Hall of Distinction 2020 Inductees Announced
The LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business has announced the members of its 2020 Hall of Distinction Class – Dal Miller, Kathleen L. Quirk, Robert K. Reeves and M. Jack Sanders. This year’s class will be inducted at the Hall of Distinction Banquet, which the college will host at the Business Education Complex on Friday, April 3.
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MBA Association Gala this Spring
The 5th Annual Flores MBA Association Gala will be held on
Friday, March 13, 2020 from 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM at the Capitol Park Museum! This year, the gala will benefit the
Baton Rouge Youth Coalition, a local organization dedicated to providing educational, personal, and college-prep resources to high-achieving and under-resourced high school students in the Baton Rouge area. We are excited to extend our hand into the community and make an incredible impact on BRYC and their high school fellows!
Tickets are available for $50 and can be purchased below. Attendees are also highly encouraged to purchase additional tickets for guests. Those who are interested in donating to BRYC can also do so.
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2020 PSI Golf Tournament at Top Golf
Come and take a swing at the fifth annual LSU Professional Sales Institute Golf Tournament.
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Noon - Lunch and Networking
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Golf Tournament
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Awards and Speed Selling event
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LSUCIA Alumni Networking Night in Houston
LSUCIA is proud to enter its 35th year of student excellence. Throughout this year, we're celebrating with guest speakers, alumni events, and various activities for students to network.
Join the LSU Center for Internal Auditing for an Alumni Networking Night.
Thursday, April 20
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Pitch 25 | 2120 Walker Street
Additional event details to come!
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Flores MBA Networking Night
Open to prospective students, current students, and alumni.
March 11, 2020
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Renaissance Baton Rouge
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Master of Analytics Information Session
The Stephenson Department of Information Systems & Decision Sciences (SDEIS) is hosting an information session about the Master of Science in analytics program (MSA) and the graduate certificate in analytics. The session will be held
Wednesday, March 11 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Business Education Complex Dining Room. The full time, part-time, and certificate programs will be covered. All interested students are invited to attend.
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J Terrell Brown Venture Challenge
The 10th Annual J Terrell Brown Venture Challenge is a campus-wide business plan competition that is open to all LSU students operating businesses or working on an idea for a new venture. The first-round requires a written business plan to enter the competition. After the first round judging, three student plans will be selected to pitch in the final round for their share of $25,000 in startup cash! A completed business plan is the only requirement for participation; this is a very valuable opportunity for LSU student entrepreneurs!
First Round: Submit Your Business Plan
Business plans must be submitted online by
Wednesday, April 15, at midnight. Participants can continually update their plans until the deadline. All plans will be judged and scored by a panel of members in our entrepreneurial network. The top three plans will be announced on April 22 and will advance to the final pitch round of the J Terrell Brown Venture Challenge on April 28 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the LSU Business Education Complex in Baton Rouge.
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LSU Giving Day: April 22
On LSU Giving Day, we show up for our university. Last year, we smashed our first goal with 3,505 Tigers giving nearly $845,000 in 24 hours. We’re doing it even bigger this time with a new goal of 4,000 donors. Your gift, part of the $1.5 billion Fierce for the Future Campaign, will position our students, faculty, and staff for greatness again and again. Mark your calendars, Tigers. April 22 is geaux time.
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2020 LSU100 and LSU ROARING 10 Nominations Now Open
LSU Executive Education announces the opening of nominations for the 2020 LSU100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses and for the LSU ROARING10: Highest Revenue Generating Tiger Businesses.
The LSU100 is a highly competitive program that identifies, recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest growing LSU graduate-owned or LSU graduate-led businesses in the world and the LSU ROARING 10 list recognizes and celebrates the ten highest revenue generating LSU graduate-owned or LSU graduate-led businesses. Companies must apply each year in order to be considered for either list.
The nomination period for the 2020 LSU100 and ROARING10 will close on
May 31, 2020.
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STUDENTS, ALUMNI & FACULTY RECOGNIZED
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Accounting Professors talk Tax Analytics in Lagniappe
LSU professors Charlene Henderson and Thomas Phillips Jr. are preparing students for technological disruption in business with the Tax Analytics course. Several years ago, it was realized that technological disruption in business would hit the accounting industry hard. The LSU accounting faculty agreed that including business analytics was necessary for accounting degrees to remain relevant. Henderson and Phillips discuss this addition to the accounting curriculum in the January/February 2020 edition of Lagniappe.
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LSU Accounting Alum Inducted into 2020 Hall of Fame
LSU Accounting Alumnus Doyle Z. Williams will be inducted into The Accounting Hall of Fame by the American Accounting Association (AAA) in August 2020, during the organization's Annual Meeting in Atlanta. Williams earned his PhD in accounting from LSU in 1965 and was inducted in the E. J. Ourso College of Business Hall of Distinction in 2007 and into the LSU Hall of Distinction in 2014.
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Alumna rings in the day at the NASDAQ
LSU accounting alumna, Peggy Scott, joined the president and CEO along with the members of the board of directors of The Eastern Company to ring the Nasdaq Stock Market opening bell on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. Scott serves on The Eastern Company's board of directors and is a member of the Compensation and Audit Committees. Additionally, Scott serves on the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business Dean's Advisory Council, including serving as it's past president, and was inducted into the college's Hall of Distinction in 2008.
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MPA Alum tapped as next Louisiana Department of Health secretary
Gov. John Bel Edwards appointed Louisiana native Dr. Courtney N. Phillips, to lead the Louisiana Department of Health. Phillips returns to LDH after leading health departments in two other states.
In October 2018, Phillips became the first woman to serve as the executive commissioner of Texas Health and Human Services (HHS). Before joining Texas HHS, Phillips served as the chief executive officer of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and spent 12 years with LDH in a variety of roles. She earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and a Master of Public Administration from Louisiana State University, and a Ph.D. in public policy from Southern University in Baton Rouge.
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Accardo Appointed to USCA Committee
Greg Accardo, the director, instructor and professional sales advisor at LSU’s Professional Sales Institute and the Department of Marketing, was recently selected as chair of the Industry Innovation & Insights subcommittee, under the Thought Leadership Committee, for the
University Sales Center Alliance (USCA)
. Leaders at USCA like Accardo strive to provide the best education, research, and service to overall improve the sales profession.
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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
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Accounting Regional Research Workshop
The LSU Department of Accounting will hold its 13th annual Regional Research Conference on Friday, March 20, 2020, in the Business Education Complex (BEC) at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Friday, March 20
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
BEC 1321
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Startup Weekend
Turning business ideas into reality is at the core of Baton Rouge Startup Weekend. Participants are given 54-hours to form teams and move from pitches and demonstrations to presentations. Sponsored by the Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems and the Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, the event is open to the community. There is a fee to participate, discounts are often available for LSU students.
Friday, March 13 - 15, 2020
Event starts at 4:30 pm
Patrick F. Taylor Hall
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Flores MBA Networking Night
Wednesday, March 11
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Renaissance Baton Rouge
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MBA Alumni Association Gala
Friday, March 13
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Capitol Park Museum
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Accounting Regional Research Seminar
Friday, March 20
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Executive Development Program
March 24-25, 2020
BEC
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Hall of Distinction Banquet
Friday, April 3
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PSI Golf Tournament
Thursday, April 16
Noon - 4:00 p.m.
Top Golf
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Executive Education: Rising Stars
April 20-22, 2020
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Accounting Awards Banquet
Thursday, April 23
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Public Administration Honors Luncheon
Friday, April 24
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LSU100 Nominations Close
Sunday, May 31
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