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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Outstanding Students Highlight Boise State Commencement

For some, the road to Commencement has been filled with opportunity, for others it has been a challenge, and for most, the ceremony marks the start of new and even bigger adventures. Below are a few of this year’s many notable graduates.

Vera Zdravkova, Bachelor of Arts in International Business, with a Minor in Entrepreneurship
Zdravkova worked a wealth of real experience into her time as an undergraduate at Boise State and that has helped her land a position with a Taiwanese manufacturing and trading company. After graduation, she will move to Taipei to work in marketing and product development. Her experience in the International Business program allowed her to complete a number of comprehensive marketing and export plans that Idaho companies used as the foundation of their marketing/exporting efforts. (more…)

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Retirement Reception for Michael Bixby is Dec. 12

College of Business and Economics professor Michael Bixby will retire in January after teaching at Boise State for 30 years. COBE will host a celebration honoring his dedication and service to the college from 3-5 p.m. Dec. 12 in the Student Union Lookout Room. The campus community is invited to attend. (more…)

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Faculty Spotlight – Doug Lincoln

Doug Lincoln, marketing, was selected as Coach of a Game for the Bronco football team’s home match-up against Wyoming on Nov. 26. Lincoln was recognized in the stadium just prior to kick-off. He joined Boise State’s faculty in 1980, and is a professor of marketing and current chair of the Department of Marketing and Finance in the College of Business and Economics. He also serves as editor of his discipline’s highest-ranked education journal, the Journal of Marketing Education. His current research focuses on the improvement of marketing education at the collegiate level and most recently appeared in several issues of the Marketing Education Review.

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Brian Greber

Brian Greber, director of Boise State’s Business Research and Economic Development Center, was quoted in a story on NPR’s StateImpact about the nationwide decline of new business filings. He said jobs in Idaho will come primarily through new startups and small businesses. Read the story here.

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