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NEWS BRIEFS - OCTOBER
2007 |
| VCU Campaign Raises
Record $410 Million
Virginia Commonwealth University celebrated the
conclusion of its largest capital campaign in
history with the announcement that a record
$410,341,216 was raised, exceeding the original
$330.5 million goal by more than 24 percent, or
nearly $80 million.
The ambitious, eight-year
Campaign for VCU reflected eight major
initiatives based on relating the university's
needs to those of the community.
"This campaign was a huge success thanks to
the teamwork of hundreds of volunteers and the
generosity of thousands of people, including
alumni and friends of VCU," said VCU President
Eugene P. Trani.
The campaign was
co-chaired by VCU School of Business alumni, Tom
and Vickie Snead.
Campaign Details including a video of the Sneads discussing the
campaign impact
Slideshow of campaign highlights |
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CHINESE SCHOLARS
STUDY VCU PRESENTATION METHODS
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Dr. Weiyong Zhang,
right, assistant professor of
Management in the VCU School of Business,
escorts two visiting professors
from Beijing Foreign Studies University
on a tour of the VCU campus.
Dr. Lianqian (Richard) Cai,
left, and Dr. Huayong (Hardy) Niu,
center, are here to learn the western way of giving presentations
and conducting research. |
This semester two professor-scholars from the Beijing Foreign
Studies University (BFSU) are studying the “how-to skills” of
giving presentations at the VCU School of Business. They are Dr. Lianqian
(Richard) Cai, an Associate Professor and Dean’s Assistant,
and Dr. Huayong (Hardy) Niu, a lecturer and Deputy Dean of the School
of International Business. They will be watching and learning various
presentation techniques and research methods.
Both professors were awarded scholarships from the State Scholarship
Fund of P.R. China to pursue research work in the U.S. “Awardees
are selected through a rigid academia evaluation process organized
by China Scholar Council(CSC). This program's main objective is
to help the faculty members do better in their research fields,” said
Hardy. “Both of us have a mentor here, and we talk about
our research plan with them. We also attend many seminars here
to learn the way presentations are given, and we join some graduate
level classes. Having a large number of journals and references
available as does the VCU libraries, are very helpful for us. We
only have a smaller part of them in China.”
Drs. Cai and Niu will be staying in the U.S. a year. They were
given the opportunity to come to VCU because of the good relationship
between the University and BFSU.
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CATCHING UP WITH BUSINESS FACULTY
SPEAKERS AT HOME AND ABROAD
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From July 16-18, Dr. Gurpreet Dhillon
was the General Chair for the 5th annual Conference on
Information Science and Technology at Hyberabad, India. The keynote speaker was Dr. George Kasper,
professor of Information Systems, Both
professors were quoted in two Hyberabad newspapers: The
New Indian Express and The Hindu. The theme was "Leadership
challenges in the information age." The conference
was organized in association with VCU, the Confederation of Indian
Industry, the Information Institute, the State Government and
Osmania University. |
Gurpreet Dhillon, Ph.D., professor of Information Systems, gave
the keynote address at the Conference on Digital Environments at
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand July 10-12, 2007.
Earlier in June he also gave talks at University of Minho in Portugal,
(June 14-15) and at Universidade Technica de Lisboa (Technical
University of Portugal - June 19-26).
Dr. Jeffrey A. Krug, associate
professor of Management, was
the guest speaker at the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank's Officer
Strategic Planning meeting. He spoke on the strategic planning
process to a combined group of officers from the regional Federal
Reserve Banks in Baltimore and Charlotte as well as Richmond.
