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Maine Business School umaine.edu/business University of Maine • Summer 2016 Awards season MBS students honored for academic, athletic achievement 18 From Dean Ivan Manev Dear friends, In this issue of MBS Connects we are proud to celebrate our new graduates. Many 21 have landed great jobs and even started their own businesses. Others are continuing their 16 education. We wish them the very best as they make their way in the world. We hope you enjoy reading about some of our high-achieving graduates, including Connor Smart of Lincoln, Maine, named salutatorian of the University of Maine Class of 2016, as well as the school’s Outstanding Graduating Student. Our alumni continue to be wonderful $ ambassadors for MBS, including Shawn 11 McKenna ’77, recently named executive- in-residence at the business school; Rawan Albutairi ’10, a financial analyst at Saudi Aramco; Jonathan Pratt ’86, founder, chairman and CEO of Life Solutions Group Contents in Massachusetts; and Ramat Oyetunji ’01, ’05 (MBA), founder and CEO of The FI Faculty news ........................................ 3 Learning the value of networks ........ 13 Woman, a registered investment advising Scholar-athletes ................................... 4 Alumni: Rawan Albutairi ’10 .............. 14 firm, who returned to MBS in March to present an investment strategies workshop. Awards banquet .................................. 5 Investment strategies workshop ....... 15 Also in this issue, we provide examples of Graduate news: Connor Smart ............ 6 Alumni: Shawn McKenna ’77 ............. 16 the creative ways our students learn. In Nory Jones’ management information Graduate news: Nipun Vaidya ............. 8 Graduate news: Corbett Smith .......... 17 systems class, students used LinkedIn to Graduate news: Holly Bauer ................ 9 Students market Tip Whip ................. 18 connect with business school alumni. In Jason Harkins’ class, students heard from Graduate news: Wendy Gibbs .............. 9 Lobe publishes ................................... 19 UMaine alumna Lisa Liberatore about Graduate news: Tyler Morin .............. 10 Students compete in California ......... 20 how she started her restaurant in central Maine. Student members of the American Graduate news: Sean Perry ............... 10 A talk about pricing .......................... 21 Marketing Association spent the academic Coach’s advice: Trimper on business ....11 Student corner: Casey Nava .............. 22 year helping promote an Orono startup founded by a UMaine alumnus. Alumni: Jonathan Pratt ’86 ................ 12 Graduate news: Carl Witham ............. 23 Finally, we are proud to present a story about our MBS scholar-athletes who were recognized for achieving excellence in the classroom and on the field. MBSConnects is published by the Maine Business School We hope you enjoy the Summer 2016 Ivan Manev, Dean MBS Connects. Let us know what’s happening Written and edited by Ruth-Ellen Cohen in your life by calling 207.581.1968 or Students, faculty and alumni are encouraged to submit information emailing [email protected]. We look by contacting 207.581.1968 forward to hearing from you. Layout and design by Division of Marketing and Communications Printed by University of Maine Printing Services Faculty news Professor Niclas Erhardt publishes Russia Niclas Erhardt, new MBS associate dean Las Vegas and associate professor of management, England Bulgaria China has co-written two articles that were recently accepted for publication. “Exploring Affordances of Email for Team Learning Over Time,” was published in Small Group Research. “Knowledge Management Systems in Sports: The Role of Organizational Structure, Tacit and Explicit Knowledge” was published in the Journal of Information and Knowledge Management. n Professor Susan Myrden Management professor shares expertise around globe publishes Management professor John Mahon has been on the road participating in meetings An article, “Workplace Aggression and presentations around the world. Targets’ Vulnerability Factor: Job In April, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy Engagement,” written by assistant traveled to American University in Bulgaria to attend a meeting of the board of professor of marketing Susan Myrden, trustees as chair of the group’s Education Policy Committee. has been accepted for publication In May, he traveled to Chester, England, where he participated in the Chester in the International Journal of Workplace Business Forum, sponsored by the University of Chester and MBNA. Mahon, a Health Management. n visiting professor at the University of Chester, served on a panel on “Changing Global Economics and the Impact on European Trade.” He also spoke on American Professor Sebastian Lobe