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The Department of Accounting and Business Law shifted many of its networking activities to a virtual format, opening the door to incredible opportunities.
Retired faculty members Becky Jones, Betsy Willis and Suzanne Abbe share their thoughts on their dedications and service to the Department of Accounting and Business Law.
Tim Thomasson reflects on a unique year as graduate program director, acknowledging the challenges and celebrating the achievements of the 2020-2021 academic year.
Associate Professor of Accounting Laurie Burney was named the Institute of Management Accountants' new Professor-in-Residence.
The Department of Accounting and Business Law launched the D&A Academy to help students grow data and analytics skillsets.
Beta Alpha Psi President Meribeth Philips reflects on a year full of excellence, service and professional development despite uncertain times.
The Department of Accounting and Business Law recognizes the service of the Accounting Advisory Council members.
The Department of Accounting and Business Law recognizes the service of the Early Professional Advisory Board members.
The Department of Accounting and Business Law recognizes and appreciates the generous support of our donors.
The Department of Accounting and Business Law congratulates the 2020-2021 scholarship recipients.
The Department of Accounting and Business Law recognizes the achievements of our undergraduate and graduate students during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Thank you to the Department of Accounting and Business Law faculty and staff for your service to our students, alumni and friends during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Brian Galbraith has always been determined, goal-driven, and drawn toward competition. Prior to college, he played ice hockey on several varsity and select teams, before taking up powerlifting, snowboarding, and wakeboarding.
Baylor MBA alum Taylor Ulmer, Healthcare Administration '19, discusses his experience attending the annual American College for Healthcare Executives (ACHE) conference as part of the program's experiential learning goals.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 1, 2021) – Alexandra Ronnenberg, who graduated from Baylor University in May with a B.S.Ed. in elementary education, has been named Clinical Teacher of the Year for the state of Texas, honored for her outstanding instruction and interaction with children while a senior at Baylor.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 1, 2021) – Baylor University students joined Waco community leaders in celebration of $79,500 in total grants presented to seven local nonprofits through the University’s “Philanthropy and the Public Good” course and its ongoing partnership with the Fort Worth-based Philanthropy Lab.
Dr. Bonni Goodwin, a graduate of the GSSW PhD program, was recently selected to receive the 2021 Adoption Excellence Award by the Children’s Bureau for her work and research in adoption. Dr. Goodwin graduated from Baylor with her PhD in December 2020. Before her time at the GSSW, she was working with an adoption agency in Oklahoma. It was there she realized several ways in which the field of adoption could be improved.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 30, 2021) – The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise in Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business has announced the winners of the first annual 2021 Baylor Impact Awards.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 29, 2021) – A Baylor University-led study on ethical listening discovered that women and nonmanagers believe that management is not receptive to their feedback and are dissatisfied with organization listening efforts. That, in turn, has led to fewer employees sharing legitimate concerns.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 28, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on how smartphone features can improve memory, why workforce surveillance is harmful and how the craniofacial anatomy of pinnipeds impacts their lives.
MoneyGeek: Professor of Finance Franklin Potts is a featured expert in this article about affordable homeowner's insurance.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 21, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on racism and religion, the opening of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project exhibit in Baylor’s Moody Memorial Library and the implementation of mental health programming in the Baylor Law School.
A listing of the best undergraduate entrepreneurship programs based on institutional survey data, including academic offerings, experiential learning opportunities, and career outcomes, among other factors.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 19, 2021) – Laine Scales, Ph.D., professor of social work at Baylor University’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, is among the education leaders helping launch the Consortium for Global Education’s (CGE) new Research Institute, creating a collaboration between faculty and students on topics of all disciplines that have an international component.
Baylor University, along with venture capital firm Waco Ventures and Blueprints Labs, has formed the Lab to Market Collaborative (L2M) to bring innovative ideas and technologies out of university halls and into the market.
Baylor University, along with venture capital firm Waco Ventures and Blueprints Labs, has formed the Lab to Market Collaborative (L2M) to bring innovative ideas and technologies out of university halls and into the market.
