GONZAGA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Annual Digest
2016-17
LETTER FROM THE DEAN Hello from the Jepson Center. The 2017-18 academic year has started off well. We are pleased to bring you the fall issue of the Gonzaga University School of Business Administration Digest. Much has happened since our last issue. We continue to thrive in the face of increased competition. These competitive pressures influence all that we do: from the recruiting of students, faculty, and staff to the attracting of resources to the publication of research. I am proud to say that we are meeting these competitive pressures head-on. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International recently re-affirmed our accreditation after a rigorous review process. We are one of fewer than 190 business schools worldwide to have earned accreditation in both business and accounting. This is a great tribute to our students, faculty, and staff, and to supporters like you. Thank you! Our success is a function of our vision to be an exemplar of Jesuit business education guided by our values of excellence, engagement, and inspiration. This digest focuses on the value of engagement. This value states that,“we will be an active and engaged member of our university and our community.� We work continuously to get our students, faculty, and staff outside of the Jepson Center. Equally important is our drive to bring individuals from outside the building into our space. Engagement can take many forms. Our students take part in numerous competitions. They are interns, participate in on-site organizational visits, take classes from adjunct faculty, network with leaders and managers, hear from speakers, and work on real-world projects .
Our staff and faculty enjoy many of these same opportunities. Our faculty present research findings to professional organizations, serve on committees and other projects, and consult with multiple companies Finally, our staff and faculty have the opportunity to attend professional development workshops as well as serve on the boards of organizations. Last, but certainly not least, all three groups give hundreds of hours in community service. Engagement is central to who we are as a business school in that it is an essential part of our improvement as students, faculty, and staff. Without engagement, we will not improve. If we are not getting better, we fall behind. That, my friends, will not happen. Here, you will read about many of our engagement activities. Our students, staff, and faculty are doing outstanding work and we are proud to share our accomplishments with you. Thank you for your on-going and generous support. Best wishes for a wonderful fall 2017!
Sincerely, Kenneth S. Anderson, Ph.D. Dean, School of Business Administration
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TABLE OF CONTENTS New Rankings ..................................................................... 6 Facts and Figures ............................................................... 7 Recognitions ......................................................................... 8 SBA Transitions ................................................................... 9 Faculty/Staff Awards and Recognitions ............... 10 Student Competitions .................................................. 14 Academic Lectures & Events ..................................... 17 Advisory Boards .............................................................. 19 Student Scholarships .................................................... 21 Jesuit Inspiration ............................................................. 23 Thank You Fritz and Jeanie Wolff ........................... 24 The Many Ways Our Faculty Engage .................... 25 Annual Publications ....................................................... 28 Honor Roll .......................................................................... 31
NEW RANKINGS In recognition of its excellence in business education, the Gonzaga University School of Business Administration has once again received affirmation of its business and accounting accreditations by AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The accreditation status, which is reviewed every five years, will be assessed again in 2021.
Less than 5 percent of the world’s business programs – 780 business schools in 53 countries and territories – hold AACSB accreditation. Further, only 185 institutions maintain an additional specialized AACSB accreditation for accounting. Gonzaga’s graduate accounting programs were ranked NO. 28 in the country, in the 2018 U.S. News & World Report rankings released in March 2017. This marked the sixth time in the past eight years that Gonzaga’s graduate accounting programs were ranked in the TOP 30 nationally.
Gonzaga’s Graduate School of Business was named among the “BEST COLLEGES” in The Princeton Review for 2017.
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FACTS AND FIGURES School of Business Administration (UNDERGRADUATE)
96%
Employed - (73%)
Success Rate
Continuing Education - (21%) Volunteering - (1%)
Based on 210 respondent
Still Seeking - (4%)
Average Salary $52,988.23 Top Employers 1. Amazon 2. Boeing 3. Gonzaga University 4. Deloitte 5. etailz, Inc. 7 | GONZAGA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Top Cities 1. Spokane, WA 2. Seattle, WA 3. Portland, OR 4. Los Angeles, CA 5. Chicago, IL / San Francisco, CA
RECOGNITIONS PWC INQuires Program Awards $10,000 to Accounting Programs Gonzaga’s accounting programs were awarded $10,000 through the PWC INQuires program to be used to integrate data analytics into the accounting program's curricula by Fall 2018. In May, Professor Matt Hoag attended a curriculum development conference in Amsterdam on the topic of integrating data analytics/data science into the business school curriculum. Several presenters from academia and industry shared experiences and interacted with representatives from schools around the world to discuss their efforts. This year, Matt will work with colleagues, alumni and advisory board members to lay out an accounting curriculum that more intentionally integrates data analytics concepts and technology skills with the technical accounting content and professional development elements that are a hallmark of our current curriculum. The curriculum development will encompass all three accounting programs: Bachelor of Accounting, Master of Accounting, and Master of Science in Taxation.
Welcomed Into the CFA University Recognition Program The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program sets a standard for developing the skills, standards, competence, and integrity of financial analysts, portfolio managers, investment advisers, and other investment professionals worldwide. It is widely considered the investment profession’s most rigorous credentialing program. The School of Business Administration’s undergraduate finance concentration has been welcomed into the Chartered Financial Analyst University Recognition Program. Gonzaga’s finance curriculum, part of the Bachelor of Business Administration degree, has incorporated at least 70 percent of the CFA Program candidate body of knowledge and emphasizes the CFA Institute code of ethics and standards of practice. The CFA Program positions students to obtain the chartered financial analyst designation, which, according to the CFA Institute, has become the most respected and recognized investment credential in the world.
Entry into the CFA Institute University Recognition Program signals to prospective students, employers, and the marketplace that Gonzaga’s finance curriculum is closely tied to professional practice and is advantageous for students preparing to take CFA examinations. Additionally, Gonzaga is eligible to receive a limited number of student scholarships for the CFA Program each year.
The Society for Human Resource Management Renewed Certificate of Alignment The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) renewed the certificate of alignment between Gonzaga’s human resource management concentration in the School of Business and the SHRM HR Curriculum Guidelines. The certificate, which is renewed every four years, was previously granted in 2012 and 2015. There are many benefits of aligning students to the HR concentration. First, the certificate signals to employers that students have a skill set needed for professional HR positions. Second, students enrolled in an HR degree program at an educational institution aligned to SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidelines will be able to apply for the SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) exam. Eligible students must be in their final year of study in an HR degree program and have a minimum of 500 hours of relevant experience. Third, SHRM provides a link to instructional resources for use in the classroom. Only 335 educational institutions worldwide have been acknowledged by SHRM as being in alignment with the suggested guides and templates. SHRM is the world’s largest HR professional society, representing 285,000 members in more than 165 countries.
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SBA TRANSITIONS Welcome Casey McNellis
Thank You, Kathy Morrison: 35 Years of Service
Casey McNellis joined the School of Business Administration faculty in August 2017. With thirteen years of higher education experience, he has taught a wide variety of accounting courses. He currently teaches financial reporting topics at the principles, intermediate, and graduate levels. Casey has received teaching awards at multiple universities and his research has appeared in both practitioner and academic publications. He enjoys developing and publishing instructional case studies for use at both the undergraduate and graduate levels of the Accounting curriculum.
At her retirement reception, Kathy Morrison received gifts and many comments on how much her service to Gonzaga will be missed. Starting on November 31, 1981 until her retirement on May 15, 2017, Kathy served the faculty, students, staff and administration in Gonzaga’s School of Business Administration with distinction and dedication. Originally employed as the faculty secretary, she served faculty with manuscript preparation, scheduling and a host of special assignments. Following her promotion to Administration Assistant, she added office management and supply inventory control to her assigned responsibilities. Through all her years of serving faculty and staff, she always made time for students and their needs. Her naturally pleasant demeanor attracted others to seek her assistance and advice. Kathy Morrison is missed by all who relied on her service in the School, her daily greeting,` and her offer and willingness to help wherever she could be of assistance. Her retirement days are well earned.
