JMSB Newsletter SUM 2015

2015 MASSEY LECTURE FEATURES TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT

Communications, relationships, and effective teachers were among the important themes voiced

Tuesday by Tulsa Public Schools superintendent Keith Ballard as the guest speaker at the 14th Massey Family Lectureship. The lecture was held in Montgomery Audi-torium on the campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Some 400 students, faculty, public school superintendents and community members attended the hour-long session, which ended with questions-and-an-swers from the audience.

Dr. Ballard leads the largest school district in Oklaho-ma with 41,000 students and 7,000 employees, including 3,000 teachers. Focusing on college preparedness, he is committed to cultivating teacher talent in a performance-based culture and providing quality learning experiences for every student, every day, without exception. “Com-

munications and relation-ships have been critical dur-ing my journey in Tulsa,’’ Ballard said. “But we must be focused on having an effective teacher in every classroom and a great leader in every (school) building. That’s most important.’’

Ballard joined Tulsa Pub-lic Schools as superinten-dent in 2008. The district serves an urban popula-tion with a diverse popula-tion of students providing a choice of magnet, commu-nity, charter and neighbor-hood schools including a high school that partners with Tulsa Community Col-

lege providing college-level courses. During his tenure, Ballard worked to pass the largest bond in the history of the State of Oklahoma, totaling $354 million. He led the way for the district to work with the Gates Foundation on teacher and leader effectiveness, one of only 10 school districts selected in the country. He will retire from his position in Tulsa this summer.

The lectureship was established in 1994 by a gift from the John Massey family, which was matched by the Okla-homa State Regents for Higher Education Endowment Fund Program. Previous speakers at the Massey Lecture include H.E. “Gene” Rainbolt, George Kaiser, Edward Keller, Ambassador James R. Jones, Dr. Tom Cole, Ar-chie Dunham, Keith Bailey, Michael Cawley, Joseph Cappy, Sen. Ted Fisher, J. Clifford Hudson, Mark Stans-berry and Ed Martin.

by University Communications

President Burrage, Mr. Greg Massey, Regent John Massey, and Dr. Keith Ballard attend the John Massey School of Business 2015 Massey Family Lectureship April 14.

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JMSB STIRS UP A STORM AT BRAINSTORM

JMSB students took top honors at the 2015 Southeast-ern BrainStorm research event. The two-week event

highlights research, scholarship and creative works across the University community. One of the key events is the poster session, where students demonstrate their research and answer questions.

This year, finance majors Chad Cormell and Guillermo Haugen won first place in the poster session. Under the guidance of faculty mentors Dr. Larry Prather, Dr. Han-sheng Chen and Dr. Ying Lin, the students researched retirement plans and applied work by Harry Markowitz (1952), who won a Noble Prize in Economics in 1991, to optimal retirement fund allocation.

For the fourth consecutive year, accounting seniors used their basic accumulated knowledge of accounting con-trols in service for area nonprofit organizations. As a re-quirement for Auditing – the accounting capstone course – students work in groups, utilize their basic knowledge of auditing and internal controls to review the organiza-tion’s accounting procedures and make recommendations for improvement for the nonprofit organization to consid-er. This year students worked with People First Industries (formerly The Sheltered Workshop) and with the newly formed Restore Durant.

This service project is a unique one. Four years ago a member of a voluntary organization complained to Dr. Theresa Hrncir about the lack of good accounting prac-tices within the community organization. Dr. Hrncir con-tacted the leader and gained permission for her Auditing students to study and make recommendations for better controls. In the following and subsequent years, Dr. Hrn-cir has contacted other organizations seeking to do the same. Among the organizations assisted over the years are the Wesley Foundation at Southeastern, Main Street Durant, St. Catherine House and Pride of Durant Band Boosters. Accounting students Katherine Howard, Ray-lee Dill, Shannon Minchey, Sara Helms and Kyrstan Glasco won third place in the poster session. Other ac-counting students entering the poster contest included Micah Slaten, Amanda J. Thompson, Shavanne Sher-man, Greg Johnson and Crystal White, who developed internal controls for People First Industries and Bill Mar-tin, Jennifer C. White, Sara Helms and Greg Johnson who worked on another internal controls project.

In addition, JMSB faculty members Dr. C.W. Von Ber-gen and Dr. Martin Bressler presented research on Emo-tional Support Animals in the Workplace and on business strategy options.

Finance students, Guillermo Haugen and Chad Cormell, take first prize in BrainStorm Poster Session.

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Accounting students, Katherine Howard, Raylee Dill, Shannon Minchey, Sara Helms and Kyrstan Glasco won third place in the poster session.

Dr. C.W. VonBergen and Dr. Martin Bressler presenting research at the BrainStorm poster session.

