Faculty lead discussion on city finances

The dean of the College of Business and college alumni will host the Colorado Springs city manager and a business faculty member in an Oct. 16 discussion of City of Colorado Springs finances.

Penny Culbreth-Graft, city manager and lecturer in the School of Public Affairs, will join Tom Zwirlein, professor, Business, in a 7:30 a.m. discussion in Dwire Hall 121.

Billed as a “Crash Course in City Budget 101,” the session promises an objective look at the fiscal realities facing the City of Colorado Springs and various financial strategies under review, according to Jana Hyde, alumni coordinator, College of Business. The event is free and open to faculty and staff but seating will be limited. To reserve a space, call 255-3777 or cobalum@uccs.edu. (Posted 2009-10-15)

Dr. Steimling interviewed by the Gazette

Glenn Steimling beams as he talks about his students in the sport management program at Colorado-Colorado Springs, mentioning their variety of classes, endless opportunities for field experience and high-profile internships. He’s also realistic about their limitations.

“They’re not going to be general manager of the Broncos upon graduation,” he said.

A UCCS graduate, armed with a business degree, could land a job with the U.S. Olympic Committee or any of the 20 local Olympic national governing bodies — ardent supporters of the accredited program that has grown to 120 students since its 2008 inception.

Read the full article at Gazette.com (Posted 2009-11-10)

Welcome - Net Impact Graduate Student Chapter

Now forming on the UCCS campus: a local chapter of Net Impact, the global network of leaders who are changing the world through business. Think: triple bottom-line and sustainability. Net Impact is an international organization of professionals and students, offering networking opportunities and resources for campus greening, curriculum change, workplace initiatives, and career building.

Please join us for the launch event of the UCCS chapter of Net Impact on Thursday, Oct 15 at 6 pm in Dwire Hall lobby. Stop by and say hello! (Posted 2009-10-13)

UCCS Business Students assist local companies

Eight Colorado Springs businesses and nonprofits have been selected to work with teams of University of Colorado at Colorado Springs students to develop new products, markets or business models in a competition to win $40,000.

Student teams will be assigned next week to each of the eight organizations and will develop the plans with their managers during the next three months, said Michael Larson, the El Pomar chair of engineering and innovation at UCCS. He is one of three such faculty members who helped put together what they hope will become an annual competition to promote innovation and revitalization in local firms, the EPICC Business Revitalization and Innovation Competition. The plans will be presented to a panel of judges Feb. 15 to compete for one of three cash prizes to be awarded March 1.

The competition is part of UCCS Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak’s Southern Colorado Innovation Strategy, which is looking for ways the university can partner with the community to spur innovation and economic development, Larson said. “This is a unusual competition because in most business plan competitions, the projects that don’t win go nowhere and nothing comes of the effort put into them. In this case, even the plans that aren’t funded still will benefit from the work of student teams.”

Full Article at the Colorado Sprigns Gazette - http://www.gazette.com/articles/colorado-63424-springs-student.html (Posted 2009-10-08)

Archived News

Entrepreneurship Director in Gazette Q&A

Thomas Duening has tasted both success and failure as a technology entrepreneur, starting one company that ended up in bankruptcy and wiped out his savings and another that was acquired by a larger competitor and landed him a potential major payday.

He will try to bring what he learned from those experiences to local entrepreneurs and students at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where he arrived last month as director of its Center for Entrepreneurship, the El Pomar Chair in Business and Entrepreneurship and an associate professor of management. He and the two other El Pomar chairs work through the El Pomar Institute for Innovation and Commercialization at UCCS to play a role in the early development of new ideas and products

Read Full Article Here (Posted 2009-09-21)

UCCS to observe 9/11 anniversary

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with several events.

A grassy area between the Kraemer Family Library and the Science and Engineering Building will be decorated with 2,997 flags representing those killed in the attacks. Additionally, at 9:11 a.m. the university carillon, housed in El Pomar Center tower, will play the Star Spangled Banner.

Faculty, staff, and students are asked to observe a voluntary moment of silence.

The events are coordinated by a student group, College Republications. For more information, contact Joshua Manweiler, club president, 719-251-7765, or jemanweiler@hotmail.com. (Posted 2009-09-08)

Emeritus Professor Dr. Fred McFadden dies

Emeritus Professor of Information Systems, Dr. Fred McFadden passed away August 10 at age 76, due to heart complications.

Fred R. McFadden was a Professor of Information Systems at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs from 1970 to 1999. Dr. McFadden instructed graduate and undergraduate courses in information systems, operations management, management science, and business policy during his career. He also taught many management development programs, including courses in computer-based information systems, structured program design, database management, quantitative analyses for managers, and bank management simulations.

A native of Michigan, Professor McFadden earned his Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Stanford and his M.B.A. from UCLA. He was an active member of the American Institute for Decision Sciences and the American Production and Inventory Control Society. He wrote a number of articles that have appeared in professional journals and he was co-author of several books such as Introduction to Computer-Based Management Information Systems among others.

Fred was an active consultant to a number of business firms. In particular, he had assisted a number of smaller business firms in evaluating and installing computer information systems. He was a beloved colleague and a well respected professor among students.

Dr. McFadden is survived by his wife Evelyn, daughters Christine and Theresa, son Michael and their families which included four grand children and one great grand child.

Funeral will be held this coming Thursday, August 13, at 'Our Lady of the Pines' in Black Forest.
( www.ourladyofthepines.org ) Viewing at 9 a.m., services at 10 a.m.

Donations to honor Dr. McFadden's memory can be made to the University of Colorado Foundation. (Posted 2009-08-13)

Latest edition of COB Newsletter now online

Checking out the article online. Some snippets



**COLLEGE HONORS GARY LOO WITH INAUGURAL LIFETIME ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD



**COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADOPTS PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION



**THE DEAN’ S VIEW



**LONGTIME PROFESSOR RETIRES (Posted 2009-07-28)

Prestigious McGowan scholarship award

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund recently awarded a scholarship valued at $18,000 to an undergraduate student at the University of Colorado Springs.

DiHanna-Dimitra Pantazis, from Glencoe, Minnesota received the scholarship, the first awarded at UCCS.

“I feel honored and humbled to be the recipient of the William G. McGowan Scholarship and proudly accept this award with profound gratitude,” Pantazis said.

She plans to major in finance and accounting and will use the scholarship to further her entrepreneurial goals.

The Chicago-based McGowan Charitable Fund, established in 1992 by former MCI Corp Chairman William McGowan, works with colleges and universities accredited by the International Association for Management Education or the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. The program is based on McGowan’s personal experiences. He won a scholarship to Harvard and later launched a successful business career.

More information about the McGowan Fund is available at http://www.mcgowanfund.org/.

“We are so grateful for the McGowan Charitable Fund,” Venkat Reddy, dean, College of Business, said. “They understand the value of education and are helping us realize our vision of building successful futures.”

The College of Business enrolls about 1,100 undergraduates and 450 MBA and Distance MBA students. The college is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, an organization that accredits less than five percent of business schools worldwide.

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in Colorado Springs, is one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The University offers 30 bachelor’s degrees, 19 master’s and five doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls about 8,000 students annually. (Posted 2009-07-21)

COB Graduate Student Scholarship Awardees

We are pleased to inform you that the COB set aside $20,000 in scholarship money to help some well deserving graduate students. The main purpose of the scholarship is to provide financial assistance to students who are not receiving reimbursement from an employer or other third party. The scholarship consisted of five (5) awards of $4,000 each.

To be eligible for the scholarship the student had to be fully-admitted to the MBA program (as a new or continuing student) and be in good academic standing with a 3.0 or higher GPA. Winners were selected on the basis of financial need and submitted essays.

Winners for the 2009-2010 academic year are:

Bipaswi Tuladhar – an international student from Nepal who is interested in helping companies in his home country become more environmentally responsible.

Ping Tan – a finance major who plans to pursue a Ph.D. upon completing her MBA. She has a perfect 4.0 GPA in her coursework so far.

Denise Pope – a newly admitted MBA student who is pursuing her degree via our distance program. She plans to become a C.P.A. upon completing her MBA.

Nariman Tulepkaliev – a native of Kazakhstan who will graduate this spring with an emphasis in finance.

Christopher Sayler – a finance and international business major who plans to use the skills he learns in his MBA to launch socially responsible businesses that alleviate poverty in Burundi, Africa and elsewhere.

Congrats! (Posted 2009-07-14)

Voted Best Colorado Business School by CSBJ!

Readers of The Colorado Springs Business Journal have voted the College of Business and Administration and the Graduate School of Business Administration at UCCS "Best of" in several categories.



