Miranda Allen, Rodricka Brice, Kyle Clark, Destinee Douglas, Stephen Ferrell, James Happy, Martrise Maddox Suddith, Ronald Moore, Eugene Riley, Sylvia Valentine and Li J. Zhang will present at the National Conference of ENACTUS on April 1-2, 2014 in Cincinnati, OH. The title of the project is “Global Competitiveness Mission Statement for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.” Faculty mentor: Dr. Paul Wilhelm, Associate Professor of Management.
A supplementary instructional pilot program for two high risk classes was implemented this semester in the Business School.
Two new courses are being taught in Computer Science this semester along with one additional course added online.
The faculty continues to work with Enrollment Management on active recruitment of students to the college. They have contacted over 300 students who have been accepted at the university. Each student has been assigned a faculty mentor. Letters were sent from the Dean and the Chairs to potential students.
Presentations/Publications Dr. Assefa, Tibebe (2014), “Africa Stock Market Returns and Liquidity Premia,” Presented at the annual conference of the Southwestern Finance Association (March 12-14).
Dr. Desborde, Rene (2014) “The Obesity Epidemic In the United States: Mitigating the Problem with a Multidimensional Model,” presented at the annual conference of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, (February 22).
Dr. Liu, Zhanping, per an invitation by KYCAA (Kentucky Chinese American Association), gave a 100-minute seminar (http://www.kycaa.org/Home.html) titled “Appreciating Chinese Traditional Poems, Lyrics, and Parallel Proses” (with the 24-page notes available at http://www.kycaa.org/Activities/Poems_Lyrics_ParallelProses_Feb22_2014_ZhanpingLiu.pdf) on February 22, 2014.
Dr. Rivers, Richard and Mark Buxton (2014), “Escalation of Commitment: The Effects of Magnitude of Loss, Monitoring and the Presence of an Alternative Investment: Can a Project 90 Percent Complete Be Stopped?” Journal of Accounting and Finance (Accepted for publication, forthcoming).
Dr. Wilhelm, P.G., and J.P. Wilhelm (2014), “Presidential Personalities Telling.” The State Journal, February 16.