Lecturer in the Dept. of Marketing and Director of the Center for Professional Sales, Richard Tate, was voted as this year's winner of the Dr. Otto C. Brenner Award for Outstanding Teaching.

The award is conferred annually by vote of the junior and senior students in the College of Business and honors the life and legacy of the late Otto C. Brenner, who during his long career at JMU was named "Outstanding Undergraduate Professor" more often than any other member of the College of Business faculty.

For the fifth year in a row, Professor of Marketing, Andy Wood, has placed in the top one percent of coaches in the annual RNMKRS competition. This year's roleplay competition had more than 3,000 student participants from 60-plus colleges and universities from across the U.S., Canada and Europe.

James Madison University placed first overall for the competition and a JMU student was among the 15 students who placed in the top one percent.

Associate Professor in the School of Accounting, James "Jim" Irving, was recognized as this year's Distinguished Teacher at the annual Provost Awards.

This recognition cites the uniformly excellent job Jim has done teaching several different accounting classes. His work in the classroom previously led to his being voted by students in 2022 to receive the Otto Brenner Teaching Award. Last year he also served as the faculty speaker for the College of Business' commencement exercises.

Professor in the School of Accounting, Paul Copley, has been selected as the new Journal of Accounting Education Professor in the School of Accounting. This appointment carries with it the concurrent title of Commonwealth of Virginia Eminent Scholar, signifying that the holder has made important contributions in the areas of teaching, research and service over an extended period.

Luis Novoa, assistant professor of computer information systems and data analytics, is the recipient of this year's Distinguished Teacher Award. Dr. Novoa teaches challenging data analytics courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, employing innovative instructional tools to motivate and inspire his students. In addition to his classroom duties, he has been a major contributor to the development of a supply-chain analytics certificate.

Assistant Professor of Business Management, Sergiy Dmytriyev, is co-editor of Humanizing Business: What Humanities Can Say to Business. The new book is part of the highly regarded Issues in Business Ethics series published by Springer and includes contributions from leading business scholars from around the world. The book explores how creative pursuits ranging from philosophy to filmmaking can help make business more humane.