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University of FOCUS Print Edition September 2008

Editor Shalee Turner

Graphic Designer Tana Stith

College Leadership Brent Hathaway, Dean Penne Ainsworth, Associate Dean Curt Cramer, Associate Dean Kent Noble, Assistant Dean

FOCUS is distributed electronically four times per year by the College of Business Development Office. This special print edition has been prepared to update alumni, friends, parents, faculty, students, and staff of the University of Wyoming College of Business. FOCUS welcomes correspondence.

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our impact continues to hit close to home, and have a global reach Message from the Dean

Each year at this time I like to take a few • This summer, the College of Business • The college received a $5,000,000 moments to reflect on the wonderful broke ground on a new $54+ million commitment from the McMurry accomplishments of our faculty, staff, facility that will transform business Foundation to establish an excellence students, and supporters over the past education in Wyoming. The building, a fund for the college. This gift is also 12 months. Without question, this combination of 53,000 square feet of being matched by the state for a total of was a landmark year for the College of renovated space and 112,000 square feet $10,000,000. Business. Outstanding achievements by our of new construction, will open its doors in • The Wyoming Cowgirl Basketball team, students, world-class teaching and research the fall of 2010. featuring three starters from the College from our faculty members, record levels of • UW economics professor Jason Shogren of Business, appeared in the NCAA private giving, and a new state-of-the-art was recently recognized as part of an elite tournament and was nationally ranked building are clear indications that something group of scientists sharing the 2007 Nobel (reaching as high as 15th) for the first special is happening at Wyoming’s business Peace Prize for their work on climate time in the program’s history. school. While our college may sit in the heart change. As you can see, the 2007-08 academic year of the west, here is further evidence that our • The college hosted a series of outstanding was remarkable on a number of fronts. Rest impact continues to hit both close to home, speakers and panels this year, including assured that we are striving to make 2008-09 and have a global reach. sessions on banking, entrepreneurship, just as significant and welcome your help in and business ethics. More of these forums any way possible. • The College of Business is an AACSB are scheduled for the upcoming year. International accredited institution, an In closing, I invite you to turn your “focus” industry standard of excellence which is • Jose Antonio Rosa, professor; and Melea and enjoy a brief visit with us through the achieved by fewer than 15% of business Press, assistant professor; have joined pages of this annual report as we have schools worldwide. Eric Arnould, Distinguished Professor of highlighted the work, accomplishments, and Marketing and Sustainable Business Practices, • Our students were once again among the contributions of our faculty, staff, students, and are teaching a variety of marketing and most accomplished in the nation, with the alumni, and friends over the past year. I hope sustainable business practices-related courses senior class ranking in the 95th percentile you enjoy the new design and format as our to graduate and undergraduate students. in a standardized exit exam that has intent is to make this annual publication a become the nationwide benchmark for • A recent publication ranked the little more “user friendly.” college’s Ph.D. program in Resource and business schools. Thank you again for all you do. Please stay Environmental Economics as the third best • Dr. Ed Barbier, the John S. Bugas Professor connected whenever possible through in the country. of Economics at UW, had three papers campus visits or on our website at: • This spring the Daniels Fund committed published in Science magazine this past http://business.uwyo.edu. year (a remarkable feat). Barbier also $3,000,000 to the College of Business presented “Ecological Scarcity: The Global to endow the college’s ethics chair in Economic Challenge for the 21st Century” perpetuity. This commitment was matched as the featured speaker for the 2008 by the state resulting in a $6,000,000 President’s Speaker Series. endowment. Kara Boal, Evanston and George James, Cheyenne represented UW in the International Ethics Case Competition at the Eller College of Management.

Leading Business Education: UW College of Business

• Accredited by AACSB Bachelor’s Degrees Graduate Degrees Student Organizations International since 1954. ◆ accounting ◆ mBA (on-campus and ◆ alpha Kappa Psi Fewer than 15 percent ◆ Business administration executive online) ◆ american Marketing of business schools ◆ Business economics ◆ m.S. accounting Association worldwide have earned this ◆ economics ◆ m.S. finance ◆ Beta Alpha Psi accreditation. ◆ finance ◆ m.S. financial economics ◆ Beta Gamma Sigma ◆ management ◆ m.S. and Ph.D. economics ◆ financial Management ◆ marketing Association ◆ institute of Management Accountants ◆ mBA Council A panel of past and present UW College of Business students shared with students their experiences with the internship program at the first annual internship mixer. All speakers stressed the importance of internships and the invaluable experiences they had as an intern.

