Volume 22/Issue 7

Visiting Executive Program – Donna Phillips

On Wednesday, February 22, the School of Business Visiting Executive Program welcomed Donna Phillips, Chowan Alumna, Murfreesboro native, and Senior Economic Devel-oper/Manager, NC Department of Commerce. Ms. Phillips spoke with the BUS 220 Marketing and ECON 352 Managerial Economics classes during the afternoon. She shared many stories about her personal career experiences.

Ms. Phillips shared examples of how she partners with busi-nesses on a daily basis in her posi-tion as a Senior Economic Devel-oper/Manager.

Her position affords her the opportunity to meet many inter-esting and influential business executives, entrepreneurs, and government officials at home and abroad. She discussed some of the individuals and businesses she has partnered with over the years and the knowledge she gained from them. At the close of her presentation, she encouraged stu-dents to consider pursuing jobs with state government upon grad-uation.

The School of Business is ex-tremely grateful to Ms. Phillips for spending the day with us and sharing her experiences and ex-

A networking dinner with Ms. Phillips for invited students and faculty was followed by her talk “Government and Business: A Working Partnership” in Vaughan Auditorium.

Gladys DeJesus, Distinguished Professor of Economics, has been approved for honorary membership in the Alpha Chi Honor Society. She will be inducted on October 14.

Dr. DeJesus Honored

Alison Kolezynski, Senior

Business Administration Major,

Marketing Concentration

Honors College

Honors College Student Association

President’s List

Leadership Scholar

Alpha Chi Honor Society

Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society

Order of the Silver Feather

Most Outstanding Student

in Economics

Academic All-American

First Team All-CIAA Conference

First Team CIAA

Commissioner’s Team

Capital One All-American

Student Athlete Advisory

Committee President

Commencement Marshal

NCAA National Student

Athlete Advisory Committee

Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society

Dr. Miles & Vaughn Outstanding

Student in Business Award

2012 Best All Around Student Award Recipient

Student of the Month for March 2012

Bret Overton

School of Business

Candidates for Graduation

Brittany Allen, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Juan Ayala, Queens, New York; Santina Brown, Garysburg, North Carolina; Tineara Brown, King George, Virginia; Bradley Bryant, Woodland, North Carolina; Christopher Burke, Margarettsville, North Carolina; Steven Carroll, Oceanside, California; Eddie Coard, Homestead/Miami, Florida; Steve Fitchett, Newport News, Virginia; Marcel Henneghan, Coward, South Carolina; Courtney Hernandez, Eustis, Florida; Brandon Jennings, Chesapeake, Virginia; Marcus John-son, Wilson, North Carolina;

Evan Jones, Richmond, Virginia; John Kellett, Conway, North Caroli-na; Alison Kolezynski, Strongsville, Ohio; Raimond Kwarteng, Verona, Italy; Layth Mansour, Alexandria, Virginia; Jena’y Nelson, Richmond, Virginia; Brett Overton, Coats, North Carolina; Donna Robbins, Murfreesboro, North Carolina; King Saunders, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Simone’ Seaton, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Ali Abdi Sheobo, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Anton Shoetan, Capitol Heights, Maryland; Lakeshia Simmons, Roseboro, North Carolina; Lauren Story, Carrsville, Virginia; Kathy Van Roy, Holemen,

Brett Overton grew up playing baseball, first in Little League, then for Triton High School in Benson, North Carolina. He knew he was not ready to give up the sport so he began searching for a college where he could con-tinue his baseball career. He found Chowan University and four years later you’ll find him on spring afternoons at Hawkins Field playing third base.

Baseball brought Brett to Chowan, but the community he found here showed he had made the right choice. He was looking for a small campus with a busi-ness school where he could con-tinue to study business, an area that really interested him in his high school classes. Chowan pro-vided him with exactly that. He says the School of Business at Chowan is one of the things he likes most about Chowan. Be-cause the classes are so small, he has made many friends in the classroom and been in many

classes with those same friends throughout his time at Chowan. Brett claims “studying is easier when all your friends are in the same boat.”

Last semester, Brett completed an internship with Glover Con-struction, Inc., in Pleasant Hill, NC. He was able to see the con-cepts he learned in the classroom actually applied in a real world business environment.

He commented that “an intern-ship is a great opportunity that students should do if they are giv-en the chance.” Brett continues to work part-time this semester and hopes it will become a full-time job after graduation.

Brett’s family has had a tre-mendous impact on his life. When asked who his idols were he quickly answered his parents. He said his father “has perse-vered through many hard times” and his mother “is a very hard worker who is always up for chal-lenges.” Brett has definitely learned from his parents. He has handled the challenges of a very busy college life and will graduate in May with a BS in Business Ad-ministration with a concentration in Management and a minor in Accounting.

The School of Business con-gratulates Brett on his selection as the Student of the Month. We wish him success as he leaves Chowan in May and begins the career for which he has prepared.

Wisconsin; Regina Washington, Woodbridge, Virginia; Lindsey White, Currituck, North Carolina; and Alfred Wilson, Carrsville, Virginia.

Student of the Month for April 2012

Reginald Wiggins

Reginald Wiggins, Jr., “Reggie”, is a senior majoring in Business Admin-istration with a Concentration in Man-agement. After graduation in May, he plans to work as a business manager for L.E. Family Home Care.

Reggie is a local—his hometown is Murfreesboro. He graduated from Hertford County High School, where he played four years of varsity football and basketball, as well as running track. He received the Male Athlete of the Year Award for the Roanoke Chowan area while in high school.

Reggie left the east to play football at NC A&T State University. The fit wasn’t right, and he returned to Murfreesboro to attend Chowan Uni-versity because of the close-knit com-munity and cooperative and welcoming demeanor of the university’s faculty and staff. He especially appreciates the close relationships he has forged with other students and with faculty.