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DR. RANDOLPH BARKER KICKS-OFF LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
Dr. Randolph T. Barker, professor of Management, was the kick-off
speaker September 21 for the 2007-08 Claude Moore Physician Leadership
Institute. This is the Institute's second class that
was created by the Medical Society of Virginia Foundation with
a five-year grant from the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation and
Hospital Corporation of America (HCA Virginia). The program was
established in 2006. "It
is only one of a handful in the nation devoted to providing physicians
with formal, ongoing leadership training." |
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Dr. John O. Everett
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DR. JOHN EVERETT AWARDED RAY M. SOMMERFELD AWARD
The American Taxation Association (ATA) honored Professor
John O. Everett of Virginia Commonwealth University with the Ray
M. Sommerfeld Outstanding Educator Award at the August 6, 2007
luncheon in Chicago. This award has been generously funded
by the Ernst & Young Foundation since its inception in 1993
and is given in recognition of the recipient's career contributions
to tax-related teaching, research, and service. Professor
Everett's contributions to the teaching of taxation, his dedication
to students, his pursuit of scholarship, his mentoring of colleagues,
and his service to the profession make him truly worthy of this
award. The award consists of two crystal sculptures and a $5,000
scholarship.
Dr. Everett has taught thousands of students in his more than
30 years of teaching, for which he has been honored with an Educator
of the Year Award from Northern Illinois University and a Distinguished
Professor Award from VCU. He has written over 70 articles,
twice received the Tax Adviser Article of the Year award
and Dr. Everett's
contribution to tax education goes far beyond classroom teaching. He
co-authored one of the earliest tax textbooks with Ray Sommerfeld,
Hershel M. Anderson, and Horace R. Brock and has since co-authored
an innovative web version textbook along with several other texts
and monographs. Read more |
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| FINANCIAL REPORTING ISSUES DISCUSSED
BY DR. GARY PREVITS, THALHIMER SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE
“What is the role of accounting? If you don’t do financial
communications, no one knows what is happening.”
Dr. Gary Previts. the Charles G. Thalhimer Family Scholar-in-Residence,
spoke to several classes and delivered a public presentation
to a crowd of 200 students, faculty and community members during his
two-day residency at VCU in September.
His public presentation focused on "Financial
Reporting Models: From Our First Big Businesses to Today.” Dr. Previts
briefly reviewed a 30-year history of U.S. business practices and
issues from the earliest corporate reporting to public investors to
21st century digital reports filed with the SEC on EDGAR. This
technical transformation of information to investors both individual
and institutional, he called remarkable.
Later
in the morning he made a Faculty Research presentation. He credited
two 20th century episodes in American accounting history, the establishment
of the Return on Investment metric by Donaldson Brown of DuPont,
and the collapse of the investments of Ivar Kreuger—two seemingly
unrelated episodes—as intersecting parts in the telling of
two important chapters in the formation and regulation of today’s
accounting environment.
“Soon a new Blue Ribbon Committee will begin looking into
all of these business reporting issues, “ he said. Perhaps
they will answer a question. that Dr. Previts asked a lot: How
much reporting is enough?
Dr. Previts is the President of the American Accounting
Association and a professor of Accountancy, Case Western Reserve
University, Weatherhead School of Management. |
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FALL TECH TUESDAY SERIES BEGINS
Tech Tuesday was launched on October 2 with Gene Doody, Chief Information
Officer for the City of Richmond as the speaker. His talk on the
managing of the IT function and its challenges to leadership was
well received.
Tuesday, October 23
7:30 - 9:00 AM
Catal Breen, Director of Emerging Technologies
- First Health Services Corp
Topic: Change in the
IT Workplace
Tuesday December 4
7:30
- 9:00 AM
Scott Hammer, Partner - North Highland
Topic: A Scorecard Approach to Aligning IT Strategy for Driving
Results
Admission Fee: Free to All
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will take place at:
Alumni Board Room, VCU Student Commons,
907
Floyd Avenue, Richmond, VA 23284
Registration requested. To register or get
directions and details, visit
http://itli.isy.vcu.edu
Address queries to Gurpreet Dhillon
gdhillon@vcu.edu |
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LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE RESUMES
The VANHA Leadership Institute began its second year in September
with programs developed by the Center for Executive Education in
the School of Business and the Department of Gerontology in the
School of Allied Health Professionals. The Leadership Institute has
been specifically designed for professionals serving the
Senior/Aging/Retirement population. The program consists of
three tracks; professional development, leadership development, and
Aging Studies. The participants meet twice monthly with
the year culminating with a leadership training session in Fredericksburg
on the Chancellorsville battlefield.
