INSIDE THIS ISSUE

S16 Senior Exit Surveys ......1

Birthdays .............................2

HR & OM Certificates .......2

Important Dates ................3

SAP Conference ...............4

HIMSS Conference ............5

IABD—Turner ......................6

Atlanta Tech Village .........6

Enactus ...............................7

RCOB Classic .....................8

Professor of the Year ........9

IABD—Velez .......................9

New Arrival .........................10

Student News .....................12

Ingram Scholars.................13

S16 Graduation Pics .........14

R16 Graduate Asst. ...........15

Spring 2016 Senior Exit Surveys

Messenger Summer 2016

I just finished reviewing the Spring 2016 Senior Exit Surveys. We had 53 Man-

agement majors and 14 MIS majors completing our survey this semester.

For the first time, every member of the department was recognized by at

least one student as a teacher that had the most positive impact on them

during their studies at UWG. Congratulations!

Overall results remained very positive.

In terms of their decision to earn a B.B.A. in our department, 70.1% were “Very

Satisfied” and the other 29.9% were “Satisfied”. This is awesome!

In terms of quality of instruction, 59.7% rated it as “Excellent” and 37.3% rated

it as “Good”.

When asked, “How likely is it that you would recommend our program to a

friend?”, 68.7% said it was “Very Likely” and 23.9% said it was “Likely”.

22% of the seniors earned a certification, 21% participated in an internship,

and 9% traveled on a study abroad trip. These numbers seem to be improv-

ing.

68.8% said our balance of on-line vs. face-to-face instruction was about

right. 20.3% wanted more online. 10.9% wanted more face-to-face instruc-

tion. 35.9% noted that on-line courses were “easier”. 14.1% thought face-to-

face courses were easier. This is one we need to keep our eyes on. I’m a

little concerned that over a third of students believe than on-line courses are

easier (these are the students actually brave enough to admit it on a survey).

Overall, absolutely great results! Thank you so much for your efforts. You are

greatly appreciated by our students and by me.

Have a great summer. TG

BIRTHDAYS

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OM Certificate Program

This spring 2016 semester one (1) student

completed the OM Certificate program and her

name is listed below. Currently, four students

have completed the OM certificate program and

we have a total of 32 active students.

1. Hailey Gaines.

HR Certificate Program

This spring 2016 semester 15 students

completed the HR Certificate program and their

names are listed below. Currently, 86 students

have completed the HR certificate program and

we have 69 active students.

1. Kanika Anand

2. Jessica Butler

3. Sierra Carson

4. Hailey Gaines

5. Jamie Geiger

6. Phillip Hall

7. Hannah Kidd

8. Jasmine Marx

9. Taylor McDermott

10.Isaiah Niblet

11.Zeb Ott

12.Cassandra Stepanovich

13.Cassandra Vongxayasy

14.Brianna Williams

15.Brittany Williams

May

Mary-K Zachary — 1st

Lucretia Gibbs — 2nd

Leanne DeFoor — 5th

June

Monica Smith — 14th

Ron Colley — 17th

Hope Udombon — 17th

Jim Yoder — 18th

Jack Wei — 22nd

Faramarz Parsa — 25th

Karen O’Connor — 27th

Tom Gainey — 30th

July

Rong Guo — 7th

Mary Kassis — 9th

Laurence Rose — 25th

Jane Smith — 29th

Beheruz Sethna — 31st

August

Blaise Bergiel — 1st

Sunil Hazari — 1th

Liz Runyan—13th

John Upson -- 21st

Alexis Fontaine — 26th

Yun Cheng — 31st

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May

Session I classes—start May 9

Session I Ends—finals May 25

Memorial Day May 30

No Classes, Offices Closed

June

Session II & III Begin Jun 6

Session III Final Exams Jun 30

July

Independence Day July 4

No Classes, Offices Closed

Session IV begins July 5

Session IV Final Exams Jul 29

Summer Graduation Jul 30

August

Last Day - Apply for F16 Graduation Aug 1

General Faculty Mtg (tentative) Aug 3

RCOB Faculty/Staff Meeting Aug 4

RCOB Fall Party Aug 5

Fall 2016 Classes begin (Wednesday) Aug 10

Open Drop Aug 10-14

Open Add Aug 10-15

Important Dates APRIL 2016

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Dr Pridmore's Enterprise and Decision Support class went for a site visit to Greenway Medical Febru-

