Academics

In fulfillment of its continuing commitment to introduce high achieving business students to the benefits of management certification, the Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM) has awarded an academic scholarship for the 2013-2014 academic s

Team Kollabor8 took top honors at the 2013 COB 300 Business Plan Competition.

At the 2013 National Management Association (NMA) Annual Conference held in San Antonio, Tx., ICPM Executive Director, Lynn S. Powell, CM received the GOLD Knight of Leadership Award.

Ahmed helped organize, build Islamic Center of the Shenandoah Valley

On Saturday, October 5, 2013, the 3rd Annual Massanutten Family Fun Run & 5K will take place at Massanutten from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Lynne Farrell Stover, the teacher consultant for the JMU Center for Economic Education, has recently been honored with the 2013 Friend of the Virginia Association of School Librarians (VAASL) Award.

The first-ever 5K Scholarship Run was held on Saturday, Sept. 7, on the grounds of JMU.

The College of Business held a strategic planning session on Sept. 6.

CFA Investment Research Team

Brian Forrester, owner of Dynamic Web Solutions LLC in Richmond, recently contacted the College of Business to discuss the possibility of beginning a new $1,000 Internet marketing scholarship for the Outstanding JMU Internet Marketing student.

The Madison Business Network (MBN) held a Fall kickoff breakfast on Friday, Aug. 30, in the Highlands Room of the Festival.

This past summer, undergraduate students Tim Cona, Jordan Molnar, Mike Ketchersid, and Drew Askew won the Jack and Maye Stewart Student Project Competition for a video the team designed in Professor David Hayes¿s Accounting Information Systems class.

The JMU College of Business announced award winners during the CoB faculty luncheon on Aug. 23.

The College of Business is pleased to welcome the following new faculty members.

The 2013 Northern Virginia Golf Classic, held on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 at Westfields Golf Club was a great success.

Defining your business to the world is the topic of a three-part workshop series offered to Valley businesses by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

Chad Hensley ('02) made the live voting round in Walmart's Get on the Shelf Contest.

At the April board meeting, the Board discussed the concept of differential tuition for the College of Business and planned to make a final decision at its June meeting.

If you're a fan of rugby, you might know what "scrum" means.

Marketing Professor Theresa Clarke has recently been recognized by MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) for the valuable contributions she made as Peer Reviewer last year.

David Parker's business law class took a trip this past summer to visit the Supreme Court.

Winning teams earn $20,000 for local nonprofits

A number of CoB management faculty attended the recent annual meeting of the Academy of Management, held Aug. 9 ¿ 13 in Orlando, Fla.

The MBA innovation and information security programs welcomed new student groups in mid-August 2013.

California Pizza Kitchen opened a unit of its new prototype Wednesday in a Canoga Park, Calif., mall, part of the casual-dining chain¿s continuing evolution.

Vinny Mazzurco graduated from JMU in 2004 with a degree in accounting and a lifelong passion for baseball.

Paul Emerson Bierly III, 52, of Harrisonburg, Virginia passed away July 4, 2013, after a long battle with cancer.

Former Marketing Professor and Department Chair George Wesley Wynn, 72, of Lexington, N.C., died Aug. 2, 2013, at home following an eight-month illness.

Kenny Lawhorn is a proud graduate of James Madison University. He earned a degree in CIS, graduating in 1987.

The Friends of Valley Charities (FOVC) presented an $8,000 check to the RMH Foundation on Wednesday, July 31.

Bill Wales, professor of management, was recently quoted in a story on NBCNews.com.

The McGhee Endowment for the Marketing Department rewards exceptional efforts by faculty members each year.

Codenomicon, the market leader in security stress-testing, hosted a day-long workshop on July 30, 2013, in Las Vegas.

The Friends of Valley Charities (FOVC) will hold a 5K run on Saturday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m., on the grounds of James Madison University.

Accounting Student Paul Hong received an award for the best student paper at a recent Accounting Information Systems Educators Association (AISEA) conference. The conference was held in Laramie, Wyoming, from June 28-30.

JP Mowery, a 1990 accounting graduate, and a 1996 MBA graduate, has been named the outstanding CPA in government award winner by the West Virginia Society of CPAs. The awards were given out on Friday, June 21, at the Greenbrier Hotel.

Dr. Rick Mathieu was recently named associate dean for academic affairs for the College of Business. He served as the interim associate dean for the past two years.

CIS Professor Tony Ratcliffe decided last year that he wanted to take up a new sport: horseback riding.

JMU's Computer Information Systems (CIS) program was recently ranked 10th among all Information Systems programs in the U.S. by Bloomberg Buisnessweek.

Dr. Barkley Rosser, Professor of Economics and Kirby L. Cramer, Jr., Professor of Business Administration was featured on WMRA's Virginia Insight on June 20.

Sponsored by JMU's College of Business, CyberCity is designed to introduce 8th, 9th, and 10th graders to potential careers in the field of computer information systems.

The ninth annual CPA Boot Camp is "100 percent different this year," according to Dr. Paul Copley, Department Head of the School of Accounting.

Sean Tobin is currently Managing Director of Cross Rates Sales for Deutsche Bank's San Francisco office.

Congratulations to Dr. Laura Leduc, an assistant professor of management, who was recently named an executive committee member for the Academy of Management Human Resources Division.

The Accounting Information Systems Educators Association sponsors a student paper competition to recognize outstanding work by graduate students in accounting information systems. Masters students from James Madison University have won this competition th

Jason Glass is a Principal in the Boston office of Summit Partners where he focuses on venture capital and growth equity investments in market-leading, growing companies, with a special emphasis on technology and software opportunities.

David Grimm Named Director of Development for the College of Business

In the article "Investors Shouldn't 'Like' Facebook at Current Price," Robert Weinstein of TheStreet.com discusses whether Facebook and other social networking sites are favorable investments.

New dean takes over a college recognized for its collaboration and high quality graduates

Friends of Valley Charities invites you to a day of fun and fundraising at Lakeview Golf Club on Monday, June 10 with a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit local cancer patients.

Seven student groups from Marshall Pattie¿s management consulting class presented their final projects to their clients during the last week of the semester.

CoB Students Receive Certified Manager® (CM®) Certification

CoB Participates in the Noftsinger Celebration of Madison Scholarship

JMU CoB alumni Sandra Tran and Gilbert Welsford both share a love for ice cream.

Molly Brown Wins ICMA Board of Regents CMA Silver Medal Award

Congratulations to the Class of 2013!

Dr. Susan Palocsay, Professor of Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics, loves teaching at JMU. She also loves working with and teaching her dogs new, challenging activities.

Congratulations to Team Kollabor8, who took first place in the 2013 COB 300 Business Plan Competition held on Saturday, April 13.

Management Professor and Madison Scholar Dr. Paul Bierly was recently honored at a retirement reception, held April 5 in the Leeolou Center.

James Madison University's Madison Investment Fund (MIF), a student-led investment fund that serves as a money manager to the JMU Foundation placed second in the Value-style investment category at the RISE XIV Forum in Dayton, Ohio and placed as a finalis

Congratulations to Luke Mitchell, the valedictorian for the College of Business¿s class of 2013.

The JMU Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) Student Chapter was recently recognized as ¿The Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year¿ at the National Collegiate Conference in St. Louis, Mo.