“The class has been confirming. I have come to understand
that the way I handled some issues in the past could have been
handled better. The sessions on biology and physiology of aging
helped me professionally and personally. I have used this information
with out wellness program,”
said Judy Raymond, with Westminster
Canterbury, Chesapeake Bay.
In total the Institute includes 32 days of instruction on topics
including strategic thinking, critical thinking, emotional
intelligence, executive communication, negotiation skills, coaching,
trends in aging, biology of aging, psychology of aging, finance
for Nursing homes and assisted living facilities, board management.
Twenty different instructors/facilitators with a specialty in
professional development will be teaching the classes.
For a
similar customized leadership program contact Richard Chavala
at 828-3198. Read more at http://www.bus.vcu.edu/cce/vanha.htm#Outl
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NASCAR IN REVIEW
Five distinguished sportswriters and fans of NASCAR sports spoke
in a special NASCAR seminar on September 6. Left to right, Nate
Ryan of USA Today; David Caraviello of NASCAR.Com.; Gene Laverty
of Bloomberg; Dustin Long of the Roanoke Times, Greensboro News & Virginian-Pilot;
and Josh Lief, general manager of VIRginia International Raceway,
moderator. The VCU School of Business Management Department sponsored
the event, which was arranged by Drs. Jon Ackley and Michael Pitts,
professors of Management who created the honors class “From
Dirt Tracks to Madison Avenue.”
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DR. DAVIS OPENS DEAN’S
SEMINAR SERIES
Dr. Douglas Davis kicked off the season of presentations by recipients
of the Dean’s Summer Research Grants on September 9. Over
40 faculty and graduate students attended. Dr. Davis, professor
of Economics, presented “Pure Numbers Effects, Market Power
and Tacit Collusion in Posted Offer Markets.” On September
14 Dr. Oghenovo Obrimah, assistant professor of Finance, presented “Performance
Reversals, Flow-Performance Relations, and Signals of Ability in
the Venture Capital Market”. Abstracts for both presentations: http://www.bus.vcu.edu/admin/research/focus_research.html.
Calendar for Dean’s seminars.
All seminars take place in the School of Business:
Friday, October 5,
12:00-1:00, room 1132
*Deborah Cowles, Department of Marketing
" The Influence of Verbal-Persuasion and Vicarious-Experience Marketing
Communications on Undergraduates"
Friday, October 12,
12:00-1:00, room to be announced
Dr. S.P. Kothari (invited by the Department of Accounting), who is interim
deputy dean, head - Accounting, Economics and Finance of the Sloan School of
Management at M.I.T., and editor for the Journal of Accounting and Economics. Friday, October 19,
12:00-1:00, room 1132
Monika Markowitz, VCU Office of Research
Friday, November 9, 12:00-1:00, 1132
*Sonia Wassan, Department of Accounting
"
Corporate Governance and R&D Expenditure Choices"
Friday, November 30, 12:00-1:00, room 1132
Dr. James Cox (invited by the Department of Economics)
"
Revealed Altruism" (forthcoming in Econometrica)
Friday, December 7, 12:00-1:00, room 1132
*Michael McDaniel, Department of Management
"
Estimating IQ for Virginia Counties and Cities: Measurement Issues
and Economic, Business, and Social Correlates"
An asterisk, *, designates a 2007 Summer Research Grant recipient. |
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FAST TRACK EXECUTIVE MBA STUDENTS BATTLE
IT OUT
IN ANNUAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING CLASS
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Roger Bruneau, forefront, considers the strategies for what may
happen during the battle. Chad Robins, right back, waits for campaign
to begin. Photos by Katy McDaniel. |
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Class of 2009 soldiers gather around the cannon on the
battlefield, waiting for the Leadership Training to begin. This
leadership exercise is an annual event for the, Fast Track
Executive MBA class. |
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FAST FACT
Working Mother magazine has named Bon Secours Richmond Health System,
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System and CJW Medical
Center among the 100 best companies for working mothers.
Separately, AARP named Bon Secours and VCU among the 50 best places
to work for people older than 50. - Reported in the September 28
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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If you have News or Event information,
Comments or Questions about this Area,
Please email Fran Altman fealtman@vcu.edu |
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