INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
FOCUS
News from the School of Business and Economics
February 11, 2013
Volume 4, Issue 5
Lincoln Financial Group visit
1
DātaMax Foundation grant
3
A Message from Dean Bailey
1
Professor G. Douglas Atkinson profile
3
The College Fed Challenge
2
Errata
3
Business Plan Competition teams
2
Coming Soon to the SBE
4
Student Profile—Briana Rose
2
Lincoln Financial Group Holds Its First Internship
Information Session at SBE
Thursday, February 7, could have
been called Lincoln Financial Group
search and why they recommend LFG.
The crowd gave a rousing ovation upon
(LFG) Day at SBE. Close to 100
discovering that
students assembled in RJR 136 at the
Kevin Roberts is a
lunch hour to participate in the first
1993 graduate of
Lincoln Financial Group Internship
the WSSU School
of Business and
Information
Session. Stacy
Stacy Brown Kevin Roberts Economics. Don
Brown, LFG’s
Wood concluded
Enterprise IT
the session with news that LFG would
Planning Manager,
conduct interviews for internships on
and his colleagues,
Wednesday, February 14.
Jennifer Emery, HR
Later that day, LFG engaged a
Recruiting, and Kevin Roberts,
classroom of students and faculty in
Associate Manager, Life Customer
the PDC/NABA sponsored Straight-Talk
Service led a brisk information packed
Professional featuring Karla Munden,
presentation detailing the company’s
Senior Vice President and General
services and employment culture.
Auditor for the firm. Munden traced
Brown then took attendees through
her path from
the process of finding their fit at LFG
early life to her
in the presentation called “Take
current position
Charge of Your Career.” Students
with key advice on
provided good feedback with multiple
questions and comments. Each
presenter gave personal insights on
how to approach the job/internship
life-skills. She
Karla Munden hammered home
the fact that she looks for more than a
A Message from Dean
Bailey
There is a lot of interest in the
importance of gender equity
nowadays. The
recent decision to
allow women to
assume combat roles
in the U.S. military
makes us all aware of
how far our nation
Dr. Jessica Bailey and the world has
come; yet incidents
like the notorious New Delhi rape
case make us all aware of how far
we still need to go.
WSSU and the SBE are
continuing the trend of enrolling
approximately twice as many
females as males, a rate that is not
inconsistent with national trends.
Gender ratios among college
students have been skewing in favor
of females for many decades.
We are cognizant; however, of
the fact that the advancement of
our female students does not,
necessarily, mean that the status of
our male students is diminished in
any way. All students are welcome
to join any of our active student
organizations and both male and
female athletes are handled with
care. The SBE remains committed
to assuring that all of our students,
regardless of gender, can be offered
an educational experience of the
highest quality.
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SBE students to participate in the College Fed Challenge
The Board of
Governors of the
Federal Reserve
System (the Fed) and
the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond hold
an annual competition each November
to enable college students to become
more knowledgeable about the Fed and
its decision making and monetary policy
setting activities. For the past number
of years, the WSSU School of Business
and Economics has been represented in
Charlotte where our economics and
business students undertake research,
analyze data and recommend a specific
course for monetary policy. They then
make presentations and
recommendations before a panel of
judges. The judges then have 10 or 15
minutes to ask questions related to the
team’s understanding of economics,
monetary policy and the role of the
Fed. Questions may be probative,
interpretive, hypothetical or historical
in nature.
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SBE Business Plan
Competition Teams
Announced
FOCUS News
Lincoln Financial Group,
Student Profile
(Continued)
Briana Rose, an Accounting and English
double major was accepted to Wake
Forest's Kigali, Rwanda Serve Project on
a fully paid scholarship. She will be
accompanied by
fellow scholarship
recipient Latasha
Fuller. Although
Rose learned of
the opportunity
only a few days in
advance, she is
certainly glad she
took on the
Briana Rose challenge and
completed the
necessary guidelines to be one of only
two students selected from the WSSU
campus.
GPA. She looks for personal qualities
such as leadership, professionalism and
strong personal impressions. She noted
that simple courtesies like sending
thank-you notes make a lasting
impression on hiring managers. When
asked what helped her to focus on the
specific career path she chose, her
The 2012 BPC teams with Drs. Jessica Bailey, Dean and Notis Pagiavlas, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship The SBE and faculty advisor,
Dr. Edward Zajicek are now preparing to
accept applications from students for
participation on this team. To apply,
please submit an email Dr. Zajicek at
zajiceke@wssu.edu. This is a great
opportunity to meet students from other
colleges and universities in the region.
You will also learn more about the Fed,
education programs and internships and
its potential employment opportunities.
response was mentoring and an
internship. So many students crowded
Mark your calendars! The sixth
annual SBE Business Plan Competition
will be held on Saturday, February 16
at10:00 am at The Enterprise Center,
1922 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
Talented student competitors will
present their business plans in front of a
team of investors, business leaders,
faculty and, we hope, you. These
students have spent untold hours
preparing, honing and tweaking their
plans and presentations.
around to meet her following the
Competitor teams include Chism
Corp Automotive, presented by MarcAnthony Chism; Jupiter Snacks—
Fillcrescents, presented by Veaceslav
Driglov, Kendra Heard, Chinita Lassiter,
David Showers, and Nicholas VerHague;
Lexington Miniature Golf, presented by
Sloane Justice Holmes; and MDMA
Clothing Line presented by Quinton
Benson.
will not be surprised to hear that I have
We know this will prove to be a
fascinating event for all involved to see
the work of our talented entrepreneurs.
companies like LFG to help our students
session that some of the students had
to follow her to the Professional
Development Center to finish their
interaction.
