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2008 Beta Gamma Sigma Induction Ceremony
The Fisher College of Business chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma held its annual induction ceremony and social for new members on Thursday, May 29th. Despite the pressures and scheduling demands of the end of the quarter, eleven of the fifty students who joined for 2008 were able to attend the ceremony along with faculty, staff and friends. In addition to receiving their membership certificates and pins, each new member pledged to uphold the society’s ideals of honor, wisdom and earnestness both as students and as future working professionals
Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International
13th Annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
Fisher seniors Rob Arbogast, Aaron Kunkel, Erin Lyons and Justin Sheridan presented their research projects this week at the 13th Annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. Working with their faculty advisors, these students tackled multi-quarter projects covering a wide range of topics. Congratulations to Rob and his advisor Dr. Stephanie Wilk, and Erin and her advisor Dr. J. Richard Dietrich for their Fourth Place finishes in the Business/Social & Behavioral Sciences category. For more information on the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, visit:http://denman.osu.edu
Business Scholars Visit NYC
On April 17-20, 43 students traveled to NYC to meet with Fisher College of Business alumni, visit businesses, and experience cultural events. Throughout the year, students participated in several workshops including a Business Etiquette Dinner and Networking with Appetizers to prepare professionally. In preparation for business meetings, students were divided into teams, researched and presented about aspects of the companies including historical, financial, community involvement and career possibilities.
After arriving in the Big Apple, Fisher College of Business External Affairs arranged a dinner meeting at Macy's Headquarters. The students met several alumni from Macy's and other companies, and met Terry J. Lundgren the Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer Macy's, Inc. He graciously enlightened the group with advice and personal experiences.
The following day, students visited Ernst and Young Headquarters in Times Square, where they received an energized presentation about the company. The Business Scholars were also graciously enlightened by a partner in the assurance department, campus recruiters, and Fisher alumni who toured the facilities. Later, they returned to Macy's to meet with Fisher alumni Doug Kondrath and Hana Niki who gave a presentation about their role in the merchandising group within Macy's as well as provided a tour of the buyer room. The alumni also engaged the scholars in discussion about how to be a successful business student.
During free time, Business Scholars took advantage of the cultural events in the city: taking tours, seeing Broadway shows and enjoying Central Park.
2nd Annual BHLC Case Study Competition
Congratulations to members of the 2007-2008 Business Honors Learning Community! On April 18-19, students participated in the 2nd Annual BHLC Case Study Competition with a business case provided by Whirlpool Corporation, the sponsor company for the program. Students had 18 hours to analyze the case and come up with their solutions.
Whirlpool representatives acted as judges during the competition and were amazed by the quality of the content of the case analyses by each team. All of the students are to be commended for an excellent job! There were two winning teams comprised of Jennifer Bowling, Rhys Hange, Patrick Murphy, and Mike Novotny, as well as Andrew Marciniak, Kyle Markmann, Neil Sanghavi, Ellen Tsao, and Blake Zimmers.
Fisher Students Win Inaugural
Big Ten Leadership Case Competition
On April 12, an Undergrad Case team coached by Dan Oglevee won first place in the Inaugural 2008 Big Ten Leadership Case Competition. The event was held at the University of Wisconsin and sponsored by Accenture. Members of the winning team included: Michael Bookmyer, Robert Nicholson, Luba Osadchy and Matt Ricciardi. Second place was awarded to the University of Michigan, and third place went to the University of Iowa.
Teams were presented with a Harvard Business Case based on the management and strategic issues that Best Buy has faced over the years and had two and a half hours to analyze the case and prepare a presentation that featured both key strategic and leadership challenges along with an appropriate action plan. The judges unanimously gave the top award to OSU and commented that the teams’ succinct action plan and Q&A set them apart from the competition that included strong teams from both Michigan and Northwestern.
Congratulations to Dan and all team members for their excellent work and positive representation of Fisher College!
Fisher Students Win Logistics Case Competition
Our students did it again! Fisher students have won the last 3 logistics case competitions in which they have participated. This time it was the Starbucks team of Isaac Elking, Michael Rieman, Tada Yamamoto, and Greg Yitsis and the event was the April 4, 2008 TLA Logistics Case Competition. Eight teams competed, including Michigan State, Univ. of Maryland, Syracuse and the Univ. of Arkansas. Teams were given a case in the morning, had 6 hours to prepare their solution, and then presented it to a panel of industry judges. The case was written by managers at Dow specifically for this event and focused on ways that Dow could shrink the carbon footprint of their supply chain operations.
Special thanks to the TLA officers who worked very hard to make the event successful.
Welcome French Students!
This quarter fifty French Exchange students from Audencia Ecole de Management in Nantes, France are enrolled in classes in Fisher College of Business. These students are part of an exchange program that Fisher College has participated in for more than twenty years. Next quarter a group of Fisher College students will study in Nantes for six weeks. Please take a moment to introduce yourself to the French students. They are very interested in getting to know American students, practicing their English, and learning more about U.S. (and OSU!) culture.
2008 Student, Faculty & Staff Mixer
On February 12th, Fisher students, faculty and staff met in the Blackwell ballrooms for an evening of mingling and honors, sponsored by the Undergraduate Business Council. Dean Steven Mangum presented the Undergraduate Teaching Awards and Undergraduate Staff Service award. Please join us in congratulating, Dr. Patricia West, Dr. Sharon Alvarez, Dr. Karl Diether, Dr. John Persons and Arleen Robinson. Additionally, Fisher senior Pinank Patel was honored with the Jason Gervais award.
2nd Annual Business Etiquette Dinner
The Business Scholars Program and Business Honors Learning Community recently participated in their 2nd annual Business Etiquette Dinner at The Blackwell Inn. This educational and entertaining event introduced students to dining tips and tricks and was facilitated by Jen Pelletier from the Ohio Union. Whirlpool representatives along with Fisher College of Business faculty and staff served as table coaches to the 77 participating students.
The football field is not the only place where the Buckeyes triumphed over the Wolverines. On the nationally televised cable show, mtvU “Quad Squads,” a team of Fisher students gave the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business team a lesson on how to execute a winning marketing strategy. Over an eight-week period beginning in September, an mtvU camera crew filmed the work of the four Fisher students for the four-part series. The conclusion aired on Nov. 27 with both teams presenting their plans and the results of promotional events to Ford and advertising executives at company headquarters in Dearborn, Mich.
As the winning team, all four students were offered internships at Ford and prizes that included an Apple iPhone with two years of free service and a laptop computer. All four episodes can be viewed on the Quad Squads Web site.
Congratulations to Fisher College students Nate Palmer, Jon Stroh & Ryan Watson for their second place finish at the second annual Nationwide Fisher BIZ QUIZ National Challenge. The Fisher team was advised by Nancy Lahmers. Student teams from 18 business schools across the country participated in the competition, answering questions culled from articles which appeared over the last two months in The Wall Street Journal. This event was made possible with the generous support of Nationwide's Financial Leadership Rotation Program and The Wall Street Journal.
Undergraduate Business Programs
OSU Victory against Michigan on mtvU's "Quad Squads"
Nationwide Fisher BIZ QUIZ National Challenge
(OSU Finishes in Second Place)
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