Casey earned his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 2011, and has served in faculty positions at the University of Montana (2011 – 2017) and Eastern Washington University (2004 – 2007). Prior to academia, Casey was employed in the audit practice at KPMG LLP in Seattle. He also worked with a family-owned medical supplies retailer and has served on the Board of Directors of both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Casey is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Washington. Casey (B.A., 2001; M.Acc, 2002) and his wife Sara (B.A., 2003), both Zag alums, are the proud parents of four children (Abby, Jackson, Austin, and Hope). Like many other graduates of Gonzaga, they enjoy following Gonzaga Athletics and are very excited to have their kids grow up next to this great university.
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FACULTY/STAFF AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS The Centioli Faculty Scholars Excellence Award recognizes two faculty members for all-around academic excellence. Congratulations to Dr. Mirjeta Beqiri and Dr. Matt Hoag for winning this award! Dr. Beqiri taught six courses this past year and developed two new courses: Decision Making for Managers (MBA elective) and Doing Business in Europe (Gonzaga In Belgium and Italy courses). Her Spring 2017 Quantitative and Statistical Analysis course had a service-learning component in which students partnered with a non-profit organization to provide data analysis consulting. Dr. Beqiri incorporates guest speakers and business field trips into her classes. In addition to her Gonzaga courses, Dr. Beqiri taught in the Fall 2016 Introduction to Business course for the Jesuit Worldwide Learning program through Regis University. This program provides a Diploma in Liberal Studies to people at the margins of society. Dr. Beqiri’s service activities include being co-advisor to the student DECA chapter, serving on the Graduate Programs Committee, serving as the Chair of the curriculum committee of the Academic Council, and being the discipline lead for Operations. Outside of the School of Business, Dr. Beqiri assisted several students with dissertations. She serves on the Academic Council, University Core Executive Committee, Service Learning Advisory Board, and Faculty Senate. In addition to her teaching and service activities, Dr. Beqiri co-authored an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Jesuit Business Education.
In the classroom, Dr. Hoag uses hands-on learning by holding extra onehour lab sessions outside of regular class times to lead students through assignments that require use of the Factset resources. He also uses the computer lab to help students learn Excel and Tableau. He developed and taught two new courses: Accounting Information Systems at Gonzaga and a doctoral course, Applied Accounting Research, for Creighton University which he co-taught with Dr. Dan Law. He revised the Financial Reporting and Analysis class and developed a new teaching case focused on nonfinancial measures and their disclosure and use by managers and auditors. The case has been implemented at three different universities in four different undergraduate and graduate courses and was awarded the 2017 AAA Western Region Meeting “Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Best Paper.” He published a co-authored paper in the American Journal of Business and had two papers accepted for presentation at conferences. He serves on the Strategic Mission and Planning Committee, the Data Analytics Task Force and the Jesuit Legacy Task Force. As chair of the Strategic Mission and Planning Committee, he created a dashboard and mapping document to link SBA activities to goals and objectives. He has been working to integrate data analytics into the accounting program. He serves on the Academic Council, the University Strategic Plan workgroup, and the Alumni Board of Directors. He is a paper reviewer and session facilitator for the 2017 AAA Western Region Meeting.
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The Loeken SBA Vision and Values Award recognizes two faculty members for their significant contribution in helping the SBA fulfill its vision and live its values. Congratulations to Dr. Becky Bull Schaefer and Dr. Tim Olsen on receiving this award! While on sabbatical for the past year, Dr. Bull Schaefer continued to work on service projects. She served on a dissertation committee and successfully applied to have the School of Business human resource management concentration’s alignment with the Society for Human Resources standards renewed. She also participated in the HR Advisory Board and student chapter of SHRM. She used her sabbatical year to participate in Leadership Spokane, a local leadership development program. As a part of this leadership course, she toured numerous businesses, built her Spokane network, led interactive presentations on workplace sexual harassment, crisis communication skills, and ethical negotiation skills, and helped lead an interactive service project for children involving building gingerbread houses. She is a member of the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery Board of Trustees. She co-authored one publication in Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal and presented an experiential exercise at the annual Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference. In the School of Business, she serves as the chair of the HRM Concentration Advisory Board and the faculty advisor for the SHRM student chapter. At the university level, she serves on the gender discrimination committee. In the academy, she served as a reviewer for the Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Essentials of Organizational Behavior, Employee Relations, and International Journal of Human Resource Management. Dr. Olsen’s students get hands-on learning through digital marketing campaigns and projects for local businesses and non-profits who need technology consulting. Dr. Olsen piloted the use of a new
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textbook for the Business Computing courses that provides deep understanding of Excel. He also developed two new courses: Technology for Startups and Technical Foundations of Digital Media. Along with Dr. Danielle Xu, he co-created the Gonzaga-in-China faculty-led study abroad program. This was the first faculty-led study abroad program in the School of Business. Dr. Olsen himself was responsible for 11 of the 17 business visits. Dr. Olsen has helped students restart the MIS Club after a decade of hiatus and coordinated Careers in MIS Day, a special event where students were able to talk with Gonzaga’s new Chief Information Officer. Congratulations to Dr. Vivek Patil for winning the Loeken Academic Excellence Award. This award recognizes one faculty member for allaround academic excellence. Dr. Patil has developed new courses and innovated existing ones. He has offered a course on Data Visualization, added analytical skills based on R in his marketing research class, and incorporated mission-related topics into his courses. Dr. Patil worked on two grant submissions: one with researchers from Washington State University and Eastern Washington University and one with researchers from Spokane’s Regional Health District. Dr. Patil also had one co-authored publication in the Athens Journal of Sports and published two non-refereed blog posts. Dr. Patil served on the Analytics Task Force and the Information Technology committee, participated in the Mapping Assets and Promoting Strengths Project, served on the Commitment 4 Workgroup and the Projects Review Committee of the Chief Information Officer, represented the SBA on the Academic Technology Advising Committee of the Chief Information Officer, and served on Faculty Senate. For the academy, he served as a reviewer for Management Research Review. In the community, he provided feedback to the Open Data Initiative of the State of Washington on Data Visualization training programs that the state was conducting for librarians. He co-founded and organizes the Inland Northwest R User Group, maintaining a blog and holding meetings. He is a member of the Community Health Assessment Board of the Spokane County Regional Health District.
Katie Zobell (Sophomore Advisor), along with her family, was selected to address lawmakers in Washington D.C. In Katie’s meetings with Senators Cantwell and Murray and Representative McMorrisRodgers, she highlighted the challenges new parents face in the hope of influencing federal legislation around early childhood development funding. Her story focuses primarily on the difficulty and cost of finding quality day care. Katie was selected by the organization “Zero to Three,” a non-profit focused on early childhood education and support. This event was called “Strolling Thunder” is designed to humanize the issues for lawmakers. The hope is that by meeting families the legislatures can better understand the importance of federal support.
Paul Buller, Professor of Management, Robert Spitzer,S.J. Award winner. At its annual meeting in July 2016, Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education awarded Dr. Paul Buller, Professor of Management and Kinsey M. Robinson Chair, the Robert Spitzer, S.J. Award for his service to the organization. The mission of Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education (CJBE) is, “to enhance the distinctiveness of Jesuit Schools of business and related programs through an ongoing exchange of ideas regarding curriculum, teaching, research, and service in Ignatian, Catholic, and Humanistic traditions.” Dr. Buller has served this mission in a number of ways. He was the inaugural board president of CJBE from 1998 — 1999 and served as president from 2007 — 2008. He has served as the organizations treasurer since 2010 and is editor of CJBE’s Journal of Jesuit Business Education. He has also shared his work and mentored other educators at CJBE conferences.
