College of Management Category
04.24.2012
The Alumni Association will honor 21 NC State professors on May 3 for their outstanding work in the classroom, in the laboratory and in the field. We talked (via email) with some of the recipients about their work and the keys to being a successful professor.
Today we’re visiting with Craig Newmark, an associate professor of economics in the Poole College of Management. Newmark is one of six professors being recognized as Distinguished Undergraduate Professors.
What is the key to being a successful teacher? Enthusiasm! As a student I thought virtually all of my best teachers were enthusiastic but none of my worst ones were. Why should a student spend time and effort learning about something if the person in front of the classroom is not passionate about the subject?
What gives you the greatest satisfaction as a professor? Finding an excellent example for a point. Interesting examples are the foundation of my teaching. When I find one and when 40 pairs of eyes are locked on me, when 40 faces seem to be hanging on every word as I tell them about it, teaching is wonderful.
04.24.2012
The Alumni Association is honoring 21 NC State professors for their excellent work in the classroom, the laboratory and the field. The professors will be recognized at a reception at the Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center on May 3.
The winners of the 2012 Faculty Awards are:
Alumni Association Distinguished Undergraduate Professors
- D. Barry Croom | Department of Agricultural and Extension Education | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Jeffrey A. Joines | Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science | College of Textiles
- John R. Meyer | Department of Entomology | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Craig M. Newmark | Department of Economics | College of Management
- Maria Oliver-Hoyo | Department of Chemistry | College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
- John K. Townsend | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | College of Engineering
Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professors
- Y. Richard Kim | Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | College of Engineering
- Hiller A. Spires | Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Counselor Education | College of Education
Alumni Association Outstanding Research Awards
- Edward Bealmear Breitschwerdt | Department of Clinical Sciences | College of Veterinary Medicine
- Jon-Paul Maria| Department of Material Science Engineering | College of Engineering
- Ann Helen Ross| Department of Sociology and Anthropology | College Humanities and Social Sciences
Alumni Association Outstanding Extension and Outreach Awards
- Jay F. Levine | Department of Population Health and Pathobiology | College of Veterinary Medicine
- Donald E. Thrall | Department of Molecular Biomedical Science| College of Veterinary Medicine
- Grady L. Miller |Department of Crop Science | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Awards
- Jennifer L. Campbell | Department of Biology | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Martha L. Crowley | Department of Sociology and Anthropology | College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby | Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Counselor Education | College of Education
- Michael D. Dickey | Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | College of Engineering
- Scott M. Ferguson | Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | College of Engineering
- David W.W. Jones | Department of Agricultural and Extension Education | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Shevaun Neupert | Department of Psychology | College of Humanities and Social Sciences
04.05.2012
The Poole College of Management has named Michael T. Constantino, an assurance partner and managing partner for the Raleigh and Greensboro offices of Ernst & Young, as its Person of the Year.
Constantino, who lives in Cary, N.C., earned two degrees from NC State — a bachelor’s degree in business management in 1984 and a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1985.
“This award is presented annually by Poole College to a distinguished individual who has made outstanding contributions to the college, to his or her profession and to the NC State community,” said Ira R. Weiss, dean of the Poole College of Management.
“Throughout his career, Mike has demonstrated the professionalism and commitment to service that is so important in today’s professional environment. He also has been a tremendous friend and supporter of the college and the university as a whole.”
Constantine and his wife Lori established the Michael and Lori Constantino Endowment Fund that provides fellowship awards to the Poole College’s Jenkins Master of Accounting students. Constantino has served on the college’s Board of Advisors since 2003, including a term as chairman of the board from 2004 to 2006.
In 2004, Constantino was awarded the Distinguished Alumni award by the NC State Alumni Association and Poole College.
03.29.2012
Stephen F. Angel, an NC State engineering grad who is now chairman, president and chief executive officer of Praxair, Inc., spoke on campus Wednesday as part of the Poole College of Management’s Wells Fargo Executive Leadership series.
Here’s a quick glance at some of his tips for would-be leaders in the business world:
- Work for people who will challenge you, not someone you’re comfortable with.
- Learn to give and ask for feedback.
- Don’t be too general a manager. Develop strong competence in at least one area and maintain it throughout your career.
