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How I Spent My Summer, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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This summer, I spent several weeks in Southeast Asia on a Global Learning Experience with the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business. We traveled to Vietnam, Thailand, China, and Hong Kong to meet with businesses, government agencies, and international organizations. Our group included Dean Anderson, Dr. Vijay Kannan, Dr. Zsolt Ugray, and 13 students in various majors in the Huntsman School of Business.

Exploring Careers In Nyc, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Sixteen students, along with two faculty members, traveledto New York City earlier this summer for three days of career exploration visits with finance firms. The ten visits included large firms such as Goldman Sachs, KPMG, and Bloomberg as well as S&P, Time Inc, and JetBlue. The students also took part in an event that brought together alumni in the area. Grant Brinkerhoff, a sophomore Finance student, stated that “this was such an amazing experience to learn more about the different jobs in the financial field. It was an eye-opening experience seeing the different aspects of finance and corporations that I …

Prosales Club Shines, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Recently, students from the Huntsman ProSales Club excelled at the Florida State International Collegiate Sales Competition, the Russ Berrie Institute National Sales Competition, and the Qualtrics Sales Idol Competition.

Huntsman Students Win Top Honors At Pbl National Leadership Conference, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Huntsman students Josh Shelhamer, McKell Nelson, Glen Tonge, and Benjamin McCulloch traveled to Chicago this summer to showcase their business talents.

Utah State University Entrepreneurs Among Utah's Best, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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The past month has been a busy and profitable one for a few Utah State University student entrepreneurs who have competed for money and investment in entrepreneurship competitions.

Preparing Students For Jobs Of Tomorrow, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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As part the international “Hour of Code” event, USU Southwest Huntsman School of Business professor Kristal Ray led a basic computer coding class for 100 third- and fifth-grade students at Manti Elementary in Manti, Utah. Combining her computer science background with business and marketing expertise, Professor Ray taught students the importance of technology in our adapting world.

Mhr Students Give Back And Get To Work, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Last week 26 Huntsman School of Business Master of Human Resources students put away their text books and cellphones, gave back to the Utah community and learned what it takes to run an organization from the ground up by bottling, labeling, weighing and stacking more than 36,000 cans of beef chunks for the holiday season.

Macc Student Receives Aicpa Medal Of Inspiration, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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We recently received notification that our own Lucien Butler has been selected as this year’s National Medal of Inspiration Award winner. This award is co-sponsored by the Beta Alpha Psi organization and the AICPA with a $5,000 cash award funded by the AICPA with only one annual recipient. For those of you less acquainted with Lucien, here is why he was selected.

Huntsman Students Collect Entrepreneurship Prizes, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Klydi Heywood

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The final stage in the Utah Entrepreneur Series, the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, is one of the largest business plan competitions in the nation. This April five out of nine challenge prizes were awarded to two Huntsman students’ businesses.

Alumni And Students Launch Campaign, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Huntsman alumni Craig Morris and Nate Bradshaw knew that Snap would be a success at first glance. The Snap product was originally invented by Eric Child, whose recent invention Fiber fix was featured on ABC’s Shark Tank, but who did not have the time capacity to fully promote the product. With Child’s permission to promote the product, Morris and Bradshaw teamed up with students Spencer Bailey and Kathryn Young, and launched the following Indiegogo campaign.

Huntsman Students Prepare Rigorously Before Going Global, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson

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When students return from Global Learning Experiences in the summer, they report that the word "vacation" is not one they would ever use to describe their experiences. The students also report that they work especially hard during the grueling academic weeks that precede the summer trips.

Huntsman Students, Faculty, And Staff Recognized For Contributions, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson

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Utah State University honored three Huntsman students and the Huntsman Scholar Program with Robins Awards this year, recognizing them for their scholarship, contributions, and trips to the end zone.

Nine Bloomberg Terminals Are Available To Huntsman Students, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Nicole Foregren-Velasquez, new faculty member with a joint appointment in the School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems departments, recently learned that her proposal to study knowledge management at NASA has received approval and funding in the amount of $15,000. This research engagement will investigate the use and impacts of knowledge management systems by system administrators, and recommend future directions for development and implementation. This is a particularly interesting project because the different NASA sites have drastically different cultures and norms. Outcomes of this project will include full academic publishing rights. The project will be completed over the summer.

Huntsman Students Create New Marketing Approach Called "The Flash", Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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It all started with an idea — an idea that then became a reality.

Entrepreneurship Club Draws Students From Across Campus To Entrepreneurship Week Events, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson, Steve Eaton

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Every year children across the country mix up their best brew, hand-letter signs, and test their parents’ support levels by opening makeshift lemonade stands. During Entrepreneurship Week, USU students, armed with a grownup understanding of marketing, were given a chance to showoff how they would make such a basic sales venture successful.

Entrepreneurship Club Draws Students From Across Campus To Entrepreneurship Week Events, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson, Steve Eaton

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Every year children across the country mix up their best brew, hand-letter signs, and test their parents’ support levels by opening makeshift lemonade stands. During Entrepreneurship Week, USU students, armed with a grownup understanding of marketing, were given a chance to show off how they would make such a basic sales venture successful.

Business Professor Makes Student Success Priority, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Stacey Worster

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From his career beginnings working as a technical engineer to raising a family and going back to school for his MBA, Dan Holland's life has been full of unexpected turns. However, students won't find him complaining.

