November 2011

Wed, 11/30/2011 - 13:23 | by dmm

College of Business Online Newsletter

November 2011- Number 185

Dean's Message	Marketing & Alumni Relations
Accounting	SCIS
Business Career Services	Undergraduate Programs
Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship	Media Hits
Marketing

Dean's Message

Lunch with Labh

Please mark your calendars for the next “Lunch with Labh” on Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 12:00-1:00 in the Schaller Seminar Room, 3164 Gerdin Business Building. This is your opportunity to hear about the state of the college and ask questions of the dean. This is a brown-bag lunch – beverages will be provided. Please RSVP to Julie Lelonek at jlelonek@iastate.edu if you plan to attend.

The College of Business Dean’s Office be observing the following Thanksgiving and winter break hours:

Thanksgiving Break:

November 21-22: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

November 23: 7:30 am – 3:00 p.m.

November 24-25: University Holidays

Winter Break:

December 19-21: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

December 22: 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

December 23 & 26: University Holidays

December 27-30: Office Closed

January 2: University Holiday

January 3-6: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

January 9: Resume regular office hours

Call for Nominations for the 2011 Iowa State University Awards:

Nomination cover pages and detailed Format and Electronic Submission Instructions may be found at the following sites:

Click here for Faculty Awards

Click here for Staff Awards

College and University Award Guidelines can also be found here

November College Research Colloquium

Jing Dai and Sekar Raju are the scheduled presenters for the November 30 College Research Colloquium. The presentations will be held from 11:30 -12:30 p.m. in room 3164 Gerdin Business Building. Lunch will be provided—please RSVP to Deborah Martinez at dmm@iastate.edu. Please see the college’s Research webpage for more information

Accounting

Jan Duffy presented "Revenue Recognition - What's Coming with IFRS" to the American Society of Women Accountants - Ames and Des Moines chapters on October 19.

The Accounting Department and WebFilings jointly sponsored a presentation by Robert Herz, former chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, titled ‘Challenges and Opportunities Facing Financial Reporting in the U.S. and Globally’ on October 18. Over 200 students, faculty, and community members attended.

Business Career Services

Young Professionals Leadership Symposium
Meredith Williams is attending the Young Professionals of Ames Leadership Symposium on November 4 in Ames.

The Way Up Conference
Tammy Stegman will be attending The Way Up: Developing Women Leaders to Enhance Iowa Higher Education on November 3 and 4 in Des Moines, IA.

Recruiting Trends Conference:
Kathy Wieland and Tammy Stegman will attend the Recruiting Trends Conference in Chicago, IL on November 17-18. This conference is hosted by the Midwest Association for Colleges and Employers. Dr. Phil Gardner, Principal Investigator with the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University will share information from the 2011-2012 Recruiting Trends survey report. Kathy and Tammy will also be attending employer site visits on Thursday.

Mark Your Calendars NOW – Career Fair and Career Week:
Important dates for the spring 2012 semester! The Business/Liberal Arts & Human Sciences Career Fair will be held on Wednesday – February 8, 2012 from 12-6 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum. Mock Interview Day will kick off Career Week which will be February 1-8. Stay tuned for specific details regarding all these events.

Iowa State University Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship

Judi Eyles presented “Best Practices in Organization Structures” at the Sixth Annual Academic Conference at the School of Law at Western New England University.

Biju Kulathakal - founder and chairman of Trading Block Holdings Inc.

November 4: 9:30 a.m.

Speaker: Biju Kulathakal, Co-owner/founder of REDBOX at NIACC (Auditorium) in Mason City

Transportation provided by Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship: RSVP to eyles@iastate.edu by November 2

Biju Kulathakal is an entrepreneur and founder and chairman of Trading Block Holdings Inc, a financial services holding company based in Chicago. Previously, Biju was a founding partner at GetAMovie which was later sold to McDonalds and subsequently became part of Redbox. Redbox is currently one of the largest movie rental companies in the United States and the fastest growing in terms of revenue. He was also a founder of Enterprise Logic Systems, a software development firm that specialized in developing technology solutions for the financial services and trading industry.

Marketing

Ajay Kalra (Rice University), Shibo Li (Indiana University) and Wei Zhang, “Understanding Responses to Contradictory Information About Products”, Marketing Science, forthcoming

John Wong was voted October Teacher of the Month.

Marketing & Alumni Relations

Greater Iowa Credit Union Business Lecture
Maxine Sweet, Vice President of Public Education for Experian, will be the speaker at the second Greater Iowa Credit Union Business Lecture on Tuesday, November 1 at 8:00 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. More details can be found here.

SCIS

Conference Paper Acceptances:

Hu, Q., Yang, J. Z., and Yang, L. F. “The Impact of E-Commerce on Organizational Performance: The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Integrative Capabilities,” accepted for presentation at the Tenth Workshop on E-Business (WEB 2011), to be held on December 4, 2011, Shanghai, China.

Helmer, G. “Data Breaches and Web Servers: The Giant Sucking Sound,” accepted for presentation at the RSA Conference 2012, to be held on February 27- March 2, 2012 in San Francisco, California.

Professional Achievements:

Joey George has accepted an invitation to serve as a Senior Editor of Information Systems Research for at least one more year by the new Editor-in-Chief Ritu Agarwal.

Undergraduate Programs

REMINDER: A student wanting to add a business course for the spring 2012 semester, which is not available on Access Plus, should be referred to Sarah Wilson in 1200 Gerdin.

If you are faculty member who would like to participate on stage for the December 16 College of Business graduation ceremony and have not touched base with Sarah Wilson, please contact her via email at slwilson@iastate.edu.

Undergraduate programs staff will be meeting with transfer students during Transfer Orientation on November 14.

Experience Iowa State sessions will be November 4 and 11. Transfer Student Visit Day will be November 7 and Legacy Migration will be November 28 here in the Gerdin Business Building

The Business Ambassadors will be visiting with 9-12 and postsecondary students from their high school and community college alum to discuss why they chose Iowa State’s College of Business program. The students will be completing their first visit over the Thanksgiving break. Students maintain communication with their business teachers regarding information about the College of Business, and will visit in the spring semester as well. For more information, please contact Leah Berte in 1200 Gerdin.