Cathy DeHart, Lecturer of Accounting, was part of the first cohort to earn the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential by passing the Level I Exam and early-bird version of the Level II Exam in Summer 2016. The names of the cohort were announced by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) at the Moving the Market: SASB Symposium in New York City on November 30, 2016. The FSA Credential is a new designation for financial professionals who benefit from understanding the link between material sustainability information and a company’s financial performance. The majority of test takers are professionals in investment analysis, consulting, and sustainability.
Dr. Buller’s mission-related activities were also recognized in the School of Business Administration, by his selection for the Wilfred and Patricia Loeken Vision and Values Award in 2016. His contributions to the SBA mission include: developing and teaching a Pathways course to freshmen students incorporating Jesuit history and values; integrating Jesuit ideals and Ignatian pedagogy into all his courses; and facilitating the Jesuit Legacy Task Force. His research includes several articles on Jesuit education, including seven editorials and two articles for the Journal of Jesuit Business Education. Dr. Buller works to always keep the Jesuit mission alive inside the classroom and across the campus.
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Each of the following faculty members will receive a Clarence H. Barnes Fellowship award based on their publication of peer-refereed article(s) or unconditional acceptance of a peer-reviewed article(s), between June 1, 2016 and May 31, 2017. Congratulations to all of them for the awards received due to their published research in the past year. Scott Bozman Friesner, D., Valente, F., & Bozman, C. S., (forthcoming). Using entropybased information theory to evaluate survey research. Journal of Marketing Development and Competitiveness. Andrew Brajcich Weber, G. J., & Brajcich, A. M., (2017). Foreign Partners in a Partnership: When to Withhold and How Much. TaxPro Journal, 24(1), 34-46. Paul Buller Buller, P. F., & McEvoy, G. M., (2016). A Model for Implementing a Sustainability Strategy through HRM Practices. Business and Society Review, 121(4), 465-495. Jason Chen Chen, J., & Napoleone, P., (2017). Research on Business Intelligence with Data Mining Applications. International Journal of Business and Economics Research, 6(2), 19-24. http://www.sciencepublishinggroup. com/j/ijber. Ma, J., Geng, M., Chu, Y., & Chen, J. C. H., (2018). Wealth Effects of Merger and Acquisition on Acquiring Firms in Brazil. International Journal of Information Systems & Social Change. http://www.igi-global.com/journal/ international-journalinformationsystems-social/1111.
Ta-Tao Chuang Chen, T., Chuang, T.T., & Nakatani, K. (2016). The Perceived Business Benefit of Cloud Computing: An Exploratory Study. Journal of International Technology and Information Management, 25 (4), 101-121. Todd Finkle Finkle, T. A., & Katragadda, M., (2017). Opportunities in entrepreneurship education. Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 1-17. Finkle, T. A., (2017). Warren E. Buffett. The Journal of Business Cases and Applications, 17, 1-19. Don Hackney Johnson, E., Hackney, D. D., & Friesner, D. L. Toward a Working Profile of Medical Bankruptcy Forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning. Jim Helgeson Helgeson, J. G., Kurpis, L. V., Supphellen, M., & Ekici, A., (2017). Consumers' use of country of manufacture information? Norway and the U.S.A.: ethnocentric, economic and cultural differences. Journal of International Consumer Marketing, 29(3), 179-193.
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Kevin Henrickson Barnes, C. & Henrickson, K. E., (2017). Economic Development Generated by Investment in Participation Sports. Journal of Business & Economic Policy, 4(1), 156-162. Kent Hickman Byrd, J., Hickman, K., Baker, R. C., & Cohanier, B. (2016).Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in Controversial Industries. International Review of Accounting, Banking and Finance, 8(2,3,4), 1-14. Erica Johnson Friesner, D. L., Hackney, D. D., & Johnson, E., (2016). Did the Time Frame Associated with the Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Noticeably Impact Consumer Bankruptcy Filings? Forthcoming in International Journal of Social Economics. Lada Kurpis Helgeson, J. G., Kurpis, L., Supphellen, M., & Ekici, A. (2017). Consumers' Use of Country-of-Manufacture Information? Norway and the United States: Ethnocentric, Economic, and Cultural Differences. Journal of International Consumer Marketing, 29(3), 179-193.
Daniel Stewart Sullivan, B.N. & Stewart, D. (2017). Do Connections Always Help? Network Brokerage’s Negative Impact on the Emergence of Status. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 50, 315-349. Walter Teets Bull Schaefer, R. A., Chase, N. M., & Teets, W. R., (2017). How to Use Common Technologies to Minimize Perceptual Biases When Grading Essays: A Five-Step Process. Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal, 6(1), Article 13. http://epublications.regis. edu/jhe/vol6/iss1/13. Gary Weber Kern, S. M., & Weber, G. J. (2016, August). Implementing a “Real-World” Fraud Investigation Class: The Justice for Fraud Victims Project. Issues in Accounting Education, 31(3), 255289. Weber, G. J., & Brajcich, A. M., (2017). Foreign Partners in a Partnership: When to Withhold and How Much. TaxPro Journal, 24(1), 34-46. Daniel Xu Ali, A., Liu, M., Xu, D. & Yoo, T., (2016, November 2). Corporate Disclosure, Analyst Forecast Dispersion, and Stock Returns. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance.
STUDENT COMPETITIONS There are many ways the School of Business implements learning-by-doing, including student competitions. There are more and more competitive opportunities for our students; some of which are discipline specific (e.g., PriceWaterhouseCoopers for accounting) while others are more generic (e.g., DECA). Our students have a demonstrated track record of great success including top finishes in regional and national events.
KPMG/Seattle University Financial Accounting Case Competition Gonzaga’s team of accounting students (Sami Belleque, Senior accounting and business major with an international business concentration, Lucas Gately, Senior accounting and business major with a finance business concentration, Megan Rykaczewski, Senior accounting and business major with a finance business concentration and Forest Tarbath, Junior Accounting Major) won the 8th annual KPMG/Seattle University Financial Accounting Case Competition. The competition was among Pacific Northwest universities, and included the University of AlaskaFairbanks, Boise State University, Central Washington University, Oregon State University, University of Oregon, Portland State University, University of Portland, Seattle University, and the University of Washington. This was just the second year the SBA participated in the competition. In addition to winning the overall competition, Sami Belleque was named one of two Most Valuable Presenters.
Gonzaga SBA accounting students (Lucas, Megan, Sami and Forest) These students took first place in the 2016 KPMG/Seattle University Financial Accounting Case Competition.
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Gonzaga University students who competed in the Collegiate DECA International Career Development Conference.
Collegiate DECA Twenty-one Gonzaga University students were among nearly 1,500 international and American students who competed in the recent Collegiate DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California. Participating in six events against 165 universities in the United States, Canada and China, the following Gonzaga students advanced to the finals:
with concentrations in international business and operations and supply chain management. Placing in the top 10 in the emerging technologies event were seniors Marissa Vander Griend, a business major with concentrations in finance, marketing and human resource management, and Julia Golovchanova, a business major with concentrations in economics, finance and human resource management.
Kelsey Forman, a junior business major and Spanish minor with a concentration in marketing, placed second in the travel and tourism event.
Sophomores Lexi Kozyra, a special education major, and accounting major Annabella Labate placed in the top 10 in the event planning category.
