Media Activities for Faculty
March 2002

Let’s catch up with the outstanding publicity, rebroadcasting, interviews and recognition focusing on the School of Business. Congratulations! Great Job by Everyone!

BOOKS PUBLISHED

Dr. John H. Bowman, professor of Economics, and Dr. Michael E. Bell, American University,
“Property Taxes in South Africa, Challenges in the Post-Apartheid Era”
Published by Lincoln Institute of Land Policy March 2002.

Also reviewed in Land Lines Newsletter published by Lincoln Institute
April issue.

Dr. Donald W. Myers, D.B.A., professor of Human Resources Management
“2002 U.S. Master Human Resources Guide”
Published by CCH Inc., Chicago
Dr. Myers also spoke at the April Virginia Family Business Forum.

PRINT AND ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Walter S. Griggs, Jr., associate professor of Business Law, Dean of Undergraduate Studies.
The Richmond Guide “Richmond’s Monument Avenue: An Avenue of Heroes” Describes all the monuments along Monument Avenue and their history.

Dr. George Hoffer, Economics.
March 4 Automotive News “Makers boost production plans” Dr. Hoffer talks about CarMax’s perfected inventory technology

March 9 “Motor Mouth: Getting mileage out of standards debate, ” in Boston Herald. Dr. Hoffer does not foresee radical changes due to new fuel economy standards. Also on Spot.com.

March 12 USA Today and USA Today Radio “Magazine finds few American cars to applaud” reports Consumer Reports’ annual auto issue. Dr. Hoffer calls it some of the best data out there. Commentary picked up on by other columnists and syndicated writers.

March 13 Richmond Times Dispatch “An Accelerating Surplus, Dealers face used-car glut, Surge in new-vehicle trade-ins cited Also on Timesdispatch.com

March 18, Inside Business, “Meet Sue, your car’s service manager”

March Inside Business “ Guaranteed to fly” Newport News lured AirTran and saved its struggling airport.

March 23, Dallas Morning News and Dallas News.com “ With used-car glut gone, dealers pay more for trade-ins” Dr. Hoffer speaks to the stronger used-car business as a positive economic sign...

Dr. Shannon K. Mitchell, associate professor, Economics
Faculty Column in April 3 VCU News. Dr. Mitchell reflects on travels to Cape Town, South Africa..

Dr. Michael D. Pratt, Economics
Quoted in Book of Lists 2002 “Richmond skirts major job losses.” Issued March 2002 by Inside Business.

Dr. Gabriel Ramirez, Finance
March 20 Metro Business, Richmond Times-Dispatch “AMF’s Second Shot! Bowling Company Emerges from Bankruptcy Protection “Emerging from Chapter 11 will not guarantee that they stay out of financial trouble,” Dr. Ramirez said Also on Times-Dispatch.com

Robert W. Taylor, Director Virginia Real Estate Center
First Quarter 2002, “Vaulation Insights & Perspectives”, The Appraisal Institute Magazine Discussing condemnation by Tim Eblen

Taylor also arranged for Terry McDermott’s lecture to be rebroadcast through VCU Real Estate Department’s website. McDermott is President of National Association of Realtors and spoke at VCU on February 25 as part of the Real Estate Lecture Series http://www.realestate.bus.vcu.edu

Dr. Van Wood, professor of International Marketing, Phillip Morris Chair in International Marketing.
March 6th the 8th Annual International Business Forum “Culture Clash” by Mike Ward This review ran for three weeks on Richmond.com
March 7 "Adapting to culture is key", panelists say. Richmond Times-Dispatch by Bob Rayner
March 2 - Commonwealth Times “ Forum tackles 5 global problems”
March 21 VCU News Briefs
Rebroadcast of program available on website http://www.bus.vcu.edu/international/index.html

Chris Zubof, director of the Center for Corporate Education
Quoted in Book of Lists 2002 In the article “Richmond business goes to school” he talks about human resources and financial planning certificates here and in Northern Virginia

OTHER RECOGNITION

Accounting Department March 26
Manuscript co-authored by Dr. Ruth Epps, Dr. Hassan HassabElnaby, and Dr. Amal Said has been accepted for publication in “Critical Perspectives On Accounting” (AAI of .40 as calculated by the School’s Ph.D. Committee) will be the lead article (pp. 1-20) in the June 2002 publication. This Journal is published semiannually.

Dr. James H. Boykin, MAI, SREA Alfred L. Blake Chair professor of Real Estate.
March 7 received a commendation from Virginia General Assembly for his contributions. In 1990 he was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Virginia Appraiser Board and was reappointed in 1994.

Dr. Randolph Barker recognized for his paper “Co-Worker Communication Influence Behavior in Lateral Organizational Relationships,” in the Theory Research Category by the Southeast ABC Conference Best Paper Award for 2002.

Dr. Randy Sleeth, awarded an Instructional Development Center (IDC) Faculty Mentor Award.

Dr. Michael Spinelli, awarded a Student Technology Expert Award for the Spring Semester to develop an on-line course in business statistics.

Frances E. Altman
Public Relations Specialist
School of Business
Virginia Commonwealth University
fealtman@vcu.edu (804) 827-1801