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Businesses interested in selling goods in China will benefit from research by students in Dr. Peter Banfe’s international marketing course in The James F. Dicke College of Business Administration (DCBA).Their primer on doing business in China, “China in Focus: Luxury Goods Market,” is now available on the U.S. Department of Commerce Web site.The project was accepted by The China Business Information Center of the Foreign Commence Center in the U.S. Department of Commerce.Lead authors, editors are Sarah Bachwitz, a senior from Buffalo, N.Y., and Benjamin Tarkany, a senior from Miamisburg, Ohio.Co-authors are Jasmine Coleman, a senior from Canton, Ohio; Greg Dell, BSBA ’10; Danielle Humphrey, BSBA ’10; Chrissy Lockhart, a senior from...
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The new Wall of Honor in the lobby of The James F. Dicke College of Business Administration is an original piece of wall sculpture, sponsored by American Trim.
Audra Keiber, artist with American Trim’s Lima, Ohio, facility, says when Steve Hatkevich, director of research and development for the company, asked if she wanted to take on the project, she looked for inspiration in the building itself.
“When Toby (ONU’s First Lady Toby Baker, BFA '06) was telling me about the essence of the building and brought me through to do a tour, I saw such a great mix of materials, the angular structure and the awesome growth line, a significant symbol in business. So we did an abstract to try and capture the essence of the building,” Keiber says.
In her...
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After retiring from ONU several years ago, Dr. Ken Cooper returns as Visiting Professor of Finance to fill the position left vacant by Dr. Jeff Heinfeldt. “We are fortunate to have someone of his caliber to fill this position. The DCBA now has two very respected professors who have returned, as Prof. Roger Young re-joined us a few years ago.” says Prof. Art Elsass who worked with both of them during their previous tenure. Dr. Cooper had served as Dean of the College of Business and Professor of Management and Finance.
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This summer, the Global Business Issues Journal was approved for inclusion in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities. Being listed is a big step in the growth of the GBIJ from a student, ONU specific journal, to one which now can attract contributions from students and faculty at other universities. Cabell’s is somewhat of a seal of credibility for journals for academic research recognized by the AACSB.
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More than 60 alumni and friends golfed at the 2nd annual Scholarship Golf Outing on July 19th, 2010 at the Shawnee Country Club. The outing raises funds for scholarships directly in the Dicke College of Business Administration. The college and our students will benefit from nearly$10,000 raised during the outing from the generosity of many alumni, faculty, staff and friends.
Be on the lookout for details about next year's event hosted at the Catawba Island Club.
Questions? Please contact Dacy Wilcox: 419-772-4022 or e-mail: d-wilcox.1@onu.edu
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Danielle Humphrey’s paper Child Trafficking: Driven by Desire was awarded “Best Paper Award” at the European Applied Business Research conference in Dublin Ireland this summer. This was an academic conference, not a student conference, with academics from around the world. The conference ran from June 7 – 10, 2010.
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Dedication ceremony for the newly constructed wind turbines at Ohio Northern University. Featured speakers include: Dr. Kendall Baker, ONU President, Bob Smith, Chairman, ONU Board of Trustees, Matthew Pierce, ONU Senior, Dave Retterer, Mayor of Ada, and Ted Rose of NexGen Energy.
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A team of students from Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration and T.J. Smull College of Engineering won the 2010 Illinois Institute of Technology’s Innovation Chase on Friday, April 3.The competition focused on a product-development problem. Teams prepared project plans, idea pitches, ethnographic studies and prototypes before making a final team presentation. Each winning team member was awarded $500.ONU defeated teams from the University of Illinois-Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), University of Detroit/Mercy, the Milwaukee School of Engineering and the graduate program at IIT’s Institute of Design. The competition was sponsored by the Wrigley Company and the Kern Family Foundation’s...
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Ohio Northern University celebrates its 38th annual Honors Day program on May 8. Honors Day recognizes ONU students and faculty members for their distinguished scholarly achievement and service to the University community. Honors Day has a rich tradition of ONU departments and colleges recognizing students for their academic achievements. Honors Day begins at 8:15 a.m. and runs until 5 p.m. More than 40 undergraduate academic departments and honor societies will present awards and induct new members. The Raabe College of Pharmacy will conduct its annual Professional Commitment Ceremony, during which third-year pharmacy students receive their white coats. This ceremony officially marks the students’ transition from the first three years of...
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More than 70 Ohio Northern University students will participate in Ohio Northern’s fifth annual Student Research Colloquium in McIntosh Center on Saturday, May 1, beginning at 10 a.m.The Student Research Colloquium celebrates academic achievement among Northern students of all disciplines by providing them the opportunity to present and discuss the results of their research to their fellow students, faculty and visitors to ONU’s campus.Dr. Catherine Albrecht, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, said, “Ohio Northern University students are actively engaged in research in seminars, independent study and capstone projects, summer projects, and research experiences for undergraduates (REUs) at other institutions. The student colloquium...
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