Placing in the top 10 in the retail management event were seniors Colin Phelps, majoring in psychology, economics and philosophy with a concentration in entrepreneurship, and Kari Dutcher, a business major
In addition, Gena Hoxha, Gonzaga’s DECA adviser, was elected chair of the Washington Marketing & Management Educators Association.
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Best Sales Representative Winner Chris Hartis, a sophomore business major minoring in marketing and sports management, was awarded 1st place for "Best Sales Representative" in the nation out of 106 universities that attended the CMBAM (College Media Business Advertising Managers) event in Fort Worth, TX. This is the first time that anyone has ever won 1st place for "Best Sales Representative" from Gonzaga University.
Northwest Entrepreneur Competition CJ Michael, a senior business major with a concentration in finance and a Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership minor, and Chris McKinnon, a senior business major with Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership and philosophy minors, won the 2017 Northwest Entrepreneur Competition. Teams from WSU, Idaho, EWU, Whitworth, and Gonzaga competed in the finals. The Hogan Program only sent one team this year, but CJ and Chris showed them what Gonzaga is all about—excellence! Good job to everyone who has worked with the Travelers Bracelet team. The 2017 Northwest Entrepreneur Competition (NEC) took place with 26 different business plans being pitched from five area universities and two local high schools. The pitches were divided into three categories: technology, traditional, and open. A first, second, and third place winner was selected for each category, with first place winning $7,000 and a free threemonth membership to Startup Spokane's co-working space, second place winning $3,000 and two free months at Startup, and third place winning $1,000 and one free month.
D.A. Davidson’s Student Investment Program A team of Gonzaga University student investors won the 2nd Annual Fred Dickson Memorial Award from D.A. Davidson & Co. Named for its late chief market strategist, the award recognizes the team that demonstrates overall excellence and adherence to program objectives. The Gonzaga team received a $2,000 cash reward and an expense-paid trip for five participants to D.A. Davidson’s Managed Assets Strategic Conference, a premier company event held March 2017 in Seattle. The students gain a solid understanding for what it takes to be a successful investment manager. Gonzaga’s student teams have produced among the best and most consistent investment returns in the program. In addition to finishing among the five teams with the strongest investment returns for the most recent program year, Gonzaga earned the top spot for portfolio return over the past five years on both absolute (compounded annual return of +12.9%) and risk-adjusted bases. The Gonzaga team was No. 2 in the risk-adjusted return rankings for the three- and one-year periods and also qualified for profit sharing by earning higher than a 5% return in 12 of 19 years. D.A. Davidson’s Student Investment Program was established in 1985 to give college students a hands-on experience in investing while learning skills and concepts like investment research, performance measurement, teamwork, and communications. The program is provided to 20 colleges and university teams in the West and the Midwest.
CFA Institute Research Challenge For the first time in three years, students participated in the CFA Institute Research Challenge. The team was made up of four undergraduates, and one MBA/MSTax student. Gonzaga finished in second place out of eight regional schools.
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ACADEMIC LECTURES & EVENTS Strategic engagement is central to who we are as a business school. Our students, staff, and faculty must get outside the Jepson Center and we must get our organizational partners inside of Jepson. There are a number of ways that we engage with our organizational partners.
Sixth Pigott Entrepreneurship Lecture: Fritz Wolff, chairman of The Wolff Company, discussed “The Dash” at the Gonzaga University School of Business Administration’s 6th Pigott Entrepreneurship Lecture. Mr. Wolff addressed challenges and opportunities in his life as well as the rewards of getting and giving. He focused on two specific entrepreneurial endeavors: one success and one failure. The Wolff Company is a private equity business that invests approximately $1.5 billion each year, acquiring and developing apartment communities primarily in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, and the Northeast region. He learned the business alongside his father, who founded The Wolff Company almost 70 years ago. From Spokane, Fritz grew the company for 40 years. All four of his sons are engaged in the company, which has offices in Boston, Menlo Park, Scottsdale, Spokane, Seattle, and Sun Valley.
Ethics Week: During this year’s Ethics week, attendees listened to
business and industry experts discuss topics related to business ethics and best practices, corporate social responsibility, the environment and sustainable business strategies. Faculty members shared specific topics, case studies, speakers, films, and activities directly related to business ethics.
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The eighth annual Aram Lecture was presented by Bradley Tilden, chairman and CEO of Alaska Air Group, Inc. discussing “Do the Right Thing." Tilden explained how Alaska Air and its two subsidiaries (Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air) go above and beyond to take care of customers, employees, their communities and shareholders. Alaska has 15,000 employees and flies 200 aircraft to 114 destinations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica. A separate panel discussion also took place during this week entitled “Business as Community Builders in an Age of Divisiveness” where the participants assembled brought first-hand experience with businesses acting as community builders – both within their organizations and with external stakeholders, as well as expert knowledge on the best practices business can employ to build meaningful communal bonds with all stakeholders. Panel Members Include: – Dr. Brian Steverson, Aram Professor of Business Ethics.(Event moderator) – Dr. Becky Bull Schaefer, Associate Professor of Management – Scott Morris, CEO, Avista Corporation – Gina Drummond, CEO, Hospice of Spokane – Katherine Morgan, President & CEO, Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce
The annual SBA Ethos Statement signing celebration wrapped up this week of events.
25th Economics Symposium and Luncheon Christina Romer, the Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics at the
University of California, Berkeley, discussed, “In the Wake of Disaster: The Great Recession in Historical Perspective” as Gonzaga University’s Visiting James R. Jundt Professor of Economics at the 25th Economics Symposium and Luncheon. The lecture compared the severity of the initial economic shocks of the 2008 financial crisis, such as the housing collapse, to the Great Depression of the 1930s. It addressed the success of resulting monetary and fiscal policy responses, and economic reform.
Careers in... Days The SBA hosts several different Careers in… Days where industry professionals talk about their careers and share helpful tips as graduates of Gonzaga. Students find out what it takes to land that dream job, how best to network, what firms are looking for in potential employees, and how to get your resume seen. This year the SBA hosted events in Finance, Marketing, Operations, Human Resources, and Management Information Systems.
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ADVISORY BOARDS The SBA has a number of advisory boards that include individuals from within Gonzaga, from across the region, and experts from different industries who have extensive experience in business and other related fields. Advisory Board members contribute to the business school in a number of ways: committing their time, energy, expertise and their financial resources to helping the school achieve its mission. Our Board members help determine the school’s direction, develop priorities, participate in programing and other educational initiatives, and serve as advocates in business, community, and educational circles. The SBA is extremely thankful to these talented and generous individuals for the many ways they have shaped our purpose and our impact.
ACCOUNTING Mary Actor, Berntson Porter & Company, PLLC (’95) Jeff Corbett, Deloitte Tammy Erickson, Moss Adams LLP (’93)
Ta-Tao Chuang, Professor of MIS, Gonzaga University SBA Jon Copeland, CEO, Nuvodia
David Green, David Green CPA PLLC
Ann Fabbiano, Business Transformation Project Manager, URM Stores, Inc.