Spend just a few minutes with Hannah de la Torre and she will immediately feel like a friend. She is joyful, passionate, and strives to impact others each day. As an officer on the Baylor Wake team, Hannah desires to be a valued teammate and an example to others.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 18, 2021) – Baylor University today announced the first chair established through the Baylor Illuminate Chair Matching Program, which supports the Give Light Campaign’s goals to increase endowed faculty positions. An anonymous gift of $1.5 million established the first chair through the program, The William J. Abraham Endowed Chair, to support George W. Truett Theological Seminary’s Wesley House of Studies. An additional gift of $1 million to establish a scholarship was made by Jeff (BBA ’86) and Debbie (BS ’87) Wooley of Woodway to support the program’s students.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 17, 2021) – Decline in prospective memory — the ability to perform daily intentions — is a key driver of everyday functional impairment in dementia. Baylor University researcher Michael Scullin, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, led a study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, to determine if smartphone technology could help improve prospective memory functioning.
"Mother of the Internet" Radia Perlman will speak on the campus of Baylor University on Wednesday, December 8, at 9 a.m. on the fifth floor of the Cashion Academic Center (Room 506). The lecture is presented by the School of Computer Science and Engineering and Baylor Information Technology Services, and is open to all Baylor faculty and students. Those interested in attending should email Candace_ditsch@baylor.edu. Breakfast is provided.
For physician and Air Force veteran Crystal Manohar, Baylor’s online MBA was a way to step into the business side of health care—and help shape the future of the industry.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 14, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the effects of music on sleep, supply chain issues impacting holiday grocery shoppers and the new Black Gospel Archive and Listening Center at Baylor.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 13, 2021) – Baylor University today announced the naming of the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion in honor of Paul (BBA ’79) and Alejandra Foster, of El Paso, Texas. The naming is in recognition of Paul and Alejandra’s gift of $100 million in 2019 to the Give Light Campaign, which launched the public fundraising campaign for the Basketball Pavilion, home to Baylor’s National Championship basketball teams.
At the age of 16, Alec Galbraith moved away from home to pursue and grow his hockey career. Over the course of five years, he played for five different teams in four states and grew his skills, not just technical hockey skills, but also in teamwork, self-reliance, and motivation.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2021) – Baylor University today announced the naming of the Mary Jo Robbins Clinic for Autism Research and Practice in honor of Mary Jo Robbins of Houston. The announcement is in recognition of the support and continued efforts of William K. “Bill” and Mary Jo Robbins, a couple who has spent their lifetimes championing excellence in health care.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2021) – U.S. Army veteran, fifth-grade teacher and Baylor University doctoral student Erika Neuman has been named a Pat Tillman Foundation Scholar in recognition of her military service and her mission to educate children.
Baylor Information Technology Services launched a new website today, built on the university's new Drupal framework. The new online experience, available at its.web.baylor.edu, highlights the people and collaborative partnerships that drive technologies to empower the university in its mission.
Tonight at 9:00 p.m. CST, the Baylor website (baylor.edu) will undergo maintenance and all baylor.edu-based web resources will be offline. Off-campus visitors to baylor.edu will receive a maintenance message featuring links to important campus resources that are hosted beyond Baylor's web domain. However, students, faculty, and staff using AirBear or the Baylor campus wired network will receive an error page.
"I started (Acute Accents) the summer before my freshman year of college," Meinershagen said. "I wasn’t doing it super seriously, just as a fun hobby. Then when I came to college, I joined Oso Launch, which is this mentorship cohort, like an incubator program. They helped me to really form a business plan and to work out the kinks to make it more professional."
KWBU (NPR): Professor of Management Dawn Carlson shares how much crossover happens between work and home and how it can affect your life.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has awarded its 2022 Partners in Prevention Outstanding Leader Award to Pam Crawford, LCSW-S, LCPAA of Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services. Crawford, who has served children and families with PCHAS for over 20 years, received the honor November 4 at the Partners in Prevention Conference hosted by DFPS in Austin.
The Center for Church and Community Impact (C3i) program, housed in the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, strives to research and provide curriculum for congregations on community issues.
Dr. Gaynor Yancey, director of C3i, dives deeper into the program, explaining the research, work and importance of having a social work presence within congregations.
“Congregations, for me, are the heart of what we are about and certainly what our faith is about,” Yancey said. “But along with that comes the purpose of the C3i, [which] is to come alongside congregations to strengthen them in the way that they feel God directs them to do their work.”
WACO, Texas (Nov. 10, 2021) – Baylor University and University Libraries will unveil the Black Gospel Archive & Listening Center (BGA), a state-of-the-art center to house the permanent collection of the Black Gospel Restoration Project, during a grand opening and dedication ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 12, in the garden level of Moody Memorial Library.