These include:



Best Colorado Business School

Best Colorado MBA

Best Colorado Online degree



You may attend the awards ceremony at the Garden of the Gods club, July 15th, from 3:30pm to 5:30pm. Please contact cobdean@uccs.edu for additional information. (Posted 2009-07-13)

June 2009 MBA Newsletter released

Head on over to the MBA newsletter archives to learn more about what's new with our Master's program! (Posted 2009-06-24)

New job opening in the SBDC

To see full listing and apply online, please visit ww.jobsatcu.com
Reference Job Posting Number: 807255

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, College of Business is seeking applicants for the position of Assistant to the Director, Small Business Development Center. Examples of Work Performed:

I. Management and Administration
-Coordinates with the Center Director the design, development, implementation and execution of all training activities of the Center.
-Organizes weekly workshops. Prepares daily deposits of cash, checks and credit card payments and delivers these to the Bursar's office for deposit into the appropriate account.
- Calculates instructor's compensation based on agreement and authorizes payment.
-Writes Nx Level preliminary and final grant reports along with documentation of expenses.
- Maintains accurate records of clients on both training and counseling activities.
- In coordination with the Director, authorized to purchase supplies and equipment for SBDC operations.
-Authorized to pay monthly bills by either A-Card or through the Peoplesoft System using either a purchase order or payment voucher. Determines the proper account and reallocates to appropriate speed type and expense account.
- Assists the director with travel preparations and reimbursement of travel expenditures.
- Tracks SBDC expenditures using Excel spreadsheets and PeopleSoft financial statements.
- Writes SBDC quarterly narrative report for the Lead Center.
- Special projects, as assigned (i.e. participation in ASBDC annual conference, development of new initiatives, etc.)
- Develops and maintains the SBDC business resource center including industry books and free brochures. Oversees library check out and return system. Procures business books by solicitation from individuals, library, bookstores and national publishers. (Posted 2009-06-03)

Dr's Miller and McAllister win JL Award

Dr. Paul Miller and Dr. Brian McAllister's article, “A New Day for Business Combinations,” which ran in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Accountancy, is one of the winners of their 2008 literary award.



The award, established in honor of John Lawler, former Journal editor and AICPA senior vice-president, consists of a $500 cash prize and an award. It recognizes the author(s) of the best article published in the Journal during the twelve months ending with the December issue, as determined by the magazine’s editorial advisers. (Posted 2009-05-26)

Congratulations to all our Spring Graduates!

CongratulationsSpring Grads! To view a F.A.Q., map and more, please visit the Spring 2009 Commencement website. (Posted 2009-05-20)

New Principles adopted at College of Business

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Responding to the global call for business schools and academic associations to advance corporate social responsibility worldwide, the College of Business and Administration at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has committed to adhere to the Principles for Responsible Management Education.

The Principles for Responsible Management Education provide a framework for academic institutions to advance the broader cause of corporate social responsibility and incorporate universal values into curricula and research. As a framework, the PRME are meant to guide a school’s effort to continuously improve curricula and research with regard to issues of corporate citizenship and sustainability. The PRME are not a substitute for existing accreditation and quality assurance systems, although some accrediting institutions value the principles. The UCCS College of Business is accredited the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, which accredits the world’s top business schools and was one of the eight organizations on the PRME steering committee.

“The Principles for Responsible Management Education aligns with the UCCS College of Business vision, mission, and values that include ethics, integrity, preparing students for careers, and stakeholder dialogue,” Venkat Reddy, dean, said. “Our participation in PRME recognizes the college’s ongoing commitment to include responsible management in its curriculum and conduct relevant research in corporate social responsibility and sustainability.”

Tracy Gonzalez-Padron, assistant professor, Business, was one of more than 260 academic leaders, as well as representatives of business, civil society and the United Nations, who gathered at UN Headquarters in New York in December for the First Global Forum for Responsible Management Education.

“One example of how these principles fit into our current undergraduate and MBA programs is student projects for nonprofit organizations, projects relating to sustainability, and social audits of local organizations,” Gonzalez-Padron said. “Students come away with practical knowledge and a greater awareness of the impact of responsible and sustainable business practices.”

"Sustainable business practices will be a foundation of successful enterprises going forward,” Tom Arata, a vice president of St. Paul, Minn.-based Ecolab and 1987 UCCS graduate, said. “Business school graduates with solid grounding in this area will be well-positioned not only for employment, but for leadership roles as well." (Posted 2009-05-12)

College of Business honors local entrepreneur

An entrepreneur who studied at UCCS when the campus was located in a fraternity house on the Colorado College campus was honored this week for his lifetime contributions to business in the community.

Gary Loo, president and CEO, High Valley Land Company, and chairman of the High Valley Group, received the first Lifetime Entrepreneurship Award from the College of Business. Loo previously served as president of Current, Inc., a business started in his parents’ home in the 1950s.

In accepting the award, Loo humbly thanked the members of the College of Business faculty who consulted with Current over the years and taught many Current employees who helped him run the company.

“We had a lot of help from people like Dan Couger, Chuck Hinkle and Bob Knapp,” Loo said. “I am appreciative of them and for this honor.”

Loo talked briefly about growing up in a culture of entrepreneurship as his parents began small businesses in their home and his brief enrollment at CU extension courses taught on the Colorado College campus, the roots of UCCS. He later graduated from the University of Northern Colorado and joined the family businesses, Looart and Current. Those companies merged to become a force in the mail order delivery of greeting cards, stationery, gift wrap and related products. The company sold in 1986.

Venkat Reddy, dean, lauded the example Loo set for UCCS College of Business students. “Individuals like Gary Loo are not only a true inspiration to budding entrepreneurs but also have a tremendous impact on our students as they venture into the business world.”

Steve Bach, a 1968 UCCS alum, former Current employee and entrepreneur, lauded Loo’s leadership as did Becky Medved, a former Current employee and chair of the College of Business Alumni leadership team. But it was former trucking company magnate and Colorado Rockies owner Jerry McMorris who summarized Loo.

“You’ve had the best example of entrepreneurship there is for a lot of years in Colorado Springs,” McMorris said. “The Loo family.”

McMorris, the keynote speaker for the event, went on to summarize his own business success which began as a CU Boulder student when he purchased a trucking company for $7,500. Tracing the progress from three trucks to 13,000, McMorris cited what he believes are the qualities of entrepreneurship: lots of energy and a stomach for risk-taking. Others were a surprise including an admonition to be optimistic.

“Don’t get buried with the negative,” McMorris said. “That will come soon enough.”

He also encouraged the more than 100 local leaders to “surround yourself with the best possible people,” advice initially directed at hiring legal and finance experts but later extending to life partners. He credited his wife, Mary, for much of his success.

“She devoted her life to me and to our children,” McMorris said. “What more could I ask.”

Nearly 150 business, education, and community leaders attended the sold-out award luncheon at The Club at Flying Horse, giving Loo a standing ovation in appreciation for his years of leadership in business and philanthropy. (Posted 2009-05-12)

Dr. Al Davis named new Executive MBA Chair

From Dean Venkat Reddy,

"Folks:

I am pleased to announce that Professor Al Davis is appointed as the next Executive MBA Academic Chair. Al's tenure in the position of EMBA Academic Chair starts on July 1, 2009. This position rotates among the three campuses – Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs. The next rotation happens two years from now to the Boulder campus."

Congratulations Al! (Posted 2009-04-27)

Dr. Paul Miller in Business Week

Improving transparency and accuracy of financial info could help rebuild shattered investor confidence, say financial experts. Here's what they think should be done



On Nov. 15, finance ministers from the 20 wealthiest countries are scheduled to convene in Washington, D.C., to discuss what could amount to a comprehensive overhaul of the global financial system. The alarming speed with which the credit crisis has spread from toxic mortgage-backed assets in the U.S. to banks as far afield as Iceland, Russia, and Korea certainly calls for a radical rethinking of how these markets are set up and regulated.



How far-reaching such a structural makeover turns out to be is anyone's guess, but one issue that demands attention sooner rather than later: strengthening the rules that govern how publicly traded companies report financial information. Strictly speaking, the financial crisis erupted from risky investments that have tainted the balance sheets mainly of banks and other financial institutions. But the crisis of confidence, some believe, is pervasive and extends to confusing accounting practices applied by a much broader universe of companies. Investor confidence in the markets hangs in the balance until financial transparency and disclosure are significantly improved.



Direct Link (Posted 2009-03-18)

Congratulations to Dr. Gary Klein!

