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FOGELMAN FEATURES YOUR GUIDE TO THE FOGELMAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS fcbe.memphis.edu OPEN FOR BUSINESS FOGELMAN FEATURES YOUR GUIDE TO THE FOGELMAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS CONTENTS 1 Departments and Schools 5 Degree Programs and Certificates PRESIDENT, 8 Fogelman College Initiatives THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS Dr. Shirley Raines 9 The Systems Testing Excellence Program PROVOST 10 International Government Advising Dr. Ralph Faudree, Jr. 11 Memphis Institute for Leadership Education DEAN Dr. Rajiv Grover 12 Methodist Le Bonheur Center for Healthcare Economics ASSOCIATE DEAN 13 FedEx Center for Supply Chain Management FOR ADMINISTRATION Dr. Thomas Miller 14 Sparks Bureau of Business and Economic Research ASSOCIATE DEAN 15 Wang Center for International Business FOR RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Education and Research Dr. Jasbir Dhaliwal 16 Center for Economic Education DESIGN Will Marshall 17 Enterprise Simulation and Optimization Laboratory PHOTOGRAPHY 18 The Center for Resort and Hospitality Business Lindsey Lissau 19 Fogelman College a Leader in e-Commerce CONTRIBUTORS Mark Gillenson 20 Accounting Best-Sellers 21 Fogelman College Experts List by Name Fogelman Features is a publication of the Fogelman College of Business & 23 Fogelman College Experts List by Field Economics, The University of Memphis. The University of Memphis is an Equal 24 A Few Prominent FCBE Alumni Opportunity/Affirmative Action University. UOM064-FY0910/4K 25 An Open Letter to the Memphis Community A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN Dr. Rajiv Grover city, region and beyond, in a world-class recruit, it also serves the students well as manner. More so now than ever, The they become employable by any company Greetings from the Fogelman College of University of Memphis’ Fogelman College anywhere in the world. With a growing Business and Economics! of Business and Economics renews its honors program at the undergraduate level pledge to bring its international capabilities and such graduate level efforts as our new Memphis should be proud of its place as to the aid of the city and region by Customer-Driven MBA program, we are one of the key industrial centers of the offering educational programs designed to well on our way to accomplishing these United States. From package shipping to specifically meet the needs of its customers goals. paper products to automobile parts stores, – the local business community. As the to cotton, to medical devices to myriad Fogelman College is the only AACSB- I am reaching out to the greater Memphis other business concerns, Memphis is a accredited business school in the Memphis business community to continue to build major player in the country’s business metropolitan area we take great care that a mutually supportive partnership. I landscape. With the world’s largest cargo our professors continue to receive national invite each and every one of you in the airport, a passenger air travel hub, and as a and international recognition for their Memphis business community to engage rail, highway, and river crossroads located research and publications – all, again, in with us. Help us recruit students! Hire in the center of the country, Memphis is an endeavor to serve our customers by our graduates! Create internships for our a factor in much of the nation’s business. generating and disseminating cutting edge students! Come to our classes and give In terms of tourism, everyone knows that knowledge. guest lectures! Bring our students and Memphis is the home of the blues and the faculty in to help you solve real business birthplace of rock & roll, but did you know To serve the stellar local companies and problems as case studies. We’re all in that Memphis has the second most visited to serve the best interests of the students this together and together we can help home site in the country (Graceland!) or themselves, we strive to attract the best Memphis and the Memphis business that the Memphis Zoo is one of only four students from around the nation and the community reach its potential as a zoos in the U.S. that has pandas? world. It is important to attract students premiere center of U.S. commerce and on a regional, national, and international industry. Just as the City of Memphis has been basis to achieve a stimulating educational silently toiling in the background, not environment with the wide perspective boasting of its many first-in-its-class that a broadly-based student body brings. attributes, the Fogelman College of Such a broad, global mind-set not only Business and Economics has been tirelessly serves local Memphis companies with a Dr. Rajiv Grover fulfilling the higher education needs of the sophisticated talent pool from which to Dean