Having trouble deciding if you can justify earning an MBA at this point in your career (and life)? Take a look at how you can decide if you are too old to get an MBA.
Vox: Pedro Reyes, Management professor and supply chain expert, is quoted in this article on how consumers should consider and even anticipate swapping out certain items or brands due to supply chain issues around the holidays.
Sojourners: This article on how protections for pregnant workers via the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act may be an avenue for bipartisanship between conservative and progressive lawmakers and activists - especially for Christians - cites a study led by Management professor Kaylee Hackney.
From The Pioneer Woman Lifestyle Blog, featuring Dr. Helen Harris—
It's never easy to know what to write in a sympathy card for a friend, family member, or coworker. But even if you feel uncomfortable or aren’t sure what to say, that doesn’t mean you should procrastinate or not say anything at all.
"The most important thing is to acknowledge the other person’s loss. People who are grieving need to feel connected and know they’re not alone," says Helen Harris, EdD, who teaches about and researches loss and grief at Garland School of Social Work at Baylor University. "Even if we’re not able to be there physically, a card acknowledges that a person’s pain and loss matters to us."
Baylor’s Center for Professional Selling is excited to announce the winners for the 2021 Baylor Business Ethics Competition (BBEC), a ProSales program-specific competition designed to challenge ProSales students with ethical dilemmas evident in real sales organizations. This year’s case, Operation High Performance, centered on the context of a Fortune 100 technology firm where mid-tier (not top-tier) sales professionals created alternative communication channels and shared back-channel misinformation.
The Spruce Eats: Management professor and supply chain expert Pedro Reyes is quoted in this article on how supply chain issues will impact holiday grocery shopping.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 8, 2021) – Baylor University today will host Baylor ResearchU, a new virtual program designed to showcase research opportunities to prospective high school students, in recognition of National STEM Day. Featuring conversations with Baylor researchers and mentors, Baylor ResearchU aims to encourage high school students to pursue research opportunities early in their college career that will enhance their experience and prepare them to address meaningful societal challenges.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 8, 2021) – Baylor University will make its national debut on season two of The College Tour, an innovative series from Emmy-nominated producers – with segments featuring actual Baylor students – that premieres Monday, Nov. 8, on Amazon Prime TV.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 8, 2021) – Poets&Quants, the definitive online publication for business education news, has unveiled its 2022 ranking of The Best Online MBA Programs, which includes a top 10 ranking for the online MBA in Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. The Baylor online MBA jumped to No. 8 nationally by Poets&Quants, moving up from last year’s No. 16 ranking.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 7, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the U.S. supply chain, sympathy cards, horror movies, tax strategies and unlikely abortion rights advocates.
Moving multiple times growing up and coupled with taking a gap year to teach English in the Dominican Republic, Amanda Corts values change, proving herself in new situations and building relationships. She cares deeply about people’s individual stories, because through their stories, she finds opportunities to love others in unique ways.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 5, 2021) – During its regular fall meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents affirmed the framework for the next five years of Illuminate, the University’s strategic plan, including hiring 100 new faculty to accelerate the University toward Research 1 status as the preeminent Christian research university.
KWBU (NPR): Management professor Sara Perry explains why remote work is not suitable for everyone due to personal differences in stress management.
Boris Nikolaev, assistant professor of entrepreneurship at Baylor University says, "...there's overwhelming evidence in the literature that entrepreneurs report significantly higher levels of job satisfaction."
The Wall Street Journal: Entrepreneurship professor Boris Nikolaev explains that despite working longer hours and earning less money, entrepreneurs report higher job satisfaction.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 3, 2021) – Matt Ridley, Ph.D., award-winning journalist and science writer, will be the featured speaker at the Free Enterprise Forum at Baylor University’s Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, hosted by the John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise on Thursday, Nov. 4. This event will be held in Foster 240 at 5:15 p.m.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 2, 2021) – Pinnipeds — a group including seals, sea lions and walruses — are relatively recently derived marine mammals that evolved from terrestrial carnivorans and reentered the marine environment. Their recent adaptations to an amphibious lifestyle make their evolutionary anatomy of particular interest to Baylor University researcher Sarah Kienle, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology.
