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Campus News Simpson Awarded Julius Hirsch Honorary Prize Kevin Simpson, Ph.D., professor of psychology, was recognized as the 2021 Julius Hirsch Honorary Prize winner by the German Football Association. Simpson, along with Michal Vaněk, Ph.D., were recognized for their 2019 memorial honoring the forced Jewish laborers who built the grandstand currently in use by the Slovak Premier League football club, MŠK Žilina and their exhibition “Football Under the Swastika: The Story of Leopold ‘Jim’ Štàstný,” held at the Museum of Jewish Culture-Slovak National Museum. Song Wins Ally Award from Black Action Collective Ted Song, chief diversity officer and associate professor of engineering, was selected as a Leading with Excellence Award honoree by the Black Action Collective. Song was recognized as the winner of the Dr. David & Pattie Williams Ally Award, for his work to uplift and build
a better future for African American and underserved communities. 06 The Togami Center for Innovation Opens The Soderquist College of Business revealed The Togami Center for Innovation to the public. The center is named for longtime JBU professor Kai Togami and his wife, Wendy Soderquist-Togami, who worked for Soderquist Leadership from 1999-2014. The space features a focus group room and spaces for students to conduct interviews with potential clients. The center, while open to all students, focuses on giving business students an area for entrepreneurship and innovation.
JBU Construction Management Seniors Place in Competition Competing in the Regional Associated Schools of Construction student competition, senior CM students developed a project proposal and presented it to judges in Dallas, Texas. JBU placed second in the heavy civil and design build divisions and third in the commercial division. Senior Malachi Smith won third place for best presenter in the heavy civil division.
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JBU Business Students Place First in Arkansas Governor’s Cup The competition featured 31 teams from 10 different universities across the state. JBU’s Team Ascend finished in first place in the Small Business division, won Best Elevator Pitch and was awarded a total of $17,000 in prize money. Team Veza placed in the top six of the High Growth and Technology division. 01
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JBU Freshman Wins Sigma Lens Corporation Contest Freshman photography major Shelby Brewer was one of four winners in the photography section of a national scholarship competition sponsored by Sigma Lens Corporation. Brewer’s photo, titled “In the Midst,” placed first in the Authenticity category of the competition. 07
Voice Students Excel at Arkansas NATS Competition Ten JBU students participated in the Arkansas Chapter National Association of Teachers of Singing competition. Eight students were finalists in their divisions, and three finished first in their respective divisions — Jordan Kendrick, Oscar Lopez and Connor Klaassen. Cody Hallmark and Rachel Ball won second, and
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