Category Archives: Faculty/Staff in Action

COBE Welcomes Executive in Residence Kent Ernest

Ernest with Badr Altamimy, Kiley Zanecki and Amanda Gibson
Longtime J.R. Simplot Company vice president Kent Ernest has joined Boise State for the 2011-12 academic year as executive in residence in the College of Business and Economics (COBE).
Ernest will help develop a distinguished student mentorship program for international business students, present guest lectures and collaborate on [...]

COBE Prof Listed Among Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People

Accountancy professor Paul Bahnson is one of just four professors listed among Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People. The annual list is a roster of thought-leaders and change-makers in the profession and includes profiles of regulators, firm leaders, consultants, technology vendors and practitioners who are leading the profession. Bahnson and frequent co-author Paul Miller, [...]

Faculty Spotlight – Trina Sego

Marketing professor Trina Sego has been appointed associate editor for the International Journal of Advertising. The journal publishes original contributions on all aspects of marketing communications from the academic, practitioner and public policy perspectives.
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COBE Associate Dean Receives Outstanding Paper Award

Diane Schooley-Pettis, associate dean in the College of Business and Economics, has received the Abramson Scroll for her outstanding contribution to the journal Business Economics. She shares the honor with co-author Debra Worden from George Fox University. The two authored “Fueling the Credit Crisis: Who Uses Consumer Credit and What Drives Debt Burden?” The journal’s [...]

Sian Mooney, Kelly Cobourn, Samia Islam

Economics professors Sian Mooney, Kelly Cobourn and Samia Islam made a number of conference presentations this summer. They include:
— Mooney, Cobourn and Islam, along with co-author Douglas L. Young, presented “Multidisciplinarity in Agricultural Economics: Practitioner Attitudes” at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meetings in Pittsburgh. Cobourn and Mooney also presented “Trends in Publishing [...]

Faculty Spotlight – MeredithTaylor Black

Meredith A. Taylor Black, Director of the International Business Program, recently co-presented a continuing legal education seminar “Business Without Borders: International Law for the Idaho Attorney” through the Idaho State Bar. Dr. M. Black’s segment of the program, “Assessing Your Client’s International Business Environment: Trade Agreements and Strategy Formulation,” explored the economic, political, legal, and [...]

COBE Website Helps Match Business Needs with University Expertise

Boise State has made it a priority to help address the needs of the business community, and invites businesses to take advantage of a new tool designed to match business challenges with university expertise.
Business leaders may request help, describe challenges they face and even offer up academic project ideas by visiting a new web site, [...]

Faculty Spotlight – Susan Park

Susan Park, a legal studies faculty member in the Department of Management and president-elect of the Pacific Northwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, recently attended the national Academy of Legal Studies in Business Conference in New Orleans. While there she served as a member of the ALSB House of Delegates and presented a paper [...]

COBE Center Publishes Economic Forecast for Idaho

Brian Greber, director of the Center for Business Research and Economic Development, was quoted in the Idaho Statesman about a first-of-its-kind quarterly report from the College of Business and Economics on an economic forecast for Idaho.
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Accountancy Professor Named Foundation Scholar

Marty Schimpf, Provost; Katy Kempton, Foundation Director; Mark Cowan; Candi Allphin, President of Foundation Board
Mark Cowan, associate professor of accountancy, is the recipient of the Foundation Scholars Teaching Award, celebrating a faculty member who has made a difference in the classroom by engaging students and promoting learning. The selection committee highlighted several of his accomplishments [...]