Cost of Attendance ◆ princeton Review has named UW one of the nation’s “best value” undergraduate institutions for its “outstanding academics, generous financial aid packages, and relatively low costs.” ◆ Wyoming undergraduates: tuition & fees, $3,621; estimated cost of attendance, $15,620 per year ◆ nonresident undergraduates: tuition & fees, $11,031; estimated cost of attendance, $23,030 per year College of Business student Pritesh Patel presented Senator ◆ online executive MBA: two year Mike Enzi with a gift thanking him for his visit to campus. program, $17,700 The event was Sponsored by the Student Wyoming the College of Business will award Education Association, Beta Alpha Psi and the Institute of ◆ $465,000 in privately funded Management Accountants, in conjunction with the UW scholarships for the 2008-09 College of Education and College of Business. school year.

Students Faculty ◆ 1,070 (business majors ◆ 44 full-time tenure-track faculty and 18 academic professionals (undergraduate and graduate) ◆ six distinguished professors: ◆ senior class scored in top 5 ▶ eric Arnould, Distinguished Professor of Marketing and percent nationwide on Major Sustainable Business Practices Field Achievement Test in ▶ Edward Barbier, John S. Bugas Professor of Economics Business ▶ Charles Mason, True Chair of Energy Economics Online Programs ▶ dick McGinity, Bill Daniels Chair of Business Ethics ◆ B.S. in business administration ▶ Sherrill Shaffer, John A. Guthrie Distinguished Professor of ◆ executive MBA Banking and Financial Services ▶ Jason Shogren, Stroock Distinguished Professor of Natural Resource Conservation and Management The future of business education IS today

he Ground Breaking Ceremony on July 9, The project has been designed to meet a silver T2008 marked more than the beginning of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental a new building for the College of Business; Design) certification. In addition, the facility it marked the beginning of many new completion will help the college retain its opportunities for students, faculty, donors, accreditation with the AACSB International, the community, state, and region. an industry standard of excellence which is achieved by fewer than 15 percent of all The project includes a complete renovation business schools in the world. to the existing 53,000 square-foot building built in 1960 that the college had desperately The business programs that will take place in outgrown, and an addition of 112,000 the new College of Business will emphasize square feet adjacent to the existing building. the power of strong connections between academics and the business community. The design provides a modern facility that The new business facility will be conducive will include rich opportunities not just for the to imparting leadership, teamwork, students and teachers, but for the community communication, ethics, and technical and and state. Some of the features the building analytical skills. The time has come, indeed will offer are state-of-the-art classrooms, the it is long overdue, to modernize business Johnson Career Center, a trading room, a education in Wyoming. Wyoming’s future behavior lab for student experiments, tiered business leaders deserve this opportunity. For case classrooms, a multimedia lab, student more information, contact College of Business success support offices, and faculty and Dean Brent Hathaway at (307) 766-4194. graduate student offices. M n ic a k n a M h c cM u u B rr m y a To nd President

Governor Dave Freudenthal College of Business Dean Brent Hathaway Mick McMurry Dave Johnson

Name of speaker Kevin Rochlitz Leadership for the 21st Century Sherrod France

he college was honored to benefit from The Banking Panel: Tthe real-world expertise of many local Sherrod France, president, Bank of Commerce, and regional business professionals over the Rawlins; John Hay, president, Rock Springs past year. National Bank; Lyle Knight, president and CEO The speakers addressed topics ranging from of the First Interstate BancSystem, Billings, economic development and business ethics Mont.; Mike Matthews, president, Wells Fargo to employee recruitment, entrepreneurship, Bank, Jackson; Dick Scarlett, chairman of and new technologies. Each of these Wells Fargo Wyoming, Jackson; Don Sturm, sessions was valuable for the students chairman of Sturm Financial Group, Denver; and the community at large. The college and Dave Johnson, executive director of the Mike Matthews was honored to have such outstanding Wyoming Bankers Association, Cheyenne. individuals take time to contribute their The Daniels Fund Ethics Panel: knowledge and expertise to the university Linda Childears, Daniels Fund president and CEO, and surrounding community. Denver; David Emery, Corporation Here is a glance at the individuals and panels chairman, president and CEO, Rapid City, that visited the college throughout this year: S.D.; Mike Ceballos, Qwest Communications International Wyoming president, Cheyenne; Kevin Rochlitz: Robert Jensen, Wyoming Business Council CEO, Vice president, national sales and Cheyenne; Peter Johnson, Sinclair Oil president, partnerships for the Baltimore Ravens Salt Lake City, Utah; and Al Wolfe, U.S. Division,

