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CBGA Newsletter1Fall 2016Volume IVFall 2016Dean’s DashDr. Ross Dickens, DeanCollege of Business and Global AffairsWe, sadly, report the death of Ms. SandraKoch, Instructor of International Studies (andwife of Dr. Malcolm Koch, Executive Directorof the Center for International Education)earlier this semester. Ms. Koch workedtirelesslytorevampcompletelytheInternational Studies major when it was movedto the College. Her friendship to all anddedication to students are greatly missed.This newsletter provides details about theCollege’s newly opened Murray InvestmentLab where investment students will be able touse the newly acquired Bloomberg Terminal tomanage the Tennessee Valley AuthorityInvestment Challenge Fund. The students andfaculty have been using the lab to readythemselves to give their annual report inNashvilleonOctober28.Another piece of excellent news is the hiring ofDr. Tommy Cates in his new role as theHendrix Chair of Excellence in FreeEnterprise. Dr. Cates has hit the groundrunningNumber 4by working with the College of Agricultureand Natural Science on a series of seminarsfocused on the study of entrepreneurship.As the latest inclusion from The PrincetonReview shows, our College continues to beregarded among the “Best 294 BusinessSchools” in its 2017 publication. We share thataccolade with you andlook forward to newsfrom you to help uscontinue to earn more.Sincerely,Ross DickensCBGA DeanRdicken2@utm.eduTable of ContentsStudent News . 2Excellence Awards . 2Travel Study. 3Alumni/Faculty News . 5Accreditation & Accolades . 6Meet the Editors . 9Homecoming. 10

CBGA Newsletter2Fall 2016Student NewsDowty, O’Brien Receive Paul andMartha Meek Leadership AwardsAssociation (in San Juan, Puerto Rico) and theMidwestern Political Science Association (inChicago). Dr. Anderson Starling, AssistantProfessor of Political Science, was O’Brien’sfaculty mentor.Two CBGA Students ReceiveKelly W. Murray Excellence inPortfolio Management AwardsCasey Dowty (left) of Fulton, KY, and SeanO’Brien (right) of Martin, received the Paul andMartha Meek Leadership Award(s) during thespring 2016 commencement. They are picturedwith Dr. Margret Toston who is the ViceChancellor for Student Affairs.The purpose of this award is to recognizestudents who have shown leadership qualitiesduring their time at UT Martin. While Dowtyearned her degree in sociology, O’Brien earnedhis bachelor of science in CBGA as a politicalscience major. He was active on campus as amember of the varsity rifle team as well asthrough Sigma Chi Fraternity, UniversityScholars Organization, Student GovernmentAssociation, and various community-serviceprojects.As a key part of the University Scholarsprogram, O’Brien undertook a two-yearundergraduate research project and presentedhis work to the Southern Political ScienceMicayla Gray (center left) of Sikeston, and RyanStevenson (center right) of Milan received theKelly W. Murray Excellence in PortfolioManagement Awards via votes cast by theirclassmates in Spring 2016. This award wasnamed for the late son of Dr. Sandra andWilliam Murray. The award recognizes theeffort and dedication of managing the UTMartin Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)stock portfolio in the TVA InvestmentChallenge.The challenge is an event supported by TVAand 25 universities to provide real-worldexperience in portfolio management. Graygraduated in the Spring with a Bachelor’s ofScience degree in agriculture. Stevenson is asenior finance major in CBGA. Included in thepicture are Dr. Timothy Perry (far left), UTMartin assistant professor of finance, andWilliamMurray(farright).

CBGA Newsletter3Fall 2016Students Visit DC for Travel StudyBrimm and Graubner NamedOutstanding Collegiate FellowsThe FMA Collegiate Fellows Programrecognizes outstanding FMA chapter memberswho made service contributions to theirchapter throughout the year. This year’srecipients included two from the UT Martincampus: Erica Brimm, accting. & finance major(above left), and Mark Graubner, finance major(pictured above right).CBGA: Student-focusedexcellence!A group of students visited Washington, DC,as part of a Political Science Travel StudyCourse from May 9–14. The trip providedstudents the opportunity to visit DC and learnabout career opportunities from people livingand working there. The students attendedTennessee Tuesday, sponsored by SenatorsAlexander and Coker, on May 10.Thestudents also visited the Supreme Court, theWhite House, the Smithsonian Museums, theHolocaust Museum, the Newseum, andattended a Washington Nationals baseballgame.The students heard from Senators about theirrecent work in Congress and spoke withSenator Lamar Alexander about the upcomingpresidential race. They met with SenatorCorker’s Foreign Relations Staff, talked withthe Director of Political Science Graduates atGeorge Washington University, and hadmeetings with staff at the State Department,the Democratic National Committee, and aLobbying firm (Lobbyit.com).Pictured from l to r: Senator Lamar Alexander, WillKang To AttendGraduate SchoolAformerCBGAstudent,YunmeiKang, was acceptedto the PhD programto study a curriculum of internationalbusiness/marketing courses at John CookSchool of Business, St. Louis University.Parks, Marabeth Kennedy, Jordan Long, DanielleRobinson, Paul Wortham, Brittany Sensing, BryanSwayze, Bronte Ward, Assistant ProfessorAnderson Starling, Danielle Rickman, EmilyHobby, Senator Bob Corker. All the students ons) and Rickman (finance).

