Dusty Bodie (Boise State, Management Faulty), Henry Fulk, and Reginald Bell published “Team Management by Objectives: Enhancing Developing Teams’ Performance” in the Journal of Management Policy and Practice, vol. 12(3) Spring2011. The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) also recently notified Bodie that her paper proposal “Encouraging Future Nonprofit Leaders: A Cross-Disciplinary Graduate Course [...]
Category Archives: Spotlights
Dusty Bodie
Brian Greber
Brian Greber, director of the Center for Business Research and Economic Development, was quoted in an Associated Press story about home sales in Idaho. Data show the rebound in home sales is slow to affect Idaho. To see more information on his presentation see Idaho Housing Report.
COBE Faculty Members Honored
The following College of Business and Economics faculty members were honored this spring for their outstanding performance:
Meredith Taylor Black
Taylor Black returns from Faculty Development Intensive at Wharton Meredith A. Taylor Black, Director of the College of Business & Economic’s International Business Program, recently returned from a faculty development intensive at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. Selected from an international pool of applicants, Taylor Black earned a full scholarship to participate in [...]
COBE Announces 2011 Signature Students
Ten COBE students have been named as the Spring 2011 COBE Signature Students. COBE Signature Student have met or exceeded the rigorous standards put forth by the faculty in the College of Business and Economics according the following characteristics:
Gundy Kaupins
Gundars Kaupins delivered the keynote address and presented two papers at the “Current Issues in Management of Business and Society Development in Riga, Latvia May 6-8, 2011. The photo shown was taken during the keynote. He also delivered a doctoral seminar. All presentations were related to the presence, ethics, and organization of websites in the [...]
COBE Announces Outstanding Graduates
The College of Business and Economics honored their Outstanding Graduates at a luncheon at the Cottonwood Grille, Friday, May 6. The college selects their outstanding graduates based on academic achievement as well as outstanding leadership qualities. Each graduate selects a faculty to introduce them at the luncheon. The graduates, their majors and faculty representatives were [...]
Dusty Bodie Wins Campus Award
The Student Involvement and Leadership Center recognized several individuals and organizations at the recent Campus Awards ceremony held in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. Management Professor, Dusty Bodie, won the David S. Taylor Service to Students Award for her outstanding commitment to students.
Nancy Napier
Nancy Napier, professor of business and economics and director of Boise State’s Centre for Creativity and Innovation, was interviewed on radio station Hot Talk 1510 KCTE in Kansas City on May 2. She spoke with host Brian Sullivan on the show “Entrepreneurial Moment” and discussed a variety of subjects related to helping small businesses utilize [...]
Susan Park
Susan Park, Department of Management, has been named president-elect of the Pacific Northwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
Gundars Kaupins, James Wanek and Jeff Sugheir
Management professors Gundars Kaupins, James Wanek and Jeff Sugheir were published in the Winter 2011 edition of the International Journal of Business and Public Administration. Kaupins, Wanek and colleague Malcolm Coco authored “Domestic partner benefit policies in North Texas.” Kaupins, Sugheir and Coco also published “Perceptions of organizational surveys within employee engagement efforts.”
Joan Meitl – Idaho SBDC
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized Joan Meitl with a director’s award for “outstanding partnership with EPA in support of small business environmental assistance.” Meitl is the environmental assistance coordinator for the Idaho Small Business Development Center. Through the Idaho SBDC, she provides no-cost, confidential assistance to small businesses that must comply with air [...]
Economics Student, Debra Bonkoski, Receives Top Ten Scholar Award
Debra Bonkoski, Idaho Falls, is a business economics major with a minor in applied mathematics. In 2009, Bonkoski won a Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. State Department in cooperation with the Council of American Overseas Research and spent the summer in an intensive Arabic study program in Tunis, Tunisia. She has interned with the [...]
Chris Petersen, Nancy Napier
Bronco football coach Chris Petersen was featured in an April 11 Washington Post story about his leadership philosophy. Nancy Napier, executive director of Boise State’s Centre for Creativity and Innovation, also is quoted. Click here to read the story.
John Elorriaga to Receive Honorary Doctorate at May 14 Commencement
Boise State University will award an honorary doctorate to John A. Elorriaga during spring Commencement ceremonies May 14. Elorriaga embodies Boise State’s mission of public engagement. An avid supporter of education in the Northwest, he is a past recipient of the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
Faculty Spotlight – Meredith Taylor Black
Dr. Meredith Taylor Black in front of the European Parliament Dr. Meredith A. Taylor Black recently returned from Heidelberg, Germany as part of the annual Heidelberg-Boise Project of the International Business Programs for the College of Business and Economics (COBE). Through participation in the Project, Idaho firms are able to assess and develop a strategy [...]
Faculty Update – Nina Ray
Having just returned from giving a seminar in Glasgow, Scotland, it may not be surprising that Nina M. Ray is one of only around 250 on the British Embassy’s guest list for the U.S. premier of “Born Fighting,” a Smithsonian Channel production based on a book of that title by Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia. [...]
Faculty Spotlight – Don Holly
Don Holley, Department of Economics, was quoted in a March 16 Wall Street Journal article titled “Food Stamps Surge in West.” Click here to read the story.
Faculty Spotlight – David Christensen
David Christensen, adjunct faculty in College of Business and Economics, was interviewed by 580 KIDO’s Brian Wiley. They discussed the economic ramifications of a number of international events and situations, including the earthquake in Japan, the turmoil in the Middle East and the latest developments in China. Listen to the interview here.
COBE Student Spotlights for April – May
Congratulations to the following students for being selected for COBE’s Student Spotlights for the months of April and May. Noah Geier – MBA Alexis Owen – MSAT Eric Schuler – Accountancy George Fenton – Economics Janae Young – Accountancy Finance Finance honoree Andre Dixon – Information Technology Management Snjezana Borak – International Business Robbie Richards [...]
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