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UCCS College of Business 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
Dear Friends & Colleagues,
2015 is the 50th anniversary of the UCCS campus,
and this occasion has provided us with a wonderful
opportunity to celebrate our past, present and an
exciting future. Truly, the 2014-15 academic year was
one of many celebrations for the UCCS College
of Business.
“We reaffirmed our
continued pursuit
of excellence
through our
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M TH
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TTE
DEAN
reaccreditation by
AACSB International
and through our
faculty research and
publication at the
highest level.”
Last year, we started
several exciting
new programs and
welcomed some
dynamic new faculty
and staff members.
We reaffirmed our
continued pursuit of
excellence through
our reaccreditation by
AACSB International
and through our
faculty research and
publication at the
highest level. Most
importantly, we continued to see our students pursue
their dreams and launch their successful careers.
Our 50th anniversary is a time for celebrating, and
I hope you enjoy this look back on the college’s many
accomplishments and successes in 2014-15.
Sincerely,
Venkat Reddy, Ph.D.
UCCS College of Business 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
BUILDING CAREERS FOR
21ST CENTURY SUCCESS
W
e are in the business of building successful futures. This is the measure by which
we succeed or fail. Every faculty member, every program and every resource at our
disposal is leveraged to create a market-relevant, innovative education with regional
and global networks that make us the nerve center for a world of opportunity.
In our 50th year, we have a lot to celebrate. Launching new programs, retaining our elite AACSB
accreditation and being named a “Best Business School” by U.S. and World Report all serve as
welcome validation. But this is just the beginning.
The world into which our graduates enter demands more relevance and rigor than ever before.
Which is why we will continue to leverage deep academic and business experience to bring
innovative programs and challenging coursework to life — in the classroom and in the business
arena, where our relationship-building yields electrifying hands-on opportunities that light the path
between theory and practice, between aspirations and true accomplishment in business and life.
UCCS College of Business 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
ACCOLADES
AND EVENTS
College of
Business
adds Master
of Science
in Accounting
to Graduate
Degree
Offerings >>
Sport
Management
student earns
RMAC First
Team Award
>>
College of
Business Alumnus
and Microsoft VP
shares his story
of success at
Commencement
address >>
UCCS teams win
national honors at Ethics
Video Competition >>
Mollie Sutherland
named 2014
Horton Smith
Award Winner >>
College of
Business
reaffirms
excellence
with AACSB
International
reaccreditation >>
UCCS Online MBA
Ranked Among
Nation’s Best,
Top in Colorado >>
U.S.
News and
World Report names
UCCS Business
a Best in the West >>
New Soccer Management Program
unveiled – students will gain hands
on professional experience with
Colorado Rapids Organization. >>
Finance professor Gordon
Stringer earns prestigious
Quality Matters
certification for
online teaching
excellence >>
Sport
Management
Director and
faculty member
recognized at
UCCS awards
ceremony >>
Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at UCCS continues
with award of $1.25 Million Ethics Grant >>
Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at UCCS hosts
Ethics in Social Media Summit to change
UCCS College of Business 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
online culture >>
AWARDS
& ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Sky Sox Awards Second Annual
Sport Management Scholarship
For the second year in a row, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox
awarded a $2,500 yearly scholarship to a UCCS student in the
College of Business’ Sport Management Program. This year’s
award went to David Olson.
The scholarship was first made available in 2014 and is
awarded each year to a rising sophomore, junior or senior at
UCCS. Students who apply are assessed on financial need,
GPA, resume and essay submission.
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Colorado Rapids Become a Partner for
UCCS’ Soccer Management Track
Students with a passion for soccer will be able to pursue a
business degree with an emphasis in soccer management
at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs College of
Business beginning this fall.
Students in the program will gain hands-on experience through
professional practicums with the Colorado Rapids organization.
Soccer management will be housed within the high-demand
Sport Management Program, an area of emphasis in the
Bachelor of Science in Business degree at UCCS.
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AWARDS
& ACCOMPLISHMENTS
UCCS College of Business Maintains
Prestigious AACSB Business Accreditation
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs College of Business maintained its
business accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business,
AACSB officials recently announced.
Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for
business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in business
and accounting. AACSB accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business education,
and has been earned by less than five percent of the world’s business programs.
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Alumnus celebrates UCCS 50th
with business scholarship
Students at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs’ College of Business will benefit
from a new scholarship effort designed to ensure tomorrow’s business students have the
same opportunities as today’s, college leaders announced August 31.
In honor of UCCS’s 50th anniversary, a College of Business alumnus challenged fellow
alumni and the business community to raise $100,000. The alumnus will match up to
$50,000 of that total, which when reached will enable this 50th anniversary business
scholarship endowment to fund up to four student scholarships each year in perpetuity.
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Medveds to Receive UCCS College of
Business Lifetime Entrepreneurship Award
Jon and Becky Medved, local business pioneers and philanthropists, received
the 2015 University of Colorado Colorado Springs College of Business Lifetime
Entrepreneurship Award at a May 8 campus luncheon. Community and campus
leaders came together in the Gallogly Events Center in celebration of the Medved’s
excellence in business and advocacy of several non-profits over the past 30 years.