CBGA Newsletter4Fall 2016Tennessee Society of Certified PublicAccountants Gains New MembersThe Tennessee Society of Certified PublicAccountants accepted 35 new students into itsorganization from The University of TennesseeMartin. The TSCPA is an association dedicatedto the advancement of the accountingprofession in Tennessee. The group awards 250,000 in scholarships to accounting studentsin Tennessee.One of the 2016 UTM recipients, Jessica Davis,stated that the scholarship took away much ofthe stress of paying for school.Students from UTM who received scholarshipswere (top l to r) Andrew Terrell of Union City;Emily McCartney of South Fulton, CleveBirdwell of Springfield, Jessica Davis ofHuntingdon; and Carrie Turner of Paris.Hershberger Wins MKT ContestStudents in the summer MKT 205 coursecreated an advertisement to promote CBGAstudent organizations. The students submittedtheir ideas as homework assignments and Dr.Melanie Bruce, the course instructor, and Dr.Ross Dickens, CBGA Dean, selected a winner.Junior marketing major Jacob Hershbergerwon the contest and his idea was featured hbergerwith entry (r)###Harrah Completes InternshipCBGA Career Day!November 29:00 – 2:00University CenterLogan Harrah, senior finance major fromMammoth Spring, AR, took part in a taxinternship over the summer of 2016. Theinternship was with LWJ Management inArlington,TN.TheinternshipbeganwithHarrah completing simpletasks such as bookkeepingfor various companies andprogressed to his filing taxreturns.Harrah highlyrecommendsthatallstudents partake in an internship, as thisexperience made him appreciate the materialcovered in classes at UT Martin.

CBGA Newsletter5Fall 2016Alumni and FacultyNewsFuqua GraduatesfromLeadershipAcademyKnott’s Wins SBA AwardKnott’s Fine Foods received the SBA TennesseeFamily Owned Small Business of the Yearaward. Landy Fuqua, director of the REEDCenter and the Tennessee Small BusinessDevelopment Center, nominated the familybusiness owned by Cindy Knott (pictured left)and her son Josh (right). The Knott familyreceived the award during National SmallBusiness Week on May 5 in Nashville.Landy Fuqua, directorof the REED Center(Regional EntrepreneurandEconomicDevelopment Center)has graduated from theDeltaLeadershipInstituteExecutiveAcademy.More sFineFoodsWebsite###Baker FeaturedPublic RadioonPatrick Baker, assistantprofessor of business law,was featured in Auguston an episode of “YourWeekly Constitutional,” apublic radio show andpodcastproducedathistorical Montpelier.Dr.BryanFoltz,associate professor ofinformation systems,recently had an articletitled, “An EmpiricalInvestigationofFactors that InfluenceBehaviortowardChangingSocialNetworking Security Settings” published in theJournal of Theoretical and Applied ElectronicCommerce Research. The article is co-authoredwith two of Foltz’s colleagues from ECU.HaddadPaperPresentsDr.MahmoudHaddad, professor offinance, presented apaper titled, “FinancialStress Index and theGCC Banks” at aconference in Portland,OR, in July with a coauthor.

CBGA Newsletter6Fall 2016TIEP Receives CEA AccreditationPictured above seated (l to r) Nelda Rachels(faculty), Amy Fenning (Director), StephanieButler (Student Services Specialist), LynnPatterson (faculty); second row (l to r) CarolineIdeus (faculty), Dixie Timmons (Admin. SupportAsst.), Ken Fackler, Tom Johnson, KavithaNambisan (faculty), Ross Dickens (CBGA Dean),Malcolm Koch (Executive Director of CIE); toprow, Meghan Lupole (faculty), Ryan Diffee(Assistant Director, IPA), Phil Taylor (faculty)The Tennessee Intensive English Program(TIEP) at UTM has recently receivedCommission on English Language Programsand Institutions Accreditation, the higheststandards in the industry for an IntensiveEnglish Program in the U.S. and overseas.CBGA ProgramsRankingsReceiveNationalA representative from CollegeRaptor.comannounced that the MBA program in CBGAearned its first national ranking of online MBAprograms. The program was named one of thetop 30 programs in the nation based on qualityand value.GradSchoolHub.com released its list of the mostaffordable top-ranked online MBA programsfor 2015. UT Martin ranked 15th in this listing.The ranking process is based on informationgathered from major publications (i.e. Forbesmagazine, Princeton Review). Finally, U.S.News & World Report ranked the online MBAprogram 22nd in the nation.Additionally, OnlineCollegePlan.com ranked UTMartin’s five online bachelor’s programs 39thon its list of “Top 50 Most Affordable OnlineBachelor’s Degrees.” This ranking is based onthe net yearly average price of obtaining anonline degree from each university.###UT Martin Welcomes Visiting TurkishMinisterSoner Altas, from Turkey, was on campus as avisiting professor in August and September.Altas is a Chief Inspector in the Ministry ofScience, Industry and Technology in Ankara,Turkey. He is also an alum of the UT MartinMBA program. He is pictured above (l to r)with Charley Deal, Associate Vice Chancellorof Annual Giving and Alumni Affairs; AmyFenning, Director of International Programsand International Admissions; Dr. Bob Smith,Interim Chancellor; Dr. Ross Dickens, Dean ofthe College of Business and Global Affairs; andDr. Malcom Smith, Executive Director of theCenter for International Studies.###