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Updated 05/07/2008

Upcoming Events:

Kevin Turner, Chief Operating Officer at Microsoft
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Pigott Auditorium, 5:30 to 6:30 PM

In the News:

Albers Program Wins Presidential Award

The Global Business EDGE Program has been selected to receive the President's E-Award. The award will be presented by President George Bush at a White House ceremony on May 20th. The E-Award recognizes persons, firms, or organizations which contribute significantly in the effort to increase United States exports. In the EDGE program, business students are frequently consulting with local businesses, large and small, to expand sales in overseas markets. Click here for more information on the award.

The EDGE Program was first offered in Fall, 2002, and since that time over 50 regional firms have been assisted by teams of Albers graduate students. Click here for more information on EDGE.

Both Sides of the Rim

David Reid was interviewed by media on both sides of the Pacific Rim during the same week – on April 18th by TBS (one of the largest and the most popular networks in Japan) for "The Broadcaster" (the Japanese equivalent of "60 Minutes") regarding the impact of the Dalai Lama’s visit to Seattle, and on April 16th by KOMO 1000 on the global impact of high world rice prices.

GU-SU Luncheon

Over 350 gathered for the Gonzaga – Seattle U. Business School Collaborative Luncheon on April 28th at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Seattle. The event featured John Stossel, of ABC News and 20/20, as the keynote speaker. Proceeds supported scholarships for business students at the two schools.

PSE CEO to Speak

Steve Reynolds, Chairman and CEO of Puget Energy, will be speaking as part of the Albers Executive Speaker Series on Tuesday, May 6th. The event will be from 5:30 to 6:30 PM in Pigott Auditorium. The title of his presentation is "Cleaner, Greener, Smarter."

National JesuitMBA Day of Service

On April 12th, about 50 Albers grad students, faculty, and staff participated in the National JesuitMBA Day of Service. They joined MBA students at Jesuit schools around the country participating in the event. The SU group assisted the Seattle Children's PlayGarden by creating more garden bed areas for the children to use for planting, fixing the rabbit hutch, weeding, moving compost and wood chips, and various other projects.

Back to Pennsylvania

Carlos Mello-e-Souza is leaving Albers to take a position at Susquehanna University in Selingsgrove, PA. Carlos previously taught at Penn State in State College, PA. He will be dearly missed by his colleagues and students.

New Staff Members

Rob Bourke is joining Albers as the new Assistant Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving. He served at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA as Director of Alumni Relations for four years. Rob has his undergraduate degree from Auburn, served in the navy, was a research assistant in the Coastal Ocean Acoustics Lab, and managed the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Visitor Information Center.

Hannah Hepfer is joining Albers as a Programs Coordinator in the Center for Leadership Formation. Hannah is a graduate of Santa Clara. After graduation, she did volunteer work in an orphanage in Zambia with the Salesian Lay Missioners. She then returned to the Northwest where she has worked for the Shilshole Bay Beach Club and DRY Soda.

What Does Compassion Look Like?

Approximately 25 works from the "What Does Compassion Look Like?" exhibition will be installed in the Pigott Building over the next few weeks, where they will remain until 2010 when they will move to their permanent home in the new SU Library/Learning Commons. The art works are the result of a state-wide artistic initiative undertaken in connection with the Dalai Lama’s visit to Seattle last month. Forty-three outstanding Northwest artists were asked to respond to the question "What does compassion look like?" in any artistic medium, within a size limit of 24 inches by 24 inches. Fr. Jerry Cobb facilitated the acquisition of the collection.

Spring EDGE Projects

Tom Kelley is once again guiding student in MKTG 554 (aka “EDGE Class”). The international business projects the students will be working on are with Brook Running, Expeditors, Intermec, and Nokia.

AACSB Annual Meeting

Dean Joseph Phillips has just returned from the AACSB Annual Meeting in Honolulu April 13-15. The main themes remain assessment, faculty qualifications, and sustainability in the curriculum.

Albers Forum

Over 260 gathered to hear Alex Counts, CEO of the Grameen Foundation, speak on micro-lending at the Genevieve Albers Forum on April 7th.

Albers Fellow

Dr. James Lee, Assistant Professor of Information Systems at SUNY Binghamton, will be joining us as the Genevieve Albers Fellow for 2008-09. Dr. Lee will teach ECIS classes for us. His PhD is from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and his publications have appeared in such journals as The Communications of the ACM, Issues in Information Systems, Industrial Management and Data Systems, and the International Journal of E-business Research. He is following Dr. Hui Wang, who has secured a tenure track position at Radford University in Virginia.

