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Spears HTM duo brings home top honors from the ICHRIE Undergraduate Research Symposium

Tue, Mar 04, 2025

Spears Business HTM students Mikayla Herrera and Emily Howe brought home top awards from the 2025 International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education Undergraduate Research Symposium in Tampa, Florida.

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Spears Business professor Im studies impact of flexible work arrangements on tourism industry

Mon, Mar 03, 2025

Work and vacation, once distinct from each other, are increasingly intertwined. What are the implications for the tourism industry? Spears Business assistant professor Dr. Jinyoung Im and her co-authors created a framework to examine this phenomenon.

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Outstanding Senior Q&A: Jennifer Martinez

Fri, Feb 28, 2025

Jennifer Martinez, a management information systems student from Stillwater, is one of 25 Outstanding Seniors named by the OSU Alumni Association.

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Outstanding Senior Q&A: McKenzie Beesley

Fri, Feb 28, 2025

McKenzie Beesley, a hospitality and tourism management student from Sand Springs, Oklahoma, is one of 25 Outstanding Seniors named by the OSU Alumni Association.

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OSU Competitive Sales Team shows adaptability in national competition win

Fri, Feb 28, 2025

Snow and ice couldn’t stop the OSU Competitive Sales Team from excelling in the University of South Florida’s Selling with the Bulls competition. OSU participated virtually, collecting several awards that include a first-place trophy.

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OSU Alumni Association names 25 Outstanding Seniors

Wed, Feb 26, 2025

The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association named 25 students as Outstanding Seniors for the 2024-25 academic year.

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Business executives will share stories, career insights at 2025 CEO Day

Wed, Feb 26, 2025

Business leaders Stacy Kymes, Jeff McIntyre and Sophia Shoate will speak to Oklahoma State University students on April 1 in the Student Union Theater for the Spears School of Business’s CEO Day.

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The climb: Spears Business students scale Mount Kilimanjaro

Tue, Feb 25, 2025

OSU seniors Bryson Wolfe and Ben Simpson climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, one of the famed Seven Summits, during winter break. Although many in their group were experienced mountaineers, Wolfe and Simpson had a different story, using altitude training masks as they prepared in Stillwater.

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Chilly Cowboy celebrates fourth annual polar plunge

Mon, Feb 24, 2025

Over the last four years, Oklahoma State University has raised $150,000 for Special Olympics Oklahoma through the Chily Cowboy polar plunge event.

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School of Accounting will honor 4 alumni at Wilton T. Anderson Hall of Fame Banquet

Fri, Feb 21, 2025

OSU’s School of Accounting will induct Les Austin and Tom Franz into the Wilton T. Anderson Hall of Fame as Distinguished Alumni, while Jacob Dover and Blake Witten will receive Early Career Rising Star awards.

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OSU business analytics teams place 1st, 2nd at University of South Carolina competition

Tue, Feb 11, 2025

Students from the master’s in business analytics and data science (MS BAnDS) program at OSU won first and second place in the University of South Carolina’s Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition, continuing an outstanding school year for the program.

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Spears Business names Top 5 Seniors in each academic department

Mon, Feb 10, 2025

The Spears School of Business has announced the Top 5 Seniors in each of its eight academic units.

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