Our very own Dr. Gary Klein is recognized as THE most prolific author in Information Systems research in the world. The year before he was tied for the top position. See page 44 of the linked article for the list.



Article: Analyzing IS research productivity: an inclusive approach to global IS scholarship (Posted 2009-03-18)

Spotlight on Dr. Don Gardner

As we continue to celebrate our college's accomplishments, please check out the spotlight on Professor Don Gardner in the Library Spotlight archive section. They are rotating through several faculty, so scroll down if you don't see him right away.

Congratulations Don! (Posted 2009-03-18)

Congratulations to Instructor Allan Roth!

Longtime Instructor of the College of Business and Financial guru, Allan Roth recently published a personal investement book titled, "How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street: Golden Rules Any Investor Can Learn".

Congratulations go out to Allan! (Posted 2009-03-18)

Distinguished Speakers Program - Japan

A team of three distinguished experts on United States and Japanese economy will be in Colorado Springs to make a presentation on “The Challenges and Opportunities for the US-Japan Relationship in the Midst of the Changing Political and Economic Environment” in Colorado College’s Bemis Great Hall beginning at 6:30 P.M. on Wednesday, April 22. The event is funded by the National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) and is sponsored by the Japan-America Society of Southern Colorado and Colorado College’s German/Russian/ East Asian Languages Department.



The team of three speakers include the following US-Japan business and economic leaders:



Hayashi Hajime, currently Minister of Economic Affairs at the Japanese Embassy in the United States, now serving for bilateral cooperation between Japan and the U.S. in economics, trade, environment and development assistance policies.

Edward J. Lincoln, Director of the Center for Japan- U.S. Business and Economics Studies and Clinical Professor of Economics at New York University

Stern School of Business; served a Special Economic Advisor to former Vice President Walter Mondale while he was Ambassador to Japan.

William R. Farrell, Chairman of Dynamic Strategies Asia, a consultancy focused on influencing developments and decision makers in Japan; former Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan; current Chairman of NAJAS.

The presentation is free and open to the public. A reception in Bemis Great Hall is planned to begin at 6:30 P.M. followed by the presentation beginning at 7:15 P.M. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. Bemis Hall is located on the west side of Cascade Avenue in the middle of the Colorado College campus. Inquiries concerning the event may be addressed to pmaruyama at earthlink dot net. (Posted 2009-03-18)

College of Business Scholarships

The College of Business has over $38,000 in scholarships to award for the 2009-2010 Academic Year

All scholarships applications are due March 1, 2009

All application materials and criteria are posted on the Financial Aid website. (Posted 2009-02-03)

First annual Lifetime Entrepreneurship Award

The College of Business will hold it's first 'Lifetime Entrepreneurship Award' event to honor a local entrepreneur at the end of April, details are still being worked out. The goal of this event is two-fold, one is to continue to build the profile of the College of Business and at the same time to raise funds to support alumni office and activities.

Our alumni fundraising team consisting of Steve Bach, Becky Medved, Danny Mientka, Jane Hammoud, Jana Hyde and Venkat Reddy, worked hard last Fall to plan for this event. Through their visits with potential sponsors, they learned that, even in these uncertain economic times, the business community remains supportive of the College of Business and our alumni. We have already secured $25,000 in Founding Partner sponsorships and sold 10 tables (at $1,250 each). The founding partners are: American National Bank, Nunn Construction, Classic Homes, Stockman, Kast, Ryan LLP and Penrose St. Francis.

In 2009, we are pleased to honor Gary Loo, who took Current, Inc. from a family business to a national success story. This event, to be held in April, will be the primary fundraising effort of the Alumni Association, and will help provide a majority of the budget for the office and programs.

You should be proud that the reputation of the College of Business remains strong, and that our local business people want to remain connected to us. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in these important effort.

Best Regards,

Venkat (Posted 2009-01-15)

Phone Prefix change (All about the 255)

Effective tomorrow; January 1st 2009 all campus prefixes will be 255. The campus switchboard will also be changed to 255-8227 (ALL-UCCS). Some of the conversion process will begin late on the afternoon of 12/31/08, if you notice any problems please contact Telecommunications at x3216 or x7580. There will be an announcement on all 262 #’s informing callers of the new prefix and instructing them to hang up and dial the new number. Thank you! (Posted 2008-12-31)

Academic partner status with USOC

The College of Business has entered into a written agreement with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) which designates our Sport Management program as an academic partner. This agreement signifies a working partnership where our students will engage in field experiences and/or formal internships with the USOC and allows us to use within a set of parameters both the USA 5-Ring Olympic logo and the Olympic University logo. As part of our working relationship with the USOC the sport management area developed a track within the program for USOC resident athletes that is tailored to their competitive schedules. (Posted 2008-11-06)

Graduate School Open House

Open House details:

November 13th, 2008
5:30 - 7:30pm
University Center, #303

Plpease RSVP to Jackie Francis by Novermber 6th at 262.3072 or via email at gradinfo@uccs.edu (Posted 2008-10-28)

UCCS student brings home Olympic bronze

Source - https://www.cu.edu/sgrecord/

ALUM GETS SILVER IN RIFLE CONTEST; 7 UCB ATHELETES ALSO COMPETE

September 4, 2008

Ron Fitz
Silver & Gold Record reporter

"I'm going to get on your wall," Adam Wheeler told his longtime coach Steve Fraser last month, just before stepping out to compete in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

He was referring to the coach's collection of photos honoring Olympic and other medalists at USA Wrestling headquarters in Colorado Springs.

Wheeler's bronze medal certainly entitles the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs graduate student to a place on Fraser's wall.

Wheeler is one of a dozen Beijing Olympians who have attended or are currently attending classes at UCCS. He and UCCS alumnus Matt Emmons returned home with medals, according to a UCCS news release.

Wheeler, 27, is enrolled in the School of Public Affairs, studying criminal justice and psychology in pursuit of his master's degree in public administration.

A recruit of the Colorado Springs Police Department, he earned the bronze medal, his first, in the 96-kilogram class of Greco-Roman wrestling. A native of Lancaster, Calif., Wheeler spent five years in the U.S. Coast Guard and is a trainer for 24-Hour Fitness.

Emmons, 27, a 2006 UCCS graduate who earned a master of business administration degree, won the silver medal in the men's 50-meter prone rifle competition. The New Jersey native participated in the 2004 Olympics and earned a gold medal. He now calls Colorado Springs home.

"Colorado Springs and its research university are honored to be represented in world-class competition," UCCS Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak said in the release. "I congratulate Matt and Adam, as well as their teammates, for their efforts."

The state of Colorado offers in-state tuition rates to Olympic athletes who train in Colorado Springs.

UCCS students who were members of the U.S. Olympic team in 2008 include Jaime Beyerle of Lebanon, Pa., for shooting; Casey Burgener of Bonsall, Calif., for weightlifting; Clarissa Chun of Kapolei, Hawaii, for wrestling; David Durante of Garwood, N.J., for gymnastics; Carissa Gump of Essex Junction, Vt., for weightlifting; Jeffrey Holguin of Yorba Linda, Calif., for shooting; Ryan Reser of Denver, for judo; Taylor Takata of Wahiawa, Hawaii, for judo; Marcie Van Dusen of Lake Arrowhead, Calif., for wrestling; and Natalie Woolfolk of Buffalo, Okla., for weightlifting.

According to a CU-Boulder news release, there were at least seven athletes with ties to UCB who also participated in the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

The athletes from CU-Boulder included assistant track and field coach Casey Malone, for discus.

There were also several UCB students and alumni: senior Jenny Barringer, for the 3,000-meter steeplechase; alumna Kara Goucher, for the 5,000- and 10,000-meter race; alumnus Dathan Ritzenhein, for the marathon; alumnus Billy Nelson, for the 3,000-meter steeplechase; alumnus Jorge Torres, for the 10,000-meter race; and Aija Putnina, a former member of the UCB women's basketball team, who was playing on Latvia's basketball team.

Contact Ron Fitz at rfitz@uccs.edu. (Posted 2008-10-21)

COB student crowned Miss Colorado

Full article - http://www.tftj.com/News/Scoop.htm?sid=772



Patrice Williams Wins Miss Colorado USA 2009



October 12, 2008



The Miss Colorado USA pageant took place October 12, 2008 at the Roberta Price Auditorium at Thompson Valley High School in Loveland, Colorado. The reigning Miss Colorado USA 2008 Beckie Hughes was on hand to crown her successor.



The new Miss Colorado USA 2009 is Patrice Williams, 21, of Colorado Springs, Co. This was her first attempt at the title.