- Learn finance. It’s the language of business.
- Don’t be viewed as high maintenance or a self-promoter.
- Develop the proper balance between self confidence and humility.
- Be yourself. Be authentic.
- Be someone who can be counted on to keep confidences.
- Don’t always rely on email. Step away from the computer and walk down the hall to have a conversation.
- Write heartfelt, thoughtful notes.
- Prepare, prepare, prepare.
- It doesn’t cost you much to be gracious.
Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South American and one of the largest in the world. It produces, sells and distributed atmospheric and process gases and high-performance surface coatings. Before joining Praxair in 2011, Angel was the general manager of General Electric’s $2-billion power equipment business.
03.27.2012
Stephen F. Angel, an NC State engineering grad who is now chairman, president and chief executive officer of Praxair, Inc., is speaking on campus Wednesday as part of the Poole College of Management’s Wells Fargo Executive Leadership series.
Angel’s topic for the afternoon talk is “Leadership: What Really Matters.” The event, at 4:30 pm in the auditorium in Nelson Hall, is free and open to the public.
Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South American and one of the largest in the world. It produces, sells and distributed atmospheric and process gases and high-performance surface coatings.
Before joining Praxair in 2011, Angel was the general manager of General Electric’s $2-billion power equipment business.
02.27.2012
There is always more than one way to solve a problem. Lynn Ennis, who was an associate director of the Gregg Museum, stressed this to the students in her Creativity in Business classes at NC State.
A group of five students from the 2009 MBA class, who took her course on creativity in business, used everything Ennis taught them to come up with a way to honor her after she died suddenly last July.
Lynne Ennis
The group was talking about having a class reunion when they heard they news that Ennis had died. Shocked and saddened, they started brainstorming ideas to turn the reunion into something that would honor Ennis, and give back to something she was passionate about.
“She understood the importance of giving back,” says Kevin Idahor, who got to know Ennis on a more personal level during a service trip to New Orleans. Idahor planned the trip, and Ennis jumped at the chance to sponsor him.
Karen Bell, one of the 2009 graduates, had just become a runner, and suggested some members of the class get together and go running. That led, Jorge Parejas, a member of the class, to suggest they do a 5k in her honor. Everyone agreed, and the planning for the MBA Wolfpack Run began.
Just like Ennis taught them, the former students used their creativity when planning meetings. The group of five is spread throughout four different cities in the United States, which could have been a problem when they all needed to talk together about the plans. The distance has not hindered anything at all, and they frequently talk through Skype and phone conferences.
Planning the event has not only tested the group’s creativity, it has put their business administration skills to the test. There are a lot of things going on when managing an event,” Bell says. “ We’re fortunate for the sponsors we have.”
The Alumni Association, the Poole College of Management, and the Gregg Museum are a few of the organizations sponsoring the event.
All of the proceeds from the event will go to the Gregg Museum. The class knew Ennis was involved with the renovation process the museum is currently going through, and they wanted to donate the proceeds to it in her name.
“It would be a way for her to have her stamp on the process, and our way of making sure she had a part of seeing that final project come to completion,” says Idahor.
The MBA Wolfpack Run will be held on Saturday, March 3, starting and ending at the Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center on Centennial Campus.
02.08.2012
Students in the Poole College of Management accounting program will offer free income tax return assistance this tax season. NC State students, faculty and residents in the community with an annual household income below $49,000 are eligible for the service.
The students are participating in the annual Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA), a program created by the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS has certified the students to prepare federal and North Carolina state income tax returns, and help individuals determine their qualification for Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC).
The services will be provided from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in NC State’s Nelson Hall on the following dates:
February 11
February 25
March 17
March 31
The students will not be working with non-residents or individuals who do not have a valid Social Security number or Social Security card.
– Caitlin Barrett
02.02.2012
Wayne Crawford, who played defensive tackle, center and offensive guard for the Wolfpack from 2008-11, is a finalist for a national award. But it has nothing to do with the work Crawford did on the football field.
Crawford has been named one of four finalists for the Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Award, which is given to a leader in college football who has realized his potential to make a positive and lasting impact on the rare disease community. He needs your votes as they determine the award winner.