The award luncheon is a fundraising event to support the College of Business and its
alumni and student initiatives including a newly launched Career Coaching Program.
Read full story
UCCS College of Business 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
NEW
FACULTY & STAFF
Whitney Porter
James Kumm
Mike Fryt
Kara Carragher
hired as the
Assistant Director
of Graduate
Programs in
December 2014
hired as the
Director of
Placement and
Internships in
January 2015
became Executive
in Residence in
Spring 2015
hired as the
Business and HR
Professional in
May 2015
Rebecca Wilder
Ian Ratz
Brian McAllister
Kaitlyn DeGhetto
hired as the
Assistant Data
Analyst of SCEF
in June 2015
promoted
to Assistant
Director: Sport
Management
Student Services
in July 2015
became MSA
Faculty Director in
July 2015
hired as an
Assistant
Professor of
Management in
August 2015
Colleen Stiles
Zhiguo Liu
promoted to
Senior Instructor
in August 2015
became a Visiting
Scholar from
China in
August 2015
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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES IN INDUSTRY PULICATIONS (TIER 1 JOURNALS)
Achieving IT Program Goals with Integrative
Conflict Management
Gary Klein, Team Lead, Business Analysis;
Couger Professor of Information Systems
Projects in a multi-project environment often conflict due to pursuit of their own
goals, their unique approaches to completion of required tasks, and their individual
need for limited resources. A process design for the resolution of such conflict
promotes agreement on means of implementation and a common commitment
to overall goals of the organization. Overall success rates are improved in an
information technology context when implementing the recommended conflict
resolution procedures.
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The intellectual ecology of mainstream marketing
research: an inquiry into the place of marketing in the
family of business disciplines
Martin Key, Assistant Professor of Marketing
This paper attempts to address a growing concern that the field of marketing is
declining in influence. To accomplish this, the paper looks at 22 years of citation
data across nine of the leading scholalry journals in the areas of Marketing, Finance,
Management, and Accounting. The results indicate that within the four main
business functions, marketing articles are cited the least by other fields. Adding to
this dilemma, the methodologically sophisticated nature of marketing research may
prevent managers from seeking it out for insight and strategic influence.
Read entire article
UCCS College of Business 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES IN INDUSTRY PULICATIONS (TIER 1 JOURNALS)
How Effective Tax Planning Can Increase the Tax
Benefits of Corporate NOLs
Blaise Sonnier, Team Lead, Accounting and Finance; Kirk Wilcox
Endowed Professor of Accounting
The article analyzes the law and impact of the net operating loss deduction on
corporate taxpayers. Issues examined include the relationship between the dividends
received deduction, the corporate alternative minimum tax and the Section 382
limitations on the deductibility of net operating losses. Finally, the article discusses
planning opportunities and pitfalls to avoid to maximize the benefits provided to
corporate taxpayers by the net operating loss deduction.
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Duty orientation: Theoretical development and
preliminary construct testing
Dustin Bluhm, Assistant Professor of Management
Scholars acknowledge that a greater understanding of duty in organizations is needed
to explain both performance and ethical behavior. This paper provides a starting point
for the study of duty in organizations by advancing the construct of duty orientation,
validating a measurement instrument, and providing empirical evidence of it as a
mediator between effective leadership and both ethical and performance outcomes. In
doing so, we seek to encourage inquiry into the etiology of duty and how it influences
thought and behavior in the workplace.
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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Introduction to Business
by Thomas N. Duening, Ph.D
Team Lead & Associate Professor, Management; Director,
Center for Entrepreneurship; El Pomar Chair of Business
and Entrepreneurship
Introduction to Business provides an overview of important concepts students
will need to understand business practices. Coverage includes guidelines for
entrepreneurship, international business, product development, and marketing.
Students will also learn the principles of business ethics, finance, and leadership.
The text provides business examples that encourage students to apply their
knowledge to real-world case studies.
To enhance, enrich, and enliven student learning, Introduction to Business includes
several features:
• Case studies feature business scenarios and relevant business events that
illustrate key concepts through real-world situations. Students are challenged
to analyze and solve problems by applying business concepts.
• Questions for discussion prompt students to critically examine the information
presented in the chapter and apply their knowledge.
• Exercises provide engaging activities for students to demonstrate their
knowledge in and out of the classroom.
• Pre-and Post-Tests prompt students to answer multiple-choice questions
that provide real-time feedback on their understanding of chapter concepts.
Dr. Thomas Duening is the El Pomar Chair of Business & Entrepreneurship and
Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at UCCS. He
is a 1991 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a Ph.D. in higher education
administration and an M.A. in philosophy of science. He began his academic
career as the assistant dean for the University of Houston’s College of Business
Administration. There, he was also a visiting faculty member in the marketing
department and a cofounder of its Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
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