More Than 100 Students Travel To Six Countries On Global Learning Experiences In Spring 2013, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Vijay R. Kannan

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What do the Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, Nike, the Reserve Bank of India (India’s ‘Fed’), and Toyota have in common?

Students Create 'Flash Marketing' Business Model, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Cale Patterson

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Some business students hope to succeed in their eventual careers and have little real-world experience before graduating. Three students from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business have experienced success in business long before their degrees at USU are finished.

Usu Trustee Tells Students To Aspire To Do What They Love, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Kevin Opsahl

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Now a gracious supporter of Utah State University and member of the USU Board of Trustees, Suzanne Pierce-Moore suggests students ask a question to themselves she wishes she had asked at their age: “What would I do if I couldn’t fail?”

Students Win Case Study Competition By Developing Metrics For Skullcandy Training Efforts, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson

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In search of finding a quantifiable way to measure training efforts, Skullcandy turned to USU students for a help during the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Marketing Case Competition.

Ethics Bowl Competition Tests Students As They Wrestle With Troubling Issues, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson

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It’s not often that most people have the opportunity to argue with each other in front of a crowd of people and a panel of judges, but on Feb. 21, students from across the USU campus did just that.

Students Gain Real-World Experience In Marketing Case Competition, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson

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It happened on Friday, Nov. 30, however, when students participated in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business’s first-ever Marketing Case Competition, for a client whose specialty just happens to be beards.

Entrepreneurship Week Provides Innovative Opportunities For Students, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson

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For one week in early April, Utah State University students with drive, dreams, and creativity found such attributes could prove especially rewarding.

Increasing Positive Perceptions Of Diversity For Religious Conservative Students, Alison Cook, R. R. Callister

Alison Cook

Evidence suggests that positive perceptions toward diversity enhance the potential group and organizational benefits resulting from diversity. Given the make-up of today’s organizations, encountering diversity has become the norm rather than the exception. As such, it is becoming increasingly important to address diversity issues, and take steps to increase positive perceptions of diversity within the business classroom in order to carry that advantage into the work-place. Religious conservative students present a unique challenge to diversity education in that they likely hold value laden attitudes that lack alignment with diversity principles. This study prescribes a scaffolding approach to increase positive perceptions …

Ethics In Publishing (11 Workshops), Susan R. Madsen, James Davis

Susan R. Madsen

To begin raising awareness of ethics and publishing concerns and educate doctoral students (future professors and practitioners) within the Academy of Management, Davis and Madsen facilitated 60-minute segments for eleven division's doctoral student consortium at the Academy of Management conference in Chicago. We brought journal editors/associate editors with us for each of our division presentation. Divisions: Business Policy & Strategy (BPS); International Management (IMD); Management Consulting (MCD); Managerial & Organizational Cognition (MOC); Organization & Management Theory (OMT); Organization Development & Change (ODC); Organizational Behavior (OB); Organizational Communication & Information Systems (ODIS); Public & Nonprofit (PNP); Social Issues in Management (SIM); …

Ethics In Publishing: Professional Development Workshop, Susan R. Madsen, James Davis

Susan R. Madsen

This PDW is all about “The Questions We Ask?” In fact, it is also about “The Questions We Should Ask!” With the fairly recent and highly publicized breaches of ethics among members of the business community, there is a need to re-examine specific strategies employed in all kinds of organizations. Many business faculty are comfortable teaching ethics in the classroom, but are we (as scholars and educators) appropriately challenging our own ethical practices? Ethics in publishing is one of the areas that many disciplines have recently been addressing. This workshop will provide faculty, administrators, and doctoral students the forum to …

Competencies Required Of High School Distributive Education Students For Entry-Level Employment In Selected Cedar City Businesses, Mervin W. Prince

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

"The preparation of youth to succeed in the world of work is an important objective of the American high school."¹ Students enroll in high school distributive education to develop an employable skill. The instructional program provides students with a variety of learning activities related to their occupational goals.

Distributive education has expanded to serve the whole range of distributive occupations, after starting mainly as a means of training retail sales persons. An important characteristic of distributive education has been the necessity for rapid adjustment to the changing business conditions.

A Follow-Up Study Of Students Completing 1 Year Or Less In The Weber State College Secretarial Science Certificate Of Proficiency Program, Donna M. Roberts

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Along with other curricular changes in the postsecondary schools of today has come an added emphasis upon business and business subjects. Elaborating on this specific statement concerning business subjects, Veon notes that it is the responsibility of the school and of the instructors to provide the student with the high quality vocational education that will enable that student to have a successful life by securing a good initial job and adapting himself to that vocation.¹

Accordingly, in the past few years Weber State College has developed one-year and two-year programs in Secretarial Science designed to meet the specific vocational …

The Uses Of Personal Typewriting By Students At Utah State University And Skyview High School, Joseph Henry Wilson

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The changing concept of the uses of the typewriter has had an enormous effect on the teaching of typewriting. In addition to the vocational objective, the personal-use objective has been added. Personal-use typewriting has as its goal the material that the student is likely to typewrite for himself; vocational typewriting is focused on what others want typed for them. The distinguishing characteristic in teaching the two is therefore not the skill accomplishment so much as the kind of material involved (13).

A study released by Hosler and Maske (4) seems to substantiate the reasoning that students in a personal-use typing …