Albers Admits Visit Costco

On April 11th over 100 high school students admitted to Albers as freshmen next year and their parents visited Costco Wholesale for lunch. They met with Jim Sinegal and other Costco leaders and learned more about the Costco story and SU.

Undergrad Networking Event

On April 2nd the Albers Placement Center sponsored a networking event for undergraduate seniors. Students mingled with advisory board members, mentors, and alums. Prior to the event, representatives of Enterprise Rent-a-car presented a workshop on networking.

Service Awards

The following faculty and staff will be receiving service awards at SU’s annual faculty and staff appreciation luncheon on May 30th: Bill Weis (35 years), Mary Rivers (30 years), Mary Carpenter and Ilona Legesse (20 years), Greg Prussia and Chris Weber (15 years), Sharon Parks and Peter Raven (10 years), Nadeje Alexandre, Dhorea Brown, Marilyn Gist, Bruce Koch, Quan Le, and Erin Talbott (5 years).

Economic Insights

Stacey Jones was quoted in an article in Seattle Post-Intelligencer on the struggling economy. The article appeared on April 8th and was entitled, "The Money Squeeze: Grab a slice of pizza to grasp economy's woes." You can read the complete article here.

Gleed Lecture

Nearly 50 students and industry professionals gathered for the Thomas Gleed Endowed Chair Lecture on April 11th. David Reid presented on, "Protecting Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China: What to do? How to do it?"

Two Seniors Selected for CBYX

Albers seniors Senay Kahsay and Kendra Borja have been selected to participate in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) program for young professionals. The CBYX program is a highly selective, German exchange scholarship program intended primarily for young adults in business, technical, vocational, and agricultural fields. Only 75 Americans are selected each year. The 12-month program begins in late July, and consists of two months of intensive German language training in Germany, four months of classroom instruction at a German University or College of Applied Sciences, and a five-month internship in their career field.

Foster Comments on Seattle Sonics

Terry Foster was interviewed on King 5 News and in a Seattle Times article on the move by Howard Schultz to sue the Sonics ownership group. You can read the article here and watch here.

GU-SU Luncheon

On Monday, April 28th, Albers and the College of Business at Gonzaga University are hosting a luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle. The event features John Stossel of ABC News as the speaker. Those interested in attending should contact Jennifer Horne at hornej@seattleu.edu. Proceeds go to scholarships for students at the two business schools.

Publications

Ivilina Popova's paper, "Bayesian Forecasting of Prepayment Rates for Individual Pools of Mortgages", co-authored with Edward George (University of Pennsylvania) and Elmira Popova (UT-Austin) has been accepted for publication in Bayesian Analysis.

Rex Toh's article, co-authored with Michael Hu (Kent State), "Averaging to Minimize or Eliminate Regression Toward the Mean to Measure Pure Experimental Effects," has been accepted for publication by Psychological Reports.

Susan Weihrich's article, "Academic-Based VITA Programs: Issues and Best Practices from Accounting Educators," co-authored with Christine Bauman (Northern Iowa), Ed Outslay (Michigan State), and Dennis Schmidt (Montana St.), has been accepted for publication in The Tax Advisor.

Jennifer Marrone's article "A multi-level of investigation of antecedents and consequences of team member boundary-spanning behavior," co-authored with Tesluk and Carson, was published in the Academy of Management Journal.

Teresa Ling's and David Carrithers' article, "Messy Problems and Lay Audiences: Teaching Critical Thinking within the Finance Curriculum," co-authored with John Bean, has been accepted for publication in Business Communication Quarterly.

John Dienhart's article, co-authored with Tom Tyler (NYU) and Terry Thomas (TRT Consulting), "The Ethical Commitment to Compliance: Building Value-based Cultures That Encourage Ethical Conduct and a Commitment to Compliance," has been accepted for publication in the California Management Review.

Advisory board member Tom Captain continues to publish his commentaries on the aviation industry. The latest appeared in the January 28, 2008 edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology and was entitled, "No Aircraft Trade War Soon."

Greg Magnan has had several publications recently:

• "A Three-Stage Implementation Model for Supply Chain collaboration," with Stanley Fawcett and Matthew McCarter, forthcoming in the Journal of Business Logistics.

• "Supply Chain Alliances and Social Dilemmas," with Fawcett and McCarter, forthcoming in the International Journal of Procurement Management.

