Category: Business

Role-Playing: An Important Part of Sales

Wearing out the soles of their shoes was not uncommon for door-to-door salesmen at the turn of the 20th century, often traveling very long distances on foot. Although salespeople still sell with all their hearts and souls, careers in sales have evolved quite a bit since then and play a significant role in any career […]

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A Hatter’s Passion for Business

Fascinated with all the intricacies and subsets of the business world, the interest level of Charles Reyes ’16 ranged from hard-pressed to passionate about a single aspect, which is why he started as a business administration major. He soon narrowed the focus of his major more to be business finance, while also minoring in entrepreneurship. […]

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Roland George Investments Program Public Trustee Meeting

Stetson University’s Roland George Investments Program (RGIP) will hold a Public Trustee Meeting on Wednesday, March 16, where RGIP students will present their stock recommendations for approval by the RGIP trustees. Titled “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” RGIP students will present three stock recommendations (Chevron, Cal-Maine Foods, and Drone Index) for the Roland […]

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EMBA students

Executive MBA students serve Stetson authors

It may seem strange that students in an accounting class would be working with authors, but that is indeed how 21 EMBA students, some of whom are pictured on Stetson Today‘s front page, who participated in Accounting 522 – Accounting and Managerial Decision Making served six authors, four of whom are professors and staff at […]

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Stetson hosts Uniform CPA Examination Simulation Pretest

Stetson accounting seniors, graduate students, select university alumni and friends were allowed to participate in a pretest simulation recently for the Business Environment & Concepts section of the Uniform CPA Examinations held by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). This opportunity was made available to only a handful of universities, including Stetson, which now […]

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Roland George Investments Program Public Trustee Meeting

Stetson University’s Roland George Investments Program (RGIP) will hold a Public Trustee Meeting, Wednesday, Nov. 4, in which RGIP students will present their stock recommendations for RGIP Trustees’ approvals. The meeting is open to the public, free of charge, and will be held from 5:00-6:15 p.m., in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, located at 421 […]

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Mero Selected as New Dean of Stetson University Business School

Focus is on advancing excellence.  Stetson University has named Neal Mero, Ph.D., as the new dean of its School of Business Administration starting Nov. 30. Mero will focus on advancing excellence and defining distinction in Stetson’s business programs. Mero has extensive administrative and leadership experience in higher education, business and the military. He has served […]

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Business students, Pres Libby

Your Education is Our Business

“Your education is our business,” said Stetson University President, Wendy B. Libby, Ph.D., in a presentation to the Transitions I: Self Ownership and Direction (BADM100) class. When Madhu Rao, Ph.D., associate dean of the School of Business Administration, extended an invitation to her, Libby enthusiastically accepted the offer to teach students the parallels between running […]

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Betty Thorne, Stetson University

Thorne New Chair of Business Administration

Betty Thorne, Ph.D., professor of statistics, has been appointed the Christian R. Lindback Chair of Business Administration for the 2015-2016 academic year. This chair, the first established at Stetson,  is awarded to a faculty member with national recognition for scholarly contributions and a record of excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. Thorne co-authored a statistics textbook that has been translated into several […]

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Jud Stryker named FICPA Outstanding Educator of the Year

The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) bestowed its highest honor on Stetson’s own Judson Stryker, D.B.A., on Friday, June 12, at the Dolphin Hotel at DisneyWorld during its annual meeting. This award recognizes full-time college accounting educators for excellence in teaching and for national prominence in the accounting profession. Stryker has been with […]

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