The first runner up was Krystal Spurr (1st RU '06 & '07 CO-MAO, T 15 '05, CO Teen USA '01); second runner up was Brooke Lauren (1st RU '08); third runner up was Erika Rantzve (new); and fourth runner up was Christina Rumfelt (T15 FL USA 08, 3RU CO USA 07, 2RU CO USA 06, T10 FL TUSA 00).



The remaining semifinalists were: Jennifer Feit (4RU 08, T11 06, SF CO TUSA 04, NF CO TUSA 03); Blair Griffith (3RU 08, CO TUSA 06); Lindsay Halligan (T15 CO TUSA 07, 4RU CO TUSA 06); Kimberly McGee; Brittany Phelps; Savannah Scott; Stephanye Townsend (T15 08); Valerie Valdez; Morgan Weaver (T15 08, T15 07); and Kerjan Wiehe. (Posted 2008-10-20)

Sport Management program hits a home run

Link to full article - http://www.uccs.edu/~ur/2006/view_article_mediawatch.php?y=mediawatch_articles&article_id=21781

Sports education knocks career opportunities out of the park
Brandon Walker, left, and Katie Witte, right, plan to make sports management a career. Eric Olson, back left, and Glenn Steimling oversee UCCS’s business/sports management program.


Becky
Hurley October 17, 2008
So maybe you weren’t one of the 700 professional athletes picked for the NBA, the NFL or the NHL this year. No worries.

There are other ways to build a career in sports with fewer injuries and tough breaks than Jay Cutler’s or Wayne Gretsky’s.

Imagine, instead, a bachelor’s degree in sports management that comes not from a health science, kinesiology or athletic training school, but from a college of business.

In the United States, sports jobs include more than 3,000 different categories, according to Glenn Steimling, assistant director of the sport management undergraduate program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, College of Business and Administration.

“There are careers today that didn’t even exist 15 years ago,” he said, adding that college training wasn’t offered prior to the late 1950s when Walter O’Malley of the Brooklyn Dodgers helped initiate a sports field of study at Ohio University.

Since the 1980s, the explosion in professional and amateur sports, fueled by television coverage, has fanned unprecedented growth.

Sports-related degree programs became hot properties, requiring a new curriculum and spawning the creation of groups like the North American Society for Sport Management and the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.

No longer was it enough for team managers or front office staff to be run by retired athletes alone. And it was good for struggling college enrollments, attracting thousands of new students. Today, as many as 229 colleges and universities throughout the United States promote some level of sport education.

A review of job postings for Oct. 9 on the North American Society for Sport Management Web site listed more than 90 internship and full-time employment opportunities.

Postings ranged from a Staples Center event services intern in Los Angeles to a contract video producer and editor for the New York Dragons to a box office supervisor for the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach.

The Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill., needed a director of business development — and the Minnesota Vikings are looking for a sports turf intern. Closer to home, USA Rugby in Boulder advertised for an event coordinator.

From horse track receptionists to clubhouse managers to sports medicine gigs, the burgeoning field of sport management has been under-represented in Colorado.

Until UCCS joined the mix, only two sports-related programs were available.

Mesa State College in Grand Junction offered bachelor’s degrees in kinesiology, exercise science and athletic training, and the University of Northern Colorado offered undergraduate degrees physical education and athletic training and graduate degrees in sport management.

Steimling said that students who graduate from the UCCS program not only receive a business education, but also have access to U.S. Olympic Committee and national governing body internships.

“We’re now one of the USOC’s top 10 universities for its athletes,” he said, adding that several Olympians, including speed skater Anton Ohno, have studied at UCCS.

So far the university’s business-combined-with-sports formula appears to be hitting the target. Its first sports management class opened last month to 67 new and transfer students.

“We’ll accept up to 43 new freshmen annually,” Steimling said. “And they’ll get to intern with many of the 27 national governing bodies and with the Air Force Academy — something almost no one in programs elsewhere gets to do at an entry level.

So far this semester, interns have hit the ground running at the U.S. Senior Open, USAFA football games and a USA Judo national championship match.

“As one of the premier sports communities in the U.S., it is only logical that Colorado Springs should have a local institution of higher learning that offers such a program,” said USA Taekwondo chief executive officer, Dave Askinas. “There should be great synergies between them and the USOC and NGBs.”

And, in an increasingly competitive environment for jobs in the athletic arena, that on-the-job training with Olympic organizations will give graduates a leg up, Steimling said.

“We’re working with Mark Felix, helping with Wasson High School’s events marketing and sponsorship — and at the U.S. Figure Skating,” he said. “Unlike graduates at other schools that focus on athletic training and sports medicine or P.E., our students have a business skeleton behind them, they have an edge. Of course, most end up in entry level positions — and not as the Denver Bronco’s general manager.”

Katie Heinsohn and Shalane Sais are internal transfer students. Heinsohn hopes to get a job in event marketing, while Sais would like to translate athletic and dance team skills into an eventual career.

Basketball athletes Brandon and Brennen Walker also joined the program as transfer students. While he enjoys athletics, Brandon Walker is focused on business. He’s studying management information systems and Web design in order to ensure plenty of job options — on and off the field.

Katie Witte decided to transfer from a professional golf management major — also offered by UCCS — into the broader field of sport management.

“I’ve played basketball, golf and soccer — I’m a generalist, a jack-of-all-trades,” she said. “The relationship with the USOC and the Olympic Training Center was a big draw for me.”

Likewise, Jerod Mergl, a hockey player and all-conference high school football player, wants to keep his options open for a while.

“I was psyched to be accepted as a freshman — and like anything related to sports so I want to try a little of everything,” he said.

While some in the sports industry see limitations to how many jobs really exist, others are more optimistic.

In a July 10 post on Bloomberg.com, Brian Kladko raised a concern that too many schools were turning out students with inflated expectations of the sport management job market.

“College students who want to emulate Scott Boras, the agent for baseball’s Alex Rodriguez, may discover that finding a job in sports management is more competitive than the games themselves,” he wrote, adding that U.S. colleges are increasingly offering sports administration degrees, flooding a field in which growth is limited.

But Dave Ogrean, executive director for USA Hockey, disagrees.

“I don’t think it’s saturated,” he said. “Sports 20 years ago is very different from sports today. Now it’s a multi-billion dollar a year business — and the number of jobs is huge.”

However, he also said that some students might have exaggerated ideas of what sports jobs really are.

“I’ve spoke to a group of students and their parents a few weeks ago,” Ogrean said. “and reminded them that there will be intense competition, that they will have to be better than other interns and graduates because there are always a lot of applicants for every job.”

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A chance to read in the footsteps of success

Publication: The Colorado Springs Gazette; Date:2008 Oct 15; Section:Metro; Page Number: 19

UCCS
A chance to read in footsteps of success
Journal subscriptions donated by CU alumnus
by Debbie Kelley
The Gazette

The Wall Street Journal came into Jerry McMorris’ life in the late 1950s when he was a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He pored over the newspaper every day, and now the former Colorado Rockies owner credits part of his success in business to insights he gleaned from the respected financial publication.

This semester, business students at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are getting the chance to read in his footsteps. McMorris, a farm and ranch owner from Timnath in northern Colorado, donated 200 Wall Street Journal subscriptions to the UCCS College of Business and online subscription privileges for 1,100 undergraduate students and MBA candidates.

“I found the Journal gave me a good, broad perspective of what was going on in the business world, and I got into the habit of reading it at the beginning of my business day,” McMorris
said. “It helps get across to students real business-world ssues.”
After a conversation with a dean at CU-Boulder, McMorris offered a $40,000 donation three years ago to start the subscription program at the university’s business college. With both campuses involved this year, McMorris’ annual commitment to the program is $75,000.

It’s money well-spent, said McMorris, who was a college sophomore when he bought a small trucking business that grew into one of the largest trucking companies in North America.
“The university has meant a lot to me and my family, and we’re pleased and fortunate to be able to help the Boulder and Colorado Springs campuses.”

With a mountain of business-related headlines topping the news, the paper enables students to stay current with the latest happenings and discuss business theory and practice in the classroom, said Venkat Reddy, dean of the UCCS College of Business. Assistant professor Tracy Gonzalez-Padron uses The Wall Street Journal in an undergraduate marketing strategy class and a graduate-level course, Business, Government and Society. It brings immediate relevancy to curriculum, she said.
“We’ve talked about companies targeting value consumers and how the positioning of branding is changing with the economy,” Gonzalez-Padron said. “Students also have been able to apply theoretical concepts about ethical behaviors to current events.”

Gonzalez-Padron asks students to debate issues in articles on the class electronic discussion board, which everyone can participate in because of access to the paper. “I’ve been very impressed — I see students walking around reading it or in class. Just having it available on campus makes it more accessible and generates more interest.

