International Fellow

Dr. Thomas Tang, Department of Management and Marketing, was named a Fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology. He will receive his award at the closing ceremony of the quadrennial meeting of the International Congress of Applied Psychology in July in Paris, France. According to the Journal of Business Ethics, Tang is being honored for his work in economic psychology and is best known for his research on the meaning of money, love of money, and monetary intelligence. [read more]

Institute for Leadership Excellence

The recently completed Institute for Leadership Excellence included presentations by David Foote, institute director and associate dean of Jones College, and faculty members Earl Thomas and Deana Raffo of the Department of Management and Marketing. [Read more at http://mtsunews.com/institute-of-leadership-excellence-2014/.]

BEST Career Fair a Success

About 150 students visited with 40 prospective employers at the Management and Marketing BEST Career Fair, many looking to hire for positions in management, marketing and sales in an improving economy. [more]

Roger Kovalchik and Andrea Morrow, to his left, of the Hershey Co. meet with MTSU students to answer questions about career possibilities during the BEST Career Fair Monday inside the Student Union. (MTSU photo by Darby Campbell)

New M.S. in Management

As the local job market improves and the region continues to attract good-paying jobs, Jones College hopes its new master’s degree in management will become increasingly attractive to those workforce professionals seeking a boost up the career ladder. [more]

From left, Dr. David Urban, dean of the Jones College of Business, Dan Morrell, director of the Master of Science in Management program, and Dr. Jill Austin, chair of the Management and Marketing Department, talk to graduate student Samantha Montagno during the recent kickoff reception for the M.S. in Management program held at the Business and Aerospace Building. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli)

Students Teach in Flipped Classroom

"Professor Jackie Gilbert observes intently as [students] busily discuss last-minute PowerPoint details for her EXL 3610 Principles of Management course, which she has transformed into a 'flipped classroom' of students teaching students.... [more]."

Tennessee's Business: Innovation

http://capone.mtsu.edu/berc/tennbusiness.html 

Tennessee's Business, published by the Business and Economic Research Center, celebrates innovation in its latest issue, based on the MTSU University Honors College spring lecture series. Topics include 

• alternative fuel for commuting (by Cliff Ricketts),
• the challenges of a global economy (by Pete Barile), 
• the impact of technology on society (by H. Lee Martin), and
• finding your leadership strengths (by Deana Raffo, Department of Management and Marketing).

[more]

Civility in the Workplace

Students of professor Jackie Gilbert, Management and Marketing, presented proposals for a corporate civility policy to Nissan executives. [Read more]

At left, Dr. Jackie Gilbert stands with the winning student team, Hagar & Co. Management Consulting. Team members are, from left, Micah Hull of Murfreesboro; Jordan Hager of Nashville; Travis Brewer of Los Alamos, N.M.; Marlyn Botros of Nashville; and Francisco Melgar of Los Angeles.

Marketing and Management Boulevard Trivia

How much do you know about management and marketing careers? Management and Marketing students and faculty are invited to play Boulevard Trivia on Tuesday, April 16, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Boulevard restaurant, 2154 Middle Tennessee Blvd. There will be lots of prizes, deals on food, and fun.

MTSU Enactus Team Named Regional Champions

Congratulations to MTSU's Enactus team members, named Regional Champions in Atlanta competition April 2. They will compete in May at the national competition in Kansas City.

Students on the Enactus team are: Eric Brinson, Jijin Deng, Ashley Garth, Sarah Hamilton, Rajan Khurana, Brittany Page, Raquel Pulecio, Jessica Scott, Wykeesha Sims, and Eric Wedgworth.

Laura Buckner and Jean Wilson (Management and Marketing) are faculty sponsors. 

Enactus was formerly named SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise). The name change highlights its longstanding commitment to using entrepreneurial actual as a catalyst for progress. 

New American Marketing Association Chapter

A chapter of the American Marketing Association will launch at MTSU this fall. Information sessions about the benefits of joining AMA will be in BAS S273 at these times:

• Thursday, April 4, 2:30 p.m.; 
• Monday, April 8, 5 p.m.; 
• Wednesday, April 17, 11 a.m.; 
• Tuesday, April 23, 5 p.m. 