Crawford was named a finalist for his efforts to launch an NC State chapter of Uplifting Athletes to raise money for leukemia research. Crawford was motivated after seeing offensive coordinator Dana Bible’s fight in 2010 against Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, or cancer of the blood.
“We were shocked and, yet, I knew I wanted to help,” Crawford told the Uplifting Athletes organization. “I’ve been affected by rare diseases in my family and then this.”
Crawford was inspired by Bible’s refusal to give up. So Crawford and his teammates coordinated several fundraisers, including a video game tournament, to raise money for the cause. Crawford was proud to be the first president of NC State’s chapter, and he hopes other NC State athletes will continue the work. Crawford graduated in May.
“I feel like I’ve done something meaningful and tangible, more than just my efforts on the football field,” Crawford says. “I’ve done something that’s going to last longer than football.”
Now it’s time for Pack fans to take a minute to vote for Crawford by visiting the Uplifting Athletes website.
01.30.2012
The Alumni Association recognized some of NC State’s greatest stars this weekend, honoring 18 alumni and friends of the university for their professional and personal accomplishments and their continuing support of NC State, the Alumni Association and the Wolfpack Club.
“Their light, ignited by their NC State education and fueled by their own successes, reflects upon their alma mater, enhancing NC State’s reputation around the world,” Chancellor Randy Woodson said during the “Evening of Stars” at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary. “They unequivocally add value to an NC State degree.
“These are alumni who have made impacts around the globe; through television broadcasts and comprehensive websites, on Main Street and Wall Street; through rhyme and reason; in factories, laboratories, classrooms and boardrooms.”
The honorees at the 8th Annual NC State Evening of Stars were:
COLLEGE DISTINGUISHED AWARD RECIPIENTS
S. Elizabeth George ‘81 MS, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: As director of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Directorate for the U.S. Department of Defense, George is recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on chemical and biological warfare.
H. Connor Kennett Jr. ‘54, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Kennett was the longtime director of the poultry division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture before he retired in 1988. He was the first North Carolinian inducted into the National Poultry Hall of Fame.
David W. Evans ‘84, College of Design: Evans is an award-winning creative director, photographer and filmmaker who has worked for clients such as the National Geographic Society, Discovery Channel, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Nations Foundation.
Carl E. Harris ‘98 EDD, College of Education: A former superintendent of Durham (N.C.) Public Schools, Harris was named in 2010 as deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. He also served as superintendent of the Franklin County (N.C.) Public School System.
Marshall D. Brain ‘89 MS, College of Engineering: Brain founded HowStuffWorks.com, an award-winning website that offers easy-to-understand explanations of how the world around us functions. Discovery Communications purchased the site for $250 million in 2007.
William H. “Bill” Dean ‘88, College of Engineering: Dean is president and CEO of M.C. Dean Inc., a company founded in 1949 by his grandfather. The company is the nation’s premier electrical design-build and systems integration firm, with 3,300 employees and clients that include Fortune I000 corporations, universities, high-tech companies and government agencies.
Robert R. Womack ‘59, College of Engineering: After working as a partner at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, Womack went on to serve as chairman, chief executive officer or president of four New York Stock Exchange companies.
Nora H. Shepard ‘05 MFA, College of Humanities and Social Sciences: Shepard is an award-winning poet who teaches creative writing and poetry at NC State. A longtime advocate of the arts, Shepard was the founding president of Arts Together, Raleigh’s only nonprofit multi-arts school.
Jon W. Bartley ‘69, Poole College of Management: Bartley is a professor of accounting at NC State who served as associate dean of the college from the time it was founded in 1993 until 1998, when he became dean. He served as dean until 2004, when he returned to the faculty.
Ed Leigh McMillan II ‘62, College of Natural Resources: McMillan is the managing trustee of the D.W. McMillan Trust and the D.W. McMillan Foundation, managing 40,000 acres of timber in Alabama and Florida, as well as the mineral rights and drilling sites for newly discovered oil reserves associated with the property.
David B. Montgomery, ‘68, ‘81 PhD, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences: Montgomery worked for 30 years as a plasma physicist at Becton, Dickinson and Company (now known as BD), developing new technology that resulted in 15 U.S. and five European patents.
