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As if the expenses of university and life in general were not enough, there is another one that comes at the end, and often unexpected until it becomes painfully clear. That is the professional wardrobe that is expected in many offices. Suitable office attire does not come cheaply, and is typically not hanging in a typical college student’s closet. Yet they need to have at least a modicum of professional wear even before interviews begin, much less walking into the office for the first time. To help alleviate the challenges some students face in acquiring acceptable garments, one College of Business faculty member has helped provide a solution. Rahul Chauhan, the McCray Professor of Business and Associate Professor of Management has helped ensure that COB students are properly attired. “I have served as a faculty advisor for the WT Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) since 2016.... Read more

The spirit of community service permeates all that we do in the College of Business. It starts with faculty and staff adopting the ethos as their own, and then introducing the concept to students. But it continues once students graduate, who then go into their respective careers and continue to practice. Like with Jennifer Anguiano, the Executive Director of the Amarillo Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The AHCC exists to serve the local Hispanic business community, but is also a bridge spanning the entirety of Amarillo businesses who wish to be engaged with the Hispanic community. That is of growing importance, given that 34% of Amarillo’s population is Hispanic. It’s just that Anguiano didn’t necessarily expect to find herself with such an important position, especially so quickly following her formal education. She graduated with a BBA in December 2023, following her Associate Degree two years prior from Amarillo College. Earlier, she... Read more

Each Spring the faculty is invited to nominate colleagues for Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards. These are offered for the three pillars of academic life (Instructional Responsibilities, Intellectual Contributions, and Professional Service, as well as Staff Excellence Awards for both within the COB, and the broader University. This year the faculty winners were Marisa Crisostomo for Instructional Responsibilities, Barbara Wang for Intellectual Contributions, and Rahul Chauhan for Professional Service. Staff Excellence winners were Mckayla Robinson in the COB, and Melissa White at the University level. Crisostomo is Clinical Assistant Professor of Decision Management, and joined the faculty in 2017. She earned her PhD in Cognitive Psychology and Quantitative Methods from the University of Oklahoma in 2017, and teaches introductory courses in quantitative methods and statistics. She is highly regarded by her students, with whom she maintains a high level of engagement in her courses. In her spare time, she enjoys... Read more

Each April the College of Business hosts the Students and Community Awards Symposium. The event was held this year on April 24, and recognized dozens of students at both the undergraduate and graduate level were honored, as well as four members of the broader COB community. The event kicked off with the induction of 28 students into Beta Gamma Sigma, the exclusive business honor society that is associated with our accreditor, AACSB. This was followed by student inductees into Alpha Mu Alpha (Marketing), Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics), and Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Computing and Information Disciplines). A presentation by the students who represented the COB in this year’s CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Research Challenge was then given. Next on tap were the 13 student organizations and their awards to individual outstanding student members, followed by the introduction of our four Engler Ambassadors, who represent the COB in numerous functions. But it... Read more

It is typical for College of Business courses to feature a lot of group work, which centers around projects and sometimes team exams. These are part and parcel of most business programs nationwide, preparing students for the inevitable demands of collaboration in the corporate world. But when your professor pushes you outside the classroom into the realm of national competitions, that takes teamwork to a new level. Such is the case with Mary Liz Brooks, Associate Professor of Digital Business and Communication & Barbara Petty Professor of Business Communication, and her Emerging Media course. The course is offered as MKT4343 to undergrads, and MKT5343 to graduate students. Two graduate students–Mehrdad Samimi and Kyndall Hill–worked as a team and represented the COB in the Digital Marketing Competition among numerous universities. The duo placed fourth out of thousands of participants. “The competition is just digital marketing, and not integrated marketing,” Brooks said.... Read more