MBA student Simbirai Madzudzo said he likes how breaking news in corporate America relates to case studies in his marketing and operations management classes. “When I compare the news to the cases, I can see the likely direction the company will take,” he said. “Reading The Wall Street Journal helps me in my vision to improve my life and that of others.” (Posted 2008-10-15)

New Program Exec for Bachelor of Innovation™

The BI Program Executive role is a new one at UCCS and stems from the robust growth being experienced in the Bachelor of Innovation™ program. Key responsibilities include:



* Ensure the quality of the program and its delivery to the students.

* Ensure that the requirements set forth by the BI Program committee and co-directors, as well as the program accrediting bodies ABET and AACSB, are being incorporated and monitored.

* Coordinate program curriculum with BI Academic Advisors and BI Faculty Co-directors.

* Develop and instruct BI classes.

* Promote the value of the BI program on and off campus.



Nina is uniquely qualified to take on this role. She has most recently worked at Agilent Technologies as the Business HR Manager for a global business unit, responsible for driving cross-functional and cross-organizational collaboration across 2000 people in 25 countries. Prior to joining Agilent, Nina was a visiting associate professor in the College of Business at the UCCS, with a reputation for being able to show students how conceptual information relates to actual business experience, across 16 different courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. She also was involved in the startup phase of the distance MBA in the College. Prior industry experience in high tech companies and small businesses plus consulting in leadership and organization development round out Nina’s extensive experience. Nina holds a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering, an M.B.A. in Information Systems, and a Ph.D. in Strategy, Organization, and Management (with emphasis in Organizational Change and Development).



Nina’s first day was Monday, October 13th. Please welcome her back to campus and wish her well in this new role! (Posted 2008-10-14)

Business Students benefit from philantrophy

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- When businessman and former Colorado Rockies owner Jerry McMorris was a young man, he spent a part of each morning speed-reading The Wall Street Journal.



He credits part of his business success to the broad financial picture he developed from gleaning the pages of the financial paper. Now, he’s offering that same chance at success to business students at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.



This fall, thanks to a grant from McMorris, the Wall Street Journal delivers 200 copies of the paper daily to Dwire Hall and gives 1,100 MBA and undergraduate business students access to subscriber-only online content. The pilot program is similar to one he began at CU-Boulder several years ago. Professors in the college are using the paper to enhance discussions in their classes, and students are finding the headlines have more meaning when they understand the concepts at play.



Tracy Gonzalez-Padron, assistant professor, Business, uses The Wall Street Journal in her graduate-level business, government and society course.



“I’m very happy to have it,” she said. “Especially with the current business headlines, it brings immediate relevancy to what we’re covering in class.”



Gonzalez-Padron asks her students to select an article that reflects class topic and start a discussion on the class’s electronic discussion board.



“This sort of interaction is possible because every student has access to the paper and its online content,” she said.



“This gift from Mr. McMorris will go a long way in pursuing our vision of building successful futures for our students,” said Venkat Reddy, dean, College of Business. “The Wall Street Journal gives our students an opportunity to stay current with the latest happenings in the business world and discuss these issues in the classroom with faculty and fellow students, thereby tying theory and practice.”



Students already recognize the value of the program.



“Please pass on to Mr. McMorris my sincere gratitude,” wrote Michael Britt, a distance MBA student, shortly after receiving an email alerting him of the gift. Britt, who lives in Virginia, is specializing in project management and finance.



The College of Business has more than 1,100 undergraduates and 450 MBA and Distance MBA students. The college is accredited by AACSB International, an organization that accredits less than 15 percent of business schools worldwide.



UCCS, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in northeast Colorado Springs, is the fastest growing university in Colorado, and one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The University offers 30 bachelor’s degrees, 18 masters’, and four doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls about 8,000 students annually. (Posted 2008-09-29)

Look who's in the Million Dollar Club!

Look who's in the Million Dollar Club

Faculty and staff actively engaged in campus research were recognized for their contributions at the 4th Annual UCCS Celebration of Research and Scholarship Thursday in the Lodge. In particular, 12 faculty members who have raised more than a million dollars in sponsored research were inducted into the “Million Dollar Club.”

“The work these individual produce continues to advance our university. It also creates an infrastructure that supports a variety of future research endeavors,” said Michael Larson, associate vice chancellor for research and innovation.

The 2008 Million Dollar Club Charter Inductees Include:

* Bill Ayen, senior instructor, Business
* Terrance Boult, El Pomar Chair of Innovation and Security
* Zbigniew Celinski, professor, Physics
* Bob Camley, professor, Physics
* Lindy Crawford, assistant professor, Education
* Bob Durham, associate professor, Psychology
* Jugal Kalita, professor, Engineering
* T.S. Kalkur, professor, Engineering
* Kelli Klebe, professor, Psychology
* Michael Larson, associate vice chancellor for research and innovation
* Karen Newell, Markert Professor, Biology
* Tom Pyszczynski, professor, Psychology

Original Article - http://www.uccs.edu/~ur/communique/2008/09/19/milliondollarclub.html (Posted 2008-09-25)

Dr.'s O.C. and Linda Ferrell to visit the COB

Great news for the College of Business! Dr. O.C. Ferrell is a Professor of Marketing and Creative Enterprise Scholar at the University of New Mexico. In 2005-2006 he was the first Bill Daniels Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Wyoming and in charge of a state-wide business ethics initiative. He is also editor of www.e-businessethics.com and has developed a business ethics certificate program through the University of New Mexico's Management evelopment Center. His academic research focuses on ethical decision making, stakeholder relationships and social responsibility.





He is past president of the Academic Council of the American Marketing Association and chaired the American Marketing Association Ethics Committee twice. Under his leadership, the committee developed the AMA Code of Ethics and the AMA Code of Ethics for Marketing on the Internet. He is a Society for Marketing Advances Fellow and a member of the Board


of Governors for the Academy of Marketing Science. (Posted 2008-09-16)

UCCS lauded as top rated University

The undergraduate engineering program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is among the best in the nation and the entire university is among the best public universities in the Western United States, according to the editors of U.S. News and World Report.

In the 2009 college rankings edition, "America's Best Colleges," to be released Aug. 25, the magazine's editors ranked the UCCS undergraduate engineering program tenth in the nation among public engineering schools offering bachelor's or master's degrees. The magazine's editors ranked the overall quality of UCCS sixth among public master's degree-granting Western universities.

For the past several years, UCCS ranked in the top tier of all public and private master's universities in the West. Master's universities provide a full range of undergraduate and master's degree programs.

The undergraduate engineering program at UCCS was ranked in the same category as U.S. military academies. Other top engineering programs at public universities offering bachelor's or master's degrees were California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, California State University Polytechnic-Pomona, Rowan University, San Jose State University, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Virginia Military Institute, and UCCS.

The top public Western universities granting master's degrees were California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo, New Mexico Institute of Technology, Western Washington University, California State University-Long Beach, Evergreen State College, Arizona State University-West, California State University Polytechnic University-Pomona, and UCCS.

In ranking more than 1,400 colleges and universities, U.S. News relies on quantitative measures that education experts have proposed as reliable indicators of academic quality. Among the measures are student retention rates, graduation rates and class size.

"On behalf of all UCCS faculty and staff, I am pleased the high-quality of UCCS was recognized from a non-partisan and objective point of view," Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak said. "Rankings demonstrate the commitment of this university to providing affordable, accessible education opportunities for the southern Colorado region."

A round up of rankings of other CU System universities is available at https://www.cu.edu/. The complete rankings are available at www.usnews.com.
UCCS, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in northeast Colorado Springs, is the fastest growing university in Colorado, and one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The University offers 29 bachelor's degrees, 18 masters', and four doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls about 7,700 students annually. (Posted 2008-08-25)

Alumni Networking at the ballpark!

Alumni Networking at the ballpark!

DATE: Thursday, August 28, 2008

TIME: Game begins at 6:05 p.m.

LOCATION: Security Service Field, 4385 Tutt Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80922

Bring your family and come root for the Sky Sox as they take on the Tuscon Sidewinders! We have 150 free tickets for the College of Business Alumni section.

Get your free tickets!

Contact Jana Hyde with your name, class year, mailing address, phone number, email address, and number of tickets requested. (jhyde@uccs.edu or 719-262-3755)

So that as many people as possible may participate, tickets are intended for an alumnus and a guest or an alumnus and his/her immediate family. Tickets are available until they are depleted or until August 21, whichever comes first. Parking and concessions are not included with the ticket. (Posted 2008-07-29)

Photos - Presidential Candidate Obama at UCCS

View the photo gallery.

