MBA Students and Alumni Give Program High Marks Full story

(Standing, L-R) Cathi Ryan, MBA Online coordinator; Kenneth Poertner, director, Graduate Programs; Malaika Horne, MPA and MSEM Online administrative coordinator; and (sitting) Eileen Hall, CBAPP advisor, evaluate the EBI survey results.

On Point
Frank Strier, professor of accounting and law, first researched and wrote about business ethics in the wake of Watergate in the 1970s. Today, with the snowballing of corporate governance scandals, he examines why we continue to see new scandals, how a controversial new FASB proposal will impact companies’ bottom lines, and whether the bloodletting will ever stop. Full story

CBAPP and Campus News

Faculty and Staff Invest in LSU Expansion
On Sept. 23, faculty and staff came together to learn about and donate to the Loker Student Union (LSU) expansion during the Legacy Party, an event held to celebrate and pledge support to the new student union. Faculty and staff contributed $31,274 during the event, which, combined with previous pledges of $20,075, brings their total commitment to $51,349. Full story

Powell Named New Basketball Coach
Damaine Powell was recently announced as the new head coach of the Men’s Basketball Program. For the last seven years, he coached at nearby Compton Community College in a highly successful program. Full story

Newsmakers

Prakash Dheeriya, professor of finance and quantitative systems, presented a paper, titled “Terrorism and Financial Markets: An Analysis,” at the International Academy of Business & Economics annual conference in Las Vegas, Oct. 17-20. Business professionals, policymakers, academicians and students from around the world attended the conference.

Senior Daniel Gardner, history and political science, recently began his 10-week internship with the Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy in Washington, D.C. The program gives students a hands-on look into the inner-workings of national and international government. In addition to staffing a congressional office, Gardner has had the opportunity to hear speakers such as Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) and White House Chief of Staff Andy Card.

Richard Malamud, professor of accounting and law, had his article, “Full pre-retirement income is not necessary in retirement years,” published in the October issue of Elder Client Planner, a monthly newsletter for lawyers, accountants and financial planners. The piece discusses why less income is needed during retirement to produce the same after-tax cash flow that the taxpayer had while working, due to the fact that they no longer have to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes or the income tax on those taxes.

Kimberly Perttula, assistant professor of management, presented her research on “passion for one’s work” at the South Bay Economic Forecast Conference on Oct. 20 in Torrance. Passion within the workplace is an emerging area of study within the fields of management and organizational behavior, which Perttula has helped forge through her continuing research first begun as a graduate student at USC.

Larry Press, professor of computer information systems, served as the chairman of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Digital Bridges Symposium, held in Busan, Korea, Sept. 10-11. He also delivered a presentation during the conference, titled “Measuring and Reducing the Digital Divide.” As the chairman, Press will publish a report on the symposium later this month.

Alumna Rita Faith Scott (B.S. Business Management, 1999) graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and established Double Occupancy, a stylish maternity clothing line in 2002. She is donating maternity outfits to the wives of men currently serving in the military. Her future plans include a mentoring program for young women at risk to teach them how to become fashion designers.

Myron Sheu, assistant professor of information systems, won the Best E-Commerce Paper Award from the Western Business and Management Association at the association’s annual conference held in Las Vegas, Oct. 10-12. The paper, co-authored with J. He of Fairfield University and titled, “Measured Decision Support for Online Customers,” will be published in the Journal of Business Management and Change. 

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