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New directions; Spears Business introduces new degree programs

As the business world changes, Spears Business is expanding its curriculum to fit industry needs with innovative new degree plans in data analytics and real estate and property management.
New directions; Spears Business introduces new degree programs
Connecting with mentor opens the door for OSU student’s internship

Tue, Jun 15, 2021

Clark, an Oklahoma State University finance major, and Hollopeter were paired in the Spears School of Business Mentoring Program in 2020. Clark says the OSU alumnus has been a difference-maker in ways he never imagined even though all their

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Lou Kerr has energized three decades of the Women’s Business Leadership Conference

Tue, Jun 15, 2021

Julie Weathers, director of the Center for Executive and Professional Development at Spears Business, was talking recently with Lou Kerr in Oklahoma City about the annual Oklahoma State University Women's Business Leadership Conference, and Kerr had

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OSU, Spears award a posthumous degree to a student killed fighting in Vietnam

Tue, Jun 15, 2021

It is not often that a person's graduation is celebrated 51 years after he attended college. But that was the case in March 2021 when Oklahoma State University and the Spears School of Business honored the late John Delbert "J.D." Starrett III with

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Personal loss energizes OSU student to tackle her depression and help others

Tue, Jun 15, 2021

Life can be challenging at times. Careers, relationships, finances and the academic pressures of college can take an emotional toll. Add a personal tragedy, and the weight of it all can be overwhelming. Mikaela Stamper knows well how facing such a

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OSU business alumnus Chad Weiberg is ready to lead the athletic department

Tue, Jun 15, 2021

When Chad Weiberg walked into his Introduction to Management class nearly 30 years ago, the 20-year-old was counting on learning the principles of effective team building, motivating employees and conflict resolution. What he wasn't expecting to

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José Sagarnaga’s mission is to open students’ eyes to the world

Tue, Jun 15, 2021

From the suburbs of Chihuahua, Mexico, to the classrooms of the Spears School of Business, Dr. José Sagarnaga's career has spanned a world of experiences that he says have enriched his life. But it's the many people that Sagarnaga has encountered

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Triumph over tragedy

Mon, Jul 27, 2020

Visiting Munich, Germany, in the fall means a trip to the world-famous Oktoberfest, the huge celebration where a nation comes together to share its love of beer. For Cindy Crenshaw-Martin, vacationing in Munich with friends in 1980, the fun she

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Memories burning bright

Mon, Jul 27, 2020

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

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Serious about his success

Mon, Jul 27, 2020

Growing up in the 1970s outside Boston, Brian LeClaire was raised by education-focused parents who instilled a strong work ethic in their three sons. Dad Leo LeClaire was an electrical engineering major who went to college on the GI Bill after

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Riding high on Bubble Calm

Mon, Jul 27, 2020

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

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