F. Dale Hayes ‘78, College of Textiles: Hayes is vice president of global public relations for UPS, and was responsible for developing the company’s award-winning, memorable slogan about what “brown can do for you,” and redesigned its iconic brand mark to give UPS one of the most recognizable brands in the world.
Dr. David E. Anderson ‘88 BS, ‘90 DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine: Anderson is a professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, where he is head of agriculture practices in the Department of Clinical Sciences. He is the founding director of the International Camelid Institute at The Ohio State University and the International Academy of Farm Animal Surgeons.
WOLFPACK CLUB AWARD
E.J. Poindexter ‘58, Ronnie Shavlick Award: Poindexter worked for more than 40 years for Barnhill Contracting Co., where he eventually became the company’s first vice president. Poindexter has been devoted to NC State athletics for more than 55 years, never taking a vacation that didn’t revolve around an NC State sporting event.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Dennis G. Howard ‘67, Meritorious Service Award: Howard served for 14 years on the Alumni Association Board of Directors, serving on every board committee and providing leadership as the board’s president during a critical year of transition for the Alumni Association and its Caldwell Fellows program.
David S. Jolley ‘70 and Celia G. Jolley ‘83 MS, Meritorious Service Award: David, vice president of commercial lending at C&F Bank in Williamsburg, Va., was a founding member of the NC State Board of Visitors and has served on the NC State University Foundation and its endowment board. David and Celia, a retired educator, are members of the C.W. Dabney Lifetime Giving Society and the R.S. Pullen Society.
Ada B. Dalla Pozza, Award of Merit: As a NC State extension agent, faculty member, mentor and volunteer for more than 70 years, Ms. Ada (as she is known) provided leadership to improve the quality of life for families and helped create leadership institutes for rural women, many of whom became elected officials.
Daniel C. Gunter III ‘00, Outstanding Young Alumnus: Gunter, an associate attorney with DLA Piper, serves on the Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Council and is a member of the association’s board of directors as a representative of the Council on Athletics.
12.22.2011
Kelli Clough ‘05 MBA has built a business by finding holes in the market and filling them.
A mother of three boys and an entrepreneur, Clough decided to start a business in 2006 that would allow her to stay at home and keep up her business skills. So she began My Lullabug, an online apparel store for babies and children. She started with 10 shirt designs and built a base of wholesale customers.
But what really helped propel her business was her innate ability to find a viable market that didn’t already have her product. Clough says she was aiming for baby clothing stores but that in today’s economic climate, they would fold somewhat regularly. So she needed a market for her golf shirts. She realized that golf pro-shops were not victims of the downturn and that they rarely sold children’s shirts. She made her pitch and got in them with her shirts, which are one of her most popular items.
Another one of her successes is her playmat. Having twins boys that are each five and a 7-year-old, she says she has been able to locate the need for things that her family could never find. She could never find a durable playmat, so she researched materials and developed an entire line. Now, they’re the source of her staying up late at night leading into Christmas to fill orders.
But she never complains about the long hours, which she is now trying to manage as a full-time job with her youngest sons in kindergarten. In addition to managing the business side, she also creates all the designs on the clothes. “I want to keep enjoying,” says Clough. “I think it’s such a privilege to have a job you enjoy. I love the creative process of it.”
Clough is one of several entrepreneurs from NC State who are trying to make it in today’s sour economy (we have profiled two others who have designed scarves and skirts, respectively). Part of Clough’s success is that she didn’t have to play catch-up with technology, which she credits to her time at the university. She utilizes social media, with a presence on Facebook and Twitter.
“The emphasis for the MBA at NC State was on technology,” she says, adding she concentrated in e-commerce and product development. “I took a class where all the material was on Google. And they have such an impact on how your business works. They have a whole formula on how your page appears.”
One of Clough's sports-themed designs for a shirt.
She now has 40 different shirt designs and has introduced a line of stickers that go on shirts but can be replaced when a child’s age changes. She also has dipped into sports-based apparel, which caused a family conflict. Recently, she asked her son, who cheers for NC State, to model a UNC shirt for the website. She had to bribe him with a piece of candy to get him to do it.
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