ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s inaugural Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year award was presented to Linda Poulson, chair and associate professor of accounting. The award was based on the following criteria: encourages and honors high academic achievement by students of business and management; fosters in students an enduring commitment to the founding principles and values of the Society: honor and integrity, pursuit of wisdom, and earnestness; and supports the advancement of business thought and practice to encourage lifelong learning.

Beta Gamma Sigma is an international honor society that provides the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate program at a school accredited by AACSB International.

The 2012 inductees are:

Juniors
Meghan Mary Brindley
Meghan Elizabeth Chomeau
James Robert Davies
Alyssa Maria Fonseca
David Conley Goltz
Nathaniel Clark James
Ross Clayton McFarland
Seamus Hoyt McGuire
Michael Charles Mucci
Robert Corrigan Orr
Ashley Heather Rainha
Austin Michael Rhoads
John Patrick Riley
Austin Michael Rutherford
Kathryn Elizabeth Ryan
Kristan Scala
Staci Ruth Scott
Suzanne Marie Scott
Matthew M. Slater
Nicholas Thayer Unkovic
Danielle A. White
Christian Patrick True

Seniors
Suzanne Grace Bell
Katherine Marie Bloom
Jess Thomas Gavic
Mallory Ann Gershenfeld
Chelsea Maruia Helms
Leslie Celeste Johnson
Emma Margaret Price
Lindsay Marie Richardson
Marguerite Madeline Roney
Brian David Sharnsky

MBA
Ali-Imran Bawangaonwala
Randall Scott Borror
Robert William Daniels
Fred Gaston Hathaway, Jr.
Katherine Lindsay McCollum
Rudy Hunter Metz
Jasper Lynd Rajesh
Julie Kerr Swanner

Faculty
Dr. Chiichao “Catherine” Chiang
Mr. Coleman R. Rich
Dr. Paula M. Weller

The Center for Hospitality Research at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration hosted the event, which focused on fostering ethical leadership.

Stevens led the discussion “Meeting the Challenges of Ethical Leadership: Responsibilities and Best Practices in Organizations.” She was the only invited facilitator who is not a faculty member at Cornell University.

Industry leaders and hotel managers, along with Cornell University graduate students, attended the conference.
 

Smith will begin her studies this fall in areas such as personnel selection, training and development, work motivation, leadership, work teams and organizational development. The PhD program has around a three percent acceptance rate, and Smith was also awarded a university fellowship, which includes a full tuition award, a stipend and a paid position as a graduate teaching assistant.

Smith is most interested in researching leadership development, work teams and the impact of technology. After completing her degree, Smith would like to work in an applied position doing management consulting or leadership development training.

At the Love School of Business annual awards ceremony last month, Smith received the Student Achievement in Management Award, which is given to a senior management major who has shown enthusiasm and success in his or her major as well as promise for future achievement.

Robert Moorman, Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership, who presented the award to Smith, said, “She performed excellently in class, but her intent was not just to learn how to manage, but to learn in depth about how people manage and how they might do so better. She is interested in the questions about management as well as the answers, and she has an intrinsic interest in learning more and more about our topic.”

Themed “Manage Your Future,” the conference included the following sessions:
• What is your ideal job and how do you get there?
• Resume review
• What extracurricular activities really matter for your resume?
• Social networks – Set up your LinkedIn strategy
• The art of negotiation: Getting the most out of your job contract
• Taking advantage of your first 100 days on the job
• A manager’s perspective on social responsibility

Participating speakers included:
• Ian Baltutis ‘08, co-owner, The Vibration Solution, LLC
• Marty Blevins G’11, learning and organizational development professional, LabCorp
• Marianne Brigola, Career Fellow at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ
• Jane Mehringer, associate director of career services, LSB, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ
• Jessica Siege, lecturer of organizational behavior, UNC-Chapel Hill
• Joe Villani P’13, USS Chief Engineer, Lockheed Martin.
• Amanda Zamzes ’08 G’14, program assistant, University Advancement, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ

The conference also featured a case competition facilitated by Amy Moorman, senior lecturer of business law, as well as a networking luncheon and panel discussion.

“The speakers were relevant, knowledgeable and had real-world experience,” said attendee David Krohe ‘12. “The line of questions about ‘Managing Your Future’ helped prepare me for some of the activities and ways of thinking/acting I should be implementing in the near future.”

Sigma Iota Epsilon (SIE) students organized the event to help their peers prepare for life after graduation.

“I enjoyed being able to use the skills my professors taught in the classroom to allow my peers to further their education in a voluntary setting,” said chapter president Kelly Smith ’14, who helped plan the conference. “I believe that the success we achieved in this inaugural year for the conference is a direct reflection of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ teaching on properly leading and managing a group of people towards a common goal.”

SIE is the premiere fraternal organization in management in the U.S. Individuals elected to membership demonstrate superior scholarship in the classroom. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s chapter was established Fall 2011.