Dick Scarlett “We are very pleased to have hosted these distinguished executives. The panels and individuals addressed a wide range of topics and having them visit our college was truly valuable for our students and Lyle Knight the community at large.” Brent Hathaway, College of Business Dean

Peter Johnson

DDB Needham Worldwide retired president, Centennial, Wyo., and Sedona, Ariz.

The Daniels Fund Entrepreneurship panel: Les Ball, Corral West Ranch and Work Wear former president and CEO, Cheyenne; Roy Cohee, C&Y Transportation Company owner and Wyoming House Speaker, Casper; Ron McCue, Silver Star Telephone president and COO, Star Valley; Carl Lee, Go Manage CEO Don Sturm and business coach, Fort, Collins, Colo.; V. Frank Mendicino, Access Venture managing director, Westminster, Colo.; and Jim Willms, Unicover Corporation president and CEO, Cheyenne.

Kevin Schaff: Founder and CEO of Thought Equity Motion, Denver, Colo.

Kevin SKevinchaff Schaff John Hay Naming opportunities within the new College of

hanks to outstanding support from UW • Legacy opportunity for a business, Tand state officials, the College of Business individual and/or family doesn’t need to secure funding to build a • Naming display outside the classroom or new state-of-the-art facility. Instead, the other facility state’s $54+ million commitment allows the college to utilize fundraising vehicles, such as • Opportunity to display a company’s naming opportunities, to build educational mission statement (or a donor’s quote) programs, not a building. This is fairly inside the classroom/facility unusual in the world of academia, as most • Annual use of the room for company or states don’t have the resources to take on family gathering (e.g. a board meeting, such a building project. Typically, a college catered lunch, recruitment opportunities, would be expected to raise at least 50% of the etc.) construction costs, if not more. • Association with UW’s first LEED-certified Providing the College of Business with this (Leadership in Energy & Environmental type of resource will help make a good Design) project business school even better. After all, what The chart on the next page outlines the happens inside the building will be the real various naming opportunities associated measure of our success. with the new building, including the naming of the college. Please note the last column What makes a College of Business reflects the discounted price for early naming rights gift attractive? commitments to this campaign. Additionally, • Opportunities to assist students and it should be noted that charitable remainder faculty, as well as businesses in Wyoming trust commitments may also be used to • Association with a new state-of-the-art secure naming rights in the new facility. If facility you would like further information regarding • Matching funds from the state doubles this project, please contact Kent Noble at the impact of a donor’s gift (307) 766-3043. • Charitable tax contribution to a 501(c)(3) Thank you. We hope to see you on campus organization real soon. Net 15% Discount for Room # Space Square Market ’08 Agreement Footage The College of Business $30,000,000.00 NA Lower level 007 Multimedia Lab 1149 $300,000.00 $255,000.00 008 Flat Classroom 1 923 $200,000.00 $170,000.00 009 Flat Classroom 2 917 $200,000.00 $170,000.00 010 Flat Classroom 3 887 $200,000.00 $170,000.00 021 Tiered Classroom 1877 $400,000.00 $340,000.00 023 Flat Classroom 4 1020 $250,000.00 $212,500.00 024 Flat Classroom 5 990 $250,000.00 $212,500.00 026 Experimental Behavior Lab 2358 $600,000.00 $510,000.00 057 Auditorium 3694 $1,000,000.00 $850,000.00 001 Student Lounge 1320 $300,000.00 $255,000.00 022 Study Room 1 191 $ 60,000.00 $51,000.00 Business 025 Study Room 2 189 $ 60,000.00 $51,000.00 Ground level 108 Trading Room 907 $1,250,000.00 $1,062,500.00 109 Computer Teaching Lab 927 $400,000.00 $340,000.00 110 Flat Classroom 1 930 $300,000.00 $255,000.00 111 Flat Classroom 2 896 $300,000.00 $255,000.00 121 Tiered Classroom 1 1890 $500,000.00 $425,000.00 123 Tiered Classroom 2 1849 $500,000.00 $425,000.00 127 Tiered Classroom 3 1846 $500,000.00 $425,000.00 129 Tiered Classroom 4 1891 $500,000.00 $425,000.00 Atrium SOLD $5,000,000.00 L101 Lobby 1096 (Naming of college) 120 Study Room 1 204 $ 60,000.00 $51,000.00 124 Study Room 2 SOLD $51,000.00 126 Study Room 3 sold $51,000.00 130 Study Room 4 204 $ 60,000.00 $51,000.00 101 Kitchen 218 $ 60,000.00 $51,000.00

