November is a month many associate with thankfulness. And those of us in the College of Business had plenty to be thankful for this month as we expressed appreciation for and celebrated the accomplishments by many within our family.
The university’s rich military history didn’t go unrecognized by the College of Business on Military Appreciation Day as we paid tribute to the brave men and women who defend our freedom.
I had the privilege of meeting a number of them at the Clemson Corps’ Military Appreciation Tailgate on Nov. 17. In addition to our proud Air Force and Army ROTC programs, and their many supporters, several highly decorated current and retired, high-ranking military officers were in attendance.
I was humbled and honored to meet our brave men and women who have served, are serving and of course, our cadets, who are beginning their service.
As dean of the business school, November was also a month for me to appreciate the many accomplishments of our students and faculty. And, in this month’s Monthly Exchange we duly recognize a number of those achievements.
- The School of Accountancy, led by chair Sally Widener and the research prowess of Derek Dalton and Nancy Harp, was ranked 50th worldwide in academic research. The ranking, by Brigham Young University, showed just seven years ago, we ranked 275th worldwide in that same study. It certainly speaks to the caliber of educators we put in front of our accountancy classrooms. Worth noting, we are among only a few in the world’s top 50 that doesn’t offer a doctorate in accounting.
- Mary Anne Raymond, professor of marketing, was accorded an international marketing association’s highest teaching award. The Society for Marketing Advances bestowed Mary Anne with its coveted Axcess-Capon Distinguished Teaching Award. She is the first professor to win the award as a first-time nominee.
- And, our marketing students, under the direction of faculty Jennifer Siemens and Anastasia Thyroff, also played a significant role at that event. Students presenting their Creative Inquiry research projects to conference attendees included Helen McDowell, Bailey Hack, Tanner Parsons, Hannah Maisel, Madison Allen, Lauren Stabler and Melissa Nenninger.
- Our MBA program exposes students to real-world learning opportunities at every juncture in their learning process. Twenty-one of those students benefited from an international negotiation workshop that was orchestrated by faculty member Judson Jahn. Judson arranged for students to bargain with their counterparts from the ISEG School of Management. We have a relationship with IESEG through our international dual-degree program.
- Another group of MBA students finished second in an international cybersecurity competition at North Carolina State University. Nadeen Qubti, Carissa Robinson, Jamilah Abdi and Jillian Gaskins were second of eight teams challenged with solving a pharmaceutical company’s cybersecurity issue. Two great examples of how our MBA program is arming students with real-world learning experiences from the classroom.
As we spread the word of achievements like these, more people are realizing and acknowledging the caliber of business education that Clemson University delivers.
Wendy York
Dean, College of Business
