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 Dear Fiends and Alumni

The University and the Business School were not and are not immune to the challenges that mark the past months and the future for this country. As most of you are aware, the University declared an enrollment emergency in February 2009 resulting in layoffs totaling 55 faculty and 30 staff. The Business School was impacted losing six faculty and two staff. These layoffs were not performance based but were a necessary consequence of the turbulent economic climate. As a result, the School said goodbye to both recent and longtime staff.

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MBA Recruitment News

We are excited about the fall 2010 recruiting season.  We are off to a great start and have lots of activities planned.  In September CAU was well represented at the National Black MBA conference in New Orleans, LA.  While the majority of conference attendees hold MBAs or are in the process of earning an MBA, CAU had the opportunity to meet and share program information with several prospective students from the Texas and Louisiana areas.

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Undergraduate  News & Events

 On October 15, 2009, the Undergraduate Student Business Council sponsored the annual Fall Mixer. On Tuesday, October 20th (10:30 a.m. and 12 noon) and Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 12 noon (three separate cohorts; select one day and time), the CEO Academy will conduct its annual corporate adoption ceremony.  In addition to the strategic alliances created through the CEO Academy, the undergraduate program has established a significant corporate partnership with MetLife. 

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A Call For Alumni Help for MBA Recruiting Resources

This year marks the 63rd year in which we have welcomed students to Clark Atlanta University.  During those years, we have graduated more than 3,000 students who have gone on to marvelous careers in the fields of industry, government, academia and entrepreneurship.  We are very proud of your accomplishments

 

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Supply Chain News

The Supply Chain Management Advisory Board met on Monday, October 5th to on campus to provide leadership to the university’s undergraduate program. Lead by Craig Reed, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Management at Eaton Company, the board members spent a successful session providing ideas and recommendations to support the strategic direction of the program. These companies have provided such things as jobs, internships, financial support, and guest speakers. 

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Alumni Spotlight

Khari Dickson, CEO  graduated from CAU’s Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration in May of 1997. Divine Chariots Limousines is emerging as Atlanta’s preferred choice for luxury ground transportation under the leadership of alumni Khari Dickson.

 

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Jeff Shirley graduated from CAU’s Graduate School of Business in May of 1990. In June of 1990. He joined Coca-Cola as the Senior Director of eMarketing for North America Brands in 2001 and joined Georgia Pacific in Sept 2002 as the Director of eMarketing for their Towel, Tissue, and Napkin Brands. In November 2004, Jeff was named Director – Diversity Business Development for Georgia Pacific

 

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B-School News & Events

In early September Dr. Davis hosted the Annual School of Business picnic with record breaking alumni attendance.  This fall has been filled with exciting brand building business school events. Later in September the MBA program chartered a bus and transported 33 students to New Orleans, LA for the 31st Annual National Black MBA conference. By the time we finished unpacking our madi gras beads we immediately shifted gears for our next local event…CAU Homecoming 2009. 

 

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 Upcoming News & Events
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Renovation of Wright-Young Hall is underway!  We look forward to occupying our state-of-art business school building in January 2011

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2010 marks the Ten Year Anniversary  for the Working Professional Program.  Please stay tuned for celebration details

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This year will be the 15th anniversary of the Development of Self Conference.  Conference dates are February 25-27.

 

The School of Business Administration is re-building our foundation one brick at time - Reserve your brick on the Walk of Fame.  Please visit the school of business website to down load an order form www.sbus.cau.edu

 

We are proud to announce that we once again successfully maintained our AACSB Accreditation.  The review was completed in early November.  

 

 
B-School Faculty Contributions

"Short and Long Run Performance of IPOs in Post-Apartheid South Africa", with Kasim Alli, Kimberly Gleason and Vijaya Subramanian.  Accepted for publication in the Journal of African Business. Accepted: March 2009.

 “A Gender Analysis of Productivity in Finance Research”, with Kasim Alli, P. Keys, and P. Turner.  Journal of Financial Education (Spring 2009).

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