Second level 208 Flat Classroom 1 902 $200,000.00 $170,000.00 209 Flat Classroom 2 928 $250,000.00 $212,500.00 210 Flat Classroom 3 924 $250,000.00 $212,500.00 211 Flat Classroom 4 898 $250,000.00 $212,500.00 221 Seminar Room 1 473 $100,000.00 $85,000.00 222 Seminar Room 2 SOLD $85,000.00 231 Seminar Room 3 162 $ 60,000.00 $51,000.00 230 Conference Room 1 291 $ 60,000.00 $51,000.00 238 Conference Room 2 291 $ 60,000.00 $51,000.00 301 Faculty Lounge 1323 $250,000.00 $212,500.00

Third level 311 Dean’s Position & Office 324 $2,500,000.00 NA 309 Dean’s Conference Room 433 $500,000.00 $425,000.00 307 Board Room 1100 $1,000,000.00 $850,000.00 330 Conference Room 1 289 $ 60,000.00 $51,000.00 344 Conference Room 2 291 $ 60,000.00 $51,000.00 357 Study Room 1 328 $ 75,000.00 $63,750.00

West Building Academic Advising 2490 $500,000.00 $425,000.00 Online Office 1015 $250,000.00 $212,500.00 Computer Lab 1083 $250,000.00 $212,500.00 MBA Suite SOLD $1,000,000.00 Internship Office 882 $250,000.00 $212,500.00 Career Center SOLD $1,000,000.00

Department of Accounting

ccounting is hot! It is one of the fastest Gone are the days of pocket protectors. Gone Agrowing career fields and it is projected are the days of green eye shades. Gone are to grow 10 to 20 percent in the next several the days of 10-key calculators. And good years. Bright, articulate people are needed riddance! Today’s accountants are financial to major in accounting; yet, research advisors and they use laptops. So, the indicates that many young people make Department of Accounting has volunteered up their minds about accounting based on to pilot the laptop initiative for the University incorrect stereotypes long before they get of Wyoming. to college. Accounting is not about number The purpose of this pilot study is to crunching and desk work. Accountants have determine how learning is enhanced by financial knowledge and analytical skills having students use laptops in the classroom. needed by every company. The Department Each student enrolled in ACCT 3610 of Accounting offers both bachelors and (Accounting Information Systems I) will be masters degrees that expose students to the required to bring a laptop to class. But, the diverse and stimulating world of accounting Department did not want this project to in the 21st century. Accounting courses become a financial burden for the students, combine real-world skills with theoretical so each student will receive a Clara Toppan knowledge and promote a high standard Scholarship up to the amount of the specified of professional ethics. Today’s accounting computer available from UW Information students are in high demand in Wyoming, Technology to offset the price. Students may the region, the nation, and throughout the purchase the computer from UW or buy world. from another vendor. Feel free to stop in for further information.

Penne Ainsworth Professor, chairperson of the Department of Accounting and associate dean for students of the College of Business (307) 766-3807 • Ranked 3rd in environmental and resource economics among American Ph.D. programs (Southern Economic Journal April 2008)

• Ranked 10th in the United States and 12th in the world in environmental and resource economics (EconPhD.net).

• Ranked in top 50 in the world (42nd) in industrial organization (EconPhD. net).

