College of Business Administration Quarterly Newsletter

Featured Articles     The Business of Living and Learning Internationally Known "Lean" Management Course Comes to USF through Partnership With MIT Creating Opportunities: A Hispanic Perspective     Portraits of Success     Outstanding Alumni Student Spotlight Focus on Faculty & Staff   Upcoming Events     Corporate Connections   Career event for graduate business students and employers Feb. 15, 4 - 6 pm Jim & Leacy Quinn Atrium, COBA Graduate Wing More information...   MBA Program Information Sessions   Feb. 12, 6 pm Mar. 21, 6 pm Port Authority Building, Room 113 1101 Channelside Drive Feb. 17, 10 am Mar. 13, 6 pm Graduate School of Business, Room 115 USF Tampa Campus More information...   Quick Links...   News Briefs Degree Programs Hire Business Grads Alumni & Development COBA Giving	January 2007 - Volume 9.1
	Greetings from the College of Business Administration! I have enjoyed my first few months as Dean here at USF. One of my favorite activities is working with our faculty, alumni, and community partners to launch strategic initiatives for our students. One such initiative is our Bulls Business Community. This new “living-learning” center will help us provide programming for incoming freshmen who choose to live together in our residence hall. We are recruiting students now for the 32 openings and will soon be seeking alumni and friends to help us bring the “real world” to the dorm in short, targeted networking sessions. Be sure to read about it in the “Business of Living and Learning” article. A second initiative is our partnership with MIT’s Lean Aerospace Initiative. Our initial “Lean” management course for MBA students, to be held over spring break, filled within days of opening. You’ll find details on the MIT LAI partnership inside this newsletter. We welcome your involvement as we launch these and other new initiatives. Robert Forsythe, Dean   The Business of Living and Learning   This fall, the College will host its inaugural resident group as we launch the Bulls Business Community. A new twist in residence life, the Bulls Business Community will be home for 32 first-year students in Maple Hall, one of USF’s newest suite-style dormitories. “Students chosen for this program will enjoy all the benefits of a traditional on-campus lifestyle, “said Dean Forsythe, “plus a few extra perks." Full story...     Internationally Known "Lean" Management Course Comes to USF through Partnership With MIT   Supervisors and managers eager to improve efficiency and eliminate waste from business systems will get the opportunity to be trained in “Lean” Management at the University of South Florida, thanks to an innovative partnership between the USF College of Business and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI). USF is partnering with MIT’s LAI to offer MBA students the week-long course. Registration for the initial class, to be held in March, filled in three days. Read more...     Creating Opportunities: A Hispanic Perspective   The USF College of Business hosted a cultural fiesta at the 12th annual Hispanic Heritage luncheon on November 3, 2006 at the Columbia Restaurant in historic Ybor City. The event celebrated Latin Americans in the business community. Full story...     Outstanding Alumni   Relationships are Key: A Profile of EMBA Alumna Tonya Elmore Passion and Preparedness: A profile of hard-working alumnus Liana O’Drobinak Two College of Business Alums Named “30 Under 30”     Student Spotlight   Surviving the Pressure: Annual Graduate Case Competition Challenges Student Teams Students Get Ethical in Sixth Annual Essay Contest Journey of Discovery Starts With One Bite: A Profile of Jamie Ellison     Focus on Faculty & Staff   Irene Hurst Wins Woman of the Year Award Journal of Marketing Recognizes Marketing Professor Celebrate the accomplishments of COBA's finest: Manish Agrawal, Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, Jennifer Kahle, Michael Loewy, Christos Pantzalis, Victoria Panzer, Phillip Porter, Jianping Qi, and James Stock.

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