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 President Holbrook addresses Honors Cohort Tax Clinic serving disadvantaged open through March 4 Financial Times releases 2006 MBA rankings Greenberg publishes research on the effects of salary cuts Marketing students aid efforts of non-profit group FisherPeople: Cindy Coykendale |
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| President Holbrook addresses Honors Cohort  Ohio State University President Dr. Karen A. Holbrook talks with members of the Honors Cohort Program on Feb. 2. Holbrook spoke to the class about leadership, her goals as the university president along with aspects of the job. Back to Top
Tax Clinic serving disadvantaged open through March 4 MBA student Laine Powers worked diligently with a grandmother who hadn’t filed a tax return in years because she didn’t think she owed Uncle Sam a cent. As it turned out, Powers, who staffs the Fisher Tax Clinic, discovered Uncle Sam owed her. Her small wages from evening and weekend shifts at a neighborhood grocery store coupled with the adoption of her grandson netted a $2,500 earned income credit. Powers, a second year MBA student, recalled the astonished woman’s response. “Is this legal?,” she wanted to know. Understanding the world of 1040s, W2s and deductions can be tricky for most tax payers, but the task is even more daunting for less fortunate families in Columbus. Fisher lecturer and tax expert Bill Raabe launched the free clinic in 2004 when he arrived at Fisher as a way to help the community and provide real experience for students. “We’re dealing with people that would file incorrectly, not file at all or pay $300 to have a professional file a very simple return,” Raabe said. “This gets them their refunds quickly and educates them on what they are entitled to and provides real face-to-face experience for our students.” For some of the recipients, a hefty return upwards of $4,000 surpasses more than a third of their annual income, Raabe said. Students from the graduate accounting, MBA and undergraduate programs volunteer on Friday evenings and Saturdays at the Godman Guild Community Center preparing returns. This year’s clinic is open until March 4. Back to Top
Financial Times releases 2006 MBA rankings The Financial Times released its 2006 rankings of top global MBA programs on Jan. 31. Fisher moved to 72nd from 79th place worldwide and in the United States rose to 44th place from 51st last year. The college’s “value for money” ranking was 55th internationally. In the “career placement success” category, Fisher was ranked 40th both globally and in the U.S. Data for the Financial Times rankings were compiled from two main sources: questionnaires sent to the school and alumni who graduated three years ago. The data obtained and criteria used in the ranking attempt to give an overview of three main areas: alumni career development and salary purchasing power, diversity of the school and its program and research capabilities. Back to Top
Greenberg publishes research on the effects of salary cuts When workers take a pay cut, money is not the only thing that is lost. They may also lose sleep, according to new research published by Jerald Greenberg, professor of management and human resources. A study at four hospitals found that nurses who took an unexpected pay cut reported higher levels of insomnia than their colleagues whose pay did not change. However, management can help minimize such problems easily and inexpensively. Insomnia symptoms dropped sharply for nurses whose supervisors were trained to offer emotional support and full information to those suffering the salary cut. Sources of stress in the workplace - such as a pay cut - really can have a negative physiological effect on workers, Greenberg reported in an article published in the January 2006 issue of the “Journal of Applied Psychology.” Back to Top
Marketing students aid efforts of non-profit group The burden of big goals and little money is a familiar dilemma to many college students. That’s why Leslie Fine, a marketing professor who teaches managerial marketing, thought a class project of assisting the budget-strapped non-profit group, The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio, made perfect sense. The Women’s Fund strives to create new pathways for women and girls with the aid of various grants. The agency needed assistance in developing cost-effective methods to boost attendance at the group’s grant writing workshops in six central Ohio counties. Students met with the agency’s directors and helped generate new marketing ideas including: e-mailing fliers for the meetings, creating a registration form on the organization’s Web site, encouraging increased visibility at community events and holding workshops at the cafeteria of a large employer in each county. “Non-profits certainly have marketing problems just like corporations,” Fine said. “Regardless of students’ professional aspirations, I think if they want to be a really well-rounded decision maker they need to know the aspects of both for-profit and non-profit organizations to be successful.” Back to Top
