BIz
Notes
3rd edition July 30, 2015
Faculty and Staff, School of Business
STUDENT SUCCESSES:
Congratulation Brooke!!! Brooke Cornelius is an accounting major at Henderson State. She is Miss HSU and placed in the
top 10 for Miss Arkansas. Brooke’s Platform… http://www.protectouryouth.info/about.htm . Also, Brooke won a Business Leadership
Award at the Miss Arkansas pageant. Best wishes for continued success Brooke.
ASBTDC Staff attend Conference
Leah Hasley and Brandon Horvath, HSU ASBTDC, traveled last week to Kansas City, Missouri, to become certified Kauffman
Foundation FastTrac NewVenture and TechVenture facilitators. Both programs are designed to be a 30-hour series over
8-10 weeks that guide potential business owners through all aspects of the startup process. The HSU ASBTDC will first
offer FastTrac NewVenture this Fall to Encore Entrepreneurs, those nearing retirement interested in a starting a business,
through a partnership with AARP. Leah and Brandon will also become FastTrac GrowthVenture certified next month.
Also last week, Chelsea Gaza, HSU ASBTDC, attended the Omni Shopper 2015 Conference in Chicago, IL. The event featured
guest speakers from Hewlett-Packard, Facebook, and Google that discussed today’s retail industry. In addition, experts
from leading retailers and brands presented research regarding the dramatic shifts in shopper behavior. Attendees were
instructed on how to redefine business strategies so that the needs of current shoppers can be met. The HSU ASBTDC will
use the information obtained from the conference to better assist the retail clients of the Center through tailored training
seminars and consulting.
Dean Visits: Nathan, Steve Adkison and I will accompany Christi Batts to The Arkansas INNOVATION Hub on August 14.
https://plus.google.com/+ArhubOrg/about. (Watch for e-mail and newsletter about the HUB). Special attention will be given to how
this “incubator” concept might be utilized in our Hot Springs activities.
FACULTY OPPORTUNITIES
Murray State University: The Journal of Business and Management Landscapes … Call for Submissions. JBML seeks to
publish top-quality manuscripts representing research from any conventional or emerging area of business and management,
as well as their allied disciplines. Its scope and mission reflect the changing needs for and of academic and practitioner research
in an environment already impenetrably dense with information. Toward that end, JBML is especially interested in
manuscripts that reflect, develop, contest or contribute to “best practices” “state of the art” or meta-analytic literature in any
viable content area of business, management and their allied disciplines in order to discern the evolutionary viability of research
work in any problem domain. All submissions are double-blind peer reviewed. Visit their website at jbml.org
FACULTY Research
“We are glad to introduce to you the Journals Consortium Archive of Postgraduate Dissertations. Postgraduate
thesis/dissertations are resources of immense research value across academic disciplines. Unfortunately, most
thesis/dissertations tend to be restricted to university libraries and archives. Journals Consortium Postgraduate Archive
http://pgd.journalsconsortium.org/ provides a new and exciting way of digitally archiving postgraduate
thesis/dissertations. This enables postgraduate students to archive their thesis/dissertations by uploading them to the
Journals Consortium Postgraduate Archive platform. This not only extend these thesis/dissertations work from university
libraries to the global academic community, but also gives them a global audience and better chances for these
thesis/dissertations to be cited by other researchers. Using the Open Access model, these thesis /dissertations will be freely
available to all researchers by simply visiting the Journals Consortium Postgraduate Archive website. Please inform your
colleagues and students of this archive and encourage them to submit their postgraduate theses/dissertations.”
Symposium:
Call for Abstracts ……Journal of International & Interdisciplinary Business Research
jiibr@mail.com
A Read from the Chronicle: “Financial Literacy: Can it be taught? Should Colleges Even Try?” https://shar.es/1sGVJA
An opinion from Cooper Dixon: “I land on the side that it is useful, because twenty years of teaching financial literacy
classes and conducting less formal training has convinced me that the efforts are worthwhile.
However, I agree with the views that the process needs to be reevaluated and possibly updated. For example, I feel that
we could incorporate a case approach into the process, in addition to the other traditional informational resources.
When the semester starts I suggest that we determine the School of Business's (as well as HSU's) interest in such an
activity. If we move forward in creating a financial literacy program the approach that I envision would be campus-wide,
and it would include contributions from both faculty and students. Perhaps the student contribution could be incorporated
into some of our courses and in the GAs' assignments…….. It would be an excellent way to provide service to all of HSU's
alums and serve as an excellent tool to help stay in contact with our former students.” Please share your thoughts with
Cooper.
WEB Pages:
Keep Watching !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.hsu.edu/Academics/SchoolOfBusiness/index.html
DATES to REMEMBER:
Tuesday, August 18th
9am-Noon:
1pm-5pm:
Wednesday
Student Move-In Day (Dorms) at HSU
Aug 19
Thursday, August 20th
7:30am-1pm:
7:30-8am:
8:00-11:55:
Noon-1pm:
1:15pm-4:30
Department Chairs Workshop/Discussion, EDC 108
New Faculty Academic Workshop, EDC 108
Faculty Fall Conference, Garrison Grand Ballroom (all faculty attend)
Continental Breakfast8-8:30am:
Update faculty on major issues and changes.
Buffet Lunch/social time, Garrison Grand Ballroom
College/department meetings. MO 207 for Business Faculty
6:00-9:00 p.m. Employee Picnic. Garrison Grand Ballroom & Quad (Hosted by
President Jones & Family)
(note Time Change for this event)
Friday, August 21st
8am-5pm:
Monday, Aug 24
Classes Begin
Registration & Drop/Add — all departments/colleges will have faculty
Available to help students during these published hours.
Tuesday, Aug 25
FALL CONVOCATION. This event will focus on FRESHMAN students and our
Academy of Scholars (formerly Founders Day).
While the exact schedule has not been finalized the following is expected:
8:30 Reception for Academy of Scholars at Barkman House
9:30 Roundtable: Academy Inductees, President, Provost, Student Leaders, and Deans
11:00 Luncheon for Inductees
12:30 Convocation (some Faculty in attendance robed in Academic Regalia)
Welcome by President
Charge to Freshman Class by Outstanding Faculty Member
2:00 Academy of Scholar Inductee interacts with students in the School
Thursday, Aug 27
12:00 – 1:30
September 7:
September 10:
Labor Day — No classes
2:30 – 5:00
BAC Meeting
5:00 – 6:00
BAC Dinner
7:00
First Home Football Game
October 15-16:
October 30:
Fall Break — No classes
5:00 – 7:00
G-60 pitch
November 13:
ALUMNI DAY
9:00 – 11:00
11:00 – 2:30
3:00 – 5:00
6:00 – 8:00
November 25-27:
December 10-11:
December 14-17:
December 21:
Faculty/Student Networking Luncheon
Alumni engaging Students (Concurrent Sessions)
Mock Interview Competition
BAC Meeting
School of Business Etiquette Dinner
Hall of Fame Inductee
Thanksgiving Break — No classes (Tues. evening classes at instructor discretion)
Restricted Days
Final Exams
Final Grades Due, no later than 8:30am
Please send your GOOD NEWS and HAPPENINGS to dawkinl@hsu.edu for inclusion in Biz Notes.
Louis Dawkins, Dean
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Henderson State University
Box 7801 • Arkadelphia, AR 71999-0001
870-230-5377