http://business.missouri.edu/News/default.aspx en-us Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:10:56 GMT umcbuswebmaster@missouri.edu http://business.missouri.edu/31/8004.aspx The University of Missouri at Columbia's first executive MBA program was announced today by Trulaske College of Business Dean Joan T.A. Gabel. The 21-month program, named execMBA, brings together three elements for working professionals: On-campus weekend study, online coursework and a global residency. http://business.missouri.edu/31/8004.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/7528.aspx Dr. David A. West, a professor and former Finance Department chair who taught more than 11,000 students at MU's Trulaske College of Business during a span of 44 years, died Wednesday in Columbia of complications due to polio. He was 77. http://business.missouri.edu/31/7528.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/7376.aspx The MU Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business School of Accountancy's undergraduate and graduate programs rose in the rankings of the 29th Annual Public Accounting Report. http://business.missouri.edu/31/7376.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/7375.aspx Ingram's Magazine selected Dr. Bruce Walker, Lansford Professor of Leadership and Professor of Marketing at the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, as one of its 2011 Icons of Education in January.v http://business.missouri.edu/31/7375.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/7340.aspx University of Missouri Curators' Professor, Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. Chair and director of the Accountancy Ph.D. program, Dr. Jere Francis was selected as the American Accounting Association's 2011 Outstanding Audit Educator at the Association's mid-year auditing conference January 13-15, 2011. http://business.missouri.edu/31/7340.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/7338.aspx The University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business Professional Development Program (PDP) welcomes Lauren Berger, CEO of Intern Queen, Inc., to campus February 3. http://business.missouri.edu/31/7338.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/7337.aspx University of Missouri School of Accountancy graduates ranked #14 in the most recent national Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam pass rate rankings. http://business.missouri.edu/31/7337.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/7103.aspx The National Business Incubation Association has awarded the NBIA Soft Landings International Incubator designation to the University of Missouri Life Science Business Incubator at Monsanto Place, a business incubator operated and sponsored by the Missouri Innovation Center. http://business.missouri.edu/31/7103.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/7080.aspx The Trulaske College of Business is an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. http://business.missouri.edu/31/7080.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/7079.aspx The MU Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business undergraduate Bachelor's of Science in Business Administrations (BS BA) program rose to #42 in the U.S. News & World Report magazine's 2011 rankings, improving on last year's #48 rating to earn the college's best position yet in the annual scholastic survey. http://business.missouri.edu/31/7079.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/6942.aspx Two MU Trulaske College of Business academic advisors have been named 2009-10 Educators of the Year by INROADS, a multicultural career development organization. Several MU students also received honors from the organization. http://business.missouri.edu/31/6942.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/6730.aspx A groundbreaking paper co-authored by University of Missouri marketing Professor Lisa Scheer has won a prestigious international award for its long-term impact on the field. http://business.missouri.edu/31/6730.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/6712.aspx University of Missouri Provost Brian Foster announced today the appointment of Joan Gabel as the new dean of the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business. Previously, Gabel served as a Desantis Professor and chair of the Department of Risk Management/Insurance, Real Estate & Business Law at the Florida State University (FSU) College of Business. She also is Director of International Relations for the College of Business at FSU. The appointment is effective September 1. At that time, Bruce Walker will become a faculty member in the Trulaske College’s Department of Marketing. http://business.missouri.edu/31/6712.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/6711.aspx University of Missouri marketing Professor Murali Mantrala has received a prestigious international lifetime achievement award for his research. The focal points of Mantrala's research have been marketing resources allocation and sales force management. http://business.missouri.edu/31/6711.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/6706.aspx A graduate student team sponsored by the University of Missouri Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business has won a $20,000 NASA prize for its plan to commercialize an innovative surgical instrument. MU's team consisted of Xandra Sifuentes, a second-year student in the college's Crosby MBA program, and Brad Snow, an MU mechanical engineering doctoral student. http://business.missouri.edu/31/6706.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/6547.aspx A four-member Crosby MBA Program team won the $5,000 Eldridge Award in the fifth annual Show-Me Business Plan Competition held at the University of Missouri Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business. http://business.missouri.edu/31/6547.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/6345.aspx New York City’s Wall Street was the backdrop for 16 students from MU’s Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business who spent three days interacting with top executives and several successful New York alumni as part of an annual trip to the nation’s financial center. The students spent two days visiting executives at companies and a third day shadowing alumni for a day at their jobs. http://business.missouri.edu/31/6345.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/6285.aspx  Six student teams competed on November 13 for a share of $7,000 in prizes in the final round of the annual MU New Venture Idea Competition sponsored by the Flegel Academy for Aspiring Entrepreneurs. http://business.missouri.edu/31/6285.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/6284.aspx Marvin Burns, a senior advisor in the Trulaske College of Business, has been named director of the Vasey Academy. http://business.missouri.edu/31/6284.aspx http://business.missouri.edu/31/6253.aspx Novel ideas and compelling presentations earned two Trulaske College of Business students high honors in a North American entrepreneurial competition in October. http://business.missouri.edu/31/6253.aspx