Category Archives: All News Stories

CFOs Exposed – Get the inside scoop from successful local CFOs

[ March 14, 2012; 3:50 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Beta Alpha Psi and the Financial Management Association invite you to the Double R Ranch Room at the Stueckle Sky Center for the CFO Forum on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 from 3:30 to 6 PM.

CFOs from around the Treasure Vally will be on hand to interact with the students one-on-one, answering questions and giving guidance. [...]

Steven R. Appleton Leaves a Visable Impact on the College of Business and Economics

“The faculty and staff in the College of Business and Economics are deeply saddened by the death of Steve Appleton, one of our most distinguished alums. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Steve’s wife, Dalynn and his four children. Steve was such a great COBE supporter, not only financially, but with his time. He [...]

Marketing Faculty Chosen for Mobile Learning Initiative

Dr. Doug Lincoln, marketing professor and department chair, and Lisa Kleiman, business communication lecturer, have been chosen to participate in the Mobile Learning Initiative at Boise State University. This is a multi-year project to identify and support key uses of mobile technology that will impact the ways we teach and learn.
As part of the Mobile [...]

Student Spotlight – Armando Silva

Armando Silva is a volunteer coordinator at the Boys and Girls Club in Garden City who works with about 40 Boise State service-learning students as they interact with the children at the center. Silva is an international business major with minors in economics and marketing who plans to graduate in fall 2012.
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COBE Student Chosen for Prestigious Internship

Jared Musick has been selected for a one-year internship at the Financial Accounting Standards Board in Norwalk, CT. The program is exceedingly competitive with only a handful of interns chosen each year from a large pool of nominees submitted by the accounting programs from many of the leading US business schools. Jared graduated in December [...]

Kelly Cobourn, Zeynep Hansen and Scott Lowe

Kelly Cobourn, Zeynep Hansen and Scott Lowe of the Department of Economics presented research pertaining to water rights institutions at the American Economics Association (AEA) meetings in Chicago on Jan. 8. Cobourn and Hansen organized and moderated the session titled “Water Rights: Historical Perspectives and Emerging Issues.” Hansen and Lowe presented a paper titled “The [...]

College Announces Newly Designed MBA Programs

Boise State’s College of Business and Economics has redesigned its Master of Business Administration (MBA) offerings to create three tracks — a unique full-time MBA program to help recent graduates enter the work force, a part-time evening program to help working professionals create career options and continuation of the highly successful Executive MBA program.
Pending approval [...]

Beyond the Blue Podcast: Effective Use of Creativity and Innovation with Nancy Napier

Learn six important rules on how organizations can use creativity and innovation to boost performance. Nancy Napier, professor of strategy and executive director of the Centre for Creativity and Innovation in the College of Business and Economics, shares insight gained from her research into that question in this week’s Beyond the Blue faculty podcast “Effective Use [...]

COBE Student Spotlights for November – December

Congratulations to the following students for being selected for the COBE  Student Spotlight for the months of November and December.

Jeremy Evans- MBA
Jared Musick- MSA
Alex Yeggy- Accountancy
Lauren Garrett- Economics
Landon Barnes- Entrepreneurship Management
Kori Gibbs- Accountancy-Finance; Finance Honoree
Nikolina Dragicevic – Human Resource Management
Beth Brune- General Business Management
Susan Bogdanski- Information Technology Management
Kylie Redkey- International Business
Shandra Naegle- Marketing
Joseph Dorey- Supply [...]

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 [...]