Julie Ravenscraft, accounting instructor, typically spends the early fall semester preparing her Accounting 300 students for the COB Accounting Career Fair. Overall, she aims to prepare the students for a variety of professional interactions from a career fair to an interview. But fall 2020 had a new learning curve for both students and Ravenscraft. “This semester … [Read more...] about Navigating professional opportunities in a virtual world
Updates for the Fall 2020 College of Business Career Fairs: There will be 3 COB Career Fairs this fall. Due to COVID-19 there will be only one in-person fair, and two virtual fairs. Visit the COB Career Fair website for details. The COB Career Fairs are open to sophomores- graduate students majoring in any COB program. Additional majors invited include Actuarial … [Read more...] about Updates for the Fall 2020 College of Business Career Fairs
In early March, Missouri State alumna, Amber Riddle, was named to the Board of Directors for the Pediatric Brain Foundation. The Pediatric Brain Foundation is a Missouri-based not for profit which provides financial support to families with children suffering from neurological disorders, brain cancers, traumatic brain injuries and other diagnoses. Riddle was introduced … [Read more...] about MBA alumna named to Pediatric Brain Foundation Board of Directors
The COB annual food drive starts Monday February 25th and runs through Friday March 8th. Food donation boxes will be located in various COB offices. Michael Hammond, Senior Instructor, helps facilitate the food drive. When asked why the annual COB food drive is conducted in or March he says "Hunger exists every day, every month and every year. This time of year is … [Read more...] about COB hosts annual food drive
By: Dr. Rick Brattin So just how ‘big’ is the world’s ‘big data’ and why should companies care? As discussed in my last column, “What makes today’s data ‘Big’?”, we have experienced an explosion of new data and data sources over the last two decades. This is data that companies are analyzing in pursuit of business insight and competitive advantage. Those who do this well … [Read more...] about Bears Business Brief: How ‘Big’ is today’s data?