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., visited UCCS Wednesday as part of his bid for the presidency of the United States.

In an invitation-only event at the University Center Gymnasium, Obama talked about his personal background and values and encouraged the audience to help him redefine service to the country. An estimated 400 people attended the event that began shortly after 11 a.m. and concluded shortly after noon.

“In America, each of us is free to seek our own dreams,” Obama said. “But we must serve a higher calling, our country.”

While complimentary of men and women in the armed forces, Obama called for an expansion of all Americans to answer a call to serve the country. He talked about expanding such programs as Americorps, the Peace Corps, foreign diplomatic service and creating what he termed a “civilian national security force.”

Using references to John F. Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt and quoting Martin Luther King Jr., Obama talked about the joining of forces – government, private sector and academia – to create a social investment network that would spur innovation in the non-profit sector of the economy.

“I ask that you stand up and plant your foot firmly in history.”

Obama’s visit was unsolicited by the university. The Obama campaign rented the University Center Gymnasium and reimbursed the university for time employees spent assisting in set up. (Posted 2008-07-09)

COB honored by the CSBJ

the 2008 Best of voting recently closed with over 43,000 votes (survey done by the CSBJ) and UCCS was voted the Best Colorado School for an MBA, the Best Colorado Business School and runner up for the Best Colorado School for an Online Degree. The Best of Party will be held in Dwire Hall on Thursday, July 24th.

Register for the event over at the CSBJ (Posted 2008-06-05)

COB students place 2nd at D.O.D. Competition

Jeff Frausher, Lindsey Meyer, Jenna Daurio, and Shell Herbst)placed second in the EdVenture Partners Department of Defense National Case Competition. Yesterday they were among three finalists to present at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. A special thanks goes to Glenn Steimling for accompanying the students to Washington in place of Dr. Andrew Czaplewski.

These students topped a very good field of schools including the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Drexel University.

The students put together an integrated marketing communications campaign plan for the DoD to recruit "heritage speakers" (graduating college students with fluency in specific languages).

These students will be recognized personally at the 2008 College of Business Student Awards Ceremony being held in late May. P join us in congratulating them. (Posted 2008-05-19)

SHRM wins Merit Award for Student HR Group

Recently we were informed that our UCCS student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) received an annual merit award from the national SHRM office. The merit award is given to those chapters who are actively involved in a variety of professional HR activities on campus and in the community. Among the students who are leaders of our SHRM chapter this past were Heather Jungst, Vicky Earl, Debbie Strauch, April Archuleta, and Roseann Valdez-Anderson. Special thanks also to my faculty co-advisor, Don Gardner. Please join me in congratulating these students. (Posted 2008-05-19)

Dr. Miller wins prestigious Lybrand award.

THE LYBRAND AWARDS



The Lybrad Awards have been established to honor the thirty-one years of service of William A. Lybrand to the Institute. Awards of medals and certificates are made to the members of the Institute who make outstanding contributions to the literature of industrial accounting during the year.



Dr. Miller's paper was chosen as the leadning document out of 150 submissions from across the nation. Congratulations go to Paul! (Posted 2008-05-12)

College of Business receives EDC award

The Colorado Springs Economic Development Corporation awarded its 2007 Community Enhancement Award to the UCCS College of Business this week.

The award recognizes people or organizations that contribute to the economic vitality of the greater Colorado Springs area.

“Under the guidance and leadership of Dean Venkat Reddy, the College of Business has launched several new initiatives to further connect the college to the greater business community,” Mike Kazmierski, president and CEO, Economic Development Corporation, said.

“This award is the result of a team effort,” said Reddy. “Our faculty, staff, alumni and the administration of the university have fully supported these innovative programs. By giving us this award, the community also gives us an obligation to continue improving our college.”

Kazmierski cited Reddy for creating and driving “a vision for the college and its role in enhancing the business climate for employers and in building bright futures for its students.” Kazmierski noted Reddy’s vigorous marketing of the college to the business community, and using successful alumni to drive the mission.

In reaching out to the community, the college has developed programs that respond to market forces and business needs. The Professional Golf Management program, accredited by the Professional Golfer’s Association of America, prepares students for careers in the golf industry.

The growing College of Business Alumni Association is organizing discussions between the faculty and local companies to learn how the college can better prepare graduates for the work force. The results will help shape the curriculum and auxiliary programs offered by the alumni association.

In November, the college’s Distance MBA program will celebrate 10 years of graduates. One of the earliest online MBA degrees available, the program is the oldest online MBA program accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the leading accrediting agency for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting.

In 2006, the College of Business, in partnership with the College of Engineering and Applied Science, launched the multi-disciplinary Bachelor of Innovation degree. The BI is the only degree of its kind in the country with a core curriculum in innovation and entrepreneurship classes offered by both colleges.

This fall, the college will introduce a Sport Management track to meet the needs of the $213 billion sports industry. The program will draw on the faculty of the College of Business, and will also take advantage of the Colorado Springs area’s rich sports culture, including the United States Olympic Committee, the national governing bodies of Olympic sports, and the many professional sports organizations located along the Front Range.

“We are in the business of building successful futures,” Reddy said. “By that, we mean ‘successful futures’ for our students, faculty, staff, alumni, university, and greater community.”

The College of Business graduates more than 350 students each year, with more than half remaining in the Colorado Springs area. More than 3,400 alumni live in the Pikes Peak region.

The College of Business enrolls 1,100 undergraduates and 450 MBA and Distance MBA students. The college is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, an organization that accredits less than 15 percent of business schools worldwide.

-- Jana Hyde (Posted 2008-05-02)

A rising star among us

I am delighted to let you know that Lisanne McNew, Assistant Director of SBDC was recognized last evening at the Colorado Springs Business Journal Rising Stars function as one of the Colorado Springs Rising Stars.

Please join me in congratulating her. Way to go Lisanne! (Posted 2008-04-25)

Dr. Fred Crowley speaks on recession

The nation has already slid into a recession, but the Pikes Peak region has been spared so far because it has continued to add jobs, local economist Fred Crowley said Wednesday.

"Are we in a recession? I'm pretty sure we're in a recession right now," said Crowley, a senior economist with the Southern Colorado Economic Forum at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He spoke to about 75 people during a Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs breakfast meeting. Full Article here (Posted 2008-03-13)

Graduate School of Bus. Admin earns top nod

GetEducated.com is honoring the Graduate School of Business and Administration with a ranking amongst the top 30 "Best Buys" for an MBA program in the states. This national designation indicates that our institution offers a high quality distance MBA to a national audience at an affordable cost.





More than half a million learners visit GetEducated.com each year seeking advice on which of the 168 distance MBAs that are profiled best fit their needs, and UCCS's Graduate School of Business and Administration has been prominently featured for the past several years! (Posted 2008-03-10)

Sport Management Program covered in RMN

The Undergraduate Sport Management Progam at UCCS's College of Business has recently been convered in the Rocky Mountain News "This just in..." section. Check out yesterdays featured article for the full coverage. (Posted 2008-02-29)

Business Students get personal finance lesson

Link to full article at Gazette.com
In an age when more college students have iPods than IRAs, it’s not easy to find a student who cares about retirement income. Unless you’re at the Finance 220 class at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

There you will find 42 students analyzing issues in debt, budgeting, investments, insurance and retirement planning.

The lesson they’re taught: how handling money now will affect the rest of their life.

This semester’s class, taught by local financial planner and CU alum Allan Roth, is the first personal finance offering at UCCS’ College of Business. It was the idea of UCCS professor of finance Tom Zwirlein after thinking his son could have benefited from such a class after making financial mistakes early in his life.

Roth uses a textbook and his experience to bring reallife issues into the class.

Thursday, he decried extended warranties and praised the wonders of compounded interest on savings.

Roth tells students he wants them to think about better ways to use their money, whether it’s by shopping around or creating a diversified portfolio.

“Having a class aimed at helping me understand what’s good and what’s not will really benefit me in the long run,” said student Jacob Rice.

Added student Anton Liashko: “It really helps with knowing that when you are young you do have the know-how and skill to really grasp what’s out there.”

Most of the students agreed that the class should be a requirement instead of an elective.

“If you understand now the how-to for when you do have money, that’s the biggest point that will help you later,” said student Lisa Zueck.

Research may support the students’ belief that studying personal finance in college has the biggest payoff later in life.

A study at Ohio State University found college students who took a personal finance class scored higher in investment knowledge than those who studied it in high school.