Stacy Harrington, Director, Microsoft Corporate Revenue Assurance (’99)
Kelley Ferguson, CIO, Numerica Credit Union (’07)
Rob Keasal, Peterson Sullivan LLP
Eric Finch, CITO, City of Spokane
Meredith Mahoney, PwC
Brian Jones, Market CIO, Rockwood Health System
Liesl Nebel, Geography Controller, Nike (’99) Brandon Nett, Grant Thornton Chris Richard, KPMG (’00) Kevin Sell, Heiskell MacGillyray & Associates, PS Thomas Sulewski, Clark Nuber Brooke Sullivan, Assistant Controller, Seattle Mariners (’03) Leonard Sweet, Eide Bailly LLP (’98) Gary Weber, Director, Master of Accountancy Program, Coordinator of Accounting Programs, Gonzaga University SBA Michael Whitmore, BDO Travis Johnson, BAP President
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Robert Andresen, IT Director, Potlatch Corporation (’14)
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Jason Chen, Professor of MIS, Gonzaga University SBA
Michael Joy, Lecturer of MIS, Gonzaga University SBA Patricia Kelly, VP of IT, Spokane Teacher Credit Union Alan MacPhee, Director, IT Dept., Hecla Limited Chuck McAtee, VP of IT & CIO, Itron, Inc. Stephanie Myers, Application Delivery Supervisor, Avista Corp. Tim Olsen, Assistant Professor of MIS, Gonzaga University SBA Michael Sloon, IT Director, City of Spokane Steve Tabacek, President, RiskLens
DEAN'S FORUM BOARD Ken Anderson, Dean, Gonzaga University SBA (’81) Barry Baker, President/CEO, Baker Construction Jim Barry, CBCP, FAIRiq, 360 Consulting Group (’00)
William Bond, (‘62) Jeff Brown, Executive VP of Sales, Imprezzio (’94) Cheri Burnham, Moss Adams LLP (’94)
Kurt Walsdorf, Market President, Bank of America (’84)
DEAN'S EXECUTIVE BOARD
Peggy Doering, Director, Valleyfest (‘71)
Ken Anderson, Dean, Gonzaga University SBA (’81)
Micah Dunlap, AWH Director, Special Projects, Ace Hardware Corp. (‘96)
Katy Bruya, SVP, Human Resources, Washington Trust Bank (’99)
Allison Foster, GU Student Member (’17)
Fr. Frank Case, S.J., VP for Mission, Gonzaga University
Larry Krauter, CEO, Spokane International Airport
Geoff Goss, Attorney, GGG Attorneys (’94)
Jim McPhee, Workland & Witherspoon, PLLC (’96)
JoAnna Lake, Director, 787 Financial Planning – Boeing (’97)
Cajer Neely
Kyle McCoy, VP, Goldman Sachs (’01)
Mark Neupert, Geotechnical Exploration & Construction (’94)
Stuart McKee, CTO, Microsoft (’93)
Scott O'Brien, Chief Strategy Officer, Providence Health Care (’01)
Molly Pepper, Associate Dean, Gonzaga University SBA
Brad Pope, Group Health Cooperative
Chris Richard, Managing Partner, Audit, KPMG (’00)
Jerry Reed, CFO, Lakeside Capital Group, LLC (’99)
John Naekel (’99)
Steve Robinson, Spokane Rock Products
Jeff Schmitz, EVP and COO, Citywide Banks of Colorado, INC (’86)
Michael Winger, VP Store Development, URM Stores (’91)
Lisa Wrolstad, VP, Business Dev. & Program Mgmt., Axis Capital (’86)
EMERITUS MEMBERS
FINANCE
Meri Berberet
Tony Bennett, Founder, Signia Capital (’96)
Greg Bever (’92)
Richard Cloutier, Chief Investment Strategist, Washington Trust Bank
Mary Dunn Jack Heath, President & COO, Washington Trust Bank (’88) Tim Murphy Lowell Ruen (‘76)
David Demars, Wealth Manager, Demars Financial (’16) Colin Kelly, Portfolio Manager, Signia Capital (’04)
Cindy Leaver, CFI/Chief Strategy Officer, Numerica (’92)
Juanita Jiminez, HR Director, Spokane Club
Greg Marshall, Fed Credit Union Insurance
Melissa Koontz, Employee Benefits Consultant, HUB International
Josh Neblett, (observer) Owner, Etailz (’08) Mark Neupert, CFO, Quanta Subsurface (’95) Barrie Ryan, VP, US Bank
ENTREPRENUERSHIP BOARD Tanner Chaffin, Owner, Purfect Logos, LLC (’14) Lane Crandall, President, Oil Analysis Lab, Inc Oscar Marmolejo, Owner, Central Holdings, LLC (’13) Mark Murphy, CEO, Senior Helpers, CEO, M&M Housing Solutions, LLC (’04)
Scott Linklater, Director, Learning & Development, Red Lions Hotel Corp Molly Pepper, Associate Dean, Gonzaga University SBA KaLee Quanz, Director of HR, NAC Architecture Stefanie Sell, HR Business Partner, Inland Northwest Blood Center Kathy Sewell, Director of HR, Inland Northwest Blood Center Carolin Wyatt, VP, HR, Yokes Foods, Inc. (’89)
Benjamin Sauther, Director of Sales, TruRooms INC. (’14)
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Katy Bruya, SVP, Human Resources, Washington Trust Bank (’99) Becky Bull Schaefer, Associate Professor of Management, Gonzaga University SBA Krisann Hatch, Regional Manager, HR Solutions, Archbright Greg Husted, Organizational Development Manager, Kootenai Health Charlie Isaacs, Sr. Client Consultant/ Practice Leader, Health & Welfard Consulting, Arthuer J. Gallagher & Co Erin Jacobson, Assistant City Attorney, City of Spokane
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Thank you
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
2016-2017 BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIPS
J&K NEUPERT
FRUCI ACCOUNTING
Rozalyn Piper
Emily Ann Welch
MM SATCHELL & SJ SCHWERING Lauren DiCambio
FRANK & SHARON BOUTEN Kourtney Schott
Total Scholarship given:
$419,649
Number of students receiving scholarships from the SBA:
151
PERKO FAMILY Vincent Tramontozzi Chase Jacobson
LOUIE & DONNA LAPKE
Charlie Ibarra Jeremy Jones Matthew Boulet Sara Drake Hillary Lawrence
JIM & RAECEIL DAY
PAUL B SHORETT CHARLES H DAVIS
Trey Hardy Iris Matulevich Brogan Meyers Marissa Vander Griend Chelsea Carey Jaclyn Zalesk y Bailey Mills Thomas Owen Bradley Dale Emmy Billmaier
DANIEL P HOGAN JR
Michelle Rouse Paige Putnicki Samantha Belleque Caitlin Miller
Weston Soete Richard Pfluger
APREGAN FAMILY
RUDISILE FAMILY
FRED & PAULA BEVEGNI
Capucine Zimmerman
ELAINE MYERS & PATRICK MORRIS Kyle Vann
BAYER CORPORATION Lauren DiCambio Preston Froula
ALMA AND GILL CENTIOLI
Valerie Wirfel Sydney Anderson Bradley Dale Samantha Belleque
HENRI CHARVET, SJ Alec Brummer
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Erin Schultheis
Pablo Gabella Annabella Labate
IS & EMILY FETTERMAN Alexis Del Rosario
CLARENCE H BARNES
Gavin Ormond Micayla Strickland Nathaniel Long Travis Johnson
CLARENCE H BARNES LEGACY
Kurtis Bambauer Emma Baldwin Emily Schmidt Jack Benazzo Ty Smith
for investing in our students!
