Category Archives: News

Human Resource Association Meeting

[ December 2, 2009; 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Ah Fong Room, SUB

Outstanding Faculty Award

Congrats to Kent Neupert for winning the outstanding faculty award at the Alpha Kappa Psi Banquet Saturday October 17th.

New Human Resource Officers

Back Row (left to right):  Chelsey Kent-Chief Operating Officer, James Pendergrass-President, Megan Stradley-Vice President, Daniel Oldham-Chief Financial Officer, James Wanek-Advisor, Front Row:  Brooke Bowers-Merit Award Officer, Rochelle Cunningham-Director of Activities

New Companies

Brian McDonough, a COBE alumnus, is currently a team member of E3fuels based in Portland, Oregon.  E3’s products increase fuel efficiency in internal combustion engines by 10-38 percent.
Ben Wickstrom, MBA 2006, is a key player in the Boise startup KidCheck.com. The company offers a software product that allows parents, churches, child care facilities, and any [...]

Human Resource Association Officers Elected

New HRA officers have been elected September 16th:
President
James Pendergrass
jmpendergrass09@gmail.com
208-863-6685
Vice President
Megan Stradley
meganstradley@hotmail.com
208-409-9265
Chief Financial Officer
Dan Oldham
danoldham@yahoo.com
208-250-6686
Chief Operating Officer
Chelsey Kent
chelseykent@u.boisestate.edu
208-392-8871
Director of Activities
Rochelle Cunningham
rochellecunningham@u.boisestate.edu
208-631-6921
Merit Award
Brooke Bowers
brookebowers@u.boisestate.edu
208-409-4766
Congrats to all of them.

Blitzline

Blitzitonline.com is the brainchild of COBE student and entrepreneur, Brian Wood. The site takes advantage of the current downturn in the residential real estate market by offering an online marketplace that provides individual sellers and buyers services that help them effectively market or find the home of their dreams. For sellers, a low listing fee ranging from entirely free to [...]

New Publication

“A Factor Analysis of Student Responses and Perceptions of Ethical Conduct in Business”  (H. Gin Chong, Nancy “Dusty” Bodie, and Reginald L. Bell,) was accepted for publication in the next issue of the International Journal of Education Research (IJER).   This is an International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines publication.

New Publication

Beyond the Veil: The Influence of Islam on Female Entrepreneurship in
a Conservative Muslim Context- by John C. McIntosh, Associate Professor and Samia Islam, Assistant Professor Department of Economics.  International Management Review Journal.

Master Professor Honor

Sandy Gough was unanimously selected for induction into The Business Strategy Game Hall of Fame as a Master Professor. Out of more than 4,000 registered BSG instructors, Sandy and 13 others have achieved Master Professor status by having one or more Grand Champion teams in the Best-Strategy Invitational competition for August of 2009.

New Publications

Faculty Perceptions and Encounters with Disrespectful Student Behavior, authored by Quddus, Bell, and Bodie was recently published in the Academy of Educational Leadership Journal, Volume 13, Number 1, 2009.
Bribery in International Business Transactions has been published on line June 10, 2009 in the Journal of Business Ethics. (published by Springer) The links are http://www.springerlink.com/content/90w7736130w16613/ or the [...]