8:00 AM)

Building Successful Project Management Teams
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September 24, 2008 (9:00 AM)

Storytelling to Enhance Organizational Performance
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September 25, 2008 (2:30 AM)

Successful Interview Techniques
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September 29, 2008 (5:30 PM)

From Boomers to Millenials: Leading Generations at Work
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September 30, 2008 (9:00 AM)

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