by Amanda Pittman | Apr 13, 2011 | COBA Events, Current Students, Special Speakers
Recently, students in Business Law and Introduction to Business, had the opportunity to hear from nationally known economist Dr. Russell Roberts. Dr. Roberts was invited to campus as part of the Undergrad Research Festival.
Dr. Russell Roberts
Here’s more information about Dr. Roberts from Econlib:
Russell Roberts, Associate Editor. Russell Roberts is Professor of Economics and the J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Distinguished Scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Before coming to George Mason University, Roberts was at Washington University in St. Louis where he was the founding director of the Center for Experiential Learning at the John M. Olin School of Business and a Senior Fellow at the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy. Roberts has also taught at the University of Rochester, Stanford University, and UCLA. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.
Roberts is a regular commentator on business and economics for National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. In addition to numerous academic publications, he has written for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Professor Roberts is especially interested in communicating economics to non-economists. His first novel, The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism, a jargon-free book on international trade written for the non-economist, was named one of the top ten books of 1994 by Business Week and one of the best books of 1994 by the Financial Times. An updated and revised edition was published in the spring of 2000. His new book is The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance (MIT Press, 2001).
Russ Roberts is the host of EconTalk, economics podcasts available here and through iTunes. He blogs at Cafe Hayek along with Don Boudreaux
Dr. Andrew Little, Dr. Roberts, Dr. Monty Lynn
by Amanda Pittman | Apr 12, 2011 | College Decisions, Current Students
COBA faculty, staff, and MACC students and alums were thrilled and honored to learn recently that US News and World Report has ranked our MACC program as the #1 business graduate program in the nation in terms of graduate students who secure employment within three months of earning their degrees.
Please read the University’s press release about it here.
And here’s the article from US News and World Report.
Congratulations to all the faculty and staff! And thank you to all the accounting firms and recruiters that visit our campus every semester to interview our MACC students.
by Amanda Pittman | Apr 6, 2011 | COBA Events, Current Students
Lots of ACU students traveled to far away places during our March Spring Break. A couple hundred students traveled to cities across the US with Spring Break campaigns – volunteering and working with local churches. And several other students planned a trip with friends to go hang out in the sun on the beach, or to their hometown to rest and relax with their families. Five students from the College of Business had another idea altogether.
They headed down to Honduras for a week of service and learning. I had a chance to ask Dr. Jinkerson, Associate Professor of Management, and SIFE sponsor, more about their trip. Here’s what he shared:
1) How many students went to Honduras?
5 SIFE Students
2) What was the primary focus of the trip?
To meet up with some 65 other college students from sister institutions (Harding, Freed, Lipscomb) and work with a local missionary (Marc Tindell) to serve the people in Honduras. The ACU students went to the “Dump” (landfill outside of Tegusagalpa) where people actually live and survive. Twice that week, they went to the Dump and fed the people living there. They provide beans, rice, totillas, and clean water. Two other days, they build houses for individuals that had no place to live. A house is a 16×16 structure with a floor, window, door and tin roof. For people who are used to having nothing, it is like a mansion. On another day, they went to visit the local hospital where they spent time with kids (some of which are dying). We provided hamburgers to the families that had kids in the hospital.
3) Tell us about three highlights from the group’s trip?
See poverty up close and treating those people with love and respect.
4) What lesson or lessons do you hope the students walked away with?
To thank God for the blessings that we have and never take those for granted. Also, Jesus in Matthew 25 said that we are to feed the hungry, cloth the naked, and visit the sick. That is what we tried to do.
5) How do experiences like Honduras enhance the business principles our students are learning in the classroom?
Our next project down there will involve establishing a business where they will grow produce and fish for food and provide enough to sell so that they can provide for their families. Our students will help with the business plans as well as some of the market research. Internships will also be available in the future.
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At the end of March, thirteen COBA students traveled to Chicago for a regional competition. Our team presented four different projects:
- Enterprise City – legacy project to teach business processes to 4th and 5th graders
- My Friend Morgan – ethics for college students
- New Horizons – part of the Lowe’s grant to provide and build furniture for kids in Foster Care
- Honduras (see above)
We are excited to participate in these types of competitions. They offer unique opportunities for our students to continue learning about the marketplace and using business to serve, outside the classroom, in real life ways that impact real people. We are so proud of our SIFE team – they placed First Runner Up in the regional competition and will continue working on the New Horizons and Honduras projects for the rest of the year.
To learn more about the international, non-profit organization, SIFE, click here.
by Amanda Pittman | Mar 25, 2011 | City of Abilene, College Decisions, Current Students
ACU has been proud to call Abilene home for over 100 years. True, Abilene may not have all of the entertainment, shopping or recreational options that bigger cities might have – but we like to think that Abilene has a bit more charm, character and hospitality than some of the bigger sister cities.
April’s issue of Texas Monthly features the restaurants and shops of downtown Abilene, and even has Tom Perini – of Perini Ranch Steakhouse in Buffalo Gap – on the cover. Stan Smith (ACU Class of 1975) is the Events Manager at Perini’s. I called Perini’s to see if I could interview him and ask him a few questions – but he’s currently in New York, preparing for and catering a few top secret events at the moment.
Photo courtesy of www.texasmonthly.com
Check out the piece about downtown Abilene here.
And click on over to see a sneak peek of the April issue here.
What was or is your favorite place to eat in Abilene? And if you’re planning a campus visit sometime soon, to see your current student or to bring your prospective student, be sure to check out some of these delicious dining establishments.
by Amanda Pittman | Mar 18, 2011 | Current Students, Uncategorized
Looks like Alex, sophomore Management major from Little Rock, will have a great excuse when he misses class next week:
“Wildcat sophomore Alex Carpenter will become the first ACU student to play in a PGA Tour event when he tees off March 24 in the 33rd anniversary edition of Palmer’s tournament, presented by MasterCard, at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Fla. Carpenter, who has won six collegiate tournaments since Fall 2010, is one of the NCAA’s top golfers the past two years.” –Ron Hadfield
Click here to read the full story on the ACU Today blog.
Alex’s twin brother and teammate, Adam, is also in COBA, majoring in Finance. We’re proud of both of these student-athletes and look forward to watching Alex at Bay Hill.
Photo courtesy of acusports.com
by Amanda Pittman | Mar 17, 2011 | Current Students
If you’ve started and are running your own business, we’d like to feature you and your company in a regular series for the blog. Maybe you’ve started your own business from the ground up, or you’ve opened your own office for a larger company (insurance, investment services, AVON, etc.), or anything in between – we want to hear from you. We are asking you to share your experience with our current and prospective students. Let us learn from you!
If you’d allow us to feature you, please send an email to amanda.pittman@acu.edu, with answers to the following questions:
1. Tell us about your company. What do you do?
2. In a few brief paragraphs, how’d you get started?
3. What class, project or professor helped prepare you the most for your journey?
4. What’s one piece of advice you’d share with future and current business students at ACU?
We looking forward to hearing from you! Thanks for letting us share your story.