He emphasizes that the lines of communication are always open between students and faculty. The small class setting and one-on-one attention received from professors have contributed to his learning experiences. A Business Admin-istration major was perfect for Reggie, as he knew he wanted to learn the theory and art of business in school to help promote the suc-cess of his family’s business.

Reggie is an only child; his moth-er, Darlene Wiggins, owns W.E. Family Home Care, and his father, Reginald Wiggins, Sr., is a prison guard at the Odom Correctional Fa-cility. Reggie active in the Young Adult Ministry program at Parkers Grove Baptist Church. In his spare time, he enjoys writing and record-ing music.

Reggie states, “When striving to achieve goals, Faith in God and su-preme confidence in yourself is es-sential”

Congratulations, Reggie, on your selection as the School of Business Student of the Month for April!

They also participated in select competitive events, and all four placed in the top five in their respective events. Courtney Hernandez earned a second place finish in her competitive event (Retail Management) which qual-ifies her to compete at the PBL Na-tional Leadership Conference held in San Antonio, Texas on June 23-27.

Chowan’s Mu Zeta Chapter was recognized as a Gold Star Chapter, for maintaining or increasing local chapter

PBL Members Recognized at State Conference

membership over the previous year, and for contributing to the NCPBL Foundation, Inc. Scholarship Fund. In addition, Mrs. Taylor was recognized for 19 years of service as a local chapter adviser.

For more information about Chowan’s PBL chapter contact Patsy Taylor at talop@chowan.edu.

Since it was first chartered at Chow-an in 1966, the Mu Zeta Chapter of PBL has been an academic organization offering students an equivalent to their high school’s Future Business Leaders of America.

Phi Beta Lambda members Lindsey White (President), Courtney Hernandez (Vice-President), Carrie Cutchins (Secretary), Regina Washington (Treasurer), along with Patsy Taylor, Chapter Adviser, attended the 58th Annual North Carolina Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference in Charlotte, NC on April 12-14.

Members attended a variety of leadership workshops centered on the 2011-2012 PBL theme “Gateway to Greatness.”

Danielle Coleman-Junior

Business Administration Major,

Management Concentration

Dean’s List

Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society

Resident Assistant of the Year

Women’s Basketball Team

Freshman Class President

SGA VP of Academic Life

Peer Mentor

Student Athlete Advisory

Committee

Bible Study Leader

2012 Who’s Who

Dean of the School of Business:

Linda L. Miles, Ph.D.

Editor: Carol H. Griffin

(252) 398-6529 || griffc@chowan.edu

Students Participate in Competitive Business Strategy Stimulation

The School of Business capstone course BUS 492 Strate-gy, taught by Dr. Griffin is partici-pating in a com-

petitive business strategy simulation entitled GLO-BUS©. Teams of stu-dents run a digital camera company in head-to-head competition against com-panies run by other class members, as well as teams at schools around the world. Company operations parallel those of actual digital camera compa-nies. Just as in the real-world, compa-nies compete in a global market arena, selling digital cameras in four geograph-ic regions—Europe-Africa, North America, Asia-Pacific, and Latin Ameri-ca.

Company co-managers must make decisions relating to R&D, component usage, camera performance, product line breadth, production operations, work force compensation, outsourcing, pricing, sales and marketing, finance, and corporate citizenship and social responsibility.

This simulation is designed to give students an active, hands-on managerial role in which they (1) think rationally and logically in deciding what to do and (2) get valuable practice in making a variety of different business decisions under circumstances that mirror real-world competitive conditions.

Each week, results are posted and the top 100 performances world-wide on Overall Score, EPS, ROE, and Stock Price are recognized.

For the week of Feb. 20 – 26: Chowan's own Bangkok Cameras, comprised of students Brandon Chambers, John Kellett, and Edward Overton placed in the top 100 for Stock Price.

For the week of Mar 19 – 25: The co-managers of HotShot Cameras (Company H) earned a Global Top 100 ranking on the following performance criteria:

Stock Price-Their stock Price of $114.35 was the 98th best Stock Price per-formance of the week, worldwide.

Earnings Per Share - Their Earnings Per Share of $9.16 tied for the 86th best Earn-ings Per Share performance of the week, worldwide.

Return on Equity - Their Return on Equity of 42.1% tied for the 95th best Re-turn on Equity performance of the week, worldwide.

Stock Price - Their Stock Price of $167.43 was the 58th best Stock Price per-formance of the week, worldwide.

For the week of Mar 26 – Apr 1: The co-managers of A Shot To Re-member (Company A) earned a Global Top 100 ranking for Return on Equity - Their Return on Equity of 48.1% tied for the 95th best Re-turn on Equity performance of the week, worldwide. For the week of Apr 2 – Apr 8: Three teams make the top 100:

The co-managers of A Shot To Remember (Tineara Brown, Steven Carroll, & Regina Washington) earned a Global Top 100 ranking

on Return on Equity - Their Return on Equity of 76.0% was the 18th best Return on Equity performance of the week, worldwide.

The co-managers of Bangkok Cameras (Brandon Chambers, John Kellett, & Brett Overton) earned a Global Top 100 ranking on Return on Equity - Their Return on Equity of 54.4% was the 73rd best Return on Equity performance of the week, worldwide. The co-managers of HotShot Cameras (Bradley Bryant, Justin Vick, & Lindsey White) earned a Global Top 100 ranking on

Return on Equity - Their Return on Equity of 50.1% was the 98th best Return on Equity performance of the week, worldwide.

Stock Price - Their Stock Price of $225.59 was the 48th best Stock Price per-formance of the week, worldwide.

Congratulations to all partici-pants. We are proud that Chowan students have repeatedly scored among the best in the world!