• Ranked in the top 50 (43rd) among American Ph.D. programs in industrial organization (Southern Economic Journal, April 2008)

Department of Economics and Finance

ith the disciplines of economics and and a Ph.D. in economics. Specialized Wfinance together in one department, areas of research concentration include our professors work jointly in research and environmental and resource economics, teaching to develop a strong educational energy economics, industrial organization, environment. Our internationally known financial economics and international trade professors bring wide and sometimes and development. disparate views and ideas to the classroom, Department Chair, Robert Godby stimulating and encouraging discussion Wyoming’s economics and finance Associate Professor of economics and thought among our students. Degrees department is internationally known and and chairman of the Department offered in the Department of Economics and ranked as one of the most productive research of Economics and Finance Finance include bachelors and masters of faculties in the discipline on a per capita basis science degrees in economics and/or finance, (307) 766-2175. based upon research quality and output. Department of Management and Marketing

he Department of Management and TMarketing prepares future leaders to be effective in the breakneck environment of globalization, competition, and technology with its unexpected challenges and opportunities. To achieve this goal, our cornerstone degrees of business administration, management, and marketing must be as nimble as the businesses we study--alert to signs of change, and responsive to employer needs. Real world meets classroom each year when College of Business Ethics students nominate worthy state businesses for the Better Business Bureau Torch Awards for Business Ethics. Sierra Trading Post, was the Wyoming recipient of the 2008 BBB Torch Awards for Business Ethics. The company was nominated Michael Lucas, Chris Gutierrez, Robert Koehler, Sierra Trading Post Director of by Chris Gutierrez, business administration Human Resources and Customer Service and Nicole Michel (A.J. Steen not pictured) senior from Cheyenne; Michael Lucas, finance graduate from Laramie; Nicole Michel, business administration senior from Laramie; John Jackson and A.J. Steen, business administration senior Professor of management and chairman of the Department from Riverton. of Management and Marketing (307) 766-4090

A pair of Green River brothers’ plan to construct Other $10K Winners: ecofriendly and energy-efficient homes won Second Place: OxiSense Marine, developed them $10,000 from a University of Wyoming by MBA students Luke Schneider, Powell, and competition to start up their own company Weston Welch, Evanston. Green Homes and Construction. Third Place and Most Creative Business Joe and Jared Killpack, both business Plan: Proof Foundry, developed by Josef Pohl, administration sophomores, created the top a doctoral student in computer science from plan in the UW College of Business’ annual $10K Clive, Iowa Entrepreneurship Competition. The event, open Fourth Place and Best Presentation: Epic to all UW students, encourages them to act Video, developed by Michael Lucas, a Gillette on their talents, ideas and energy to produce business administration senior with a minor in tomorrow’s businesses. marketing. Learn Here – Lead on the Job UW Executive MBA Program

Executive MBA student Bernard knowledge base as well as my potential market entire set of classes online from anywhere in UWBareis takes a few minutes out value as a business leader. I believe that the the world as long as I had Internet access. of his busy schedule to answer the age old MBA program at the University of Wyoming No trips to campus were necessary and question…. Why an MBA? More importantly, will enable me to accomplish my goal. exam timing was usually flexible. I had finally why the UW Executive MBA program? found an MBA program with the proper 3. Being from Texas, how did you learn accreditation that would fit into my schedule. 1. With over 28 years of administrative about the Executive MBA program experience in technology companies, offered at the University of Wyoming? 4. As an Executive MBA student, you what value do you expect your UW have the opportunity to interact with I began research on MBA programs quite MBA degree to add to your professional classmates from across the country, some time prior to actually making a decision repertoire? and even the world. Has this interaction on which program to attend. With an active brought networking opportunities for My experience has encompassed areas family, a more than full-time executive career, you that will benefit you personally or including hardware and software and fairly random travel requirements, professionally? engineering, product development, finding time to fit in an MBA degree plan operations, business development, and was very challenging. I found many options Alumni of the University of Wyoming executive management. While the experience in MBA programs from numerous prestigious encompass notable graduates including gained and knowledge that I have acquired academic institutions, but there were none current Vice President Dick Cheney, the about business during the course of my locally that would fit into my schedule and well-known attorney and author Gerry career is extensive, applying an MBA to my additionally allow for extensive travel. Spence, numerous business executives, NBA existing credentials adds an increased level players, and some fifty NFL players among I was really becoming frustrated in my search of credibility. Credibility is an important many others. While you never know exactly for a quality MBA program that would be factor when addressing investors, analysts, who your classmates will be when you get viable for me, when my wife suggested that shareholders, and entire organizations. started at a particular institution, with such I check the online MBA program offered by a high caliber of alumni, there is certainly a 2. With one year of the Executive MBA the University of Wyoming. I checked on the strong potential of encountering excellent program under your belt, what is the program and was very positively surprised networking opportunities. Networking most valuable aspect you perceive in at how well organized the online MBA opportunities exist not only with MBA terms of applicability to your current program at the University of Wyoming was. classmates, but also with the well established profession/career? All of the information needed was available and recognized faculty of the University of on the Web site regarding prerequisites and An MBA degree can represent new horizons Wyoming. The interaction with classmates classes. Everything was easy to get to and and possibilities for many people. I began and instructors alike has provided a great was well presented. I made a few phone the program with a specific goal in mind and potential for networking opportunities, both calls to the College of Business to learn more that was to enhance my existing business now and in the future. and confirmed that indeed I could take the Profiles of Excellence —

