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KWBU (NPR): Ashley Otto, professor of Marketing, explains why, among the thousands of decisions needing to be made daily, cognitive closure is sought by team members over decision-making.

Today’s leaders must navigate the shifting landscape of remote work. Massieh Hashimi shares his top tips for successful remote leadership.

Stephanie Mangus, Ph.D., assistant professor in Baylor University’s Professional Selling program, was recently named the abstracts editor for the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management (JPSSM). According to editor-in-chief Adam Rapp, Ph.D., Professor & Executive Director of the Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre at Ohio University, Mangus was selected for the position from a large pool of applicants based on their research records and JPSSM review history.

For Baylor's early career Full-Time MBA students, developing leadership skills is designed to be part of the program. While two of our students did not set out to serve as student leaders, when opportunity came knocking... they answered.

PRNewswire: Food policy expert and Economics professor Craig Gundersen is the lead researcher of Map the Meal Gap, the only study that provides local-level estimates of food insecurity and food costs across the United States.

Financial Advisor: Professor Emeritus William Reichenstein shares advice about how married couples can complete Roth conversions to reduce their joint lifetime taxes and Medicare premiums.

Senior Entrepreneurship student is awarded the 22-23 Drayton McLane Scholarship.

Stateline: Quoted in this article about pandemic-related expansion of SNAP is food policy expert and professor of Economics Craig Gundersen.

Inside Indiana Business: Economics professor and food policy expert Craig Gundersen led a study that identified ways to eliminate delivery costs for SNAP recipients and ensures the same shopping experience for SNAP and non-SNAP recipients.

KWBU (NPR): Sara Perry, professor of Management, presents ideas for employers to better support employees working remotely.

KWBU (NPR): Matt Quade, professor of Management, discusses his research on behavioral ethics and ethical leadership in the workplace.

Starting a business while earning an online MBA is not for the faint of heart, but Hannah Best is off to an explosive start.

Financial Advisor: Professor Emeritus William Reichenstein discusses four social security claiming strategies to maximize a widow's surviving lifetime benefits.

Inside Indiana Business: This podcast interviews professor of economics Craig Gundersen, who is also The Jim and Tammy Snee Family Chair in Food Security with the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, about the challenges of improving SNAP as well as innovation through technology to improve food access.

WalletHub: Professor of marketing Meredith David is a featured expert in this article about car insurance in Texas.

Mary Reinhardt, the recently-retired director of Baylor’s Online MBA program, shares her best advice for making your MBA experience successful.

Two recent graduates credit Baylor’s Dallas-based Executive MBA program with imparting the skills, confidence and connections they need to reach the next stage of their careers.

Robin: Management professor Sara Perry is interviewed about her research into the future of hybrid work.

Deseret News: In this article about restaurants becoming increasingly technology-based, research by Marketing professors Meredith David and James Roberts about the harmful effects of smartphone usage is cited.

Axios: Cited in this article about digital detoxification is research by Marketing professors Meredith David and James Roberts who found that screen time is harmful to relationships.

The Hankamer School of Business hosted the 2022 Risk Theory Society (RTS) Seminar on May 20-21 at the Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, the first time Baylor has facilitated the event.

The Hankamer School of Business hosted the 2022 Risk Theory Society (RTS) Seminar on May 20-21 at the Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, the first time Baylor has facilitated the event.

Texas Business Hall of Fame presents 2022 Awards.

The New York Times: Professor of Finance Mike Stegemoller is quoted in this article about SPACs and Wall Street's waning appetite for them due to the threat of regulation.

The Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation honors the accomplishments and contributions of outstanding business leaders in our state by celebrating their impact in both business and community.

KWBU (NPR): Research by Matt Quade, professor of management, has found that when the main focus of leaders is the bottom-line, such thinking can have negative consequences on the business.

Joshua Korn credits his online MBA with making him a more strategic, effective steward of resources for CURE International, a faith-based organization that provides surgical care as well as spiritual and emotional support to children living with treatable disabilities.

