MIS professor Dr. Stephen Kwan received a 2010 IBM faculty award. The IBM Faculty Award is a very competitive worldwide program intended to:
3rd Annual Bay Area Retail Leadership Center Conference
September 21, 2010
Student Union/Barrett Ballroom
“Enhancing Productivity Via Innovative Technology and Systems”
For more information, please visit the BARC Retail Leadership Conference page
College of Business offers the following scholarships:
Valla Merit Scholarship, Chizen Merit Scholarship, Donn A. Burch Scholarship and Thayer Scholarship.
For more details please visit http://www.sjsu.edu/cob/Students/opportunities/
Spirits were high as the jubilation from graduates permeated through out the San José State Event Center at the College of Business’ Spring 2010 convocation ceremony. Graduates tossed around beach balls and participated in the wave during the event to demonstrate their excitement and enthusiasm.
Donning traditional regalia, the College Deans and faculty members participated in the ceremony to honor over 600 graduating students. The event, held on May 28th, was full to near capacity with family and friends gathering to celebrate. The ceremony included both undergraduate and graduate students graduating in the Spring ‘10 and Summer ’10 terms.
During the ceremony, each graduate was individually recognized as they crossed the stage. After hearing their name read, graduates had the opportunity to be photographed with the deans of the College.
For this year’s convocation, Alumna Annette Finsterbusch served as the Alumni Guest Speaker. Annette earned her MBA from San Jose State in 2001 after completing the Charter MBA-One program. She currently works as the Senior Director for Applied Ventures, which is a portion of the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc. Annette also serves on the College of Business’ Global Leadership Council.
In her speech, Annette offered three main points of wisdom for business students. First she encouraged students to “operate with integrity,” as well as “develop leadership.” Lastly, Annette stressed the importance of “achieving personal mastery.” Continuing with the concept of personal mastery, the alumnus advised students that “the key is self-awareness.” Annette stated that success comes from, knowing your weaknesses and strengths.
The College of Business would like to extend well wishes and congratulations to its graduating class of 2010.
To promote the theme of student success, the College of Business brought its’ 52nd Distinguished Alumni Dinner Event back to the San José State University campus. The event was held to honor two of its’ prominent alumni, Connie Moore and Ronald VandenBerghe.
As part of the student success motif, the SJSU ballroom was lined with posters exhibiting the many student opportunities provided by the College of Business. The posters showed student education in action, featuring students working in the Gary J. Sbona Honor’s Program as well as student travels in the Thompson Global Internship Program.
David Steele, the College of Business Dean, spoke of the two honorees success in the business community and also presented each of them with a plaque to mark the occasion.
As part of his introduction for honoree Connie Moore, David Steele commended her “entrepreneurial spirit,” calling it an inspiration for female business students. Connie graduated with her business degree in 1977, and since that time she has earned over 30 years of real estate experience, including becoming president and CEO of BRE Properties, Inc.
In her speech, Connie thanked her parents for their support of her education and affirmed that the foundation to her career started at SJSU. Connie stated that she was pleased to be back on campus and sited that the university “serves the Valley in extraordinary ways.”
Class of 1959 graduate, Ronald VandenBerghe also received accolades for his business contributions. Ronald is the founder and President of VandenBerghe Properties Inc. Ronald graduated with his business degree at SJSU in 3 ½ years in 1959. In Ronald’s speech he reminisced about tuition costs being only $29.50 a semester during his time as an undergraduate student. Ronald also called former Business Dean Jack Holland a “tremendous inspiration” to his business career. Ronald spoke of the quality education he received in his business courses and called his return to campus “nostalgic.”
The College of Business is proud to recognize these two distinguished alumni.
52nd Annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner
52nd Annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner
The Entrepreneurial Society hosted the 2010 Silicon Valley Business Plan Competition this May. With the help of 10 Business faculty members and 14 external screeners, 56 business plans in total were judged for their various business aspects. The business plans were narrowed down to 16 top semi–finalists who all competed for the top prize of $10,000 to help bring their business plan to life. The final eight competitors included: B2B Cleaning, entered by Michael Picado; Classyfieds.org, entered by Kit Kershner; HealingPod, entered by Leah Tremblay; Hops Beer Bar, entered by Helen Heydeman, Frederic Rouhana, Arash Rahimi and Rita Sader; iJockey, entered by Will Steinberger; Reabl Baby Crane, entered by Todd Gardner, Ed Leslie, Paul Nguyen and Consuelo Polanco; Rota Mobility, entered by Michael Bayne; and The Noise Factory, entered by Lena Jones, Kevin Wick and Brian Orlando. The students-generated projects were judged on their overall plan as well as a presentation of their ideas.