ary 25th. The students heard from three very knowledgeable professionals covering topics from pro-

ject management, to using enterprise systems and creating decision support dashboards, and end-

ing with career advice and tips for transitioning into the work force after graduation. This site visit

was the kick off for the final project for this course which is to create decision support reporting

measures that could be added to Greenway's Electronic Health Records System.

Dr Pridmore and Mrs. White attended the SAP University Alliance conference in San Diego, CA this

February. They were asked to serve as part of a faculty mentor panel to help other universities learn

how to implement SAP curriculum successfully. The Management department became members of

SAP in Fall 2012. Since that time, Dr Pridmore has successfully design and implemented the curricu-

lum into three Information Systems courses and recently received approval from SAP for a Student

Award Certificate. Mrs. White is the first non-Information Systems professor to implement SAP cur-

riculum into a course. Their presentation was very well received, and there was a great deal of inter-

est in the SAP program that has been built at UWG.

ERP Building Blocks: How to Integrate SAP Curriculum to Create an Exciting Learning Environ-

ment ....83 Jeannie Pridmore and Samantha Dukes White 4

2016 Proceedings of the Nineteenth SAP Academic

Conference Americas: Building the Talent of the

Future for the Digital Enterprise

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During the last week of February, Dr. Turner traveled to Las Vegas to attend the Health Information and Management System Society (HIMSS) Conference and Exhibition. HIMSS North America represents 61,000 individual members, 640 corporate members, and over 450 non-profit organizations. According to HIMSS Executive Vice President Carla Smith this year’s tally was almost 42,000 attendees at this one convention. The purpose of the trip was to meet other university representatives to benchmark existing Health Information programs as we move towards developing our own

program offering to students. We also had the opportunity to talk at length with HIMSS management about issues such as accreditation, curriculum, and graduate placement. Along with major software suppliers like EPIC and Cerner, our own local software firm Greenway was well represented. As a surprise we found that non-traditional firms are also entering the electronic health record market such Stanley (tools). Seems that the concept of database management is a transferable skill across industries after all. Along with the various vendors at the convention the state of Georgia had the only booth representing a state.

HIMSS Health Information & Management

System Society Las Vegas, Neva-

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IABD—INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY

OF BUSINESS DISCIPLINES MARCH 31—APRIL 2, 2016

On April Dr. Doug Turner presented the paper entitled “Investigating Factors Influencing Adoption of Mobile Payment” at the 2016 International Academy of Business Disciplines (IABD) conference in Las Vegas, NV. Dr. Turner was a co-author on this paper with Dr. Joan Deng and Dr. Brad Price. The hope is to have the completed work accepted for publication in an IABD journal. Representatives from other Georgia schools were in attendance including Kennesaw and the University of North Georgia.

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On April 8th, members of the

Management Club travelled to

Atlanta Tech Village for a business

visit. The group was treated to a

facility tour, participated in the

"Startup Chowdown" lunch with

Atlanta Tech Village members and

others from the local area, and lastly

enjoyed a one-on-one chat with Dan

Smigrod, founder, CEO & chief

photographer of We Get Around (Matterport photography referral group) and a

member of Atlanta Tech Village for the past two years.