Distinguished Alumnus

ita was elected in November 2006 officer in the Wyoming Air National Guard. In Rto serve as Wyoming’s 19th State addition, Rita has served on the University of Auditor. She is a graduate of the University Wyoming Board of Trustees, as a member of of Wyoming with degrees in education Senator Malcolm Wallop’s Service Academy and accounting. She also holds an MBA in Nomination Committee and as an Admissions International Business from Regis University in Liaison Officer to the United States Air Force Denver, Colorado, and a Master’s in National Academy and the Reserve Officers’ Training Resource Strategy from National Defense Corps. University in Washington, D.C. Rita is married to Dr. Charles Meyer, a retired Rita has served her state and the nation dentist and native of Rawlins and is currently for over 22 years as an enlisted airman and serving on COBAC. 2008 Distinguished Alumnus

Distinguished Alumnus Chuck Brown

huck graduated from Torrington High he met Katie Kugland, and they were married grew over the next three decades into a CSchool in 1953, and after a year of college on July 23, 1961 in Cheyenne. major retailer of agricultural equipment, at the University of Wyoming, he decided to animal feedstuffs, farm supplies, and vehicles, Shortly after graduation, Chuck and Katie take care of his military obligation and also serving Wyoming and neighboring states. moved to Wheatland, which has been their take advantage of the G. I. Bill to help pay home for 45 years. In the early 1990’s, the retail operations for his college education. After returning were sold, and in 1995, the family initiated a home, he continued his education at Eastern In the fall of 1968, Brown could no longer new venture. Today, the C.H. Brown Co. is a Wyoming College, (then Goshen County keep his entrepreneurial spirit in check, nationally recognized firm in the equipment Community College) in Torrington, graduating and he launched out on his own when he finance business. in 1958. He then returned to the University purchased a small feed store and acquired of Wyoming and graduated with a degree in some short-line equipment franchises. From Chuck is actively involved with a number of Business Administration in 1962. While there, modest beginnings, the C. H. Brown Co. community, state and national organizations. College of Business Wall of Donors

