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Spears Business alum Michael Banks represents Lions Clubs across the world

Mon, Aug 26, 2019

As a fourth-generation OSU graduate, Michael “Mike” Banks earned his accounting degree in 1975. With 43 years of experience in the accounting and real estate industries, Banks lives and works in Stillwater.

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OSU School of Accounting selected one of nation’s best in 2019 professors survey

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

The School of Accounting in the Spears School of Business is being recognized as one of the best in the United States by its peers in the Public Accounting Report 38th Annual Professors Survey – 2019.

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Spears School’s outreach arm receives awards from continuing education groups

Tue, Aug 20, 2019

The Center for Executive and Professional Development in the Spears School of Business was recently recognized with awards for outstanding executive education programs from two national organizations.

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Spears Business faculty, staff honored for teaching, research and outstanding service

Mon, Aug 19, 2019

Dean Ken Eastman recognized a handful of Spears School of Business faculty and staff for outstanding teaching, research and service during the 2018-19 school year at the annual Faculty/Staff meeting Aug. 16.

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Martha Stewart headlines OSU speaker series in Tulsa and Oklahoma City

Tue, Aug 13, 2019

Martha Stewart, Jonathan Mildenhall and Dan Cockerell will be the featured speakers during the 2019-20 OSU Spears School of Business speaker series.

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OSU investment fund fuels aspirations of student entrepreneurs

Tue, Aug 06, 2019

The Riata Center for Entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business awarded a total of $75,000 to three teams of Oklahoma State University student entrepreneurs this summer in the first round of a new investment fund designed to invest in budding student-led businesses. Called the Riata Pre-Seed Fund, the innovative financial tool invests in student startups that have been shown to have potential as for-profit ventures.

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Young African business leaders learn at OSU

Tue, Jul 30, 2019

Mercy Mmari started her own business in her native Tanzania as part of a dream of being a businessperson and helping women in Africa as a food processing consultant. But she never realized the extent of the possibilities for her company until she visited Oklahoma State University this summer.

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OSU presents Certificate Program for Emerging Energy Leaders

Mon, Jul 29, 2019

This fall, Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business is presenting the Certificate Program for Emerging Energy Leaders in Oklahoma City for three, two-day sessions. The program is geared toward high-potential managers with direct reports with less than five years of management experience.

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Changing young lives through entrepreneurship

Mon, Jul 22, 2019

When asked why dozens of middle school and high school girls were sitting in a classroom on the Oklahoma State University campus on a hot July morning, one voice rang out loud and clear, “to learn to be girl bosses.”

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OSU team moving on to Phase II of EPA's P3 program

Fri, Jul 19, 2019

The list of environmental issues facing the world’s population is seemingly never-ending. However, Oklahoma State University, as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) grant program, is developing a system that will improve the quality of life for all people, economic prosperity and protection of the planet.

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School of Hospitality and Tourism Management names director of beverage education center

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

Long-time Tulsa beverage manager and educator Tony Collins has been named director of the Wayne Hirst Center for Beverage Education at the Oklahoma State University School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM). Collins brings nearly 20 years of experience with restaurants, craft breweries and special events, including consumer education and employee training, to the Stillwater campus.

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What's the future of the dreaded performance appraisal

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

For decades researchers have studied the impact of performance appraisals on employees and the organizations they work for. Much of that research shows that traditional approaches to judging a person’s work performance are perceived as less than helpful and often even counterproductive. Oklahoma State University professor Dr. Tom Stone is charting a shift away from the traditional boss as ‘judge and jury’ approach to evaluating performance in newer systems where talent development is the goal.

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