• "The Benefits, Barriers, and Bridges of Effective Supply Chain Integration," with Fawcett and McCarter, forthcoming in Supply Chain Management: An International Journal.

• "Strategic Supplier Relationship Management: Leading Change to Unite Metrics, Processes and People," with Marc Day, Mark Webb, and Jon Hughes, forthcoming in Supply Chain Management Review.

Rex Toh has published a book chapter entitled, "Guests’ Meetings and Hotel Group Room Reservations," in Tourism Management, edited by A.G. Woodside and D. Martin. The chapter is the culmination of seven articles that Rex co-authored with Albers faculty on hotel and cruise reservations in the last three years. Congratulations, Rex!

Holly Slay's article, "The Effect of Explanations on Prospective Applicants’ Reactions to Firm Diversity Practices," co-authored with Ian Williamson (Melbourne Business School) and Debra Shapiro (Maryland), has been accepted for publication in Human Resource Management.

Jay Lambe's article, co-authored with Kevin Webb (James Madison) and Chiharu Ishida (Illinois St.), "Self-managing Selling Teams and Team Performance: The Complementary Roles of Empowerment and Control," was accepted for publication in Industrial Marketing Management.

Holly Slay's article, "The effect of explanations on prospective applicants' reactions to firm diversity practices," co-authored with Ian Williamson (Melbourne Business School), has been accepted for publication in Human Resource Management.

Quan Le's article, "An Analysis of Policy Changes on the Seafood Industry of Vietnam", co-authored with Dao Thanh Hong of the UK Department for International Development (Vietnam), has been accepted for publication in the Pacific Economic Review.

David Reid's article, co-authored with B. Aybar, E. Mergen, and V. Perotti, "Analysis of Attitudes of Turkish Citizens toward the Effect of EU Membership on the Economic, Political and Cultural Environment," was recently published in Turkish Studies.

Vinay Datar's article, co-authored with Raymond So (Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Yiuman Tse (University of Texas at San Antonio), "Liquidity Commonality and Spillover in the US and Japanese Markets: An Intraday Analysis using the Exchange-Traded Funds," has been accepted for publication in the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.

Rex Toh, Barbara Yates, and Fred DeKayhave collaborated on an article, "Executive Training Exercises in Non-performance and Attrition Charges in the Hospitality Industry," that has been published in the International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research.

Leo Simpson's co-authored article, "Creating Active and High Impact Learning: Moving Out of the Classroom with Field-Based Student Consulting Projects," was accepted for publication in Industry and Higher Education. A second article, "The Use of Student Consulting Projects as an Active Learning Pedagogy: A Case Study in a Production/ Operations Management Course," has been accepted for publication in the Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education.

The American Economic Review has accepted Brian Kelly's comment for publication, "Antidumping Investigations and the Pass Through of Antidumping Duties and Exchange Rates: Comment." AER is the top journal in the economics discipline. Brian has had two other articles accepted for publication – "The Law and Economics of Simultaneous Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty Proceedings," for publication in the Global Trade and Customs Journal, and "The Treatment of Profit in the Export Market in Antidumping Duty Proceedings," in the Journal of World Trade.

Katia Emm's paper, "Choices and Best Practices in Corporate Risk Management Disclosure," was accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance.

Tom Captain, a member of the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board, recently published an article in US Industry Today, entitled "It’s Your Call: Flights of Fancy." The article discusses China’s plans to build large commercial aircraft. You can read the article here.

Meena Rishi's article, "Social Justice and the Agency of Women: The Kerala Story," co-authored with Kishore Kulkarni (Metro State) and Renuka Pillay (University of Cochin, India), has been published in the South Asian Journal of Human Rights.

Al Ansari's article, "The Economic, Technological, and National Security Risks of Offshore Outsourcing," co-authored with Batoul Modarres, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Global Business Issues.

Bill Weis' and David Arnesen's article, "Because EQ Can't Be Told": Doing Something about Emotional Intelligence," has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict.

Meena Rishi's and Niranjan Chipalkatti's paper, coauthored with K. Ramesha (NIBM, India), has been accepted for publication in the Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics.  The paper is entitled, "Depositor Discipline, Regulatory Control, and a Banking Crisis - A Study of Indian Urban Cooperative Banks."

Al Ansari's and Diane Lockwood's paper, co-authored with Batoul Modarress, "Raising the Alarm for Logistics Network Security," has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Business Research.

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