The first time Nancy Allen landed on the New York Times Best Sellers list in 2018, she was totally unprepared. At the time, she was a senior instructor in the College of Business and had just co-authored a book with James Patterson, the world’s best-selling author. Their collaboration, Juror #3, didn’t just make the prestigious literary list, it scurried to the number one … [Read more...] about Third Career Is a Charm
The PAVE Student Design Competition is in collaboration with SketchUp, a 3D modeling computer program used for a wide range of drawing applications. There were 30 countries represented in this year’s contest. Hackney, a Lockwood native and interior design major, earned first-place which included a $3,000 prize. “I designed a pop-up experience for the software SketchUp … [Read more...] about COB student takes first place at international design contest
In February 1991, the firm established the BKD Accounting Education Fund, an endowed fund for the School of Accountancy (SOA). Income from the fund is used for scholarships, software and hardware upgrades, faculty development and professorships. Gary Schafer, managing partner for BKD’s offices in Springfield, Joplin and Branson, said the fund is supported by individual … [Read more...] about Celebrating 30 years of support
A generous gift of $835,000 from the estate of Dr. Raymond Lansford will help more students from Missouri State University’s College of Business complete their education. Lansford, a Missouri State alumnus, passed away just two weeks before his 99th birthday. “Dr. Lansford devoted his entire career to educating students. His intentions were to continue helping students … [Read more...] about Generous gift provides business students with scholarships
Due to COVID, a host of fundraisers, community service and acts of kindness were put on hold in 2020, but the pandemic did not stop everything. Here are a few examples of how Business Bears gave back. COVID couldn’t stop these Bears from giving Members of the Construction Club collected enough items to fill 187 boxes for Operation Christmas Child, … [Read more...] about College of Business students exemplify the public affairs mission