DEAN'S FACULTY EXCELLENCE ENDOWMENT ESTABLISHED
The College of Business is pleased to announce the establishment of
the Dean’s Faculty Excellence Endowment, a $4 million fund created to provide perpetual funding opportunities to support fellowships and summer
research grants for highly productive faculty in the College of Business.
The Dean’s Faculty Excellence Endowment is the newest
permanently endowed fund at the College of Business. “Endowed funds are critical to the college’s success in attracting and retaining
top-tier faculty and recruiting high quality students,” Dean Himarios said. “We are committed to significantly increasing the number of
our endowments to support a high level of academic and research activity within the college.” The college currently operates 66 permanently
endowed funds to support research, faculty posts and scholarships.
AFTER 30+ YEARS,
DR. CARL MCDANIEL STEPPING DOWN AS MARKETING
CHAIR
Professor Carl McDaniel stepped down as chair of the Marketing Department in May, a position he has held since
1977.
Dr. Larry Chonko, the Thomas McMahon Professor in Business Ethics, has assumed this administrative
post.
Dean Himarios praised Dr. McDaniel for his service, saying
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Carl for the last 25 years at the College of Business. He has been an outstanding leader for both
the Marketing Department and the college. So much of the growth and strength of our marketing program is owed to Carl and I thank him for his
outstanding work.”
Himarios added, “At the same time, I am so pleased to have Dr.
Larry Chonko assume the chair. Larry’s vision and experience are ideal for this critical role.”
This spring the Marketing Department ranked 44th in the Top 100
Business School Research Rankings conducted by the School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas. This ranking places the UT
Arlington Marketing Department ahead of such institutions as Notre Dame, Purdue, Baylor and Texas A&M in research activity.
DR. DONALD
MCCONNELL
RECOGNIZED FOR
RESEARCH PUBLICATION
Dr. Donald McConnell,
Associate Professor of Accounting, has received The CPA Journal’s 2007 Max Block Award for the most outstanding article in the
category of Technical Analysis for his article “Implementing the New ASB Risk Assessment Audit Standards”, published in the
journal’s June 2007 issue. The article was co-authored by Charles Schweiger, CPA.
The CPA Journal is a monthly publication of the New York
State Society of CPAs.
Dr. McConnell teaches auditing courses and is a Certified Fraud
Examiner. He is presently serving as faculty advisor to the UT Arlington Accounting Society.
Dr. McConnell has been the recipient of several teaching awards and
the College of Business Distinguished Professional Publication award.
In addition to The CPA Journal, Dr. McConnell has published
in The Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance and The Journal of Accountancy.
ALUMNI HIGHLIGHT
Jim Wilkinson (’93 BBA, Finance), Chief of Staff for U.S.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, returned to UT Arlington in April as the keynote speaker for the 2008 Spring Convocation for Academic
Excellence.
Jim has been counsel to the nation’s top policymakers including Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice and retired Gen. Tommy Franks ('71 BBA, Management). Wilkinson was also a member of the team that helped arrange President Bush’s visit to ground zero after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
The April 17 event brought Jim back to campus for the first time since his graduation 15 years ago. Read Jim's "Be A Maverick"
profile.
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Greetings from the
College of Business at UT Arlington.
We are pleased to launch the
college’s first e-newsletter designed to keep you in the know about our work and the achievements of your fellow alumni, students and
faculty.
We have
good reason to be proud.
The college has grown to be one of the largest business schools in the nation. We are nationally recognized through our
earned accreditation by AACSB, the world’s largest accrediting association
for business schools. Our college is among an elite group of less than 10% of U.S. business schools that are fully accredited at all degree
levels and in both business administration and accounting.
This spring UT Arlington earned a place
among the The Top 100 Business School
Research Rankings conducted by the School of
Management at The University of Texas at Dallas. The rankings are based on research contributions in 22
select academic journals from 2005-2008. The Marketing and Management programs were also ranked for research our faculty published
in professional journals.
We seek to be greater
still.
We endeavor to become a premier
business school in Texas and to be widely regarded as the institution of choice for advanced business education in the North Texas
region.
We need your help.
Later this summer I will invite you to
participate in an on-line survey about the College of Business through this e-newsletter. I hope you will
take the short amount of time necessary to participate. The opinions of our alumni are important. Your participation will enable us to better
serve not only our alumni, but current students as well.
Thank you for your
support.
Daniel Himarios,
Dean
College of
Business |
Daniel Himarios
Dean
College of Business |
Douglas D. Hawthorne |
MAY COMMENCEMENT CELEBRATES BUSINESS GRADUATES
The month of May is always a special time at UT Arlington. Spring commencement ceremonies culminate
the long, challenging and enriching journey of higher education for our graduates. At the College of Business, 341 candidates registered to graduate
this spring, including:
- 250 undergraduates, including 13 Goolsby Scholars;
- 83 master's students; and
- 8 Ph.D. candidates.
Douglas D. Hawthorne, President and CEO of Texas Health Resources, was the guest
speaker for the Business graduation ceremony. Texas Health Resources is one of the largest nonprofit health care delivery systems in
the United States, serving more than 6.3 million people living in 16 counties in north central Texas. Mr. Hawthorne is also a member of
the College of Business Advisory Board.
Read Douglas D. Hawthorne’s speech to the May 2008 College of Business graduates. |
| L to R: Dean Dan Himarios, CEO Yaromir Steiner, and UT Arlington President Jim Spaniolo |
BUSINESS
WEEK 2008
Each year, the College of Business hosts Business Week to connect
students with industry leaders of the highest caliber. For Business Week 2008, the college partnered with the Arlington Chamber of
Commerce. This year’s theme was the impact that Glorypark will have on Arlington and Tarrant County.
The highlight of the week—held March 10-14 this year—was the keynote address
by Yaromir Steiner, Chief Executive Officer of Steiner + Associates, an Ohio-based development, leasing and property management
company. Glorypark is a partnership between Steiner + Associates and Hicks Holdings.
Among the leaders of the New Urbanism movement, Steiner and his company are
developing Glorypark’s mix of retail, entertainment, residential, office and hospitality uses.
Classrooms were packed with speakers associated with the Glorypark project. These speakers
explained first hand the economic, civic, political, physical, financial and environmental impacts of this mega development located just a few miles
from the UT Arlington campus.
For audio files, presentation slides and video of the Glorypark-Business Week
presentations, please visit www.uta.edu/realestate/gloryparkcase.htm.
Details of Business Week 2009 are expected to be
announced this summer. |
James Sharp |
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS CREATES EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
OFFICE
James Sharp joined the College of Business earlier this year to develop and
implement the college's marketing and communications efforts. James’ primary goals are to enhance the brand value of the college, increase
visibility and awareness, and strengthen the college’s relationship with alumni.
INdepth is part of the college’s enhanced outreach to its more
than 30,000 alums across the world. We hope you will enjoy hearing from us. We also want to hear from you. Send James your ideas and feedback anytime. Be sure to update
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We hope you will pass INdepth on to friends, prospective students and
parents.
Thanks for reading. We look forward to staying in touch. |
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