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2015 FACULTY HONOREESThis year 46 nominations were

received for the Faculty Sen-ate Awards in Teaching, Service and Scholarship. Many faculty members were nominated in two or three cat-egories by both faculty colleagues and students. Also for the first time, a Faculty Senate Award was presented to the Outstanding Adjunct Instructor.

Dr. Kitty Campbell received the award for Outstanding Teaching, Dr. Martin Bressler received the awards for Outstanding Scholarship and the award for Outstanding Service, and Ms. Kathy Hendrick received the award for Outstanding Adjunct In-structor.

Ms. Kathy Hendrick, Dr. Martin Bressler and Dr. Kitty Campbell

DR. THERESA HRNCIR NAMED TO OSCPA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONDr. Theresa Hrncir views service to the OSCPA as

an important connection to the accounting profes-sion for her and her students. She is able to bring actual practice in small ways to her classes. In 2008, she ap-plied and became a member of the Professional Ethics Committee of the OSCPA. When an accountant earns CPA designation, this CPA must adhere to the AICPA and OSCPA Codes of Professional Ethics. This commit-tee reviews potential violations of the AICPA and OSCPA Codes of Professional Ethics. If a practitioner is found to violate the Code, sanctions, fines and even loss of license are possible outcomes. The OSCPA committee members review cases and the AICPA staff members perform ac-tual investigations if violations of the Code appear to have occurred. Final resolution of a case returns to the OSCPA committee for action. After a few years of active membership, Dr. Hrncir was asked to chair that commit-tee. On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, Dr. Theresa Hrncir, chose to lead her last meeting after serving as chair for three years. She plans to continue as a member for this important committee.

Over the years, Dr. Hrncir has connected with the OS-CPA in more than one way. She writes articles for the OS-PCA publication CPAFocus and by invitation she became

a member of the Educational Foun-dation Board of Trustees of the OS-CPA. The Board of Trustees approves and monitors CPA donations to the funds and selects scholarship win-ners from account-ing student ap-plicants attending Oklahoma higher education institu-tions. Toward the end of her five-year term, 2006-2011, Dr. Hrncir chaired the board for her last two years of service. She has been asked to serve on the Educational Foundation Board of Trustees of the OSCPA to complete the remaining three years of a mem-bership term on the board starting in May, 2015.

Dr. Theresa Hrncir

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JMSB STUDENT SERVICE LEARNING Before they graduate, accounting students have

the opportunity to practice their accounting skills while providing a valuable service to the community. The Volunteers in Tax Assistance (VITA) program le-verages college students across the country to assist pri-marily retired and low-income tax payers in filing their taxes. Students are supervised by faculty members and are required to take many hours of training prior to as-sisting clients. All told, more than two dozen JMSB stu-dents volunteered hundreds of hours to assist members of the Durant and surrounding area. Student volunteers included Jessica Demattais, Angela Palmer, Nathan For-rest, Micah Slaten, Katherine Howard, Jennifer C. White, Shannon Minchey, Raylee Dill, Jestene Gray, Bill Mar-tin, Jerry Jernigan, Jessica Hayes, Danielle Sicking, Jeryn Fenley, Cherokee Acker, Shavanne Sherman, Amanda J. Thompson, Sara Helms, Greg Johnson, Amber Spence, Angela Clements, Kayla Courtney, Kimberly Pettit and Samantha West.

In addition, the Spring 2015 undergraduate Marketing

Management class presented marketing plans for the John Massey School of Business MBA and the new Graduate Certificate in Management the last day of the semester. The Marketing Management course, taught by Dr. Law-rence Silver, is the capstone course for marketing majors. Dr. Silver is the John Massey endowed Chair in Market-ing and serves as the MBA Program Director.

In order to develop the marketing plans, students were required to research each program in terms of target mar-ket, market potential, university resources, and then de-velop the best alternatives for promotion to new students and retention of current students. The team of students who developed the plan for the Graduate Certificate in Management included Ashton Walters, Kristen Gard-ner, Camden Rodriguez, Kara Large, and April Holling-sworth. The marketing plan for the MBA was presented by Joshua Pond, Jaimie Ford, Joey Schroeder, and Ashley Hamilton. Guests for the presentations were Dr. Lucretia Scoufos, Executive Dean for Academic Affairs and Mr. Robert Howard, MBA Coordinator and student advisor.

Accounting students VITA program volunteers

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JMSB AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

MBA student, Julia Boyd, inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.

Dr. Lawrence Silver, MBA Program Director and Dr. Doug McMillan, Vice President for Academic Affairs present scholarships to MBA students, Sarah Roberts and Kelsey Lee.

Marketing and Management scholarship winners Spring 2015 Kenton Farris receives a Certificate of Achievement from Dr. Martin Bressler.

