B&E Department News and Events
Economics Students Travel to Cleveland
Dr. Jackie Khorassani took her Econ 301 (Money and Banking) students on a
field trip to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on December 1, 2011.
The group had a guided tour of the Bank, followed by a lecture on the
effects of free-trade by
Dr.
Owen Humpage, the bank’s Senior Economic advisor. Following
Humpage’s lecture, Sharon Shorts from Human Resources talked about
internship opportunities at the bank.
Marietta Alum Meets Accounting and Finance Students
Thomas A. Gwynn (MC '87) was this semester's final Accounting Meet &
Greet guest on November 9, 2011. Gwynn presently serves as controller and
operations manager of Saint Gobain Corporation - Autover USA in Grove
City, Ohio. Gwynn, students, and department faculty talked about
accounting careers, graduate school, and the CPA and other professional
certification exams. Angela Anderson from the College's Advancement Office
arranged the opportunity to meet Gwynn and also attended the event. The
next Accounting Meet & Greet will feature a representative from Becker
CPA Review; she will talk about the examination and some of Becker's study
options.
Accounting Students Visit Grad School and Public Accounting Firm
Professor Grace Johnson and Emeritus Professor Ed Osborne took nine
Accounting and Public Accounting majors to Columbus on November 4. They
were hosted by the Fisher School of Business's Master of Accountancy
Program at The Ohio State University. Students met with faculty, career
management and MAcc Program officers, current MAcc students, and two
Marietta College MAcc Program alumni, Melissa Huff and Lindsey Green.
Lunch followed at the Blackwell.
Following the time at Fisher, the group traveled to downtown Columbus for a visit with the Columbus office of national CPA firm Plante & Moran. Marietta alumnus Matt Weekley is a partner at the firm and welcomed the students to an afternoon discussion with other members of the firm. P&M provided afternoon snacks and beverages and presented each student with a goodie bag of useful tools and supplies.
Students and Professor Johnson are pictured outside Fisher Hall at The Ohio State University.
Johnson Presents Work in Beijing
Professor Grace Johnson traveled to Beijing in October to present the
final component of a project she started on her 2009-2010 sabbatical, a
retrospective of the impact of Albrecht & Sack's seminal work Accounting
Education: Charting the Course through a Perilous Future. Johnson
delivered her paper at the 23rd Asian-Pacific Conference on International
Accounting Issues, hosted by California State University, Fresno and
Beijing Technology and Business University. Her paper, "The Impact of
Albrecht & Sack - 10 Years Later," examined the longer-term
effect of the monograph published by the American Accounting Association
in 2000. Accounting faculty from more than 20 countries participated in
the 3-day event.
Pictured with Johnson are faculty from Thailand, the United States, and Indonesia, who presented their papers in the same session.
CPAs from Ernst & Young Talk with Students - Meglio Wins Elijah Watt Sells Award for 2011
Accounting
and public accounting majors had the chance to meet with CPAs from the
Charleston, WV, office of Big Four public accounting firm Ernst &
Young. Alumnus Cody Meglio ('10) and his colleague Cole Malcolm spoke at
three events in the department on September 19. All majors were invited to
an informal brown bag lunch to learn about careers in public accounting.
One-on-one conversation time followed the lunch. The duo also spoke to
students in Acct 301 (Intermediate Accounting) about internships, working
at E&Y, and the CPA examination.
Meglio recently was informed he will receive the Elijah Watt Sells Award for 2011, awarded by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) . Meglio's performance on the Uniform CPA Examination was among the 10 highest in the nation! About 90,000 people took the examination. Congratulations, Cody!
Tekulve Vistits Sports Management Students
Kent Tekulve (MC '69), former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher and
currently a Pirates broadcaster, met with students in the Sports
Management major. Tekulve discussed changes that have taken place in major
league baseball since he joined the league in the early 1970s. He also
provided students with tips on professionalism, internships, and working
in the sport industry.
Bagshaw Publishes Sabbatical Project
Dr. Mark Bagshaw's sabbatical project involved writing a book-length
manuscript that discusses and demonstrates core concepts in the field of
international business and leadership in the form of a novel, Chaucer
on the Nile. It was published this fall, both as a paperback and as a
Kindle e-book, by CreateSpace, a company owned by Amazon.com.
Welcome David Mead to the Department!
Students
will see a new face in the Department starting in August. Professor David
Mead joins the Department of Business & Economics to teach managerial
and cost accounting, intermediate accounting, and advanced accounting.
