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Five Spears Business students earn Outstanding Seniors honor from OSU Alumni Association

Fri, Mar 01, 2024

Five Spears Business students were selected as 2023-24 Outstanding Seniors by the OSU Alumni Association.

OSU Alumni AssociationSchool of Entrepreneurshipsports managementoutstanding seniorsSpears School of BusinessSchool of AccountingSchool of Marketing and International Business

MS accounting grad Griffith earns Gold Medal from OSCPA

Fri, Feb 23, 2024

Griffith persevered through OSU accounting master’s program, work schedule to earn OSCPA’s Golf Medal Honorable Mention award.

Rachel CoxRachel DomnickSchool of AccountingAngela SpencerSpears School of BusinessDanielle Griffith

OSU sells its way to the top spot

Fri, Feb 23, 2024

The OSU Competitive Sales Team recently returned home with a first place finish in its first-ever competition. The team earned the top spot at the “Selling with the Bulls” sales competition hosted by the University of South Florida from Feb. 15-17.

Competitive Sales TeamSchool of Marketing and International BusinessCSSESpears School of Business

A decade of impact: Celebrating 10 years of student success at the Eastin Center

Wed, Feb 21, 2024

The Eastin Center has spent the last 10 years mentoring thousands of students in one-on-one coaching appointments, resume reviews, career fairs and other career-focused events. It also stands as a testament to the philanthropic spirit and the belief in shaping the future of students, fostering growth, continuous learning and professional evolution.

Robin DarmonEastin Center for Career ReadinessJoe EastinMaxwell RaunerSpears School of BusinessAbbey Davis

The far-reaching psychological cost of wildfire smoke

Mon, Feb 19, 2024

According to a new study, wildfire smoke in Southeast Asia significantly affects people’s moods, especially when the fires occur in neighboring countries. Dr. Rui Du, an assistant professor of economics at the Spears School of Business, teamed with colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study the impact of windblown smoke plumes on public sentiment as expressed on social media.

Department of EconomicsSpears School of BusinessResearch

Stilly shoe game: Spears alumnus mentors aspiring entrepreneur

Tue, Feb 13, 2024

Thanks to a chance meeting, a shoe-game vet is helping the next generation of sneakerheads get laced up in Stillwater.

Richard GajanSpears School of BusinessSean Fernandes-FlackLouis LacarbonaraDirect KicksSchool of EntrepreneurshipStilly Kicks

Attorney General to speak at Puterbaugh Ethics Lecture

Mon, Feb 12, 2024

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond will be the featured speaker for the Puterbaugh Ethics Lecture at 2 p.m. Feb. 29 in the Student Union Theater on OSU's Stillwater campus.

Puterbaugh Ethics LectureBusinessSpears School of BusinessCenter for Legal Studies and Business EthicsDepartment of Management

Master’s students aspire to transform chiropractic health care

Wed, Feb 07, 2024

Students in the Master’s in Business Analytics and Data Science program (MS BAnDS) in Oklahoma State University's Spears School Business are at the midpoint of a two-semester long project, which is aimed at building a data lake of millions of individual patient data files that will provide a resource for improving patient care and conducting further research in the chiropractic field.

MS-BAnDSWatson Graduate School of ManagementSpears School of Business

US News and World Report ranks OSU's online STEM programs among nation’s best

Wed, Feb 07, 2024

Oklahoma State University’s STEM programs are among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Online Programs rankings.

US News and World ReportCollege of Engineering Architecture and TechnologyCollege of Education and Human SciencesBest Online Programs rankingsSpears School of Business

OSU online MBA earns top-20 recognition

Wed, Feb 07, 2024

Oklahoma State University’s online MBA program moves up to No. 16 in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report rankings, earning a top-20 ranking for the first time.

Businessonline MBAGreenwood Center for Online ExcellenceWatson Graduate School of ManagementMBASpears School of Business

Roman returns home as director of CSSE

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

Over 15 years after she last stepped foot on campus as a student, Whitney Roman has returned to OSU as the new director of the Center for Sales and Service Excellence (CSSE) excited to give back to a place that has played a pivotal role in her life.

Spears School of BusinessCenter for Sales and Service Excellence

Students across campus compete in annual business plan competition

Thu, Feb 01, 2024

More than 50 students representing 33 teams from across the Stillwater campus participated in the Riata Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's annual Business Plan Competition from Nov. 8 - Jan. 27. The students were competing for over $40,000 in scholarships.

Riata Center for Innovation and EntrepreneurshipCollege of Engineering Architecture and TechnologySpears School of BusinessCEAT