|
|
|
|
|
Tom Barkin, President and Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, is the keynote speaker at CDI 2020
|
|
|
Tom Barkin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, will be the keynote speaker at The Citadel Directors’ Institute 2020, which will be held April 16-17. Sam Glasscock III, Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery, will be the opening keynote speaker.
Read entire article
|
|
|
Dr. James Bezjian named to All-Southern Conference faculty and staff team
|
|
|
The Southern Conference named BSB professor Dr. James Bezjian to its All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff Team. Dr. Michael Weeks, dean, and Dr. Al Lovvorn, department chair, presented Dr. James Bezjian with his plaque on Jan. 31.
Read entire article
|
|
|
Video: Baker Coaching Program
|
|
|
|
The Baker Coaching Program matches students with mentors. Cadet Breana Broad had no idea how strong of a professional development connection she would make when she joined the program. Her coach helped her take significant steps in her career path exploration and planning. Click on the above image to watch her describe what the program means to her. To learn more about the Baker Coaching Program, email Bridget Benson.
|
|
|
Tommy Baker & David Wise speak at the kickoff meeting of the Entrepreneurship Club
|
|
|
On Monday, January 20th, the newly formed Citadel Entrepreneurship Club kicked off its meeting with an event featuring Tommy Baker, our school’s namesake, and David Wise, a millionaire tech entrepreneur who graduated from The Citadel in 1994
Read entire article
|
|
|
Baker Veterans Fellowship recipients named
|
|
|
The Tommy Baker Veterans Fellows Program recipients for the 2019-20 academic year include eight veteran students studying through The Citadel Graduate College in a variety of undergraduate programs.
Read entire article
|
|
|
The BSB internship program is a win-win
|
|
|
Have you ever heard of Citadel students helping a local company and making a difference in how they run their business? This is exactly what Cadets Kenzie Vargo and Brett Martin are doing this semester. They both took an internship with Sequence Holdings LLC, located in downtown Charleston.
Read entire article
|
|
|
|
It doesn’t feel much like Spring in Charleston these days, but despite the cold, we’re well into the Spring semester. The Baker School of Business continues to grow and push forward with a number of initiatives. We recently submitted our proposals to the state Commission on Higher Education for two new undergraduate majors in management as well as marketing and business development. These will complement our existing three majors in Accounting, Finance and Supply Chain Management. Our new entrepreneurship minor is also attracting cadets from outside the business school who are interesting in taking their technical skills into the business world.
Read entire article
|
|
|
Baker Business Bowl VI narrowed down to five final teams
|
|
|
And then, there were five.
Baker Business Bowl organizers hosted the second round of the competition in December. It consisted of 10 teams giving a 5-minute brief oral summary presentation or "Elevator Pitch" about their business proposal to the panel of judges.
Read entire article
|
|
|
My time in Singapore as a business scholar
|
|
|
By: Cadet Gordon Oliver
Last semester, as a sophomore member of the Business Scholars Program, I had the opportunity to study in one of the world's biggest financial hubs in the world, Singapore. My time abroad was an experience of a lifetime.
While in Singapore, I took a heavy class load of primarily finance classes. I also participated as a team member in rugby for a national Singapore team.
Read entire article
|
|
|
Competing in a sales competition
|
|
|
By: Cadet William Lee Hudson
As a professional selling student, I received the opportunity to compete in the International Collegiate Sales Competition hosted by Florida State University and held in Orlando, Florida November 6-9, 2019. More than 80 universities competed in the role-play, speed selling, and sales management simulation. The event also included a career fair with 45 recruiters in attendance.
Read entire article
|
|
|
|
|
|
*Dr. J. Goosby Smith has been appointed a board member of the Foundation of Justice and Peace, a not-for-profit organization and a community of people who share the common purpose of Martin Luther King’s beloved community and engage in change through projects and seminars. Additionally, Dr. Goosby gave a presentation entitled “Microaggressions and Implicit Bias: An Honest Conversation” at the University of Albany’s Conversation for Change seminar.
*Dr. James Bezjian has published the article, “Synthesizing scenario planning and industry recipes through an analysis of the Hollywood film industry” in the Journal of Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Additionally, Dr. Bezjian, and his effort to scan, and thus preserve, important historical artifacts was featured in The Fayetteville Observer.
*BSB dean, Dr. Michael Weeks, was elected to the Board of Directors for the Southern Business Administration Association (SBAA). SBAA is the regional association of collegiate business schools at universities throughout the Southern U.S. with nearly 150 member institutions. Read the full press release here.
The BSB Online MBA program and Online Bachelors program was ranked as “Best of Online Programs” by U.S. News and World Report. These rankings are the most respected and in-depth evaluation of U.S.-based distance education offerings.
*Every semester our graduate students who are enrolled in our capstone course BADM 740, Global Business Strategy, compete as teams in a simulation where each team is responsible for running a firm. During the semester, the students focus on their head-to-head competition among the six firms (teams) as they should. The BSB also has the opportunity, however, to compare its students’ team performance to other MBA programs’ teams performances that also use the business simulation. Of the 1516 teams from around the world (literally) during this fall semester, The Citadel’s Baker School of Business team scored in the top decile of all teams. The students who distinguished themselves are Team Erie operating as Speedy Sensors (finished in the 96th percentile)
· Brandon Dunevant
· William Hartley
· Anna Mullins
· William Reid
· Aaron Young
*Tommy Baker was nominated for National TIME Dealer of the Year.
*Business major and upcoming MBA student, Corey Byrd, recently received an award from the Harold & Muriel Berkman Charitable Foundation, Inc. His receipt letter indicated he was selected from a pool of 900 applicants with two categories considered:
1.) US Vets (candidates holding a Combat Infantryman Badge or those in branches other than the Army recognized for combat action)
2.) candidates with an enthusiasm for advancing the discipline of marketing through pursuit of a degree in marketing or in business with an emphasis on marketing-related pursuits.
*Dr. Tracey Sigler's article, "The Intelligent Choice: The World Needs More Principled Leaders," was recently published in Business Monthly Columbia.
*The BSB was ranked on The Princeton Review's list of Best Business Schools.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