Departments and Schools The School of the Standing Advisory Group (SAG) of the level, it offers a Master of Arts in Economics Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and a Concentration in Economics in the PhD Accountancy (PCAOB). Dr. David Spiceland’s Intermediate in Business Administration of the Fogelman College. Our undergraduate majors go on to The Fogelman College School of Accountancy Accounting is the number two best-selling successful careers in business or government, prepares its students for careers in the intermediate accounting text in the world. and often pursue graduate education in law, accounting profession and its various specialty Dr. Jerry Turner is active in the Institute of business, economics, finance, statistics, or areas. The School’s 14 professors, including Management Accountants Society and the public policy. Our graduate students pursue two in business law, are led by Dr. Carolyn Internal Audit Association. As a specialist in careers in academia, government, and the Callahan, the School’s Director. Degree capital markets research that has influenced private sector. programs include the B.B.A. in Accounting, the accounting practice, Dr. Carolyn Callahan is M.S. in Accounting with three concentration one of the two academic members nationally Members of the department have received areas: taxation, audit, and IT audit, and the that sits on the Financial Accounting Standards many awards for both teaching and research. Ph.D. in Accounting. Advisory Board under the auspices of the Dr. Cyril Chang received the University Security and Exchange Commission. Distinguished Research Award (1996), the The School’s faculty members have particular Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching expertise in financial reporting, taxation, Award (2002), and the Eminent Faculty Award accounting information systems, internal (2004); he has also twice received Palmer audit, corporate governance, and behavioral Professorships, once for teaching and once accounting. Their goal is to produce for service. Dr. K.K. Fung received a Fogelman accounting graduates who, in addition to being College Teaching Fellowship (2000). Dr knowledgeable in accounting and its functional Julie Heath received a Teaching Excellence support of organizations, are technologically Fellowship (1999) and the Briggs Award for competent, critical thinkers and problem Teaching (2000) from the University; she solvers, effective communicators and team has also been named Educator of the Year members, and are aware of ethical ramifications by the Institute for Financial Literacy (2008) and global business implications of decisions. and was honored with the Elzinga Award The School of Accountancy’s chapter of the for Teaching by the Southern Economic accounting honorary, Beta Alpha Psi, is the only Association. Dr. Albert Okunade received the chapter in the Mid-South that has been rated a Department University College Advising Award (1999), the “superior chapter” by the national organization. University Honors Teaching Fellowship (2000), This honor is based on the department’s of Economics a Palmer Professorship for research (2001), service to the Memphis community, particularly The Department of Economics of the Fogelman and the Alumni Distinguished Research Award its Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA) College is committed to excellence in both in Social Sciences & Business (2002); he program, sponsored by the Internal Revenue the study and teaching of economics. The has been named one of the top three black Service. During tax season, many of the Department currently consists of twelve faculty economists in the world. Dr. Bill Smith received School’s undergraduate and graduate students, members, lead by the Interim Chair, Dr. Bill a Palmer Professorship for research (2003), the University Distinguished Teaching Award in together with some of its professors, volunteer Smith. (2006), and the Alumni Distinguished Research to provide free tax preparation service to The Department has developed and will Award in Social Sciences & Business (2008). disadvantaged Memphis residents. They have continue to expand its focus in applied produced more credits (earned income tax economics, particularly concentrating on The Department is also active in outreach, credits) per member than anyone else. This economic policy. It has strong areas of expertise both locally and internationally. Dr. Cyril Chang led to the School’s receiving a prestigious IRS in development economics, health economics, heads the Methodist Le Bonheur Center for National Partnership Award in 2007. international economics, labor economics, Healthcare Economics, and provides consulting macroeconomics, managerial economics, services to a number of local government Among the School’s distinguished faculty, public economics, transition economics, and agencies and