Mead earned his MBA from Xavier University and graduted with an
undergraduate degree in business from Otterbein College. He has had an
extensive career in public accounting, banking and not-for-profit
organizations, and was an associate with a large international accounting
firm. Mead also spent over 25 years in senior accounting and finance roles
in large regional and community banks and was Chief Financial Officer for
two publicly traded financial institutions. In addition, he served as an
interim Chief Executive Officer at a publicly traded financial institution
and continues to serve as a member of the Board of Directors for that
institution. Professor Mead's field of interest is the interplay of
accounting and finance in the broader business perspective, particularly
in large, complex organizations.
Department Recognizes Students at 1st Annual Honors Reception
On April 14, 2011, the Department of Business & Economics presented
awards to 10 students at the first annual B&E Honors Reception.
Faculty and honorees celebrated student academic accomplishments. As well,
Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE), the national economics honorary, inducted its
new members. The Department congratulates the following students receiving
scholarships:
| Stephanie L. French | Jules Bourmorck and Julia Staats Memorial Scholarship |
| Alexandra C. Weissling | Department of Business & Economics Scholarship |
| Bethany L. McFarland and Rachel M. Worthington | Wen-Yu “Frank” Cheng Scholarship |
| Jennifer L. Kuebel | Bob Duggan ‘59 Distinguished Scholarship |
| James P. Inks | Bert T. Glaze Scholarship |
| Julie A. Wynstra | Douglas C. Greene Scholarship |
| Robert M. Treadway | Edward H. Osborne Scholarship |
| Seth N. Dimick | Jack E. Prince Scholarship |
| Rachel M. Worthington | William M. Summers Memorial Scholarship |
| David P. Thomas | The Ford Rinard Memorial Scholarship |
Seth Dimick, Bryce Goldbach, Xiao Tian Ma, Alyse McNeill, Brad
Miller, Xiao Yue Ni, Ruifan Shi, Phil Sizemore, and Yuan Tao were inducted
into ODE. Pictured at right, Dr. Greg Delmeester,
ODE advisor, with some of the new members.
Marietta Trio Present in Chicago
Professor Grace Johnson, along with Dr. Chaya Chandrasekhar (Art Department) and Dr. Ihor Pidhainy (Department of History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion), traveled to Chicago to participate in the 19th Annual AsiaNetwork Conference, April 15-17. Their panel, Witnessing Asia: Changes in Literary, Visual and Instructional Perceptions of the Modern, incorporated the conference's theme of "transformations". Johnson's work, "Reflections on Teaching in Western China, 1997-2010", recalled changes taking place throughout her 13 years' teaching experience in Sichuan, Ningxia, and Inner Mongolia. Chandrasekhar's paper, "Imaging India Through the Lens of Photography", examined the ways modern India has been portrayed through news and creative photography. Pidhainy's research, "A Buriat Documents Central Asia: G. Tsybikov (1873-1930) and his Travel Diaries", studied the themes in four of Tsybikov's Asian travel diaries.
What's next on TianQi (Sean) Xu's agenda? University of Chicago Grad School!
TianQi (Sean) Xu, a senior double major in Political Science and
Economics, will begin his graduate studies at the Harris School of Public
Policy at the University of Chicago next fall. In addition to the
University of Chicago, Sean was also admitted to the Public Policy
Institute at Georgetown University and the Paul H. Nitze School of
Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
There is also good news here at Marietta for Sean. On April 8, 2011, Sean successfully defended his Research Honors thesis entitled "The Determinants of Political Instability: a Regression Analysis". Sean's thesis committee members were Dr. Jacqueline Khorassani (Economics-Chair of the Committee), Dr. Mark Schaefer (Political Science) and Dr. Almuth Tschunko (Honors Committee Representative). Congratulations, Sean!
Marietta Team Takes Home Trophy from 2011 Tau Pi Phi Case Competition
Over the weekend of March 25th and 26th, Dr. Falter and a team of five
students (Seth Dimick, Bryce Goldbach, Robin Nelson, David Thomas, and
Mason Wan) attended the annual national Tau Pi Phi business case
competition in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. With its origination in the
1950s, Tau Pi Phi is a regional business honorary society that sponsors a
case competition annually. Competing against multiple teams from Capital
University, Juniata College, Ohio Dominican University, Ohio Northern
University and Wittenberg College, the team of Mason Wang and Bryce
Goldbach won the third place award for the two-person competition.