FisherPeople: Cindy Coykendale  Title: Office Administrative Associate, Department of Marketing and Logistics
Hobbies: “Flower gardening, reading a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books.” Fisher Lure: “I grew up working in this college, it’s like an extended family.” Back to Top
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 Feb. 17 Jim Lorimer, director of Arnold Fitness Weekend, will be the morning speaker at the Black History Month Celebration at Fisher, sponsored by the OSU Black MBA Association. Continental breakfast starts at 10:30 a.m. lecture begins at 11 a.m. in 365 Gerlach Hall. The lecture is followed by a 12:30 p.m. Jazz Lunch at the Holiday Inn on Lane Avenue. RSVP required for the lunch by emailing Jacinta Simmons-Robinson at simmons-robinson_1@cob.osu.edu. Feb. 24 Barbara Fergus, owner and partner of Midwestern Auto Group in Dublin, will be the featured speaker at the day-long Graduate Woman in Business Leadership Summit in 365 Gerlach. The theme for the second annual event is “Influencing Change within your Organization.” Other speakers and panelist at the summit include: Donna James, president of Nationwide Strategic Investments, Sue Zazon, Central Ohio president of Key Bank, Tony Rucci, executive vice president of Cardinal Health, and Lisa Greene, vice president of strategic marketing for The Scotts Company. The event is open to men and women. Registration deadline is Feb. 17 and can be done online at http://fisherrsvp.student-hub.com/Event/Default.aspx?EventID=2989. Feb. 27 Janet Jackson, president and CEO of the United Way of Central Ohio, will lead a roundtable discussion at Fisher chapter’s Black MBA Association Black History Month celebration dinner. RSVP required for the dinner by emailing Jacinta Simmons-Robinson at simmons-robinson_1@cob.osu.edu. April 30 Lace up your running shoes and start training now for the annual Fisher 5K run. This year’s jaunt through campus will take place on April 30. The entry fee for the race is $20 until April 28. Proceeds from the run will go to the Columbus Chapter of the Boys& Girls Club of America. More information is available online at: http://groups.cob.ohio-state.edu/fserv/  Exec Ed hosts “Investing in China” seminar Executive Education is hosting Yuan Yuedong, the vice mayor of Jintan City, China, and Chen Guo Dong, executive director of Jiangsu Jintan Economic Development Zone, for a Feb. 16 seminar on investing in China. Executives from Los Angeles-based Charter Resource International, including CEO Lawrence J. Muno, Shanghai-based lawyer Mark Schaub and Columbus attorney, Lisa Han, of Schottenstein, Zox and Dunn Co. LLP, an expert on Chinese legal affairs, will join Fisher’s Chinese business expert Oded Shenkar, who will present and moderate the seminar that will provide a hands-on perspective on conducting business in China. First year case competition winners announced The first year MBA team of Shyam Karunakaran, Rob Scholl, Chris Welter and Elizabeth Brown bested 13 others to win the Fisher First Year Case Competition. Members of the top team along with the three other finalists and individual award winners are eligible to represent Fisher at the Big 10 Case Competition Team and on the CIBER International Case Competition Team. In the final round, Laura Scott was recognized for best question and answer session and Welter was named best presenter. “That’s a Case” of winning A quartet of first-year MBA students captured the top prize at Procter and Gamble’s inaugural “That’s a Case Challenge.” The team of Jason Boyuk, Jim Colacarro, Derek Guenther and Laura Scott took top honors at the event. Michael Braide and Guenther garnered the Best Presenter Award and Ashish Chaturverdi and Scott earned the Best Question and Answer Award. Abigail Glass and Robert Scholl earned the Power of People Award, Nevin Bansal took home the Power of Agility Award and Shyam Karunakaran and Ciere Thorn were presented with the Power of Minds Award.  James Lane, director of Fisher Professional Services, penned an article for the November/December 2005 issue of Consulting Magazine. The piece, “How SOX is giving rise to a BPM bumper crop,” spotlights the challenge of consultants to provide new timely approaches to help bolster a client’s performance in the post-Enron age of accounting reforms and investor protection legislation. Professors René Stulz and Andrew Karolyi of the finance department had their study mentioned in the Jan. 30, 2006 issue of the International Herald Tribune. The study, which discovered foreign companies benefited from listing on American stock exchanges, was cited amid news of French record maker Vivendi Universal's departure from the big board. Finance professor David Hirshleifer was mentioned in Jan. 24, 2006 column in the New York Post for his research linking stock trades with emotion. Hirshleifer told the paper that stock prices in 26 countries increased an average of 25 percent on a sunny day. At the opposite end of the forecast, under cloud cover, the annual stock prices only go up an average of 9 percent. |
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