THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 2010 ANNUAL REVIEW KNOWLEDGE FOR A NEW WORLD™ UTSA BUSINESS TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT CHAIRS STAff DEAN ACCOUNTING EDITOR Dr. Lynda Y. de la Viña Dr. James E. Groff Wendy Frost SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN ECONOMICS WRITERS Dr. Daniel Hollas Dr. Kenneth Weiher Wendy Frost Marianne McBride Lewis ASSOCIATE DEAN, FINANCE Rebecca Luther DOWNTOWN Dr. Lalatendu Misra ACCOLADES 2 Dr. Juan Gonzalez COPY EDITORS INFORMATION SYSTEMS Joe Michael Feist 4 ASSOCIATE DEAN, CHARTING AND TECHNOLOGY Lety Laurel EXECUTIVE EDUCATION MANAGEMENT THE COURSE Dr. Robert Lengel SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT 10 Dr. Glenn Dietrich PHOTOGRAPHY Patrick Dunn ASSOCIATE DEAN, MANAGEMENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES Mark McClendon Dr. Robert Cardy Dr. Lisa Montoya PaRTNERSHIPS 12 GRAPHIC DESIGN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE Coral Diaz ASSOCIATE DEAN, AND STATISTICS GRADUATE STUDIES Dr. Raydel Tullous AND RESEARCH FACULTY FORUM 15 Dr. Diane Walz MARKETING Dr. L. J. Shrum 6 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT 19 THE PULSE OF UTSA Business is an annual publication for alumni, faculty, HEALTH CARE staff and friends of the UTSA College of Business. ADMINISTRATION 22 ALUMNI NOTES 25 COLLEGE BENEfaCTORS 30 8FIGHTING CYBERCRIME ADVISORY COUNCIL 32 UTSA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ONE UTSA CIRCLE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78249 (210) 458-4313 WWW.BUSINESS.UTSA.EDU 23 THE HEART OF AN ENTREPRENEUR On the Cover: Interior images from the Business Building include two panels from "San Antonio Drawing Window" featuring hand-painted images by Dale Chihuly (left and right) and a ceiling medallion from the building (middle). BRIEFCASE BRIGADE MARCHES REAL ESTATE PROGRAM AWAY WITH FIRST-PLACE FINISH TOP IN TEXAS Accolades For the third straight year, the UTSA College of Business Briefcase Brigade won first place in the According to a recent study, the Real Estate BUSINESSWEEK RANKS COLLEGE RANKED NO. 5 amusements category during the San Antonio Battle of Flowers parade in April. Finance and Development program in the College of Business was ranked 28th in the world for its COLLEge’s MBA PROGRAM IN THE NATION BY The brigade, composed of business faculty, staff, students and alumni, performed a “precision” research productivity. UTSA was the top ranked HISPANIC BUSINESS briefcase dance routine to the song “Taking Care of Business.” The college’s entry also featured a The UTSA College of Business was ranked as one real estate program in Texas. large Roadrunner mascot and the UTSA cheerleaders. The group was led by Shavonne Conroy, singer, of the top flex MBA programs in the nation by The UTSA College of Business has been ranked actress and daughter of former accounting faculty member Dr. Russell Briner. The study, which examined more than 800 uni- BusinessWeek in its biennial 2009 business the No. 5 graduate business school in the nation versities, was published in The Journal of Real school rankings. The MBA program was ranked for Hispanics by Hispanic Business in its Alumna Rosemary Falcon, ’84 traveled from Washington, D.C., to participate in the parade. She works Estate Finance and Economics. It examined fourth in the Southwest and 28th nationally. This September 2010 edition. in the UT System Office of Federal Relations in Washington. research publication page counts from 1973 to is the second consecutive year that the college “We are honored to be recognized by Hispanic Student participants were Cristy Borman, Juan Cabrera, Megan Chavez, Michele Garza, Marlena Gonzales, 2008 that appeared in The Journal of Real Estate has been ranked by BusinessWeek. Business,” said Dr. Lynda de la Viña, dean of the Miguel Hinojosa, Emily Jones, Patricia Lara, Nicole Munoz and Jose Velasco. Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate “The MBA is our signature program in the UTSA College of Business. “This ranking speaks Research and Real Estate Economics. Faculty participants were Dean Lynda de la Viña, Keith Fairchild, Juan Gonzalez, Dan Hollas, Dennis Lopez, college, and we are honored to once again be to the quality of our academic programming and Lisa Montoya, Chino Rao, Yiuman Tse and Karen Williams. The Real Estate Finance and Development pro- included in the BusinessWeek rankings,” said the services that we provide our MBA students. gram offers a bachelor’s degree in real estate Dr. Lynda de la Viña, dean of the college. “This It elevates the college into the upper echelon of Staff participants were Maureen Bird, Jennifer Courtney, Laura Earleywine, Wendy Frost, Lisa Gomez, finance and development, a master’s degree in ranking further validates the strength and quality business schools in the nation.” Michele Jura, Mary Kalicki, Kim Kyle, Deryl Martin, Cheri McMaster, Elaine Miller, Peter Morales, Marjory construction science and management and gradu- of our MBA program. What is most impressive Newman, Judy Olivarez, Kathy Pope, Eddie Salinas and Sandy Wenzel. This is the third year that the College of Business ate-level real estate finance concentrations. The is that we