Standing out from the crowd. - Eller College of Management ...

Fall 2008P R O G R E S S M A G A Z I N EFrom the DeanLast year, the Eller College ofManagement passed with flyingcolors its regular five-yearaccreditation review conductedby the Association for theAdvancement of CollegiateSchools of Business. It’s nice to Paul Portneyreceive confirmation that theresearch of our faculty and programs of study we’vecreated at the undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. levelsare meeting the needs of students and industry.We pride ourselves in delivering a rigorous education,and I like to think that we keep Eller students extremelybusy with the academic demands we place on them. Butmany of our students also take on Herculean projectsand responsibilities above and beyond the requirementsof their degree programs. On page 12, you’ll find storiesabout a few of these outstanding students, who haveshoehorned activities as diverse as intercollegiateathletics and student leadership into their alreadypacked schedules.I also look forward to hearing your views as we prepareto develop a new strategic vision to guide the EllerCollege into the future. Among the topics we will consider:how to take greater advantage of our pre-eminentreputation in entrepreneurship and managementinformation systems; how to pull together our faculty’sstrengths and interests in leadership, governance,and corporate social responsibility to create a brandadvantage among schools of business and publicadministration; and, perhaps most ambitiously, whetherand how to expand our physical space to better serveour 5,200 undergraduate and 700 graduate students.I look forward to sharing information about thesedevelopments with you in future issues of EllerProgress magazine.FEATURE12 Standing OutEller Students Go Above and BeyondBRIEFINGS2 McClelland Professor of Accounting Leslie Eldenburg Appointed Vice Dean3 Paulo Goes Joins Eller College as MIS Department Head4 New Faculty at the Eller CollegeRESEARCH REPORT6 Networks Expert Keith Provan Collaborates with ArizonaCancer Center on New Grant7 Alumnus Stephen Robbins Funds Research and Study Space forManagement Ph.D. StudentsINNOVATIONS8 Eller College Spearheads Creation of Sports Management Minor9 Entrepreneurship Students Come Out on Top Among MobilePhone Industry InnovatorsCONNECTIONS10 McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship Heads Rural EntrepreneurshipComponent of State-Wide Grant11 Marketing Class Project Turns into Lucrative ContractGATHERINGS22 Save the Date23 Distinguished Speaker SeriesALUMNI NOTES & PROFILES24 Profile: David Gemelli, MBA ’7225 Profile: Sarah Brown Smallhouse, MBA ’8725 Profile: Marc Blackman, BSBA ’8227 Alumni NotesLAST WORD28 Last Word on…LeadershipLouise Francesconi, Eller National Board of AdvisorsOn the Cover: Eller students and Associated Students of TheUniversity of Arizona leaders Jessica Anderson and Tommy Bruce.Let Us Hear from You Please e-mail comments,questions, or feedback to progress@eller.arizona.edu.Paul R. PortneyDean and Halle Chair in LeadershipManager of Marketing and Communications and Editor: Liz Warren-Pederson• Publications Manager: Marsha Dean • Photography: Thomas Veneklasen (unless otherwise noted)• Design and Production: Shevon Johnson Design, Inc. • © 2008 The University of ArizonaCorrection: The story on page 2 of the Spring/Summer issue of Progress magazine incorrectly spelled the name of financier Warren Buffett.FALL 20081