Spears School of Business
Pair of accounting alumni receive awards from the American Accounting Association
A pair of Oklahoma State University School of Accounting alumni are being recognized by the American Accounting Association with national awards at the 2020 AAA annual meeting.
Recent News
The OSU Spears School of Business is offering a new virtual Diversity and Inclusion Series. As racial injustice and inequality have come to the country’s attention with this year’s nationwide protest, Spears Business is offering this relevant and timely series to businesses and organizations throughout Oklahoma.
“Not being racist isn’t enough ... We need to actively work to end racism.”
It’s easy to see that Cory Sales is driven to succeed – both in his career but also in being there for his family. Since 2014, the 40-year-old has earned two associate’s degrees and a bachelor’s degree while working full time and being a husband, dad and grandfather. Though he attended Oklahoma State University-Tulsa a little later in life, his drive to graduate led to his recently being offered the position of senior IT security analyst for all of the Creek Nation casinos in Oklahoma.
Ginger Kollmann earned OSU degrees in Management Information Systems (MIS) and Management before embarking on her career. The former OSU pom squad member shared how her OSU education helped shape her into the person she is today.
Oklahoma State University alumna Betty Thomas had much to celebrate April 25 at her home in Denver, where she has lived for nearly 70 years. At her 100th birthday celebration, she was surrounded by her immediate family and received many more birthday wishes from extended family across the U.S. and around the world. And despite worries about the coronavirus, Thomas relished celebrating with her family.
You would think that the two Oklahoma State University students who started a business selling a gum that promotes feelings of calmness would have done well at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with all the fear surrounding it. But like nearly every business in the U.S. caught up in the crisis, the founders of startup Bubble Calm ran into all kinds of hitches following their launch on the last day of February 2020.
About the Spears School of Business
Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business exists to prepare people to make a difference in the world by teaching essential interpersonal skills alongside a high-quality business education backed by impactful research and outreach.
Spears Business prepares our students for this world because our students have lived and learned in an environment where personal connections are paramount, and academic excellence is strengthened by interpersonal prowess. We take soft skills seriously. We study business collaboratively. We use technology to include and never to exclude. Community isn’t just a byproduct of what we do. At Spears, we empower students to follow their own dreams, not the dream we have for them. Because the purpose of business isn’t just individual gain but a gain for every individual.
With an emphasis on people and community, we ensure our students are just as real as they are ready. In a rapidly changing world, the only constant is people. This is why students choose Spears, why employers choose our graduates and why we make business personal.