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Dr. Lex Smith Washington presented outreach awards by OSU, Spears School of Business

Mon, Mar 15, 2021

Dr. Lex Smith Washington is being recognized with the 2020 Outreach Faculty Excellence Award from Oklahoma State University and the Richard W. Poole Outreach Award from the Spears School of Business.

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Face 2 Face with Mikaela Stamper

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

Life for everyone is challenging at times. Career, relationships, finances, and when you’re a college student add academic pressures to the list of things that can take an emotional toll. Young people are especially vulnerable but add a personal tragedy and the weight of it all can be overwhelming. Mikaela Stamper knows full well how facing such a loss while trying to put on a brave face can leave a person isolated and lost.

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New grad flying high

Fri, Dec 11, 2020

Thomas Drakeley returned to Oklahoma State University to earn his bachelor's degree in management after volunteering to serve with his Air National Guard unit in the Middle East earlier this year.

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OSU joins research studying robotic nurse assistants

Mon, Sep 28, 2020

Oklahoma State University researchers will share a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant with engineering faculty from the University of Louisville to study using robots to help nurses care for hospital patients. Dr. Bryan Edwards, associate professor of management at the Spears School of Business, and Dr. William Paiva, executive director of the OSU Center for Health Systems Innovation, will receive $500,000 in the joint project.

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OSU education spurred Ginger Kollmann to career success

Tue, Jul 28, 2020

Ginger Kollmann earned OSU degrees in Management Information Systems (MIS) and Management before embarking on her career. The former OSU pom squad member shared how her OSU education helped shape her into the person she is today.

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Spears professor 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 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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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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Race, gender and rising above stereotypes

Mon, Mar 09, 2020

No person is just a teacher or just a mother or just an African American or just any other descriptor. We are all a combination of identities that collectively make up how we see ourselves and how society perceives us. And it only gets more interesting when looking at where all of a person’s various identities meet. For Dr. Alexis Smith Washington, that intersection of identities and how they play out in our lives is a central theme of her research.

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Management research productivity climbs

Fri, Feb 14, 2020

In 2019, the Management Department at the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University was ranked 12th in the nation for publishing in top-tier management journals. The TAMUGA rankings (a joint effort by Texas A&M University and the University of Georgia) placed the productivity of the department's researchers at the top of the Big 12 Conference.

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Paving the way

Fri, Oct 25, 2019

Oklahoma State University business alumni have filled leadership positions in corporations, governments, research institutions and academia across the U.S. and even around the world. A few have risen to lead major colleges and universities. These three OSU business alums who have reached the top levels of their institution’s leadership credit Oklahoma State with their foundation for academic success.

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