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From classroom to arena

Wed, Jul 22, 2020

It’s good that Elise Wade is not the least bit squeamish. Someone has a few broken ribs, no big deal. A cracked collarbone that needs emergency surgery, nothing she can’t handle. A three-inch gash over the eye that’s going to require several stitches, she won’t blink an eye. How about a broken arm dangling at a person’s side? May as well be a hang nail

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Dealing with disarray

Tue, Jul 21, 2020

Gracie Szakin had few concerns in early March. She was midway through her final semester at Oklahoma State University, preparing to put the final touches on the relatively easy 13-hour semester she had orchestrated so she would be able to spend extra time with friends.

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Rolling with the Changes

Mon, Jul 20, 2020

Dr. Bryan Brockbank and his family were looking forward to a spring break trip to St. Louis to visit relatives and tour some historic church sites in the area. The family had planned the trip for months, and anticipation was building with less than 48 hours before they were to depart. But all of that changed on March 12.

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OSU accounting student Bethanie Cannon receives $10,000 PCAOB scholarship

Mon, Jul 20, 2020

Recent Oklahoma State University accounting graduate Bethanie Cannon is the recipient of a $10,000 scholarship awarded by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The merit scholarship benefits students who are likely to become accountants and auditors.

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Spears Business names inclusion officer

Mon, Jul 13, 2020

The Spears School of Business has selected Dr. Alexis Smith Washington to lead a new school initiative to support and make central the importance of diversity and inclusion in educational programs, resources and opportunities for all business students, faculty and staff. Dr. Ken Eastman, dean of Spears Business, has named Washington, an associate professor of management, the school’s new senior inclusion officer.

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Spears School of Business hosting Contract Management webinar series

Mon, Jul 06, 2020

The Spears School of Business will host a three-part Contract Management webinar series from September through October. The webinar series will give attendees an introduction to the essential skills needed to be a successful government contract manager.

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Spears gender, diversity scholar recognized

Mon, Jun 15, 2020

Oklahoma State University professor Dr. Alexis Smith Washington, with co-authors, has been awarded the 2020 Saroj Parasuraman Award for the best peer-reviewed journal article in the field of gender and diversity by the Academy of Management. Washington, associate professor of management in the Spears School of Business, won for novel research published last year examining a paradox in the perception of black female executives as professionals.

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Balancing health and education, analytics expertise helps determine how to teach in a pandemic

Mon, Jun 01, 2020

A week before fall classes resumed in August at Oklahoma State University, Dr. Rick Wilson had football on his mind, but not in anticipation of the coming season. The Big Ten Conference had announced the postponement of all fall sports for its universities, including football. It was just another sign of the turmoil surrounding colleges and universities trying to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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OSU alum leads NYC hotel through COVID-19

Thu, May 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed hundreds of thousands of American health care workers on the frontlines of the crisis, and joining them are scores of lesser-recognized people supporting those nurses, doctors and others. One of those is an Oklahoma State University graduate who found himself working and living in the middle of what became the nation’s worst coronavirus hotspot of New York City.

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OSU, OU to offer online Executive Development Program for State Officials

Mon, May 18, 2020

The OSU Spears School of Business 15th annual Executive Development Program for State Officials has been moved online for the month of September. This program, hosted in collaboration with the University of Oklahoma, is designed for leaders in state government to equip them with the tools needed to more effectively lead their departments and agencies for increased effectiveness.

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Four OSU teams place among the top eight in SAS Global Forum Symposium competition

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Four teams of Oklahoma State University business analytics students placed in the top eight at the SAS Global Forum Symposium, which recently came to a close after nine months of competition.

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OSU entrepreneurs present winning business plans

Wed, Apr 29, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t prevent Oklahoma State University student entrepreneurs from competing in and winning awards in a virtual 2020 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup and finishing in the top four of an international college business plan competition through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which also featured teams competing remotely.

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