Lauren Berbiglia Vincent Casareto Victoria Topp Gavin Imes Madison Frank Anna Hauge Isabel Beaulieu Emily Schmidt Alexander Cargal Vincent Casareto Jessica Mildes Mollie Reams Isaac Fleshman-Cooper
JANICKI FAMILY Crystal Murray-Weston
TOMLINSON REAL ESTATE GROUP
Charlie Ibarra Annabella Labate David Freet Chelsea Carey Bailey Mills
COLUMBIA BANK Heather Remington
KOHLS MEMORIAL Rohit Gupta Christina Alexander Chad Dashiell
WILLIAM H SCHUMACHER Meghan Hayes Carson Hollyoak
JANE HEDEQUIST MEMORIAL Kelsey Clack
ROOTHAAN ACHIEVEMENT
Darienne Gibson Ty Smith Marc Le Poullouin Kourtney Schott
A O & EVELYN FOSTER Spencer Larsen Vincent Tramontozzi
ANGELO R. MOZILO FAMILY
Joshua Frager Michael Letts Rozalyn Piper Xavier Collantes Morgan Landers
DANIEL P. HOGAN JR.
Michelle Rouse Paige Putnicki Samantha Belleque Caitlin Miller
2016-2017 ACCOUNTING SCHOLARSHIPS DANIEL BRAJCICH
Allison, Yuen
Alvarez, Sofia Baldwin, Emma Balkovatz, Alexandra Boyle, Jordan Brandt, Cooper Brummer, Alec Casareto, Vincent Chase, Cameron Dato, Daniel Disque, Nathan Evans, Ariel Fegett, William Foster, Allison Fraser, Megan Grisham, Clayton Hartis, Christopher Ibarra, Cinthya Imes, Gavin Kaskurs, Anthony
PWC SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Lee, Minae May, Caitlin May, Kimberly Medina, Austin Mildes, Jessica Mills, Bailey Mortimer, Matthew Ogilvie, Anna Pallagi, Karissa Potap, Mark Radlinger, Brandon Remington, Heather Rustik, Alyssa Schmidt, Emily Schott, Kourtney Sara Skornik Tiller, Shelby Woods, Riley Zollars, Claire
Chandler McGuire
DELOITTE SCHOLARSHIP FUND William Fegett
PETERSON SULLIVAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND Marissa Vander Griend
BDO SCHOLARSHIP FUND David Wright
BERNTSON PORTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND Thomas Owen
TERESITA COOMBES TRINITY
Matthew Hoffeditz Daniel Campobasso James Elias Morgan Landers
SODEXO Sylvia Ely Preston Froula
TOMLINSON REAL ESTATE GROUP
Charlie Ibarra Annabella Labate David Freet Chelsea Carey Bailey Mills
JANICKI FAMILY
Crystal Murray-Weston BOB AND STEVIE BURKE Iris Matulevich Madison Lingenfelder Aaron Oommen
MOSS ADAMS SCHOLARSHIP FUND Christine Keever
KPMG SCHOLARSHIP FUND Rex Johnston
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JESUIT INSPIRATION Gonzaga's mission is centered around the Jesuit tradition of concern for others. The School of Business instills caring for others through various community involvement programs, allowing our students to apply their technical knowledge to help the Spokane community. Many of our students, staff, and faculty members are volunteers in their own communities and on-campus, working to better the lives of those around them.
VITA: For the fourth consecutive year, Gonzaga University accounting and economics students working with the IRS and United Way have helped generate more than $1 million in refunds through their free income tax return preparation efforts for low- and middle-income Spokane residents. Students from Eastern Washington University and Whitworth University have joined the effort. The United Way’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site, which was staffed by 70 IRS-certified student volunteers from Gonzaga, along with nine from EWU and eight from Whitworth, filed 793 electronic and paper returns and generated $1.09 million in total refunds. This year’s effort included a total of more than 851 hours of volunteer service by GU students. VITA provides Gonzaga students the opportunity to implement many of the concepts they learn in class while providing community service. Many VITA clients would have had difficulty obtaining much-needed refunds if such services were not offered. To volunteer, Gonzaga students attended two full days of training over a holiday weekend and then pass a certification exam.
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Partnering with Second Harvest and The Bite2Go Program The entire business school has committed to supporting the Bite2Go Program by adopting Linwood Elementary School, since 2015. Linwood is a public elementary school in the Spokane School District with around 520 students. This program is in partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank and provides weekend food for at-risk youth. The students receive a discreet weekly delivery of food packets to take home for the weekend. Staff/faculty have also participated in the school's end of year The School of Business brought in 2,400 pounds of “field day,” hosted a ‘faculty food for the Spokane's local food bank, 2nd Harvest appreciation’ event, and provided a little extra for those student recipients around holiday break with gift bags. Generous donations were received for the gift bags and we were able to provide gloves, some sweets and a puzzle or toy to all.
THANK YOU FRITZ AND JEANIE WOLFF On October 13th, the School of Business Administration held an official Grand Reopening ceremony to celebrate the completion of the newly renovated Wolff Auditorium. Alumni, community leaders, and Gonzaga students, faculty, staff, and administration were in attendance to thank Fritz and Jeanie Wolff for their generous donation that made this renovation possible. Dean Anderson welcomed all and shared the vision, history and impact this space is having on the GU community. President McCulloh shared the history of Gonzaga's long relationship with the Wolff family and provided multiple examples of the family's abundant generosity. Together they presented Fritz with the original Wolff signage. Fr. Case, S.J. provided a blessing in closing. This renovation provides state-of-the-art digital multimedia capabilities with multiple displays and a large main screen, ideal for lectures, speakers or educational events. A collaborative space for the SBA creates opportunities to work along with our community partners, expanding our educational offerings for the students and the greater Spokane region.
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THE MANY WAYS OUR FACULTY ENGAGE SERVICE ON A BOARD:
Catherine DeHart
John Beck
2017: Volunteer Accountant, Family to Family (nonprofit)
2016 – 2017: Robert Schalkenbach Foundation Board of Directors
Todd Finkle
2016: SPEAR, Board of Directors
2016: Riverside State Park Foundation, Board of Directors
Sara Kern
Andrew Brajcich
2016: Center for Justice, Board Member and Treasurer
Paul Buller
2016: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Northwest, Board Member
Sara Kern
2016: Board of Directors, Chair, Finance Committee, Center for Justice
Adriane Leithauser
2016: Catholic Charities Spokane, Board Member and Program Committee Member
OTHER POSITIONS HELD IN CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS: John Beck 2016: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Treasurer
Mirjeta Beqiri
2016: Women Helping Women Fund Annual Benefit Luncheon, Volunteer Accountant
Adriane Leithauser
2017: Spokane Alliance Executive Team
2016: Spokane Alliance Administrative Team
Maria Tackett
2017: Women Helping Women Fund, member of Women Helping Women Fund Community Needs Group
2016: Fuse WA Board of Directors
Peggy Sue Loroz
2017: Big Brother Big Sister
2016 – 2017: Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins, Volunteer Faculty: Teaching "Global Issues" & "Introduction to Business"
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SPEECHES/PRESENTATIONS AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS: Rebecca Bull-Schaefer
2016: Leadership Spokane
Kevin Henrickson
2016: League of Women Voters
Ryan Herzog
2016: Spokane Mortgage and Lenders Association
Molly Pepper
2016: Women's Leadership Panel Moderator - Seattle Trek
2016: Women's Leadership Panel Moderator - Portland Trek
OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: Mirjeta Beqiri
2017: IMPACT: Gonzaga University
Catherine DeHart
2016: Women's Business Center - Taught accounting class and provided one- on-one accounting assistance to small business owners
Todd Finkle
2017: Advisor to Steering Committee for the Northwest B-Plan Competition
2017: Volunteer Assistant High School Basketball Coach
Michael Joy
2017: Spokane Bike Swap, Volunteer Bike Technician
2017: Greater Gonzaga Guild, Guest Speaker
2017: Habitat for Humanity, Volunteer support for Habitat Spokane Builders' Surplus Store
2017: 2nd Harvest Food Bank, Support for 2nd Harvest Food Bank Bite2Go program
2016: 8 Lakes leg aches, Raised over $400 for this charity
2016: Second Harvest Food Bank, Pick up and deliver Bite2Go packs for Linwood School
2016: Second Harvest Food Bank, Packing volunteer
Lada Kurpis
2017: Participated in the open classroom initiative enabling prospective students' to experience lecture during visit to Gonzaga
2017: Lecture for prospective students of Gonzaga University during GEL Weekend
Daniel Law
2016: World Relief Spokane - Mentor and tutor refugees; help with other projects as needed
Peggy Sue Loroz
2016 – 2017: St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Lector and Volunteer
2016: 4-H Project Leader, Country Luck 4-H Club
2016: Spokanimal Volunteer
Molly Pepper
2016: Inland Northwest A&M Club
Daniel Stewart
2017: TEDx Spokane Auditions
Maria Tackett
2017: Second Harvest volunteer
2017: Christ Kitchen volunteer
2016: Spokane Bike Swap, Volunteer Bicycle Technician at Spokane Bike Swap
Sara Kern
2016 – 2017: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - Golf tournament, Volunteer Accountant
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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS School of Business Administration faculty members embrace the vision and values of the school exemplified by their professional development work. The research produced by our faculty allows them to bring cutting-edge knowledge to the classroom, helping ensure that the SBA delivers a high quality, relevant education to all its students. This is particularly valuable in the SBA's graduate programs where our students are more likely to take this knowledge back to the organizations they serve. Beyond the classroom, our faculty deliver knowledge to our community partners through consulting, speeches and talks, board service, and other networking opportunities. All of these activities allow for a higher quality of engagement between the SBA and the communities it serves.
