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Former Disney executive Dan Cockerell featured during OSU speaker series

Mon, Jan 27, 2020

Former Walt Disney World Vice President Dan Cockerell will be the featured speaker Feb. 25-26 during the Executive Management Briefings and the Tulsa Business Forums speaker series. Cockerell will present “The Magic Behind Disney: Secrets to Success,” on his visit to Oklahoma.

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Spears Business program receives top honor from national continuing education group

Fri, Jan 24, 2020

The Center for Executive and Professional Development (CEPD) in the Spears School of Business is being recognized with the 2020 Outstanding Noncredit Program Award, given annually to noncredit professional, continuing or online education programs for excellence in achieving their educational objectives.

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OSU online MBA a top-ranked value

Fri, Jan 24, 2020

Not only is Oklahoma State University’s online MBA program one of the best rated in the nation, it is also one of the most affordable, making it an outstanding value in graduate education, according to recent rankings of colleges and universities.

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Refusing to let evil win

Tue, Jan 21, 2020

Visiting Munich, Germany, in the fall means a trip to the world-famous Oktoberfest, the huge celebration where a nation comes together to share its love of beer. For Cindy Crenshaw-Martin, vacationing in Munich with friends in 1980, the fun she expected when she walked through the festival’s main entrance vaporized before it began. Instead, fire and carnage would mar the rest of her life.

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OSU Alumni Association Hall of Fame to celebrate accomplished alumni

Wed, Jan 15, 2020

Three Spears School of Business alumni will be inducted into the 2020 class of the OSU Alumni Association Hall of Fame. The three Oklahoma State University business graduates include Linda Parrack Livingstone, president of Baylor University, the late Neal L. Patterson, co-founder of Cerner Corporation, and Bruce T. Benbrook, chairman and CEO of Stock Exchange Bank.

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OSU’s online MBA among nation’s best in U.S. News & World Report rankings

Tue, Jan 14, 2020

Oklahoma State University’s online MBA program and other online graduate programs in the Spears School of Business were again recognized among the nation’s best in the 2020 U.S. News and World Report Best Online MBA and Graduate Business Program rankings.

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Sharda honored by global association as AIS Fellow

Mon, Jan 13, 2020

Oklahoma State University professor Dr. Ramesh Sharda was named a 2019 Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) at its International Conference in Information Systems in Munich, Germany, in December. He was one of only two Americans honored by the international organization representing information systems research, education and practice.

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Student entrepreneurs continue winning ways

Fri, Dec 20, 2019

Oklahoma State University student entrepreneurs Rabecca Wiseman and Brooks Robison have been named semifinalists in the ASU Innovation Open 2020 business pitch competition, which offers $300,000 in prize money to collegiate business startups. Wiseman, a master’s student in civil engineering, and Brooks, an MBA student in the Spears School of Business, continue to win top-tier business plan competitions with their technology startup, Contraire.

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Director named for the Center for Sales and Service Excellence

Fri, Dec 20, 2019

A new director has been named to head the Center for Sales and Service Excellence (CSSE) in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. Kim Booker brings more than 25 years of experience to the job leading the center, which provides a specialized program to students interested in sales and customer service careers while working closely with OSU faculty and industry partners as well as participating in sales competitions with other universities.

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Spears Business professor Dr. David Carter receives OSU Outreach Faculty Excellence Award

Wed, Dec 18, 2019

Spears School of Business professor Dr. David Carter, Greg Massey Professor of Finance and the Oklahoma Bankers Association Chair of Commercial Bank Management, was recently selected to receive the 2019 Oklahoma State University Outreach Faculty Excellence Award.

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Spears Business faculty, staff honored at University Awards Convocation

Tue, Dec 17, 2019

The Spears School of Business was well represented at the annual University Awards Convocation ceremony when several faculty and staff members were recognized for their contributions to the school’s success Dec. 11.

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Contest to name ranch teaches marketing creativity

Fri, Dec 13, 2019

Oklahoma State University alumnus Roger Cagle and his wife Cindy Cagle sponsored a recent competition for OSU students to create a brand campaign for the couple’s Texas ranch.

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