After judging the finalists, Michael Bayne’s Rota Mobility Inc. business plan earned the Wanda Ginner First Prize Award of $10,000. The Larry Boucher Second Prize Award of $5,000 was given to iJockey by Will Steinberger. The Hops Beer Bar business plan earned the Dan Doles Third Prize Award of $2,500. Rota Mobility Inc. also garnered the accolade of Best Written Business Plan Award, sponsored by Dave Hadden, and earned an additional $500.
Diane Guerrazzi is leading a group of students to Dubai this summer, and in turn students from Dubai will come to SJSU. Our group will be partnering with students at Zayed University. The group will study how our respective media operate and the role they play in creating impressions of each other’s cultures. For more details about this learning opportunity please contact Diane Guerrazzi.
Student Handout (pdf)
Student Application (pdf)
The symposium is based on a Report just published by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute on business and other ties linking the Bay Area with India and an earlier Report on the Bay Area and China. The speakers will discuss the changing nature of economic ties and the role of cross-border and immigrant community networks in driving innovation and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley and in China and India. They will also share their insights on the future of the relationship between high tech in Silicon Valley and high tech in China and India.
Please visit this page for more details: http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/svce/events/default.asp.
The event is FREE and open to the public.
Joseph Stiglitz, professor at Columbia University, is a global thought leader in the field of economics and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and the John Bates Clark Award. A former chief
economist at the World Bank and chairman of Clinton’s President’s Council of Economic Advisors, Stiglitz is a well-known critic of free market economics and the management of globalization who argues for the reform of global institutions like the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the United Nations.
Feb. 23rd, 5-6:30 pm in Morris Auditorium. We recommend that you (and your students) register as quickly as possible at the link below. You can then print out your admission ticket.
http://tinyurl.com/sjsu-stiglitz
This past summer, 20 Sbona honors students, led by faculty members Jeanne Sawyer and Bill DeVincenzi, went to Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina, on a business, study and cultural tour of these two great South American capitals. Students visited Universities, Corporations, government agencies, the world’s largest copper mine, and the US Embassy, learning how business is done in and with these countries. They were also taken to historical and cultural sites to broaden their knowledge of the people and their heritage. For most students, it was the highlight of their college career.
This past December, 27 Sbona honor students graduated with honors from the College of Business. In the spring semester, 75 students are enrolled in the program, applying what they have learned in the classroom to real world business problems in businesses throughout Silicon Valley. They continue to be our most sought after graduates.
Recruiting students for the fall 2010 semester will begin in April with an application deadline of April 23rd.
EDA Excellence in Economic Development Award
The Neat Ideas Fair is an annual forum to celebrate creativity among our students and promote innovation and entrepreneurship at SJSU by highlighting “NEAT” business ideas.
Please visit this page for more details:
http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/svnif/
On November 17th in the City Hall Rotunda, the Global Leadership Advancement Center (GLAC) launched its Global Leader Breakfast Speaker Series, featuring Chris DiGiorgio, Managing Director at Accenture, Co-Chair of Joint Venture Silicon Valley and a member of the Executive Committee of the Bay Area Council, Bay Area Economic Forum board, and The Tech Museum of Innovation board. After an introduction by Mayor Chuck Reed, Mr. DiGiorgio spoke on “Leading in a Time of Globalization.” Joyce Osland, executive director, briefly presented GLAC’s goals and programs. The event, organized by Assistant Director Jeff Gaines, was attended by over 100 alumni, local business people, MBA students, outstanding IB majors, and student leaders. The event was sponsored by the Donald and Sally Lucas Foundation and Pearson Higher Education. The next speaker in the series is Nobel Laureate and economist Joseph Stiglitz on February 23, 2010.
Please visit these pages for more details:
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/
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San Jose is the nation’s top mid-size metro college destination, according to the American Institute for Economic Research College Destinations Index, 2009-2010. The index analyzes the academic environment, quality of life, and professional opportunity for more than 360 towns. “Choosing the right college isn’t just about professors and classes. Conversations in coffee houses, performances in concert halls, and opportunities for corporate internships also contribute to education,” said Kerning Liang, AIER research associate.
Read more on the College Destinations Index.
http://www.aier.org/about/news/2060-college-destinations-index-still-creating-a-stir