KERO (ABC): Management professor Pedro Reyes is interviewed about supply chain issues that may affect Thanksgiving.
Reuters: Finance professor Michael Stegemoller explains how Goldman Sachs' new role as financier and adviser of SPAC deals and seller of SPAC products presents a conflict.
Financial Advisor: Professor emeritus William Reichenstein is featured in this article explaining a strategy Reichenstein assisted in developing that lowers an individual's taxes in retirement.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 1, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on culturally sensitive Halloween costumes, the impact of COVID-19 on pediatric advance practice nurses and how Bible studies can positively impact prisoners.
Baylor grad and entrepreneurship stand-out student Grace Casper takes on role as Waco general manager with new coffeehouse, "It is crazy, because I've always had this dream of opening up a coffee shop for individuals with disabilities to work at."
Making the most of his multicultural upbringing and the travel opportunities he was given, Paschal Curlin has surfed with locals in Hawaii, driven motorcycles in the mountain villages of Vietnam, spent childhood summers in a cabin on a river in Slovakia, and hunted ducks with family in the flyways of Tennessee. Through these experiences, Paschal has learned how to relate to people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 29, 2021) – Social and biomedical scientists at Harvard University and Baylor University have joined forces to launch the $43.4 million, five-year “Global Flourishing Study” (GFS), the largest initiative of its kind to investigate the factors that influence human flourishing throughout the world. It also represents largest funded research project in the University’s history.
Baylor’s ProSales took the 1st place team finish at the 2021 Rocky Mountain Madness competition hosted by E.W. Scripps and Metropolitan State University of Denver. By taking 1st place in this competition, Baylor ProSales wrapped up a fall sales competition season with perfect results garnering three out of three 1st place team finishes: Great Northwoods Sales Warm-Up (coached by Dr. Eric Swan), National Team Selling Competition (coached by Dr. Stephanie Mangus), and the Rocky Mountain Madness competition (coached by Dr. Andrea Dixon).
Baylor University’s nationally rated Executive MBA programs in Austin and Dallas have recently introduced four new concentrations which are now available. The new concentrations include focuses in marketing, cybersecurity, supply chain management and executive presence. They make a well-rounded addition to the existing Healthcare Administration concentration.
Chelsea Lin discusses her time in Baylor's dual-degree MBA/MSIS program as an international student. Chelsea reflects on the culture of the program and how she was able to arrive at the intersection of her faith, her education and a future career business.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 24, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on vampires, food insecurity, prison ministry and fashion.
As Baylor makes the moves to Microsoft Teams Calls between now and the end of December, Baylor ITS is offering two virtual information sessions to introduce our community to the Teams Calls platform.
A double major in ProSales and Management of Information Systems, Alexa Black has two core passions: learning and making a difference in the lives of others. As a continual learner, Alexa is always open to adventure, whether that be in cooking, hiking, or travelling with friends and family.
Andrew Donsbach talks about how his time in the MBA program helped him launch his dream career.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 21, 2021) – Baylor University today announced a $2 million gift from Baylor alumnus Matthew B. Lindner (B.A. ’12) of Cincinnati, Ohio, to support the Department of Film and Digital Media (FDM). The Lindner Endowment for Film and Digital Media will support the Baylor in L.A. program, a residential learning opportunity in Los Angeles for FDM students – currently in early planning stages – that will provide internship and experiential learning opportunities for program participants.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 21, 2021) – Pediatric advance practice registered nurses (APRN) are facing multifocal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the most difficult challenge being mental health struggles experienced by themselves and their families, according to a new study led by Jessica Peck, DNP, clinical professor at Baylor University’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON).
Discover some of the fundamental, key skills you will learn in your Baylor MBA—and how they are integrated into the curriculum.
Over Homecoming weekend, Baylor University took the 1st place team finish at the 2021 Great Northwoods Sales Warmup at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Student teams from 23 universities participated in this competition which featured grocery products sold through distribution and retail stores. Trey Compton, Amanda Fernandez, and Alec Galbraith, seniors in the Professional Selling program, represented Baylor in this competition. Alec finished 1st in the field of 69 competitors, while Trey finished 2nd. After placing 4th in the first day of the competition, Amanda rounded out Baylor’s representation and placed 15th overall.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 19, 2021) – In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), the lights on Baylor University’s Pat Neff Hall tower, Rosenbalm Fountain and McLane Stadium, along with the I-35 bridges, will “Go Purple” at dusk Thursday, Oct. 21.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 18, 2021) – George W. Truett Theological Seminary’s newly established Program for the Future Church (PFFC) is seeking to tackle emerging modern issues facing the Church. By serving as a “visible bridge” between the Church and Truett Seminary at Baylor University, the program will include a diverse group of individuals to serve as collaborative partners to religious institutions.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 17, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on upcoming social security changes, climate change in relation to plant evolution and how religious exemptions impact vaccination choices.