Johnson Delivers Work in Chicago
Professor Grace Johnson presented a paper, developed and facilitated a workshop, and chaired two sessions at the annual meeting of the North American Accounting Society, March 23-25, 2011. Her paper, "The Impact of Albrecht & Sack (2000) - 10 Years Later: A Preliminary Study", examined faculty reaction to the seminal accounting education monograph.
Johnson at The Drake Hotel, Chicago.
Along with Bob Russ (Northern Kentucky University), Susan Minke (Indiana University - Purdue University Ft. Wayne), and Larry Garrison (University of Missouri - Kansas City), Johnson led one of the discussion groups in the accounting "swap meet" workshop. She also chaired two sessions at the conference
Johnson has been very active in the North American Accounting Society for more than a decade. She presently serves as the organization's webmaster and is a member of the board of directors.
Accounting Student/Alumni Business Networking Events a Success
Professor Grace Johnson hosted the second Accounting Student/Alumni Business & Professional Networking Social on February 24, 2011. Current accounting and public accounting majors had a chance to meet accounting alumni presently working in government agencies. Alumni came from federal and state agencies, including the Bureau of Public Debt, the FBI, and the State of Ohio Auditor's Office. Student comments here.
Upon return from her 2009-2010 sabbatical, Professor Grace Johnson is
redoubling efforts to introduce accounting and public accounting majors to
local and regional Marietta accounting alumni. In this three-series event,
current students have opportunities to meet and converse with MC
accounting alumni in a casual atmosphere. Students learn about the work
done by alumni in three areas: public accounting, government, and
industry. The Socials for public accounting (November 18, 2010) and
government were well received by students. The industry Social is
scheduled for later this semester. The B&E Department, Career Center,
and Alumni Office graciously cover the cost of food and beverages for the
Socials.
New inductees at the February 24, 2011, ceremony.
Tau Pi Phi Inducts New Members
Twenty-three students were inducted into Tau Pi Phi, the national business honorary, in a ceremony held on February 24, 2011. Officers for the 2011-2012 academic year were elected by the new membership: president, Seth Dimick; Rachel Worthington, secretary; and Bethany McFarland, treasurer. A reception was held afterward to celebrate the students' achievements. Congratulations to all of the students!
Khorassani Presents Paper
On February 18, 2011, Dr. Jackie Khorassani was in Pittsburgh, PA, to present her paper, “Using News Analysis in an Inverted Classroom”, at the Teaching Economics: Instruction and Classroom Based Research conference. Dr. Khorassani describes her work: "The purpose of this paper is to describe how I use class time to engage students in various active learning exercises in my inverted Principles of Macroeconomic course. Specifically, I describe how I use economic news to make economics more relevant, interesting, and exciting to students. Furthermore, my approach enhances students’ economic literacy and facilitates their ability to think critically as they build their own knowledge set. The cost of this approach is its lean content and (at least initially) student resistance--a cost that I am happy to endure."
Falter Receives Teaching Award, Sabbatical Approval
Dr. Jim Falter was presented with one of Marietta College's teaching awards, the Harness Fellowship, at the 2011 Founders Day celebration. The Harness Fellowship was created in 1985 to reward superior teaching performance. He joins others in the Department - including Professor Grace Johnson, Professor Fraser MacHaffie, Professor Emeritus Ed Osborne, Dr. Sid Potash, and Dr. Michael Taylor - who've previously received the award.
In addition, Falter's sabbatical proposal for the Fall 2011 semester was approved. He will spend time in Turkey, Albania and Kosovo, building his understanding of Islamic finance through academic and practitioner-based immersion. He will be teaching predominately Muslim students in MBA programs, and also will work with an expert in Islamic finance at one of the largest banks in the western Balkans.
Accounting Students Honored at WVSCPA Dinner
Professor Dale Ames accompanied four accounting seniors to the annual West Virginia Society of CPAs Student Awards dinner on February 15, 2011. Held at the Parkersburg Country Club, the Parkersburg Chapter of the WVSCPA honored four accounting seniors from each of the region's colleges and universities. Recognized from Marietta were Denise Harris, Marie Meade, Carla Morgenstern, and Cody Palmer. In addition to interacting with local CPAs (including several MC alumni), the students met the executive leadership of the WVSCPA.
Carla Morgenstern, one of the seniors recognized, commented, "Not only did I appreciate the invitation to the dinner, but I also valued the opportunity to network with professionals with careers in accounting." Congratulations to Carla and the other three seniors.
Last updated: 10-January-2012, B&E
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