politics. wins Best Paper Award Also in May, he co-led a trip to Russia as part of the Maine Business School’s MBA international field study course. Sebastian Lobe, an MBS assistant Back in the states in June, he traveled to Las Vegas for the 16th International professor of finance, won the European Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking to present his paper, “The Lottery: Financial Management (EFM) Best The Engine That Drives U.S. Gambling Revenue.” Paper Award for “The Alternative In July, he delivered a keynote address to the Ashridge International Research Three-Factor Model: An Alternative Conference in the United Kingdom on the theme of “Strategic Disruption in Beyond U.S. Markets?” England.” Lobe’s award-winning piece, which The founding director of the School of Policy and International Affairs at he co-wrote with Christian Walkshäusl UMaine also traveled to Shanghai, China as an invited speaker at the World Congress of the University of Regensburg’s Center of International Society of Business, Economies and Ethics, discussing international of Finance in Regensburg, Germany, research opportunities. n was published in the European Financial Management journal. The prestigious EFM Award for Scholarship in Financial Research, given last summer, recognizes researchers Stephanie Welcomer who have most contributed to an promoted to professor understanding of an important area of management of financial management. Winners are selected by a vote of the EFM editorial MBS faculty member Stephanie Welcomer’s board. n application for promotion to professor of management was approved this spring by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. Welcomer, who served as MBS associate dean from 2010–16, was among 15 candidates to be approved for promotion and/or tenure. n University of Maine 3 Awards at MBS Awards season MBS scholar-athletes recognized for academic excellence ixty-five MBS scholar-athletes Over the last five years, the number for their competitive spirit and leadership were among those recognized for of MBS scholar-athletes and Rising Stars abilities, as well as their strong teamwork, Stheir academic achievement at the has nearly doubled, increasing from 33 in time management, communication, University of Maine’s 27th Scholar-Athlete 2010 to 65 in 2015, according to Maxim. leadership and organizational skills, Recognition Ceremony in February. The current scholar-athletes represent all Maxim says. The annual event honored 297 UMaine four business majors, with management Brenden Geary ’16, a management major student-athletes for their academic success having the most at 44, followed by from South Hadley, Massachusetts, who in the previous spring and fall semesters. marketing at 23, finance at 16 and played baseball for the Black Bears, and has This year marked the largest group to be accounting at nine. been hired as an associate in the PepsiCo recognized since 1989 when the program MBS scholar-athletes say the business Sales Management Training Program, says began. school and UMaine Athletics supported and the demands of being a student-athlete at the Of the nearly 300 students honored, encouraged them as they worked to achieve Division I level can be intense, but finding 218 were recognized as Scholar-Athletes their academic and athletic potential. for achieving a 3.0 or higher grade point “I know some of the average for the 2015 year and/or having a management techniques I will learn cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. Seventy- through my MBA will help nine first-year scholar-athletes, including 14 MBS students, were honored as Rising Stars for earning a 3.0 GPA or higher in their first semester. “Our coaches recruit very good students, so there is an expectation of success,” 21.89% says Ann Maxim, director of academic of UMaine support for UMaine Athletics. “Student- student-athletes Management:athletes want 44 very much to be a part of the honored in 2016 Marketing:recognition 23 ceremony and work hard to were from MBS Finance:meet the academic16 goals.” Accounting: 9 Juggling schoolwork and sports takes personal sacrifice, dedication and discipline, Maxim says. me be a better leader and “These students have a lot on their teammate,” says Jesse Orach plates, but they manage to rise to the ’17, a Gorham, Maine, native occasion,” she adds. who is in the school’s five- Karlton Creech, UMaine’s director year MBA program and of athletics and an MBS adjunct faculty earned his bachelor’s member, praises the MBS scholar-athletes. degree in chemical “Students who are recognized at the engineering in May. academic awards ceremony clearly Captain of the cross demonstrate the dedication, hard work and country and track time management needed to excel both teams, Orach won the academically and athletically