Today Show to air student's story

An SIU College of Business student who overcame a brain injury will be the topic of a segment on the NBC program The Today Show on Dec. 25. [Read the full story]

Karnes, Melone release second edition of legal textbook

Allan Karnes, KPMG Tax Research Professor of Accountancy at Southern Illinois University College of Business and Albert P. Melone, professor emeritus of political science at SIU, have written a second edition of The American Legal System: Perspectives, Politics, Processes, and Policies. [Read the full story]

Donna Margolis: A model of service delivery

I love that Donna is always willing to help out no matter what the problem is, and she always does it with such a huge smile on her face, said Angela Bennett, a graduate student at SIU College of Business and an alumna of the School of Accountancy [Read the full story]

Fisher contributes to student service campaign

On Dec. 15, Carol Fisher will graduate with a master of science in education, training and development from Southern Illinois University College of Education. [Read the full story]

Business alumni excel at Georgia Southern

Four SIU College of Business alumni sit on the faculty of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga.: Assistant Professors of Marketing Linda Mullen, Dena Hale and Michael L. Thomas and Assistant Professor of Accounting Brit McKay. [Read the full story]

Platzer lands position at Petco

Chris Platzer of Chicago, a 2006 marketing graduate, is the newest marketing data analyst at PETCO Animal Supplies Inc. [Read the full story]

Marketing alumnus getting noticed

Brandon Swarms, a 1998 marketing graduate, is vice president of sensor networks and IT for ParkingCarma Inc. [Read the full story]

Belache hits it out of the ballpark

It's time to play ball for MBA alumna Karina Belache, executive meeting manager at the Hilton at the Ballpark in St. Louis, Mo. [Read the full story]

College of Business alumnus leads African banking group

Alain Honliasso of Lome, Togo, a 1995 MBA graduate, is marketing director of Ecobank, an African banking company serving 20 countries in West and Central Africa. [Read the full story]

Mentoring program benefits students, alumni

Nick Lareau, an SIU College of Business senior majoring in finance, describes Robert J. Siracusano, a senior financial advisor and branch manager with Wachovia Securities Financial Network in Naperville, as a motivational coach, a mentor and sometime I look up to. [Read the full story]

MBA alumnus hired by world's largest retailer

MBA graduate Raphael Uduhiri of Nigeria recently landed a position at the Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. [Read the full story]

Accounting student named MVC Swimmer of the Week

The SIU swimming and diving team faced off against some of the best teams in the country at the Purdue Invitational, and neither fell to the bottom of the pack. [Read the full story]

Malaysian alumnus featured in USA Today

USA Today reporter Del Jones profiled Vijay Eswaran, a 1986 MBA graduate of the College of Business, in a piece published on Nov. 18, 2007. [Read the full story]

MBA graduate leads international corporation

A 1993 MBA graduate is reaching new heights in his career. Daniel Malt is the CEO of Plaut Switzerland in Zurich. Plaut is an international management and IT consulting business. [Read the full story]

Management alumnus joins oil giant

Narine H. Persad of Trinidad, a 2003 College of Business graduate, recently joined the Geology, Geophysics and Engineering team at EOG Resources Trinidad Limited. [Read the full story]

Mohamed makes nationals

Fourteen was the number that junior Mohamed Mohamed had been waiting on for the last two years. [Read the full story]

Top accounting student flies high

One of Continental Airlines' newest hires is School of Accountancy student Ricky Barr of West Jefferson, N.C. [Read the full story]

Marketing student overcomes brain injury

Alejandro Figueroa knows all too well that in an instant, everything can change. [Read the full story]

Beck donates to children's organization

Bill Beck, accounting alumnus, School of Accountancy External Advisory Board member, Rehn Society member, 2007 Southern Business Journal "Leader Among Us" and president and CEO of Beck Bus Transportation Corp., donated a bus to The Lincoln's Challenge Academy for troubled teens in Rantoul. [Read the full story]

Marketing class helps Carbondale businesses promote themselves

Like it or not, promotion is an essential component of ensuring success in today's business world. "What causes organizations and companies to grow and prosper? It's promoting," said Professor Gordon Bruner of the Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Department of Marketing in the College of Business. [Read the full story]

Rivers celebrates retirement

After 30 years of service to SIU, Professor of Accounting Richard Rivers is retiring. [Read the full story]

Intramural golf duo ready for national tournament

As Leighton A. Peavler and Nathan J. Grintjes approached the final holes at the Collegiate Golf Alliance regional tournament in Edwardsville, the Southern Illinois University Carbondale students knew they had a chance to win and become the first SIUC intramural golf team to earn a berth at the National Collegiate Golf Championship Tournament. [Read the full story]

Stogsdill and Moore win service awards

Two long-time Southern Illinois University employees have been honored with service awards. [Read the full story]