Explore the depth and breadth of our faculty’s most recent publications, and ongoing research.
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ANNUAL PUBLICATIONS REPORT
Andrew M. Brajcich Brajcich, A. M., Friesner, D., & Schibik, T. (2016). Do Pharmaceutical Companies Strategically Shift Income and Intellectual Property to Foreign Subsidiaries?". Multinational Business Review. Weber, G. J. & Brajcich, A. M. (2017). Foreign Partners in a Partnership: When to Withhold and How Much. TaxPro Journal. Paul F. Buller Buller, P. F. & McEvoy, G. M. (2016). A Model for Implementing a Sustainability Strategy through HRM Practices. Business and Society Review. Porth, S. J., Lee, J., & Buller, P. F. (2016). Editorial: The Politics of Anger and Jesuit Business Education. Journal of Jesuit Business Education. Chou-Hong Jason Chen Chen, J. C. & Liu, C. (2016). The Perception Types Of House Buyers by Q Methodology: An Empirical Research. The 11th Biennial Conference of Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association. Todd A. Finkle Finkle, T. A. & Lamb, R. (2016). Financial writing and entrepreneurial skills for the personal financial planner. Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Academy of Financial Services Conference. Donald D. Hackney Hackney, D. D., Friesner, D. L., & Johnson, E. H. (2016). What is the Actual Prevalence of Medical Bankruptcies? International Journal of Social Economics, 43 (12), 1284-1299 James G. Helgeson Helgeson, J. G., Kurpis, L. V., Ekici, A., & Supphellen, M. (2017). Consumers' Use of Country-of-Manufacture Information? Norway and the United States: Ethnocentric, Economic, and Cultural Differences. Journal of International Consumer Marketing, 29 (3), 179-193.
Kevin E. Henrickson Henrickson, K. E., Wilson, W. W., & Croy, J. (2016). The Convergence of Low-Cost and Legacy Airline Operations. In John D. Bitzan, James H. Peoples, Wesley W. Wilson (Ed.), Advances in Airline Economics, Volume 4 (pp. 355-375). Emerald Publishing Group. Erica H. Johnson Hackney, D. D., Friesner, D. L., & Johnson, E. H. (2016). What is the Actual Prevalence of Medical Bankruptcies? International Journal of Social Economics, 43 (12), 1284-1299. Sara R. Kern Kern, S. & Weber, G. (2016). Implementing a Real-World Fraud Investigation Class: The Justice for Fraud Victims Project. Issues in Accounting Education, 31 (3), 255-289. Lada Kurpis Helgeson, J. G., Kurpis, L. V., Ekici, A., & Supphellen, M. (2017). Consumers' Use of Country-of-Manufacture Information? Norway and the United States: Ethnocentric, Economic, and Cultural Differences. Journal of International Consumer Marketing, 29 (3), 179-193. Kurpis, L. V. & Hunter, J. (2016). Developing Students' Cultural Intelligence through an Experiential Learning Activity: A Cross-Cultural Interview. Journal of Marketing Education., doi: 0.1177/0273475316653337. Daniel W. Law Law, D. W. & Patil, V. (2016). A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Social Support and Exercise on University Business Students' Exhaustion. Northwest Accounting Research Group Conference. Peggy Sue Loroz Stewart, D., Gladstone, J., & Loroz, P. (2016). Open Identity: The Evolution and Exploitation of Shared Cultural and Community Identity. Harvard Open and User Innovation Conference.
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Tim Olsen Olsen, T. J. (2016). Theorizing and Data Analysis in Qualitative Process Research. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). Vivek H. Patil Law, D. W. & Patil, V. (2016). A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Social Support and Exercise on University Business Students' Exhaustion. Northwest Accounting Research Group Conference. Dan Stewart Stewart, D., Gladstone, J., & Loroz, P. (2016). Open Identity: The Evolution and Exploitation of Shared Cultural and Community Identity. Harvard Open and User Innovation Conference. Stewart, D. (2016). Case Study: Ethical Business Practices in Dardan Enterprises. Tribal Wisdom for Business Ethics. Emerald Publishing Group. Stewart, D. & Pascal, V. (2016). Native American Entrepreneurship: Locating Your Business. Tribal Wisdom for Business Ethics. Emerald Publishing Group. Maria Tackett Tackett, M., Hall, J. C., & Cebula, R. J. (2017). Nonpublic Competition and Evidence of School Performance: Evidence from West Virginia. Applied Economics. Gary J. Weber Kern, S. & Weber, G. (2016). Implementing a Real-World Fraud Investigation Class: The Justice for Fraud Victims Project. Issues in Accounting Education, 31 (3), 255289. Weber, G. J. & Brajcich, A. M. (2017). Foreign Partners in a Partnership: When to Withhold and How Much. TaxPro Journal.
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HONOR ROLL Abbot Downing ACRAnet Inc. Joseph and Deborah Albert Pep Albi, Jr. Peter and Shelley Allen Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. Amica Mutual Insurance Company
Berntson Porter & Company, PLLC Fred E. and Paula Bevegni George Binczewski Christopher M. Blake Peter Blei Robert and Randee Blume The Boeing Company
Ken and Sue Anderson
Dennis Bogdan
Archdiocese of Seattle
Anthony J. Bonacci
Avista Corporation
William and Virginia Bond
The Avista Foundation
Christopher Bormes
Baker Construction & Development, Inc.