Baylor’s Center for Professional Selling (ProSales) is pleased to announce that Brian Galbraith and Beth Gosnell are the Spring 2022 Outstanding ProSales Student Coaches. ProSales sponsors student involvement in four internal and six external sales competitions each year. In addition to competing, ProSales students serve as student coaches, providing rich learning opportunities for both student competitors and student coaches while building student-peer relationships and the collaborative ProSales culture.

AICPA: Baylor alum Derek Rezler (MTax '21) was announced as one of only 57 winners of the Elijah Watt Sells Award out of 72,000 individuals who sat for the CPA Exam in 2021.

KWBU (NPR): Entrepreneurship professor Matthew Wood shares data-driven predictors to help entrepreneurs decide when to pivot.

Boston Globe: Professor of marketing Tyrha Lindsey-Warren is quoted in this article about a disruptive advertising campaign for a popular Christian TV series.

Convos with Clay: Matt Quade, Director of Ethics and Leadership at Baylor Business, discusses ethical leadership and moral courage.

Baylor's Healthcare MBA offers a Pre-Clinical Track degree plan that shortens the road to impact in a clinical setting.

KWBU (NPR): Marketing professor Tyrha Lindsey-Warren discusses the findings of her research into the unintended effects of minority discounts in the advertising space.

With determination and grit, Stephanie Janousek is making steady progress toward her OMBA degree while running a growing business and parenting three young daughters.

This year's outstanding undergraduate students were awarded at the annual Hankamer School of Business Senior Banquet.

KWBU (NPR): Professor of accounting Owen Brown discusses research on whether firms that hire former employees to audit them show bias.

Fatherly: Professor of Management Kaylee Hackney and an employee well-being expert discusses how to shift from work mode to family mode when working from home.

Double majoring in ProSales and Finance, Riley seeks to incorporate her Christian faith into her work and honor God by using her gifts to the best of her ability. With a strong sense of empathy and a passion for people, Riley has tutored children at underperforming schools, worked with mentally and physically disabled kids, and seeks a career in sales primarily to help others.

A team of four Accounting and Business Law students from the Hankamer School of Business finished in second place at Deloitte's National Audit Innovation Campus Challenge.

American Gem Society: Craig Underwood, CGA, (BBA - Marketing and Entrepreneurship '84) was bestowed the American Gem Society's (AGS) most prestigious honor, the Robert M. Shipley Award®.

Brittany Wetmore, a recent MBA/MSW alumna, shares a little bit about how she has grown to embrace the challenge of speaking up and how she has found her voice in the program through the support of classmates and professors.

Hankamer students were recognized for academic excellence by the Honors College.

Double majoring in ProSales and Risk Management & Insurance, Sam Whitaker decided to pursue a career in sales because he wants to help others. Passionate about people, he seeks to build meaningful relationships and add value in every situation.

KWBU (NPR): Ashley Stahl, author of the book 'U-turn' and host of the U-turn podcast explains the growing trend of young adults starting a side hustle and why that trend could be around for a while.

Baylor Entrepreneurship professor, Leslie Palich, Ph.D. has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Ireland, a competitive fellowship of the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

The Hankamer School of Business has announced its Faculty Award recipients for 2022.

Two professors from the Baylor Entrepreneurship Department are presented with 2022 Hankamer School of Business Outstanding Faculty Awards.

The Wall Street Journal: A recent career networking event held at Baylor Business is featured in this piece about job recruiting events.

Baylor University’s ProSales program, supported by Baylor’s Center for Professional Selling, was named a Top University Sales Program by the Sales Education Foundation (SEF) for the thirteenth consecutive year. Top schools for professional sales education are recognized for preparing students for successful careers in sales and for elevating the sales profession.

Majoring in ProSales and Marketing, Crit Scott has passion for life and adventure. A self-described adrenaline junkie who spends his spare time cliff diving, free climbing, and skydiving, Crit enjoys a challenge.

Baylor ProSales recently held the Baylor Business Value Analysis (BBVA) competition, where students completed a value analysis and delivered the results to an existing customer via video. BBVA competitors had to address a supply chain issue involving microchips used in the manufacture of small consumer appliances. The student competitors specifically had to address how best to meet the Fortune 100 company’s manufacturing timetable, given the Taiwanese microchips were not scheduled to arrive at the Midwest plant as promised (a concern for the manufacturer since the appliances exhibit strong sales at Christmas).