ATLANTA TECH VILLAGE APRIL 8, 2016—MGNT CLUB SITE VISIT

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ENACTUS

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This school year, our Enactus team has been very involved

with the following projects: Carrollton High School

resume workshops, mentoring with Southwire's 12 for

Life program, assisting with store and financial

management with Scrap Bin in Carrollton, and assisting

with management and volunteer work at Arts for All in

Carrollton. They also presented their projects at the

Enactus regional competition. The following students

received full time job offers as a result of their Enactus

participation this school year:

Terana Crawford, Walmart (Marietta, GA)

Caprianna Bethune, Enterprise (Carrollton, GA)

Audrey Smith, Sam's Club (Lithonia, GA)

Briana Williams, Sam's Club (Jackson, MS)

Phillip Hall, Sam's Club (Atlanta, GA)

Debbie Pierre, Sam's Club (Marietta, GA)

Cierra Simmons, Sam's Club (Marietta, GA)

Lauren Williams, Enterprise (Carrollton, GA) &

Sam's Club (Columbia, SC)

April Webb, Sam's Club (Tampa, FL)

Courtney Bennett—Sam’s Club (Buford, GA)

We are very proud!

Monica Smith

Kim Green

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3RD ANNUAL RCOB CLASSIC

FACULTY/STAFF V. STUDENT

SOFTBALL GAME

The 3rd Annual RCOB

Classic Faculty/Staff v. Student

Softball game was a success! The clouds

did part, the sun did shine, and the

Faculty & Staff brought home the WIN!

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Dr. Faramarz Parsa was voted

“Professor of the Year” by the

2016 Beta Gamma Sigma

inductees.

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PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR

Dr. Susana Velez-Castrillon presented a paper

at the International Academy of Business

Disciplines (IABD) 28th Annual Conference in

Las Vegas. The article, “Women in the Upper

Echelons: How Do Female CEOs Influence Top

Management Teams”, looks at the organizational and

individual antecedents of women who have succeeded in

reaching CEO positions in corporate America. The paper

was selected for the conference proceedings and

also won the award for “Best Overall Paper”.

IABD—INTERNATIONAL

ACADEMCY OF BUSINESS

DISCIPLINES—APRIL 2016

BABY SHOWER

HONORING—JOAN DENG

FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2016

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Joan is expecting her first

child (a boy) on June 4,

2016.

When you get a moment,

please congratulate Joan

on her

upcoming

“Bundle of Joy”

2016

Chinese Year of the Monkey

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The Richards College of Business inducted 59

students at this year’s BGS annual event held on

Tuesday, April 12, 2016.

Our department’s majors (MGNT/MIS) represented

27.6% of the total undergraduate inductees for this

year.

& ACCOUNTS

RUDOLPH (RUDY) GRANT FORMER GRAD STUDENT)

Rudolph C. Grant continues to teach at Kaihua High

School in ZheJiang providence. The picture below is his

new class for this upcoming year. Kaihua is ranked the

No. 1 Junior high school in that region.

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Student News

Beta Gamma Sigma—Business Honor Society

Seniors

1. Ashley Arp (MGT)

2. Taylor McDermott (MGT)

3. Ethan Brown (MGT)

4. Emily Cowart (MGT)

5. Sierra Carson (MGT)

Juniors

1. Emily Fenn (MGT)

2. Sarah Gray (MGT)

3. Michelle Peek (MGT)

4. Johnathan Spence (MGT)

Sophomores

1. Hannah Baldizon (MGT)

2. Lucero Delgado (MGT)

3. Karen Duke (P-MGT)

4. Colton Duttweiler (MGT)

5. Jaclyn Eaves (P-MGT)

6. Natalie Franks (P-MIS)

7. Christine John (P-MIS)

8. Amber Luxbacher (MGT)

9. Jared Mitchell (MGT)

10. Jesse Morris (P-MGT)

11. Destin Porche (P-MIS)

12. Lindsey Reeves (P-MGT)

13. Alberto Rivera-Lopez

14. Jake Robinson (MIS)

15. Kara Thompson (MGT)

16. Chelsi Weaver (P-MGT)

Ingram Scholars — Undergraduates with a GPA of at least 3.75 and

with at least 29 hours at UWG as of Fall 2015. These are our very

best students.

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Ingram Scholars—2015-16

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SPRING 2016 GRADUATION

Kennedy McCarty

Management Sandra Mullis

Mgnt Info. Systems

Sierra Carson & Dr. McIntyre

Management

Bradley Johnson & Dr. Kyle Marrero

Management & MIS

CHRISTYN R. MAJOR

GRADUATE ASSISTANT—IT

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