Division of Business Questionnaire


As a member of the Business Advisory Committee, please take a few minutes to fill out the Division of Business Questionnaire and submit to Dr. Kendra Boggess, Division Chair, at kendra@concord.edu.

Faculty Recognition


  • Faculty award:  Dr. Susan Robinett was named 2006 Business Education Teacher of the Year by the West Virginia Business Education Association.

 

  • Faculty  credential:  Mr. Tom Shelton, CPA, CMA, was recently awarded the CFE designation (Certified Fraud Examiner) by the ACFE.

 

  • Professional Development:  Mr. John Fazio, professor of management, has begun his Ph.D. program, Nova University.

 

  • Professional Development:  Dr. Nancy Niles, professor of management, has begun work on an additional MSN/MBA in Management, specializing in Health Care topics, University of Maryland.

 

  • Faculty research:  Dr. Niles, refereed journals: 

 

          • “Bringing the Real World into the Entrepreneurial Classroom” Journal of Business Strategy and Leadership, University of Kansas at Fort Hays, Volume 1, No. 1, 2005
          • “Ethics Education:  One Management Educator’s Perspective,” Journal of Teaching and Learning, Clute Institute for Academic Research, Vol. 3, No. 10, 2006.


  •  Faculty research:  Drs. Islam, Boggess & Schmidt, 2006 MBAA Proceedings


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          • “Hofstede’s Cross—Cultural Typology and the Ethical Values and Behavior of Japanese and US Students:  An Empirical Examination Using Vitell et al.’s Behavior Classifications.
          • Refereed journal:  Drs. Islam, Boggess & Schmidt 2006, refereed journal “Hofstede’s Cross—Cultural Typology and the Ethical Values and Behavior of Japanese and US Students:  An Empirical Examination Using Vitell et al.’s Behavior Classifications.”  The Journal of Learning in Higher Education, Vol. 2, issue 1, Spring 2006
          • **Response of Economics Students to a Change in High-Scorer Disincentives. Research completed on a four-year study of how economic students react to changes in the "curve" that they are offered on exams. Presentation to be given at MBAA meeting, Chicago, 29 March 2007. (not included in document shared with Advisory Committee 4/19/2007-KB. Forwarded to members individually.)


  • Student Investment Club earnings: 30.53%

 

  • Bobby Barber wins accounting award:  Outstanding Accounting Senior Award from the WV Society of CPAs.  One student was selected from each of 8 schools submitting student’s names for entry. 

  Business Advisory Council Recognition

 

  • Angela Cline completed her MBA, January 07, from Walden University, specializing in Human Resource Management and Health Services.  Has begun Ph.D. in accounting, also through Walden University
  • Congratulations to Christy Elliott for promotion to Banking Officer. As a Banking Officer, Christy has shown she is capable of representing BB&T in a positive manner to the public as well as to the internal staff. She received this promotion as a result of her 2006 production in her current program - BB&T @Work.
  •  Regrets to Matt Keesecker on loss of his brother

 

  Other Celebrations


  • New Scholarship: honoring Dr. John Minnick, former Economics Professor in the Division of Business and Economics at Concord College.