MSCBiz! Happenings

Outstanding Performance at PBL Nationals!

Nineteen members of Mesa State's Phi Beta Lamba received awards and recognitions at the National Conference in July 2010. Stephanie Nesbit earned two first place awards, in Leadership and in Project Management, and an 8th place in Management Concepts. Additionally, Alexa Williams was inducted into Who’s Who in PBL. Other winners are listed below.

Business Decision Making-8th-Nicolle McCown, Savannah Marshall, Lauren Van Roekel; Business Decision Making-6th-Christina Fabula, Cole Nash; Human Resource Management-3rd-Katie Clark, Lysandra Phillips, Ashley Wiseman; Impromptu Speaking-7th-Justin Kawcak; Management Analysis & Decision Making-3rd-Caroline Dowd, Traci Van Loan, Crystal Wert; Network Design-3rd-Ross Bentzler, Cole Nash; Sales Presentation-10th-Megan Lane; Word Processing-4th-Traci Van Loan.

Entrepreneur of the Semester - 3rd

Spring 2010 - Third Place Team Members Jarrod Davenport, Chelsea Knoll, Shawn Harrison, Corey King and Pavan Punjabr

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Entrepreneur of the Semester - 2nd

Spring 2010 - Second Place - Bugb 105 Team Members Aleya Bell-Jones, Heidi Lobato, Chris Hedges, Gary Wall, Hallie Leech, Celeste Alofipo

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Entrepreneur of the Semester 1st

First Place - Spring 2010 Team Members Liana Loyd, Brooke Bosman, Conrad Loyd, Paige Farliano, Alyssa Stark, Travis Eason

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Thank You Thank You CISB 471.

CISB 471 Students

The Department of Business and Dr. Bridge thanks the 471 class for the development of this wonderful site. Your expertise, hard work and long hours have created a legacy that demonstrates both the quality of the program and your acheivement, commitment and professionalism as students. Thank You.....

New MSCBiz! Website Promotes Business Department

Students in the Computer Information Systems senior capstone course, CISB 471 Advanced Information Systems, completed the renovation and expansion of the MSCBiz.org website and the companion MSCBizERP.org website. The goals of the new websites are to promote the Business Department, foster a sense of pride, and build a spirit of community.

Team members (left to right) back row: Jon Williams, Ryan Eck, Nathan Towne, Ed Cart; middle row: Kyle Courtney, Jay Nettleblad, Cally Cripps, Dr. Don Carpenter, instructor; front row: Terry Torres, Lyndsay Yerbic, Eve Edie. Missing is Nikolos Carrizo, who was in Florida at the national tennis tournament.

Bob Kretschman: Outstanding MBA Graduate

At the MBA Research Day on May 8, 2010, the MBA faculty honored Robert Kretschman as outstanding graduate for 2010. In addition to his superior academic work and practicum research, Bob also was the lead author on the won first prize in the graduate student division of the Mountain Plains Management Conference held at Mesa State in October 2009.

Bob Kretschman (left) receives congratulations from Dr. Jerry Moorman, MBA Advisor.

MBA Students Present Research

May 6, 2010 was Annual MBA Reserch Day at which graduating MBA students presented their year-long Practicum and Thesis research projects.

2010 MBA graduates (left to right): Troy Campbell, Ben Bolke, Ashlee Hafey, Denny Vigil, Erin Miller, Ryan LaCount, Whitney Smythe-Smith, Aaron Thompson, Robert Kretschman, and Mariah Zerbe.

CIS Professors Slauson and Snyder Honored

Associate Professor Gayla Jo Slauson was honored at Mesa State College's 2010 Recognition and Awards ceremony for her twenty years of service to the College and her latest service activity, President of Faculty Senate. Dr. Johnny Snyder was recognized for his five years of service and, more importantly, for earning tenure and for his promotion to professor.

Johnny Snyder and Gayla Jo Slauson

Outstanding CIS Seniors Honored

On May 5, 2010, at a reception on the ACB terrace, the Business Department announced its outstanding seniors for 2010 who will graduate with a BBA in Computer Information Systems. Lyndsay Yerbic and Edward Cart were awarded certificate of appreciation.