The reason, according to study co-author Jonathan Fox of the college’s consumer sciences program, is that lessons are more relevant in college than high school.

“College students may be paying rent, tuition, cell phone bills and dealing with financial aid issues,” Fox said in a statement of his results. “They can see the importance of financial literacy.”

This week, the class studies investments in retirement planning as they prepare for next week’s final exam. Roth expects them all to pass — and leave with even more.

“I hope they walk away with some concepts. I at least want them to be aware of these things and understand the role money has in their lives.”

Contact the writer or send personal finance questions to: dan.serra@gazette.com or Dan Serra, Gazette Business Desk, 30 S. Prospect St., Colorado Springs 80903. (Posted 2007-12-13)

Another successful SCEF this year

This past week saw another successful Souther Colorado Economic Forum take place. It was attended by a number of key leaders in our community, with a total attendace of over 530. Please download an electronic copy of the Forum booklet and of the Presentation Slides.

A number of articles related to the forum appeared in the Gazette.

Dr. Crowley's audio from the forum

Dr. Zwirlein's audio from the forum (Posted 2007-10-15)

New area of emphasis within the College

Starting fall semester 2008, the College of Business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will initiate a new undergraduate major in sport management. This program will build upon the college's highly successful marketing and Professional Golf Management programs. With this new offering in sport management we will now be able to provide an AACSB accredited management education to students with a broad range of sports interests.

Colorado Springs arguably offers the best location in the country to pursue a degree in sport management. Located within our community are the headquarters of US Olympic Committee and its adjoining training facilities, as well as twenty-nine national sport governing bodies including USA Hockey, USA Volleyball, USA Basketball, USA Swimming, USA Wrestling, and US Figure Skating to name just a few. Colorado Springs is also home to the Sports Corporation – host of the State Games of America, the Sky Sox AAA baseball team, the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and Mountain West Conference, National Junior College Athletic Association, as well as major college sports programs including the Air Force Academy, Colorado College, and UCCS's fast rising collegiate athletics program. Located an hour's drive north in Denver are seven highly successful professional teams including the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids, Colorado Rockies, Colorado Mammoth, Colorado Crush and of course the Denver Broncos. And finally, Colorado Springs lies within easy driving distance of the country's best skiing, hiking, fly fishing, rafting, and mountain biking. It is the college's proximity to these organizations that gives us the ability to offer a sport management program like no other in the country. Students in our program will experience multiple internships with these and/or other prominent sports organizations. In addition, our students will have access to managers in these companies during their on-campus class experiences. (Posted 2007-10-09)

11th Annual Southern Colorado Economic Forum

The Southern Colorado Economic Forum brings together local experts from the public, private, and academic sectors to report on our economy. Thought of by many as our region’s economic “State of the Union,” the Forum offers the community an annual snapshot of local economic activity and provides forecasts to help businesses plan for the upcoming year.


This valuable research about where our community has been and where we are headed is made possible through a cooperative effort between UCCS and local business sponsors. This long-standing partnership between the academic and business communities has produced timely, accurate, and objective economic data to guide local businesses for nearly a decade.


When: October 11th 2007, 7:00am - 12:00pm

Where: Antlers Hilton Hotel

Register now! (Posted 2007-09-27)

Dwire Hall covered in the Gazette and CSBJ

Dwire Hall is the object of much fanfare and attention these days. The Colorado Springs Gazette wrote two glowing articles on us. One was under the Business section and the other resides under the Frontpage Headlines. The Colorado Sprigns Business Journal wrote a wonderful pithy piece that featured us as well (Posted 2007-08-21)

Dwire Hall Grand reopening a Grand success!

This return to Dwire Hall brings faculty and staff members back under one roof. Feel free to come back and talk to any of our knowledgable faculty members and courteous staff members about our time apart and how we're all looking forward to the Fall 2007 semester! (Posted 2007-08-17)

Careers with the College of Business

The College of Business is currently accepting resumes for new faculty and staff positions. If you're interested, head over to our Job Opening page. (Posted 2007-08-09)

Business students earn national recognition

The Society for Human Resource Management has recognized the UCCS student chapter with a Superior Merit Award. The competition considered 118 entries from more than 400 student chapters. The award recognizes College of Business student SHRM members for their exceptional ability in operations, the professional development of chapter members, promotion of the profession and support of SHRM.

Dr. John Milliman, Professor of Management and Organization, and Dr. Don Gardner, Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior, lead the local student chapter.

Learn more about our local SHRM chapter by visiting the SHRM student chapter at http://www.uccs.edu/~shrm, or by visiting the main SHRM web site at http://www.shrm.org.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management, representing more than 210,000 individual members. (Posted 2007-05-04)

Trumpfheller honored by University

As a COB alumnus, Sheri Trumpfheller is putting her education to good use, by giving back to the College.

Six and a half years after receiving her MBA from UCCS, Sheri has come full circle, having been tapped by the University as this year's Instructor of the Year. Sheri teaches Principles of Accounting I and II, Intermediate Accounting I and II, and Cost Accounting.

Sheri identifies five factors for her success as an instructor:

• The firm belief that all students can learn all subjects at some level
• The outstanding student body at UCCS
• A willingness to keep learning and trying new things in the classroom
• A willingness and desire to learn from others (students, other teachers, staff, friends, family, everyone!)
• Dedication!

Czaplewski wins "Outstanding Teacher" award

Dr. Andrew Czaplewski, Associate Professor of Marketing and International Business, has been named "Outstanding Teacher" for 2007 by the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Andrew teaches a variety of classes in the areas of Marketing, Advertising, and International Business. He is the founder of and Coordinator for our International Business Seminars program, a Short Term Study Abroad Program in Europe. Since its inception, 55 UCCS students have gone on an international business seminars trip.

Andrew has been teaching at UCCS since 1999 and has twice won the College of Business Outstanding Teaching Award and is this year’s winner of the College of Business Outstanding Distance MBA Teaching Award. He has twice been a finalist for the College of Business Outstanding Faculty Award, which recognizes excellence in all three areas of teaching, research and service.

When asked about the key factors for his success in the classroom, Andrew replied "Overall, it’s empathy. Everything I cover in front of student I first play out in my mind and try to see it as a student would. From a student perspective, I ask 'is this interesting, is it holding my attention, does the way it is being presented help be better understand the concept, and most importantly, so what... Is it apparent why this content is valuable and will help students succeed.' Getting to know students personally is a value we all share. I and my colleagues are vested in our students’ success." (Posted 2007-05-02)

Series of Finance seminars offered freely

Four widely respected speakers will present various engaging topics in four one hour events at the University Center Theater. On February 20, Carlos Frum, founder of Northbrook Computers, INC Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year, and Entrepreneur in Residence at DePaul University, will present "From founding to exit in 14 years."

"Successful Failure" is the title of the speech Steve Baker will present on February 28th. Baker is the founder of Global Group, and is a serial entrepreneur and author.

Karl Dakin will share his experiences in venture capital funding by presenting "Raising Angel Funding and Seed Capital" on April 4th. Dakin is an entrepreneur and start-up specialist.

On April 25, Patrick Bultema will present "Venture Capital". Bultema is a Venture Partner at vSpring Capital.

These presentations are part of the 2007 Entrepreneurial Finance Speaker Series, sponsored by the Colorado Institute for Technology Transfer and Implementation and the Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business Administration.

Parking is available at nominal charge in the visitor section of the UCCS parking garage. Please RSVP to CITTI at citti@uccs.edu. (Posted 2007-03-25)

Business Development director wins award

Matt Barrett, director of the Small Business Development Center hosted by the College of Business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, was recently selected as the 2006 State Star of the Colorado SBDC.

“I am pleased to make this announcement, and to recognize Barrett for extraordinary contributions to small business in Colorado,” said Kelly Manning, state director, Colorado SBDC.

Barrett was recognized for being an exemplary performer, making a significant contribution to the UCCS SBDC program and showing a strong commitment to small business in Colorado Springs.

“It is an honor to accept this award,” said Barrett “and to have the opportunity to help so many people achieve the dream of starting and succeeding in their own business.”

Barrett took lead of the UCCS SBDC in January.

“Matt brings to the SBDC a desire to help accomplish the dreams of current and prospective small business owners in our community by guiding them through the business planning process,” said Venkat Reddy, dean, College of Business and Administration at UCCS.

America’s Small Business Development Center Network connects private enterprise, government, higher education and local nonprofit economic development organizations. It is the Small Business Administration’s largest partnership program, providing management and technical assistance to help Americans start and run their own businesses. With about 1,000 centers across the nation, the SBDC network assists about 700,000 small businesses every year. (Posted 2006-10-23)

Forum to provide S. Colorado economic insight

A senior economist who specializes in U.S. and international energy market and agricultural economic trends will be the keynote speaker for the 10th Annual Southern Colorado Economic Forum Oct. 11.

