Author Archives: Gundars Kaupins

Gundars (Gundy) Kaupins is Department Chair and Professor of Management at Boise State University. He has a Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from the University of Iowa and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). His publications include over 250 articles in job evaluation, training and development, Baltic studies, and human resource ethics in journals such as the Academy of Management Perspectives and International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction. He teaches human resource management, labor relations, and compensation. With his students, he also has completed human resource consulting for over 350 organizations.

David S. Taylor Service to Students Award

Congrats to Dusty Bodie who is this years recipient of the David S. Taylor Service to Students Award.

Job Search Boot Camp

Job Search Boot Camp Friday May 20 8:30-5:30 p.m. Student Union Building.  This is a conference to help participants develop job search tools and connect with national and local employers. RSVP—-Sent your name, student ID number, major and phone number to career@boisestate.edu.  Participants must hold at least a bachelor’s degree.  Tickets, which include breakfast, lunch, [...]

Entrepreneurship Day

When: Thursday, April 14, 2011 Where: Simplot Ballrooms, Boise State Student Union Building Cost: The event is free and open to the campus and community.  Pre-registration is required for the lunch guest speaker, with lunch provided.

Aqua Vitae (The Water of Life) Project

Matt Jost, a former Entrepreneurship student is beginning to live his dream as a social entrepreneur. This fall Matt and an expedition team will travel to Nepal to venture deep into the Himalaya to help victims of Cholera while rafting through some of the most beautiful rivers in the world. He will also study how [...]

Heidelberg-Boise Project

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 for entering the German/EU market. Dr. Taylor Black first worked [...]

Presentation

Wednesday March 9, Dusty Bodie presented at one of the concurrent sessions of Serve Idaho: The Governor’s Commission on Service and Volunteerism’s annual conference 2011, Service in the New Decade.  (Serve Idaho is a division of the Idaho Department of Labor).  She was an invited speaker on Communication Skills in the Nonprofit Sector.

Faculty Development Selection

Dr. Meredith Taylor Black, Director of International Business Programs, was recently selected by the Penn Lauder Center for International Business Education and Research at The Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania to participate in its Faculty Development in International Business Conference this May. The objective of the event is to “ address [...]

Taylor’s International Management Course Guest Speaker

Duane Grant presented a speech to Meredith Taylor’s International Management course February 3rd.  He discussed  The Political, Legal and Technological Environments of Managing Internationally: A Case Study on Agricultural Biotechnology

Human Resource Association Competition

The Human Resource Association, affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management, is planning to send a team to the HR Collegiate Competition in Seattle in early March.  The competition focuses on human resource case studies.  Decateur Reed is the coach.

BSU Day at the Capitol

Two BSU entrepreneurship students, Ravi Goonetilleke and Uwe Reischl participated in the “BSU Day at the Capitol”  Jan. 24th.   They  highlighted their thermal manikin technology through a poster session.