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Week of May 4 –
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Graduation
Saturday Saturday morning in Paulsen Stadium we will assemble and conduct the annual spring graduation ceremony. It promises to be a happy, hot, and momentous occasion for the graduates and their families. Congratulations to all! The event will also mark the first time Freedom, Georgia Southern’s eagle mascot, will fly (untethered!) in a large outdoor setting. We all hope he finds Steve Hein at the opposite end of the field and doesn’t decide to go exploring! As is custom, I have included the following data comparing last year’s numbers with this year’s. As you can see we are up significantly in overall number of graduates. Total for University
2501 Total for University
last year 2000 ------------------------------------------------------- Total COBA -
627 Total COBA last year
-533 BBA 519 BBA last year
439 MBA 78 (includes 33
WebMBA) MBA last year 67 MAcc 30 MAcc last year
27 ----------------------------------------------------- Total CIT
54 Total CIT last
year 50 BS in computer
science 11 BS in computer
science last year
13 BS in information
technology 43 (includes 8
WebBSIT) BS in information
technology last year 37 After the commencement exercises we are hosting a reception for grads and their families in the atrium of the CIT building. We will supply food and refreshments, and faculty will be there to congratulate their students. And I am sure there will be many pictures taken with everyone in academic regalia. I would like to thank all faculty and staff who participated in graduation this year. A special thanks goes out to the following folks who worked so hard on the reception: Linda Carwell Lisa Williams Jamie Lane Caroline Brewton Donna Orme Amirali Nathoo Well done! |
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ComputerWorld interview New or used? In mid-April Timur Mirzoev was interviewed by ComputerWorld, which was doing an article about companies and universities that purchased used computing equipment rather than new machines. We – the College of IT – recently received a bunch of equipment from Canvas Systems, compliments of Timur’s efforts. In the article, Timur said: “It's
also been a great teaching aide for students, who have done all of the
actual installation, configuration and management of the used gear over
the past four months.” Click on the link below to read the full ComputerWorld article: Timur’s ComputerWorld Interview |
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Savannah Morning
News I will report on Michael Reksulak’s latest column in next week’s Update. |
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4. Guest speakers Luke Pittaway was the featured speaker at the April Small Business Coalition Partners meeting in Beaufort, South Carolina. The Small Business Coalition Partners is sponsored by the Technical College of the Low Country. Luke offered a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities that are present in a rural setting and compared the challenges the Lowcountry faces with similar ones he encountered in the United Kingdom. Good show, Luke! ++++++++++++++++++++ |
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Student projects in the community COBA and CIT faculty often engage students in projects for local companies as part of the course requirements. Jim Randall has been doing this for years in his strategic marketing management classes. Here is a brief summary of the ones he supervised this spring: In
Savannah, the students from Savannah conducted mystery shopping visits to
the Chu Convenience Stores in preparation for developing marketing
plans. Rick Pruden, Chief
Financial Office of Chu's visited the class earlier this semester to brief
the class on convenience store operations. We are presenting marketing plans
to him and John Hubert, the chief operating officer, Monday evening (April
20).
In
Statesboro, I have a group developing marketing plans for the Bulloch
Pediatrics Group. Doctors
Michelle Zeanah and Austin Whitlock met with the students earlier in the
semester. They are presenting
marketing plans to the group Friday evening (April 24) in
COBA. Also, I
have groups assigned to help develop marketing plans for Eagle Inkjet and
Toner. The owner Scott Hosick
met groups of students that visited his store. They are presenting marketing
plans to him Monday evening (April 27) in COBA. Good work, Jim! ++++++++++++++ |
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Upcoming events Don’t forget the COBA golf tournament, Friday, May 15 at Forest Heights CC!! Contact Lisa Williams for more information.
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Student, faculty, and alumni successes
Last week I mentioned that Greg Brock was honored recently with a Fulbright Scholar award to teach economics in Mexico. Our local newspaper, the Statesboro Herald, ran a nice feature about him; check out the link below: http://www.statesboroherald.com/news/article/17941/ +++++++++++++++++++ Bob (“Mr. LEGO”) Cook received some good news recently from Debra Smith of the LEGO company. Her letter to him reads: “Congratulations!
Your activity ‘Conducting an
Experiment’ was selected as the March winner of our LEGO Smart Creativity
Contest! Your ingenuity of using LEGO bricks to encourage science exploration was viewed as a ‘great way to incorporate science into an activity that engaged young minds’ by our panel of judges. Very innovative and exactly the type of activity we want to share with educators across the nation. Debra Smith Market Communications Coordinator 800-362-4308 LEGO Education Congratulations, Bob!! +++++++++++++++++++ Dena Hale also has some good news to share. She has been working with the POGIL Project, an NSF grant-funded project, to disseminate the POGIL technique across campus and the Southeast Region of the U.S. She submitted a grant proposal that was funded! Congratulations! The POGIL Project has funded your
project, Cross-Disciplinary Applications: Taking the Next Step. The funding will officially begin
on May 1, 2009. The reviewers
of your proposal noted that it is likely to have a lasting impact and will
further the goals of the National Project. Way to go, Dena! +++++++++++++++++++ |
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8.
Welcome new subscribers § Marshall Wainright (’91 BBA in finance), who is realty specialist with the Federal Highway Administration in Washington, DC. § Vicktor Tollison (’06 BBA in management) and Merrick (Sikes) Tollison (’07 BS in biology). Vick is an agent with Liberty National Life Insurance Company in Vidalia. § Lindsey Cummings (’03 BBA in marketing), who is working at The Sir Shop in Dublin. § Breanna Pierce (’07 BBA in finance, and ’08 MAT), who is a business education teacher at Effingham County High School. § Charles Stone (’01 BBA in information systems), who is field technology services analyst with Dell Computers in Augusta. |
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Eagle
Executive Society Welcome new
members: Wayne
Bissell Chip
Howard Matthew
Mercer Dr. Steve
Moss Please consider joining – or renewing your membership in – COBA’s Eagle Executive Society. For only $50 a year your contribution will support our annual funding needs that are not being covered by state dollars. Corporate memberships are $250 per year. Click on the following link now and sign up online! Thank you. http://coba.georgiasouthern.edu/eagleexecutive/eexsmembership.htm |
