YouTube - Accounting and its role in the current economic crisis

YouTube - Accounting and its role in the current economic crisis

Rodney Paul on the new Economics of Sports Minor at SBU

Major Field Exam

All senior business students will be taking the major field exam this coming week starting on Sunday, March 29th and concluding on Sunday, April 5th.

The content of the major field exam reflects the basic knowledge and understanding gained in the core undergraduate curriculum. The multiple choice exam is designed to assess mastery of concepts and principles of students at the conclusion of a major in a specific area.

The major field exam is used to measure students academic achievement and growth. The exam evaluates the students ability to analyze and solve problems, understand relationships, and interpret rationalizations. The scores allow for detailed curriculum review and evaluation and student receive an effective metric to determine their own level of achievement compared to other students in the program and in the nation.

Visiting Executive

Mr. Vince Volpe, President of Dresser-Rand will be a visiting executive in the School of Business on Wednesday, April 15th. In addition to visiting classes he will be making a presentation in the Dresser Auditorium in Murphy from 3:00-4:30.


Want more information on Vince Volpe? Here is some information from Forbes.

"President and Chief Executive Officer and has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2004. Mr. Volpe has been with Dresser-Rand Group Inc., its affiliates and predecessor companies to the business since 1981. He has held positions in Engineering, Marketing and Operations residing and working in various countries, including: Applications Engineer in Caracas, Venezuela; Vice President Dresser-Rand Japan in Tokyo, Japan; Vice President Marketing and Engineering Steam and Turbo Products in Olean, New York; Executive Vice President European Operations in Le Havre, France; and President
Dresser-Rand Europe in London, U.K. In January 1997...."

Student research

A sometimes overlooked benefit of a small school is the ability for undergraduates to actually work on research projects with professors (at most larger schools this is a privilege reserved only for PHD students).

It is for that reason the SBU has recently begun a new Journal of Student Academic Writing. The first edition will be out soon and congratulations are due for Evelyn Kriby and Brianna Bricker for their work being included.

Ms. Kriby's "The Use of Sponsorships in NASCAR," which was nominated by Dr. Michael Russell, has been accepted for publication in the new journal and Ms. Bricker's "Sponsorship in College Football Bowls," received an honorable mention and will be included in the online version.

Way to go!

Wednesday March 25th--EXERCISE ONLY: Shooter on campus

This Wednesday we will be having a disaster preparation drill (a fancy term for we will be pretending there is a shooter on campus). Local police and emergency teams will be participating.

Much more information on this can be found here.

Congratulations to Rob Chatt

Congratulations to Rob Chatt the 2009-2010 McGowan Scholarship winner!!!

If you do not know, the McGowan scholarship is given annually at schools across America to deserving Business students.

From their website:

"The McGowan Scholars program recognizes the academic achievements and excellence of students pursuing a major offered by an accredited business school. It is designed to encourage leadership ability, interpersonal skills, and a significant involvement in academic, campus and community activities. It also recognizes excellence of character, a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurial potential."

This year the SBU winner is Robert Chatt. Ron is a hard working and industrious student that will be a fine representative of SBU’s School of Business.

Congratulations Rob!

Also a Thank You to the selection committee of Carol Fischer, Jeff Peterson, John J. Watson, John Stevens and Brian McAllister for your work on making the selection.

David Campbell's Presentation to Business Majors

Who is David Campbell? From the announcement:

"Mr Campbell has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Tektronix, M&T Bank, MRO Software, Gibraltar Industries, and PowerSteering software, and Niagara University and SUNY-Buffalo, as well as civic positions including Chairman of Roswell Park Cancer Institute Council, the Buffalo United Way campaign, and the Erie County IDA and Chamber.

Recognitions include an honorary doctorate from Niagara University, citizen of the year from The Buffalo News, and inclusion as a Fellow in the first year awards of the Purpose Prize."

He gave two lectures. The first which was aimed at the campus-wide audience focused on HODR, the benefits of volunteering, and the challenges of running a volunteer organization in challenging economic times. (The first speech is available on the BonaResponds blog.)

The second lecture was tailored to business students (and faculty!). He talks about the current economic problems (he thinks unemployment will go above 10%), governance, auditing, regulation, globalization, and what students (and others) can do to "wait out" the recession.

Becoming Extraordinary Lecture-Carol Fischer and Joe Coate

Joe Coate and Carol Fischer recently gave a lecture as part of the SBU Becoming Extraordinary Lecture Series.

Here is a quick look in:

Welcome to the St. Bonaventure School of Business Blog!

Welcome. This will be a means to keep up to date with what is going on at the St. Bonaventure School of Business.

We envision this as being a storehouse of information on events, publications, and news items that show some of the many things going on at the SBU's School of Business.

It will be updated regularly (Jenifer Spencer has agreed to help update it), so be sure to check back often.