$1,000,000 or More Russ and Beth Mortenson in Memory of Bud and Bing $10,000 - $24,999 Mortenson The McMurry Foundation Roy and Fay Whitney Bruce H. & Deanna B. Lien Clara Raab Toppan Teton Motors Inc. David Auge Bonnie & George Nugent in Memory of their Son Patrick The Daniels Fund First National Bank of Wyoming Nugent Peter M. Johnson and Paula Green Johnson Bank of the West Ken & Leah Griffin Solomon D. and Corine Trujillo Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Noffsinger, III United Bancorporation of Wyo., Inc. The Jackson State The Family of H.A. “Dave” True, Jr. Robert and Gertrude Muir Bank & Trust, Shoshone First Bank of Cody, Sheridan Cliff & Jeri Kirk in Memory of Rudolph & Louise Anselmi $500,000 - $999,999 State Bank Jon D. Sawyer William P. & Marjorie A. Wilson Patricia R. & John A. Guthrie, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Cal S. Taggart Mr. John F. McGrath, Jr. and Mr. David B. Horwitz Mr. & Mrs. W. Richard Scarlett III Dr. Thomas D. Crocker & Dr. Judith A. Powell Bud & Lucille Webster Joseph C. & Katherine A. Drew Pinnacle Bank - Wyoming Robert F. Guthrie Thomas F. & Marta Stroock Jerry and Joan Record Penne & Scott Ainsworth John S. Bugas Mr. & Mrs. R.E. Holding/Sinclair Oil Corporation First Interstate Banks of Wyoming Lynn and Foster Friess Mr. Mark E. McGuire and Mrs. Jo M. McGuire and Mr. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Salvagio Frank & Barbara Mendicino in Memory of Flory & Helen Carroll C. Sharratt in Memory of Bryan Edwards Sharratt Wyoming Automobile Dealers Association Mendicino McGee, Hearne & Paiz, LLP Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Blaney III Patrick & Kathi Rile Mr. Philip W. Treick Keith & Laura Burdick $100,000 - $499,999 Gregory C. Dyekman Hilltop National Bank Rocky Mountain Power Foundation John C. & Esther L. Clay Thomas W. & Dianne P. Honig Attilio & Hedy Bedont Anthony G. and Barbara F. Andrikopoulos Scholarship Fund Charles A. Micale Foundation William & Cynthia Phillips in Memory of Michael R. Phillips Margaret B. & Sam Kelly, Jr. $25,000 - $49,999 William & Nola Lazzeri Joe H. & Arlene Watt Vincent J. Siren Joseph R. Marek & Cynthia LeMcCraken-Marek Roy & Gertrude Chamberlain Janet A. Roberts & Larry D Frederick Janet L. Anderson Wyoming Bankers’ Association Bank of Commerce, Rawlins, WY Dr. & Mrs. Richard Bedont in Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Attilio Wilma P. Soss First National Bank - West Bedont Paul Stock Foundation George & Carol McKinley Mr. and Mrs. Dale U. Fuehrer Clay Unger First National Bank & Trust of Powell, Cody & Lovell William and Anna Drew Mrs. Frances A. Miller in Memory of Mr. Robert Ross Miller Qwest Robert E. Hagestad John P. Ellbogen Foundation Mrs. Mary Lou Atkins in Memory of Mr. L.C. Atkins Laura Swan Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Guetz Unicover Corporation Dr. Edmond L. Escolas Family Albert M. Fishburn Wyoming Society of Certified Public Accountants Mr. & Mrs. David M. Comeaux in Memory of Gregory B. Joe & Arlene Watt Foundation The Rawlins National Bank Comeaux Union Pacific Brooks & Vickie Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Boileau Jr. C.L. and Sandy Burton Scott & Anne Macdonald Sundance State Bank James E. & Genevieve E. Mortensen Paul and Sandy Hoffman US Bank B. Carl & Marcia Lee Elsie M. Holland in Memory of Ralph W. Holland Jr. Charles & Carol Parish in Memory of Cassie Ann Parish Tom and Sybil Roach Donald J. and Susan C. Kany Alvin C. & Helen Wade First Interstate BancSystem Jean H. Coolidge in Memory of her Parents E. Deane & Mader, Tschacher, Peterson & Company Paul & Judy L. Lowham Einne Dene Hunton Lew Christensen Gregory & Doreen Preuss $50,000 - $99,999 James and Connie Gossett Rudolph T. & Louise Anselmi Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Jewett Tori Campbell and John Keefauver Dr. Harold H. Gardner & Marilyn S. Fiske Mr. & Mrs. William J. Clare Woodson Family Foundation Emily Summers Doherty in Memory of Laura Summers Professor Curtis Cramer Brent & Tammy Hathaway V. Frank Mendicino (B.S. 1962, business administration; J.D. 1970) - Managing Director, Access Venture Partners, Westminister, CO Rita C. Meyer (B.A. 1982, middle school education; B.S. 1989, accounting) – Wyoming , Cheyenne, WY Scott M. Neu (B.S. 1998, electrical engineering) – Vice President, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Atlanta, GA James E. Nielson (B.S. 1954, business administration) – President, Nielson and Associates, Inc., Cody, WY John O’Grady (B.A. 1962, political science) - retired President of Bridgestone/Firestone, Saratoga, WY and Lake Havasu, AZ James Porter (B.S. 1970, accounting) – CPA and College of Business Advisory Council 2008–2009 Retired President, Porter, Muirhead, Cornia & Howard, Casper, WY Chair: Donald J. Kany (B.S. 1969, business David Emery (B.S. 