Former Maytag workers find new start at business college

When Rodney M. LaFramboise of Carterville heard he was being laid off last December from the Herrin Maytag plant, he was in a state of shock, he said. [Read the full story]

Stinchfield chosen for international conference

A business student at Southern Illinois University is one of only 15 doctoral candidates worldwide chosen to attend the Climate Change, Uncertainty and Strategic Management seminar at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. [Read the full story]

Feldt speaks at business college

An executive at one of Missouri's most respected accounting and consulting firms was a guest speaker at the College of Business. [Read the full story]

Deloitte foundation donates to business college

School of Accountancy Director Marcus D. Odom announced that The Deloitte Foundation, funded by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, donated $4,000 to the School. [Read the full story]

Heakin profiled by Merrill Dubrow

John S. Heakin, College of Business alumnus, Hall of Famer and External Advisory Board member and president of North American Insights, was profiled by The Merrill Dubrow Blog. Dubrow is President & CEO of M/A/R/C Research. [Read the full story]

Davidson papers among most requested

Two research papers by Wallace N. Davidson, Henry J. Rehn Professor of Finance, are among the most downloaded papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). [Read the full story]

Blacks Interested in Business host "CoBA Week"

The last week of October is packed with social activities and educational workshops at the College of Business. Organized by Blacks Interested in Business, "CoBA Pride Week" will run Oct. 29 through Nov. 4. [Read the full story]

Hannah named among nation's "Top 40" executives

Ken Hannah, College of Business alumnus, Hall of Famer and Dean's External Advisory Board member was named one of Treasury & Risk magazine's 2007 "Top 40 Executives Under 40." [Read the full story]

"Meet the Dean" attracts more than 120 students

More than 120 students attended the second annual "Meet the Dean" on Oct. 1 at the College of Business. Sponsored by Blacks Interested in Business (BIB), the event provided an opportunity for students to ask Dean Dennis Cradit questions about technology, tuition, scholarships, classes and career opportunities, among others. [Read the full story]

Page, Heaston reign over homecoming festivities

Shannon D. Page of Chicago and Marlon P. Heaston of Covington, Tenn., reigned over the 2007 homecoming festivities at Southern Illinois University Carbondale this past weekend. [Read the full story]

College of Business partners with Disney

More than 300 SIU students heard from a Disney executive during the recent College of Business Student Services Forum. [Read the full story]

College of Business video gets noticed

In the two months since the College of Business posted its new promotional video on YouTube, the piece has been viewed more than 2,500 times. [Read the full story]

College of Business offers virtual visits by executives

School of Accountancy Director Marcus D. Odom is using oovoo.com, a free real time video conferencing service, [Read the full story]

Placement Center offers diversity seminar

The College of Business Career Services and Placement Center is offering the Workforce Diversity Seminar [Read the full story]

Accounting golf scramble a success

More than 100 golfers participated in the 23rd Annual School of Accountancy Golf Scramble on Sept. 21. [Read the full story]

Business dean holds Chicago reception

College of Business Dean Dennis Cradit held a Dean's Reception at Chicago's University Club on Sept. 6. [Read the full story]

Business dean interviewed on television program

ABC-TV's WSIL station interviewed College of Business Dean Dennis Cradit [Read the full story]

SIU expands marketing efforts

Headed by Marketing Chair and Professor Terry Clark, Barking Dawg Productions, an organization of students and alumni working to promote SIU, has created several 30-second commercials to air on Comcast, Charter Communications and Mediacom. [Read the full story]

Business college tailgate attracts hundreds

More than 200 College of Business alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends attended the Saluki Homecoming Tailgate on Oct. 6. [Read the full story]

Business college photos available on web

Thanks to College of Business Chief Web Designer Lynne A. Westra, photos of school events can now be seen on the premier photo sharing website Flickr. [Read the full story]

Accounting Career Day sets record

School of Accountancy Director Marcus D. Odom and Career Services and Placement Center Director Donna Margolis report that a record number of accounting firms and business students participated in the seventh annual Accounting Career Day held by the School of Accountancy. [Read the full story]

Saluki Love apparel goes on sale

The word among SIU alumni is Saluki Love. To spread the phrase, the College of Business Marketing Department in conjunction with the Marketing External Advisory Board released official Saluki Love apparel. [Read the full story]

Accounting students receive honors

Five accounting students received honors during the Central Region Student Conference of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) in Schaumburg on Oct. 5. [Read the full story]

Marketing graduate lands "plumb" job

Ece Akinci of Turkey, a 2007 marketing graduate, recently accepted a marketing position with Chicago-based ELKAY, a worldwide leader in stainless steel sinks, drinking fountains and kitchen cabinets. [Read the full story]

Differential Tuition Fast facts

Differential tuition is a surcharge on credit hours that dozens of public universities implement on courses in lucrative fields such as business and engineering. [Read the full story]