While still in high school, Trey Compton took a management internship with DECA, a non-profit association aimed at developing students’ business and leadership skills. Working at a small convenience store called The Cave, Trey was involved in marketing, finance, and sales where he competed in several shark-tank-style competitions.
Baylor Business Review: The latest 'goings-on' from Hankamer alumni.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 15, 2021) – Baylor University announced today the appointment of Henry Han, Ph.D., an international leader in the data sciences disciplines, as the inaugural holder of The McCollum Family Chair in Data Sciences in the Baylor’s School of Engineering and Computer Science.
Baylor Full-Time MBA students secure their dream jobs through a robust support system that includes Career Center coaching and a powerful network of loyal alumni.
Baylor Business Review: Library Information Specialist Frank Jasek chronicled all 240 plaques and memorial lampposts throughout campus in his self-published hardback.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 14, 2021) – New research led by Baylor University biology doctoral candidate William J. Matthaeus and professor of biology Joseph White, Ph.D., considers how plant freeze-intolerance affected forest cover and hydrology during the Pennsylvanian period, roughly 340 million to 285 million years ago during the Paleozoic Era, proposing improvements to climate projections for the past and future with plant function data.
Ray Bagby retired in 2020 after three decades on the Baylor faculty. Ray was the founding editor of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, one of the most influential academic journals in the entrepreneurship field. We asked Ray to reflect on his career as a scholar, teacher, and journal editor and how he sees the entrepreneurship research landscape today.
Baylor Business Review: Alumnus Wayne Swearingen reflects on his career in real estate and the U.S. Air Force.
U.S. News: William Reichenstein, professor emeritus of investments, is quoted in this article on upcoming Social Security changes.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 13, 2021) – Baylor University and KCEN-TV Ch. 6 will team up again to broadcast the 112th anniversary Baylor Homecoming Parade, one of the oldest and largest collegiate homecoming parades in the nation, with live coverage from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, from Fifth Street on the Baylor campus.
Baylor Business Review: When Dane Harris saw a young Marine decked out in a crisp military uniform, he knew what he wanted to be. So after finishing his junior year at Baylor in 1988, he tried to enlist with the Marine Corps. Denied entry, he signed up with the U.S. Army, and that began his 30-year career as a reservist.
The Suffolk Journal: Professors of Marketing James Roberts and Meredith David coauthored a study that is quoted in this article on the struggle faced by college students to balance work, school and social activities.
WACO, Texas — A Baylor University professor is putting her boots on the ground to get young women in the juvenile system back on the right track.
"I hope that this work that we're doing will help empower these youth to meet the goals and the hopes and the dreams that they have in their life. I want to do work that's meaningful, practical and that will actually once you do the research help this population," says Dr. Danielle Parrish, a professor of social work with Baylor University's Houston campus.
Baylor Business Review: After leaving the Army in 2013, Franco enrolled at Baylor to study Entrepreneurship. It was not a difficult decision, she said. Baylor’s program was and continues to be highly ranked, plus it was not far from her family in Dallas.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 10, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on workaholism, Halloween costumes and military conflict on holy land.
Hailing from Florida and having a love of travel and language, Ruby Hernandez enjoys exploring new places where she can practice her Spanish and Italian. Passionate about building meaningful relationships, she has a knack for making others comfortable and is always willing to lend a listening ear or engage in conversation.
Baylor Business Review: Starting with the 2005-2007 class, Army-Baylor partnered with the School to offer an additional joint MBA/MHA degree. While offered through the military, it functions like any other graduate-level program offered at other institutions.
Baylor University continues its partnership with the Barron's in Education program from Dow Jones, made possible by Tommy McBride of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. This program includes 24/7 access to Barron's, the leading financial portal and magazine.
Overcoming multiple obstacles—and thousands of miles away from home—Michael Speciale earns his MBA during active-duty service