were ranked highest in the categories has been ranked in the top 10 and the 13th year that Hispanic Business has conducted its study. The comprehensive academic and professionally inte- based on student satisfaction and academic rankings (in order) included UT El Paso, New York University, UT Austin, University of Miami, UTSA, grated program prepares students for careers quality.” University of New Mexico, Stanford University, Florida International University, Duke and the University managing businesses associated with real estate, The college ranked 10th in the student satisfac- of Wisconsin at Madison. and the planning, financing, developing and con- tion category and received top marks for its ■ Hispanic Business ranked the top 10 universities nationally in business based on five criteria: enroll- struction of building projects. teaching quality, caliber of classmates and ment of Hispanics, percentage of full-time Hispanic faculty members, availability of student support curriculum. More than 99 schools participated and services, retention rates and graduate program reputation. in this year’s ranking. MBA BusinessWeek ranked the top five part-time MBA programs in six geographic regions. Schools GRADUATE PROGRAM 4th in the Southwest included in the Southwest regional ranking were NATIONALLY RANKED BY BusinessWeek (1) Rice, (2) Southern Methodist University, (3) THE PRINCETON REVIEW The University of Texas at Dallas, (4) The Univer- 5th in the Nation sity of Texas at San Antonio and (5) The Univer- The Princeton Review has again named the UTSA Hispanic Business sity of Texas at Austin. College of Business one of the top 10 MBA programs providing the “Greatest Opportunity for Minority Three measures were used to compile the rank- Students.” The national ranking appeared in the 2010 5th in the Nation ings. First, a student survey was sent to part-time edition of The Princeton Review and is the fifth year Princeton Review MBA students to measure general student satis- the college has been ranked. faction. Then, academic quality was assessed 28th in the Nation based on six equally weighted measures: average The UTSA College of Business was ranked No. 5 and BusinessWeek GMAT score, average work experience, percentage shared the spotlight with schools such as Howard of tenured faculty teaching in the program, University, Thunderbird, University of Michigan and average class size, number of business electives University of Miami. available to part-time MBA students and the “Nationwide, MBA programs average only 10 program’s completion rate. Finally, post-MBA percent minorities. UTSA is leading the nation BBA outcomes such as advancement in current posi- with more than 36 percent of our graduate student body tion, new jobs and attainment of career goals being minorities,” said Dr. Lynda de la Viña, dean of the college. “In addi- were determined based on survey responses. No. 3 in the Nation tion, our faculty is diverse as well with 25 percent representing minority groups.” The UTSA College of Business offers a portfolio The Princeton Review conducted surveys of 19,000 business students and received institutional Degrees Awarded of 26 graduate business programs that are known data from universities to round out its rankings. Business schools were judged by those offering to Hispanics for their high quality and affordability, including the greatest opportunity for minority students based on percentage of minority students, percentage the MBA, MBA International, Noon MBA and of minority faculty and resources for minority students. Hispanic Outlook Executive MBA. THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS BRIEFCASE BRIGADE HAS WON FIRST PLACE IN THE SAN ANTONIO BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. 2 3 FeatuRE our students can learn how to do business in university’s first dual degree MBA/MPH program Spanish and with our southern neighbors. with the Houston-based University of Texas School of Public Health’s San Antonio regional Security—We have become leaders in the area CHARTING THE COURSE campus. We’ve also collaborated with the UT of information assurance and security (IAS), A Q&A with Dean Lynda Y. de la Viña Health Science Center at San Antonio on our highly unique in a business school. We’ve new Ph.D. program in applied statistics. opened the new Advanced Laboratories for ince being named dean of the HOW DID YOU SO RAPIDLY and graduating top doctoral students from six Information Assurance and Security, hired a With our continued focus on technology, the UTSA College of Business in 2005, ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL OF Ph.D. areas. cybersecurity expert as our AT&T Distinguished college’s Management of Technology program Dr. Lynda Y. de la Viña has led the NATIONAL RECOGNITION? Chair in IAS and have garnered designations has built a lasting partnership with the Canary college on a remarkable journey First, the college was given valuable support WHAT CHALLENGES DID as a Center of Excellence from the National Islands that has resulted in student exchanges to achieving national recognition. and leadership from President Ricardo Romo, YOU FACE IN ATTAINING Security Agency and the Department of and academic research partnerships.