1985, petroleum engineering) Patrick C. Rile (B.S. 1964, business administration) administration; MBA 1975) - Investment Advisor and – Chairman, President, and CEO, Black Hills – Senior Vice President, Wachovia Securities, Inc., President, KARKCO, LLC, Englewood, CO Corporation, Rapid City, SD Scottsdale, AZ Vice Chair: Peter M. Johnson (B.S. 1972, finance) - Gus Fleischli – President, Fleischli Enterprises, Inc., Pamela C. Ruehle (B.A. 1978, journalism; MBA 1982) President, Sinclair Oil Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT Cheyenne, WY – Retired Senior Executive, Accenture, Denver, CO Shaun Andrikopoulos - Owner, Solitude Sherrod W. France (B.S. 1971, business Sandra A. Suzor (B.S. 1988, marketing) – President, Management, LLC, Jackson, WY administration) – President, Bank of Commerce, Powder Horn Realty; Director of Sales and Marketing Rawlins, WY for the Powder Horn Golf Community; Sheridan, WY David Auge (B.S. 1977, general business management) – President, Teton Motors, Inc., Michael E. Golden (B.S. 1988, business Dennis A. Welsch (on sabbatical) (B.S. 1980, Jackson, WY administration) – Client Partner, Cognizant accounting) – Regional President- California, Meritage Technology Solutions, Chicago, IL Homes, Concord, CA Leslie Ball – Former President and CEO, Corral West Ranch and Work Wear, Cheyenne, WY Stig Hallingbye (B.S. 1977, general business Ralph R. Whitney, Jr. – Chairman and CEO, management; M.S. 1982, agricultural economics) Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc., Richard J. Bratton (B.S. 1982, accounting) – CPA, - Regional President, American National Bank, Wheatland, WY and New York, NY Jona, Inc., Casper, WY Cheyenne, WY Jim Willms – President & CEO, Unicover Corporation, Dennis Carruth (B.S. 1966, management Margaret R. Hayes (B.S. 1999, economics) – Cheyenne, WY information systems; MBA 1968) – President, Carruth Associate, American Continental Properties, Inc.; New Properties, Littleton, CO York, NY Al Wolfe (B.A. 1958, psychology) – Retired President, U.S. Division, DDB Needham Worldwide (advertising), Penney Carruth – Broker Associate, Mason & Morse Gregg E. Jackson (B.S. 1962, business Sedona, AZ and Centennial, WY Real Estate, Aspen, CO administration) – President, Laramie Investment Helen Wolfe – Owner/President, Helen Wolfe, Michael A. Ceballos - Wyoming President, Qwest Company, Inc., Laramie, WY PhD (marketing consulting firm), Sedona, AZ and Communications International Inc., Cheyenne, WY Robert Jensen (B.S. 1981, business management) - Centennial, WY The Honorable Roy Cohee – Owner, C & Y CEO, Wyoming Business Council, Cheyenne, WY Transportation Company; Speaker of the House; B. Carl Lee (B.S. 1972, accounting) – CEO and Ex Officio Student Members Casper, WY Business Coach, Go Manage, Inc., Fort Collins, CO Keegan Delaney – MBA student, Jackson, WY Tom Davidson (B.S. 1961, agriculture) – retired Lyle A. Knight – President and CEO, First Interstate Derek Smith – Senior, business administration major, advertising executive, Mukwonago, WI BancSystem, Billings, MT Denver, CO Pauline (Pam) Dunnuck (B.S. 1976, accounting) – Ron McCue - President, Silver Star Telephone, Melissa Stockberger – MS in accounting major, CPA, Pauline M. Dunnuck, CPA, P.C., Laramie, WY Freedom, WY Cody, WY Sustainable Business Practices

The era of sustainable business practices is Initially, the concept of sustainability, and upon us and UW’s College of Business plans the college’s commitment to it, will be on full to be a leader in this field for the state and display with the $54+ million renovation and region. expansion of the facility. The new building, which broke ground on July 9, 2008, will For those of you that are new to the concept, achieve at least a LEED (Leadership in Energy sustainable business practices take into and Environmental Design) silver certification account the interdependence of economic from the US Green Building Council, and vitality, the environment, and social well gold certification is still a possibility. The new being. In short, sustainable business success College of Business will also be the first LEED- is all about balancing the three P’s…people, certified building on campus. planet, and profit. By constructing a building that displays Spearheading this endeavor for the college the benefits of sustainable design and of business are professors Eric Arnould, Jose construction techniques, the college is Rosa and Melea Press. Part of their mission is clearly conveying its intention to “walk the to facilitate the complete integration of socially talk” when it comes to practical examples responsible business practices into the college’s of economic, environmental, and social curriculum with the objective of preparing the responsibility. next generation of business leaders.

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