Did the students get what she was
saying? The morning after the meetings,
Karla Munden wrote Don Wood the
following: “Thanks for having me over
to speak to your students. I know you
received various emails and thank-you
notes starting as early as last night. I
am thoroughly impressed with all of
what you are doing. Please let me know
if there are other things I can do to
assist you.” So, the push is on to build
strong, productive bonds with
take charge of their careers.
Briana is a WSSU Chancellor
Scholar. She works as a research
assistant in the English department and
has spent summers working with teens
to develop their appreciation for making
good decisions and at the
Commonwealth Attorney’s Office in
Virginia as an administrative support
staff member.
Briana’s volunteer and community
involvement includes mentoring, radio
editing and on-air co-hosting, as well as
a recent affiliation with an on-campus
modeling troupe. She is a member of
the National Association of Black
Accountants, Enactus, and the Student
Investment Fund at the SBE.
DātaMax Foundation Awards Grant to the Center for Entrepreneurship
The School of Business and
Economics is pleased to announce the
receipt of a $40,000 grant from the
DātaMax Foundation to support the
WSSU Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE).
The Center continues to contribute to
the economic development of our
community with job creation and the
growth of new businesses, through the
activities of the business incubator at
the Eastside Enterprise Center.
DātaMax has a history of support of
the Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE)
dating back to its initial grant in 2008
which helped the development of the
Center in its organizational infancy.
Since that time, the Center has
established itself as a leader in
providing assistance to small businesses,
not-for-profit social entrepreneurship
projects and other ventures that
support the growth of the WinstonSalem community. Specifically, the
Center works to support entrepreneurial
vision in some of the poorest census
tracts surrounding WSSU and the
Piedmont Triad Research Park. The
support of DātaMax will help to convert
dreams and business concepts into
strong business plans and technically
sound proposals that will secure funding
from relevant sources. The CFE provides
continuous consultancy and strategic
business advice to new business
startups. This grant contributes to the
vision of the CFE of a partnership for a
brighter future for all of Winston-Salem.
It is a model for similar communities
across the nation.
The SBE is extremely grateful for
the generosity of DātaMax in support of
the Center for Entrepreneurship.
SBE Adjunct Instructor Spotlight: Professor G. Douglas Atkinson
Professor G. Douglas
Atkinson has served
on the SBE faculty
since fall of 2010.
Doug teaches a
Master of Healthcare
Administration (MHA)
course, Healthcare Organization and
Delivery, which provides our first year
graduate students with an
understanding of the historical and
evolving context of the health industry
structure and how health services are
administered within these prevailing
organizational structures. Current
methodologies and emerging issues are
introduced pertaining to this highly
regulated industry. In addition, Doug
works closely with Professor Stephanie
Joseph, MHA Coordinator to complete
the Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Management Education
(CAHME) requirements for accreditation
of the MHA program.
Professor Atkinson has substantial
experience as a leader in our state and
nationally in the healthcare field where
he has served as the Vice President (VP)
for Business Development at Wake
Forest University Baptist Medical
Center; the VP of the Southeast Region
for Brim Healthcare in Cary, NC; the VP
for Corporate Development for Brim
Healthcare in Portland, Oregon; and the
Executive Director of Holy Rosary
Hospital in Miles City, Montana. He was
also responsible for the development of
unique public/private partnerships and
alliances; was a founding member of the
NC Community Care Network, a
partnership between the NC
Department of Health and Human
Services and 13 independent networks;
and served as a board member of the
Piedmont Triad Partnership. Doug is a
Fellow of the American College of
Healthcare Executives, the Health
Research and Educational Trust and the
NC Public School Forum. He has served
as Chairman of both the Health Equity
Action Team Forsyth Community
Coalition and of the American Lung
Association NC Leadership Council. He
also is a Board member of numerous
community related organizations both in
and outside of the healthcare field.
Doug has a Master of Business
Administration and Master of Health
Care Administration degree from Xavier
University and a B.S. degree in
Pharmacy from Drake University.
Errata
We make every effort to ensure
accuracy in all articles in advance
of publication. Unfortunately,
errors, omissions or formatting
problems do occur on occasion. The
February 4 issue of Focus included
an error and two formatting
problems.
The name of The Enterprise
Center garden should
have been listed as
“WSSU's Simon's Green
Acre.” The captions
under the WSSU Men’s
Basketball photo and
Dr. Edward Zajicek’s
Dr. Edward Zajicek photo were
fragmented and missing pertinent
information (Dr. Zajicek’s corrected
photo and caption is included in this
article).
We apologize for any
inconvenience. Please notify us by
email to greenebp@wssu.edu if you
find errors or omissions. We will
issue a correction in the next issue.
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Chomp-N-Chat with
Dean Bailey
Monday, February 25
12:00 pm
RJ Reynolds Center, Room 107
On Valentine’s Day,
Thursday, February 14
Join us at a Commemoration
from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm in
the Stock Ticker Lobby
RJR 1st Floor, by Room 109
Business Plan
Competition
Saturday, February 16
10:00 am
The Enterprise Center
(1922 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive)
Please join us in support of
our student competitors
Mandatory Attendance for
SBE Department
Chairs & Freshmen
Faculty Advisors
Spring 2013
Pre-Major to Major Transfer Social
RSVP to greenebp@wssu.edu
Tuesday, February 26 from
3:00-5:00 pm
McNeil Dining Hall, Anderson Center
Scholars Day
MBA/MHA Open House
Friday, February 22
Thinking of Graduate School?
Want to further your career and
increase your earnings potential?
7:00 am-4:00 pm
Prospective scholarship
recipients and their families
visit campus
Attend the MBA/MHA Open House
Thursday, Mar. 7
Thursday, Apr. 4
from 6:00-7:30 pm
RJ Reynolds Center Room 201