Congratulations to the 2012 inductees:
Kevin Barr
Mara Bollenbacher
Welsford Bishopric
Brandon Brown
Matthew Campbell
Celia Eddy
Adam Crouch
Alexander Dempsey
Lauren DiFiglia
Kathryn Dugan
Katherine Eason
Charles Fambrough
Matthew Florian
Mallory Gershenfeld
Oliver Goddu
Ashleigh Green
Robert Hackett
Lauren Hansen
Chelsea Helms
Caitlin Hickey
Benjamin Kanne
Ryan Kilbane
Simone LaHood
Sarah Naiman
Gregory Nantz
Harrison Olverd
Joseph Patterson
Emily Plante
Nathan Randazzo
Jonathan Riegel
Paul Robinson
Justin Wanner
James Yaworsky
Blaire Zachary

ODE Officers:
President: Grace Foster
Vice President: Tyler Zoda
President-elect: Blaire Zachary
Vice President-elect: Justin Wanner
Faculty Advisor: Tina Das
 

• Sivabrata Das – Staff Business Analyst/Application Development, Siemens Energy
• David Hamilton – Asst. VP & Actuary, United Guaranty Corporation
• Matt Haynes – VP, Advocate Reinsurance Partners
• Chrissy Brady Sailstad – Owner, Not Your Grandmother’s Wedding
• Kristin Smith ‘07 – Americas Graduate Training Program/IT Site Management Coordinator, Credit    Suisse

• Ali Bawangaonwala – Product Marketing Manager, RF Micro Devices
• Steve Burtoft – Full-Time Student
• Brooke Davis – Account Executive, SAS Institute, Inc.
• Gerardo Estrada – Pricing & Forecasting Officer, Huntsman International
• Nicole Munns – National Operations, SleepMed, Inc.
• Meredith Smith ’08 – Assoc. Director of Admissions for Campus Visits, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ

• Don Dibble – VP, Lincoln Financial and LSB Board of Advisor
• Katie Galbreath G’07 – Chief Hospital Operations & Business Development Officer, Durham             Regional Hospital
• Michael Gannaway P’01 – VP of VF Direct to Consumer/Customer Teams, VF Corporation and LSB Board of Advisor
• Kathie Given – VP of Marketing, Biscuitville
• Frank Hood – President, Kingsdown Mattress Company
• Derek Robinson G ’03 – Director, International Sales & Marketing, Glen Raven
• Bernadette Spong ’78 G’07 P’09 P’10 – SVP Finance/CFO, Rex Hospital and LSB Board of Advisor

The group was greeted with smiles and given numerous thank yous by those working at the shelter. The students found the experience rewarding and were glad to help give those less fortunate a healthy breakfast. 

The presentation was co-sponsored by the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

In his presentation, Blanchflower said he does not think Europe can cut its way to growth. The world economy has been hit by a once in a hundred years financial shock and “the scale of the shock has been underestimated.”

Global action worked to help “save the world.” This included coordinated actions by central banks, quantitative easing and a coordinated fiscal stimulus. However, Blanchflower said the stimulus was withdrawn too soon in many European countries.

He noted that in the previous ten years things have been made worse because risks have been underpriced, which has caused a productivity shock. The price of risk will rise, it is not temporary, and the economy may take 20 years to rebound and adjust.

Blanchflower said deficits are not the problem; governments and central banks must generate growth. Europe did not have a program to deal with growth. The U.S. has a small growth rate and unemployment is falling. It is the only success story when compared to other countries.

“This is the greater depression. Greece has to default because it has no growth strategy.”

Blanchflower feels austerity was always doomed to fail because countries still do not have growth plans. Banks are not lending and small firms cannot get credit.

He showed data from a UK lab experiment that measured consumer and business confidence. The experiment showed that consumer and business confidence has collapsed.

“Drops in confidence and spending are driven by one group – the public sector workers.”

Blanchflower concluded his presentation by saying the Eurozone crisis is far from over and that there are more surprises to come.

Blanchflower, who visited as part of the Love School of Business’ Executive-in-Residence program, also guest lectured in Assistant Professor of Economics Vitaliy Strohush’s course, Money and Banking.

About David Blanchflower
David Blanchflower is the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, visiting professor at the University of Stirling in Scotland, research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass., Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Studies at the University of Munich, program director at The Institute for the Study of Labor at the University of Bonn in Germany, and visiting scholar at the Reserve Bank of Boston. He is also the economics editor of the New Statesman, economics columnist at the Guardian and a contributing editor for Bloomberg TV.

From 2006-2009 he served on the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England. He won The Daily Telegraph’s Great Britons of 2008 Award in the “Business Person of the Year” category.

Blanchflower received his Ph.D. from the University of London. He has been awarded three honorary doctorates and in 2009 was made a Commander of the British Empire.