The New England Journal of Medicine: Professor of Economics and The Snee Family Endowed Chair at the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty co-authored this article which proposes a reconfiguration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a program highly effective in reducing the severity of food insecurity.

KWBU (NPR): Dan Pienta, professor of Information Systems, says that phishing requires more creativity than know-how.

The Washington Post: Management professor Sara Perry is cited for her research on employee stress and remote work in this article about hybrid working.

Methodist Children's Home: Economics alum Les Leskoven (BBA '78) has been elected to serve as the Board Chair of the Methodist Children's Home where he lived as a child.

Wall Street Journal: Baylor alum and Baylor Business Advisory Board member John Rainey (BBA '93) is departing from PayPal where he has served as CFO for nearly seven years to become CFO for Walmart.

BAHM: The 2022 Global BAHM Case Competition was held April 7-8, 2022 at Baylor University. With a team of Baylor students winning first place, the event offered students the unique opportunity to work collaboratively and compete for cash prizes as they envisioned the "Hospital of the Future."

One word to describe Luke Scaff would be genuine. Desiring to serve others and finding joy in their success, this passion drives him to give his all in every situation.

KWBU (NPR): Information Systems professor Dan Pienta shares how businesses can better educate employees about phishing attacks.

Baylor’s Global Trade and Supply Chain Management concentration prepares online MBA students to lead in a time of crisis.

Over the weekend, Baylor took the 1st place team finish at the 2022 Challenger Sales Institute (CSI) competition, hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma and sponsored by Love's Travel Stops. Student teams participated in three events: a sales management and ethics case competition, sales role play, and speed sell. ProSales Senior Andrea Henderson along with Juniors Cade Bissell, Jordan Goehring, Max Kleiner, Mahak Rajwani, and Sophomore Shane Trevino represented Baylor in this competition.

Baylor's Full-Time MBA case competition team recently took first place at the 2022 Big 12 MBA Case Competition hosted by Iowa State University.

Dr. Leslie Palich has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Ireland, a prestigious and competitive fellowship of the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Delray Medical Center’s Chief Operating Officer, Maria Morales Menendez (MBA '20), is selected as a member of Modern Healthcare’s 2022 class of Top 25 Emerging Leaders. Modern Healthcare, a leader in healthcare business news, research and data, annually honors emerging leaders all age 40 or under, making significant contributions in the areas of innovation and financial, operational and clinical excellence early in their careers.

Some of the best and brightest MBA students came together last weekend to compete in the 2022 Big 12 MBA Case Competition, hosted by the Iowa State University Ivy College of Business. Baylor's team took home the top prize.

Baylor Business Review: Matt Wood investigates the role time plays in innovators meeting the flow of consumer desires or needs.

Baylor Business Review: The Undergraduate Research Assistant Program draws upon a vast wealth of previously underused research help.

Valedictorian of her high school and now a double major in ProSales and Finance, Hannah Tobben has made the Dean’s List five out of her six semesters at Baylor. Extremely driven and dedicated, she has achieved this honor while balancing several part-time jobs and extracurriculars.

Forbes: Professor of Entrepreneurship Boris Nikolaev is cited in this article for his research which found that as the number of small businesses increased, the health of the surrounding community improved.

Baylor Business Review: Dean Sandeep Mazumder co-authors a more practical economics textbook to bridge industry and academics.

Baylor Business Review: Kaylee Hackney reflects on personal experience to study the impact of stress from perceived pregnancy discrimination.

Baylor Business Review: Lingjiang Lora Tu and JaeHwan Kwon study the reach of educational messaging and its impact on the audience.

Five upcoming graduates look back at their time in the Online MBA program and forward to the next chapter in their careers.

KWBU (NPR): Kimberly Lewis, entrepreneur and founder of CurlMix, a profitable natural hair care company, shares her story of determination.

Sportico: Lane Wakefield, Marketing professor, was mentioned for his contributions to a study on the effects of switching apparel brands on on-field performance and recruiting.