Kevin Bouchillon
Richard and Joanne (Daly) Barber
Amanda L. Bourdon
Thomas Bard and Karen (Hogan) Bard Chris B. Barnes Dr. Clarence Barnes Maria J. Barnes Joseph and Susanne Barrer
Thomas Boulet and Ken Coll
Andrew Brajcich Holly Brajcich and Tom Krzyminski Michael and Brenda Braschayko Mark A. and Elizabeth N. Bruskotter
Virginia A. (Morris) Calloway Iveth S. Canales Brad and Lesley Canfield Kay C. Carnes William and Mary Case Gerard Centioli Centioli Family, LLC CFA Society of Spokane Marianne E. Chambers Edmond F. Charette, Jr. Sylvester and Stacey Chatman Collegiate Tartan Apparel LLC ConocoPhillips Nicole E. Cook Jim and Terry Coombes Jeffrey and Shannon Corbett Mike and Stacy Covey Cowles Publishing Co. Davidson Companies DCI Engineers
Greg and Margaret A. (Jones) Doering Theophilus M. Dolle Francisco and Teresa Dominguez Richard E. Driscoll Kelsey J. Dunn Robert and Mary Dunn Ecolite Manufacturing Company Ecova Brian and Meghan (Bookey) Eike Eliasen Family Fund Jon and Val Eliassen Enbridge Foundation Jacob Engelstein Ivan Epishkin and Irina Solovyeva Tammy Erickson Ernst & Young Foundation Bob and Bobbie Evanson Timothy Fennessy I.S. & Emily C. Fetterman Foundation
Kevin and Mary Jean Daniels
James and Barbara Barry
Edward and Katy (Jacobson) Bruya
DaRK Capital
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Michael and Anne Barsotti
Paul and Pattie Buller
Bradford Dear
Aaron and Casey Fielder
Romeo and Joanne Batres
Katherine A. Burgess
Jeffrey and Susan deBoer
Connor P. Flanagan
Theresa (Bauman) Miller
Stevie (Cada) Burke
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Dehmer
Matthew Z. Foos
Michael and Julie Bearup
Blaze and Cheri R. (Soliday) Burnham
L. David Dell'Osso
Nicole C. Fugiel
Daniel Demchuk
Clark H. Gemmill
Daniel Dieckgraeff and Denise Thanepohn
Ilaria N. Ghattas
Benevity Gerald Berger Bernardo Wills Architects PC
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Kevin F. Cach Ron and Terri Caferro
Mario and Donna Giordano Terry and Janet Goebel GoJoe Patrol Zachary Paul Goodwin Geoffrey E. Goss Grant Thornton Foundation David D. Green Lindon A. and Loretta Greene David and Laura Gruber Harold and Katherine Hakes Thomas and Thomasin Hammer Steven Harada Daniel P. Harbaugh Rex and Ann (Haslinger) Harder James and Tracy Hartz Meishelle L. Haverkamp Jack and Lisa Heath Denny and Paula (Fruci) Heck Maureece M. Heinert Amanda Helenberg John Hemmingson Kurtis M. Hendrickson Stephen and Patty (Hunter) Hennessey Henningsen Cold Storage Co. Dennis P. and Jane M. (McFaul) Hession Jacqueline (Ulmer) Hizzy Christine M. Hogan
The Hogan Family Foundation, Inc. Klaus O. Huschke Independent Colleges of Washington Sheldon Jackson Jack and Veronica Jacobs Bob and Alice Jepson Jenifer Jewkes Johnson Scholarship Foundation Eric Jones
Christy and Mike Larsen
Gregory and Barbara Molotky
Michael Ortman
Lindsay L. (Williamson) Lavin
Arnie and Kathryn Mondloch
Dillon G. Paul
Kristina Lavrisha
Anne Montgomery
Molly Pepper
David M. Lincoln
Katherine Morgan
Jeffrey and Renee Perko
Connie (Ruddell) Lipsker
Scott and Lizbeth (Tomich) Morris
Gregory R. Peterson
Wil and Pat Loeken Mike and Peggy Sue (Lorang) Loroz
Moss Adams Foundation Moss Adams LLP
Tony and Kelly (Judge) Lucarelli
Angelo and Phyllis (RIP) Mozilo
Stanford and Gloria Lum
The Phyllis and Angelo Mozilo Family Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
David and Christine (Kelly) Machado
Robert and Michelle Keasal
John MacKenzie
Zakary and Kelli Kessler
Eric Mackowitz
Pete King
David Mandley
H. Bruce Kittredge
Manito Construction, Inc.
Daniel and Sherri Kleeburg
Brian A. Matous
Kjell Knudsen
Andrew D. Matsumoto
Rick E. Koch Tyler R. Kowal
Robert and Shannon McCambridge
KPMG Foundation
Tim McGarry
Sweeney Conrad Charitable Gift Fund
Anonymous in memory of Anita L. (Sherar) McKee
Ryan and Shelly Krasselt
William McMillen
Matthew Kristek
Microsoft Corporation
JoAnna E. Lake
Calvin and Delain Miller
Lakeside Capital Group LLC
Michael and Jodi Milner
Trevor P. Lampe
Evgenia V. Minatre
Carrie Lapke and John Lapke
Estate of Phyllis J. Mitchell Modern Electric Water Co.
Rande Muffick
John Peterson Piper Jaffray, Inc. Bill and Michelle Pohlad The Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation Bradley and Michele Pope Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
Eric C. Franks and Molly A. Murphy Michael Myers and Carole Rolando
Paul and Julie (Bourne) Rehberger Revamp Panels Edward and Alison Rice
John Naekel Thomas F. and Liesl (Handwerker) Nebel Cajer and Jamie Neely Emile A. Nelson
Christopher and Jill (Phillips) Richard Martin and Pamela Riley James Rivard Rick Robinson
Brandon Nett Mark and Sarah Neupert New T&B WA, LLC
Margot E. Robison Donald and Donna Rockstrom Lowell and Kathleen Ruen
Susan Nielsen Angela Nordstrom Nordstrom, Inc. Numerica Credit Union
Gordon and Katina Ruh Christina Rustik The Hon. and Mrs. Barry E. Ryan Paul W. Schafer
Scott O'Brien John and Cynthia Olivier
Steve and Tresa Schmautz
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Jeff and Marcie Schmitz David and Barbara Schreck David J. Schrieber
Matthew Teske and Anna Wuitschick Thomas Hammer Coffee
Chud and Cindy Wendle Fritz and Jeanie Wolff
Ron Tierney
Jason W. and Heather M. (Kampp) Wolff
Tom and Camilla Tilford
Wolff Family Foundation
T-Mobile Wireless
Chris and Lisa Wrolstad
Andrew E. Scull
James and Tenley Tobin
Jessie (McManigal) Wuerst
Kevin and Laura Sell
Hugh Toland
Danielle Xu
Rick and Vicky Shanaman
Robert and Corrine Tomlinson
YourCause, LLC
Kimberly Ann (Smith) and Michael Sheehy
Tomlinson Real Estate Group
Jillian K. Zech
Robert D. and Judy Schroeder The Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
Richard Shinder
Frank Tomsick
Douglas and Laurel Siddoway
Raymond Townsend and Jane Osterhaus
Amanda Silva
Bob Turnley
Thomas Simpson
URM Stores Inc.
Daniel and Morgan Smith
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
Maurice M. and Margan H. (Haley) Smith, Jr.
Robert S. Van Cleve
Sodexo Services Mark Sole and Adina Safer Jim and Jeannine Songey Spokane International Airport Spokane North Lions Club Christopher E. Stevens Brian Steverson and Adriane Leithauser Lawrence B. Stone St. Paul Travelers Foundation Joseph and Stacie Strong Maxwell Harrison Sumner Steven and Linda Swartley Sweeney Contrad PS Megan (Taylor) Satchell
Lynne Vassar Xavier and Verna Verspieren Phil and Susan Von Buchwaldt Kurt and Tami Walsdorf Sophia Waltier Washington Trust Bank Shannon H. Watson Todd and Christine (Hohman) Weaver Gary and Jolanta Weber Mark and Lisa Weller Charles and Carlene (Bobbe) Wells Denise G. and Norman E. Wells, Jr. Family Foundation Gift Fund Wells Fargo
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