2015 OUTSTANDING STUDENTSAccounting: Amanda Thomp-son; Marketing: Ashton Walters; Management: Darrian Williams; MBA Program: Yvette Martin; and Finance: Chad Cormell

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SOUTHEASTERN STUDENT TYLER ROBERTS BRINGS SMILES TO CHILDREN AT THE SHRINERS’ HOSPITALTyler Roberts is a 20-year-old junior at Southeastern Okla-

homa State University from Valliant, Oklahoma majoring in Occupational Safety & Health, with a minor in Business Man-agement. Back in April, just before Easter, Tyler chose to reach out to children at the Shriners’ Hospital in Shreveport Louisiana to take the Easter holiday to the kids who were unable to enjoy the day like most other children.

Along with fellow Southeastern students Taylor Williams and Chandler Arterberry, they collected donations from individuals and local restaurants to take to the children at the hospital. Ac-cording to Tyler, “The Easter visit was beyond a blessing. You do not realize how lucky you are until you see the less fortunate. When the kids saw me “hopping” to them their eyes lit up and they were smiling ear-to-ear. I had the opportunity to meet with 30 to 40 children that day and each one touched my heart.”

By the way, he is planning another visit to the hospital in the fall. Well one, Tyler!

ALUMNA, VY NGUYEN DYER, ADDRESSES ACCOUNTING CLASS

On a recent visit to Southeastern’s campus, Vy L. Nguy-en Dyer offered a question and answer session for ac-

counting majors. She spoke and answered questions about her job with a Big Four international accounting firm, KPMG, in Houston, Texas and about working in a career in accounting in general. Mrs. Dyer graduated with double majors in account-ing (December 2013) and finance (May 2014). While complet-ing her degrees at Southeastern, she earned recognition for her many academic and extracurricular achievements as the out-standing accounting senior and OSCPA outstanding student for the academic year 2013-2104. As a student, Mrs. Dyer held membership in Phi Theta Kappa and Alpha Chi Honor Societ-ies. She served as president of the Accounting/Finance Club, VITA Volunteer, True Blue Ambassador, and as a Becker Cam-pus Representative.

Vy Dyer returned to campus to be the featured student of The Rhetoric Center Recitations “A Literary Tour” on April 23, 2015. For the program, she recited her original poem, “The Man Who Taught Me to Waltz” and she waltzed with Mr. Jack Accountius for whom the poem was written.

Alumna, Vy Nguyen Dyer

Southeastern student, Tyler Roberts

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Chair EXT. PMB/Location Department EmailDr. Stevenson Smith 2498 4153/R202 Accounting & Finance [email protected]. Kitty Campbell 2494 4205/R103 Management/Marketing [email protected]. Stan Alluisi 3241 4136/Eaker Field 103 Aviation [email protected]. George Jacox 3245 4136/Eaker Field 102 Aviation [email protected]. Martin Bressler 2038 4077/R210 Mngt & Mkt [email protected]. Yates Canipe 2048 4152/R111 Mngt & Mkt [email protected]. Hansheng Chen 3328 4161/R206 Finance [email protected]. George Collier 2734 2668/R209 Mngt & Mkt [email protected]. Deborah Combs 2578 4158/R204 Accounting [email protected]. Debra Haley 2374 4202/R214 Mngt & Mkt [email protected]. Robert Howard 2042 4196/R106 MBA/ Mngt & Mkt [email protected]. Theresa Hrncir 2570 4151/R207 Accounting [email protected]. Courtney Kernek 2022 4095/R213 Mngt & Mkt [email protected]. Rod Leird 2496 4169/R110 Mngt & Mkt [email protected]. Ying-Chou Lin 2152 4099/R215 Finance [email protected]. Kalana Malimage 2572 4160/R201 Accounting [email protected]. Charles Marshall 405-682-1611 Oklahoma City Avaition [email protected]. Steven McNeely 405-736-0222 Midwest City, OK Aviation [email protected]. Larry Prather 2566 4214/R205 Finance [email protected]. Lawrence Silver 3190 4118/R105 Mngt & Mkt [email protected]. Robert Stevens 3181 4188/R109 Mngt & Mkt [email protected]. Kyle Thomas 3214 4136/EAKER FIELD Aviation [email protected]. John Van Bebber 3214 4136/EAKER FIELD Aviation [email protected]. C.W. VonBergen 2430 4103/R211 Mngt & Mkt [email protected]

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Department PMB/Location Office Assistant/Secretary ExtensionAcct/Fin & Mngt/Mkt 4128/Russell 208 Elizabeth Brittingham 2979Aviation 4136/Eaker Field 102 Susan Dilbeck 3252Aviation Oklahoma City @ OCCC/Rose State Richard Hedrick 405-682-1611Aviation Tinker Air Force Base Bldg 201 SE Rhonda Elmore 405-739-2574Aviation Tinker Air Force Base Bldg 201 SE Lori Rupert 405-733-2210

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DirectoryExecutive Dean for Academic Affairs: Dr. Lucretia Scoufos

Administrative Associate to the Dean: Mindy HouseSpecial Assistant to the Dean: Stephanie Metts

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