Project brings students together

Southern Illinois University marketing and engineering students are participating in team-building activities organized and presented by Touch of Nature Environmental Center. [Read the full story]

Accounting students volunteer at Dunnabeck Horse Trials

Four College of Business students volunteered at the annual Dunnabeck Horse Trials in Carbondale. [Read the full story]

Heakin profiled by Merrill Dubrow

John S. Heakin, College of Business alumnus, Hall of Famer and External Advisory Board member and president of North American Insights, was profiled by The Merrill Dubrow Blog. Dubrow is President & CEO o M/A/R/C Research. [Read the full story]

Putnam receives "Inspiring Women" award

The Southern Illinois University Foundation's Inspiring Women Program will present J. Adaire Putnam with the 2007 Alumna Achievement Award during a gala on Oct. 13 at the SIU Carbondale Student Center. The annual event honors women who have made significant, unique and lasting contributions to their communities or workplaces, and have served as role models of achievement. The program generates funds for scholarship endowments at SIUC. [Read the full story]

College of Business Hall of Famer completes oral history

John S. Heakin, College of Business alumnus, Hall of Famer and External Advisory Board member and president of North American Insights, was asked to co-chair the Marketing Research Association's (MRA) first Oral History Project, which celebrate the group's 50th Anniversary. “I was quite honored that the Marketing Research Association chose me to record its history,” said Heakin. [Read the full story]

Accounting student wins scholarship

An accounting student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale has won a National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) scholarship, valued at $2,500. Conrad Houeto of the Republic of Benin, master of accountancy student in the College of Business and Administration, received the prize at the NABA conference in Philadelphia in June. "I was so proud to represent the NABA SIUC chapter, and Southern Illinois University as a whole," said Houeto, who carries a 4.0 GPA. [Read the full story]

Hard work pays off for graduating business student

Amanda F. Camacho has never taken life for granted. The granddaughter of native Puerto Ricans , Amanda was raised by police officer parents in inner-city Chicago. Having pride in her Latina heritage, the 21-year-old grew up hearing stories of her grandfather, Felix Rodriguez, who came to the United States with “just $11 in his pocket and a dream,” she said. [Read the full story]

Mykytyn's work and life celebrated in Germany

Peter P. Mykytyn, Jr., professor of management, is a visiting professor at Germany’s RWTH Aachen University this year. He is conducting research on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in the context of e-commerce and offers two courses to advanced students, to be held in English, namely "Information Systems Management" and "Intellectual Property Issues and E-Business." Mykytyn was recently featured in an article on the Hanau, Germany Military Community website. [Read the full story]

Tadisina named interim associate dean

Suresh K. Tadisina, associate professor of management, has been named interim associate dean of the College of Business and Administration at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Business Dean J. Dennis Cradit made the announcement this week. “I expect Dr. Tadisina to take on this role with the intellect and vigor he brings to every task,” said Cradit. “I am confident that he will provide strong and effective leadership.”  [Read the full story]

Mathur named managing editor of leading journal

A researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale's College of Business and Administration is the new managing editor of the Journal of Banking and Finance, a top-ranking publication of world economic and financial research. Ike Mathur, Henry J. Rehn professor of finance, will take on the role beginning Jan. 1, 2008. He follows in the footsteps of Giorgio Szegö, one of the founders and managing editor of the Journal for the past 31 years. [Read the full story]

Business student interning with NBA's Knicks

A Southern Illinois University Carbondale student has hit "nothing but net" in his quest to work for the National Basketball Association. This summer, Steve Caulkins of Rock Island, a junior in SIUC College of Business and Administration, is interning in the community relations department of the New York Knicks organization. [Read the full story]

Finance alumnus is featured in Baltimore Sun article

When an office supply retailer, a boat repair company and a manufacturer of spy proof computers found their businesses seriously ill and in need of resuscitation, they all took the same action- they called John M. Collard, a corporate version of Marcus Welby M.D. Mr. Collard is the founder and president of Strategic Management Partners, Inc., an Annapolis based transition and management turnaround company that tries to rescue businesses suffering from such ailments as anemic sales, inadequate cash flow and swelling overhead. [Read the full story]

College of Business alumnus tapped for marketing management honor

A Mississippi State business college leader is being named a Fellow of the Marketing Management Association. Brian Engelland, head of Mississippi State's Department of Marketing, quantitative analysis and business law, will be the 20th member of the international organization to receive the high honor. The associate professor was recognized March 29 for his consistent scholarly research and continuing service to the profession. [Read the full story]

Black speaks at college conference

Accounting alumnus Dale Black spoke during a financial conference at John A. Logan College in June. Black is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Trump Entertainment Resorts which includes Trump's three Atlantic City casinos. A native of Bluford in Jefferson County, Black offered tips on how to make it big in the business world and his "keys to success." Black graduated with a degree in accounting from SIU in 1984. [Read the full story]