Here are some verses of Scripture Dean Mazumder finds most prominent, compelling and influential from his reading of the Bible.

WalletHub: Professor of Finance Franklin Potts is a featured expert in this article about charge cards.

ARMY-BAYLOR ALUMNI ACHE RECEPTION Wednesday, March 30 | 6-8 p.m. We are excited to see Army-Baylor alumni in Chicago for the annual ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership Conference. For those of you traveling to attend, we want to invite you to join us for a social reception on Wednesday, March 30 at McCormick & Schmick's in Chicago! Business casual/evening attire is suggested. Hors d' oeuvres will be served.

Love to Know: Research by Marketing professors James A. Roberts and Meredith David about how cell phones can damage romantic relationships is cited in this article about the disadvantages of mobile phones.

Baylor Entrepreneurship graduate program ranked No. 17 in the nation.

Meet Keisha Riser - a Baylor Executive MBA alumna with a passion for serving others through both her healthcare career and her entrepreneurial aspirations.

The Denver Post: Marketing professor and sports expert Kirk Wakefield was interviewed about how new Denver Broncos' quarterback Russell Wilson is quickly impacting the Broncos' merchandise and ticket sales.

Familiar with the unfamiliar and practiced at adapting to new situations, Matthew Mouton has moved 14 times and lived in four different states. His unique upbringing allowed him to fuel his competitive nature and participate in a variety of sports, including surfing and mountainboarding.

KXXV (ABC): Management professor and supply chain expert Pedro Reyes explains that the price of chicken is rising due to inflation.

In this Q&A, Baylor lecturer Glenn Robinson explains why now is the perfect time to pursue an EMBA with a concentration in Healthcare Administration

Washington Examiner: Sports, Strategy and Sales professor Kirk Wakefield explains how winning sports tournaments, like March Madness, increases college applicants, improves the academic quality of the student body and raises donations.

Baylor Hankamer School of Business scholars pave the way for future entrepreneurs.

In the world of business and innovation, time is the current running beneath an entrepreneur's decisions. When sharing their story, successful entrepreneurs often refer to "acting at the right time" as the linchpin that allowed them to launch a business or release a new product line.

Dr. Stephanie Mangus, assistant professor in marketing, and her colleagues Dr. Veronica Thomas (Old Dominion University) and Dr. Dora Bock (Auburn University), recently received the Broadening Research and Instruction in Negotiations Grant (BRING) from the Thurmond Negotiations Lab at Old Dominion University’s Strome College of Business.

Double majoring in International Business and ProSales, Alaynah Schaff is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Mexico. Living abroad most of her life and having travelled to 17 countries, she is multi-lingual and passionate about connecting with different cultures, serving others whenever possible.

KWBU (NPR): Entrepreneurs are often faced with pitching their ideas to potential investors and customers. Marty Zwilling, CEO of startup professionals, shares tips on making sure your story is one to remember.

KWKT (FOX): Baylor Business hosted a panel discussion and audience interaction on the continuing crisis in Ukraine three weeks after the Russian invasion.

Watch the full recording of the panel discussion about the crisis in Ukraine hosted by Baylor Business.

A recent addition to the Baylor family, William E. Crenshaw Endowed Dean Mazumder knows all too well how the affinity for our campus grows daily.

Baylor’s ProSales was well represented at the 2022 University of Toledo Invitational Sales Competition (UTISC) hosted by the University of Toledo and the 3M Corporation. This hybrid competition provided for both in-person and virtual participation, which was helpful for the Baylor team as weather and flight cancellations required the team to compete virtually at the last minute. The UTISC competition involved multiple rounds of role plays.

Through a newly-created learning experience, Baylor's incoming Full-Time MBA students will explore international business first-hand—and expand their global opportunities.

Baylor Business Review: The dual master's degree program in social work and business turns graduates into a rare double threat.

Baylor Business Review: Sue Johnson utilizes years of business experience and knowledge to help young people reach financial security.

Baylor Business Review: Jinhaeng Lee understands the importance of community and service, seeing both as his Christian duty.