Marketing Charity Golf Scramble

The Modern Woodmen Fraternal Student Chapter of MTSU and MTSU's Marketing Senior Seminar students invite you to their 2013 Charity Golf Scramble on Sunday, April 21, at 1:30 p.m.

• Shotgun Start 4-man Scramble: $300 per team* or $75 per person*
  (Fee includes lunch, cart fee, range balls, goody bag.) 
• Cash prizes for the winning teams! Mulligans available for purchase. 
• Prizes, Prizes, Prizes: Long Drive, Closest to the Pin, Putting Contest
  (First 36 PAID teams will be registered. )

Hole Sponsorships are available for $50 each, and customized sponsorship packages are available upon request.

All proceeds go to the support of a local non-profit child care facility, Wee Care Day Care, which serves the Murfreesboro community.

Wee Care Day Care provides affordable childcare services to families in need with children between six months and five years of age. The center relies on donations from the community to help provide their valuable service. The center is in need of renovations for their facility, updated central heat and air, and new equipment for learning activities. It is located at 510 S. Hancock Street, Murfreesboro.

For information:

• Weston Beckwith
  Executive Project Manager
  (615) 653-6369
  westonbeckwith@gmail.com
• Jean Wilson
  MTSU Faculty Advisor
  (615) 898-2436
  Jean.Wilson@mtsu.edu

[Department of Management and Marketing]

Management and Marketing BEST Career Fair

Students with an interest in management and marketing positions will have the chance to meet with employers through speed networking at the Business Exchange for Student Talent on March 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Student Union ballroom. The event is sponsored by Management and Marketing faculty. 

For more information on the event, participating employers, and how to prepare for networking: http://www.mtsu.edu/career/best.php

Midstate Consumers More Upbeat about Economy

http://mtsunews.com/consumer-survey-results-jan-2013/ 

Local consumers have become more optimistic about the future of the U.S. economy, according to MTSU's Office of Consumer Research [Tim Graeff, director, Management and Marketing]. [more]

Career Tuesday

The first in a new series called Career Tuesday will be held on Tuesday, February 5, from 4:30-6 p.m. in the SunTrust Room (in lobby area of BAS North). Refreshments will be served.

The company taking part in our first event is Nissan. Tim Fallon, an MTSU alum, will be representing the company. Topics of discussion will include:
• Nissan’s culture
• The hiring process
• Typical career paths
• Expectations for high performing employees

Drop by as you can - hope to see you there!

Survey: Consumer Confidence Drops Sharply

http://goo.gl/iJr9a 

Following a yearlong period of steady increases in consumer confidence, the overall consumer outlook index for midstate residents dropped sharply to 106 from 178 in September, according to MTSU's Office of Consumer Research [Tim Graeff, director, Management and Marketing].

[Murfreesboro Post article]

Take a Stand and Stop Bullying

Jackie Gilbert's undergraduate EXL management students are presenting on topics of bullying (cyber bullying, corporate bullying, and stalking) to student groups on November 28 in the BAS State Farm room beginning at 6 p.m. Although the event was originally scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m., because there are only three groups it will more likely last one and one-half hours.

[Management and Marketing]

Students Create Anti-Bullying Video

Students of Jackie Gilbert (Department of Management and Marketing) created a video: "Take a Stand, Stop the Bully/ The Face of a New Resistance."

Networking Event: Digging Deeper

Seniors are invited to network with more than 35 employers on Tuesday, September 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. in James Union Building (JUB) on MTSU campus. Dress is business casual.

Discuss careers in multiple industries. Employer attendees have backgrounds in human resources, retail, sales, banking, financial services, business services, insurance, non-profit, consulting, entrepreneurial, communication and restaurant management.

For  more information, contact

• Jean Wilson, Jean.Wilson@mtsu.edu 

[Department of Management and Marketing]

Survey Shows Mixed Views on Local Economy

"Middle Tennessee residents appear to be of two minds about the economy, based on results of the latest Middle Tennessee State University survey of consumer attitudes." [Read more about Tim Graeff's consumer confidence survey (Department of Management and Marketing) in the Tennessean.]

MTSU Professor a Top Tweeter

From the Daily News Journal: Don Roy, Management and Marketing, "has been recognized by MBAPrograms.org as one of the top 50 business school professors to follow on Twitter." [more]