Michael Swanson, senior economist and agricultural economist, Wells Fargo Bank, will analyze and forecast developments in the U.S. and international economic arenas as part of a series of discussions scheduled for 7 a.m. until noon Oct. 11 in the Heritage Ballroom of the Antler’s Hilton Hotel, 4 S. Cascade, Colorado Springs.

Swanson will be joined by Southern Colorado Economic Forum founders, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs College of Business and Administration faculty members Fred Crowley, associate director, and Tom Zwirlein, director. UCCS Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Anne Macdonald will serve as panelists. Macdonald is deputy commanding general of Division West, First United States Army at Fort Carson.

Swanson works with a diverse set of agricultural producers and processors across the United States. His expertise focuses on competitive strategy and risk management for a variety of crops and livestock. His work experience includes most segments of the agricultural food chain, including transportation, trading, processing, marketing and finance.

Considered the economic “State of the Union” for southern Colorado, the forum brings together local experts from public, private, and academic sectors to report on the regional economy. The forum offers an annual snapshot of local economic activity and provides forecasts to help businesses plan for the upcoming year. The forum is made possible by a cooperative effort between the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, the College of Business and Administration, and local business sponsors.

This year, the forum joins with the Holland and Hart Business Symposium to provide a series of panel sessions forecasting trends in residential and commercial real estate markets. Panels providing information about working with government entities and new business financing are also planned.

Registration is $75 and includes breakfast and all panel sessions. Realty professionals can earn continuing education credits. Admission and Realtor continuing education credits are $125.

For registration and additional information, visit www.southerncoloradoeconomicforum.com. (Posted 2006-09-25)

Fall Career Fair to be held Oct. 5

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs students and alumni will browse career opportunities offered by more than 70 companies at the Fall Career Fair from 2 to 6 p.m. Oct. 5, 2006 in the University Center Gymnasium.

Recruiters from companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Intel as well as the Peace Corps and Northwestern Mutual Financial will answer questions, discuss job openings and present opportunities to the students and alumni of UCCS.

“This event provides graduating students and alumni with opportunities in accounting, management, human resources, sales, nursing, journalism and customer service, and in many other fields as well,” said Vanessa Ea, coordinator, UCCS Career Center. “Job seekers should come prepared with several copies of their resume and dressed in their best business attire.”

UCCS Fall 2006 Career Fair is open to the public. Parking is available in the visitor lots for $1.50/hour. After 4:30PM, free parking is available in Lots 3 and 4.

For more information on the career fair, please visit http://web.uccs.edu/careercenter. (Posted 2006-09-25)

Dwire Hall web cam online

View both historical and current images on the UCCS Dwire Hall Reconstruction web cam. This high resolution web cam provides new images every 15 minutes, and provides and easy-to-use interface for viewing historical images and slideshows.More details can be found on the Dwire Hall Reconstruction web site. (Posted 2006-09-18)

Web development course offerred this summer

Learn one of the hottest new skills in Information Technology: PHP and Web Site Development. This four-week, three credit hour summer course introduces HTML, XHMTL, and PHP scripting, providing you with a competitive edge in the workplace. Adoption of PHP and web standards is driving the move to dynamic web sites across the world wide web; This course gives you the foundation to join the of ranks of professionals with highly sought-after skills. Taught by the team of Dr. Ben Martz (Associate Professor for Information Systems) and Christopher Brewer (award-winning Web Developer), the course (INFS495) is open to all students and can be counted as an upper division business or INFS elective. The course is offered from 9 am to 1 pm, Friday and Saturday, June 2 through the 10th, and then finishing on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays from June 13th through the 24th. Enrollment is limited, so sign up today! Enroll online via the Student Online Center contact Kathleen Thompson at 719-262-3587 or email business@uccs.edufor more information. Learn more about this exciting course by visiting www.uccs.edu/cbrewer/. (Posted 2006-05-15)

Father of Spam, Gary Thuerk, to speak

Called the "Father of Spam" by the national media, computer pioneer Gary Thuerk will host a presentation on distruptive technology, the history of e-mail spam, and fostering an entrepreneurial work enviornment. This exciting one-hour presentation, presented by the Center for Entrepreneurship , will take place in University Center on Monday, May 1st from noon to 1 p.m. Refreshements will be served. (Posted 2006-04-25)

Upcoming award events [corrected]

The College of Business will be honoring the accomplishments of students, staff and faculty in several events. Faculty and Staff will be honored on May 5th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in UC303A/B. The Student Awards Ceremony will be held May 17th, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the UCCS Lodge.  (Posted 2006-04-24)

Dwire Move Update

The College of Business will host an update on the Dwire Hall Reconstruction and move on April 19th from 1:30 to 3:00 pm in UC303B. (Posted 2006-04-17)

COB professors in the news

Fred Crowley, associate research professor, Business, was interviewed by KOAA 5/30 Feb. 16 about plans by Penrose -St. Francis Hospital to build a new hospital on the city’s east side.

Lex Higgins, professor, Business, was interviewed by the Colorado Springs Business Journal about product labeling trends. To see the story, click here.

 (Posted 2006-02-20)

College receives nationally recognized award

The College of Business and Administration & Graduate School of Management at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was honored with a coveted ADDY Award, for their Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) program brochure. The award, recognizing both visual and copy writing excellence, was presented at the Pikes Peak Advertising Federation banquet February 18th. The brochure was awarded a Silver ADDY in the Direct Marketing to Consumer division.

“We’re excited to be recognized with this award,” said Dr. Venkat Reddy, Dean of the college. “It shows we’re firing on all cylinders, and that we’ve managed to extend our reputation for excellence in education to other areas of operations, such as marketing.”

Local advertising firm Cukjati Design and Advertising teamed with local photographer Brad Armstrong and College of Business staff to identify, develop and produce the brochure. “It was a very enjoyable experience working with the College of Business,” noted Mary Cukjati. “We value the relationship a great deal because they allow us to do excellent design and push us to do our best.”

The ADDY Awards, the world’s largest and arguably toughest advertising competition, are presented by the American Advertising Federation. The ADDY Awards recognize all forms of advertising in all types of media, with over 60,000 entries annually, worldwide.  (Posted 2006-02-20)

New Small Business Development director hired

A former director of the Oklahoma Native American Business Development Center will lead the Small Business Development Center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Matt Barrett, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, was hired to direct the SBDC Jan. 1, replacing Luis Saldarriaga.

Barrett most recently served as an assistant pastor for a church in Mt. Pleasant. Earlier, he directed the Oklahoma Native American Business Development Center, where he assisted individuals in starting and expanding businesses and assisted in the human resources duties of a small business, Granite and Marble Innovations.

“Matt brings to the SBDC a desire to help others accomplish their business goals and achieve their dreams,” Venkat Reddy, dean, College of Business and Administration, said. “His variety of experiences and ability to form relationships with ease provide him an excellent foundation for this position.”

Barrett earned a bachelor’s degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University and a master’s in business administration from Iowa State University.

In Mount Pleasant, Barrett served on the entrepreneurial committee and business improvement committees of the Mount Pleasant Chamber Alliance. He previously served as president of the Minority Affairs Commission in Tulsa, Okla.

The SBDC offers management assistance to current and prospective small business owners, providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central and easily accessible locations. The SBDC is a cooperative effort of the private sector, education, and federal, state and local government. UCCS, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in northeast Colorado Springs, is the fastest growing university in Colorado and one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The university offers 25 bachelor’s degrees, 18 master’s and two doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls about 7,800 students annually. (Posted 2006-02-11)

Welcome back students!

The faculty and staff in the College of Business are very pleased to welcome our new and returning students to campus. We hope you had an enjoyable and productive holiday. Everyone here is eager to assist you in any way possible to ensure your success in the College of Business. I wish only the best as you progress towards building your futures.

-- Dean Venkat Reddy, PhD. (Posted 2006-01-18)

College mourns passing of professor

The College of Business is sad to report that Dr. Ken Meisinger passed away Saturday April 23rd. A memorial service for Dr. Meisinger will be held Saturday, April 30th at 11:00 AM at Mountain View Mortuary, 2350 Montebello Square Dr, (Tel: 590-8922). Dr. Meisinger had previously requested that donations be made to charities in lieu of flowers. A scholarship fund has been established in his name. Contact the Dean's Office at 262-3113 for more information on the scholarship fund. (Posted 2005-04-29)

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