CBT INSIDER Issue 4

CBT Insider

Issue 4

Spring 2016

IN THIS ISSUE

This past semester and academic year has been one of Building Distinction in the College of Business and Technology. The College has built significant growth and distinctive new

programs that will elevate the College on the national scene, and completed the design phase of a new signature, 140,000 square foot Business Building that will bring the College together for the first time.

Groundbreaking for the new Business Building will be held this fall. With the significant growth the College has been experiencing, the need for the new building is ever present. All areas of the College continue to grow with the largest growth in the MBA program. The College of Business and Technology remains the largest College at UT Tyler with over 28% of total enrollment and over 48% of all graduate enrollment. Along with increasing enrollment, the College saw a record number of degrees awarded and accounted for 36% of all graduates at the University this past academic year. Even as the College enjoys outstanding growth, new recruiting and retention initiatives have been launched at the undergraduate level. These

initiatives include a new freshman-level Introduction to Business course and a new Learning Community program.

The College’s MBA program is beginning to receive national recognition. The MBA in Healthcare Management was ranked 15th nationally by The Best Business Schools and the general MBA was ranked 121st out of all MBA programs by US News and World Reports.

Our faculty have been actively developing new academic initiatives. Included are new certifications: Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Internal Assurance and Consulting, Oil, Gas and Energy Accounting, Certified Professional Category Analyst, SAP, and Leadership. New degrees include: General Business (major), Information Technology (major), Executive Healthcare Management (major), Leadership (minor), and a concentration in Marketing and Cybersecurity.

The College also held two major speaker events this spring. The Retail Summit was held in February and The Leadership Speaker Series was held in April. Several other events took place throughout the year.

I hope you will enjoy reading about our activities and successes from this past semester.

James R. Lumpkin, Dean

Cyber Patriot Games Hack-a-thon The Department of Computer Science hosted the first annual Cyber Patriot Games Hack-a-thon on April 26, 2016 at the Ornelas Activity Center.

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2016 Leadership Speaker Series The UT Tyler College of Business and Technology’s Leadership Institute hosted the first annual Leadership Speaker Series, featuring Lou Holtz, on April 29, 2016.

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A Message from the Dean

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Overview The Department of Computer Science hosted the first annual Cyber Patriot Games Hack-a-thon at the Ornelas Activity Center on April 26, 2016.

The event included both undergraduate and graduate Computer Science students from the ethical hacking class as competitors. Undergraduate students from the computer science and computer information systems senior project courses designed and constructed the hack-a-thon infrastructure and playing environment. A set of graduate independent study students served as system testers for the constructed playing environment prior to the event. Students were divided into different teams and wore different hack-a-thon shirts associated with their team color.

The Department of Computer Science is pursuing an initiative in cybersecurity, and while cybersecurity involves a wide range of activities and courses, the hack-a-thon serves as an integral component in this effort.

It provides students with a real-world experience in preventing cyber intrusions and protecting information assets.

The students from the build team were excited to host the event and spent countless evenings and weekends testing ideas and working with the systems that were used for the event. They created an exciting playing field, not only for skillful hacking, but also with plenty of room for innovation and creativity.

Hack-a-thon Winners Team Orange were the overall hack-a-thon champions. Team members included: Varun Bhole, Taral Leuva, Bhagavatula Sastry and Suraj Thakur. Team Yellow were the undergraduate champions and members of the team included: Steven Dale, Emmalee Fulcher, Hung Nguyen and Bradley Thorn.

Overview The 2016 Retail Summit was a huge success. The event, hosted by the UT Tyler College of Business and Technology Center for Retail Enterprises, was held on February 23, 2016 at the Ornelas Activity Center. Guest speaker was David Bishop, Managing Partner of Balvor LLC and Segment Leader at Brick Meets Click. Bishop spoke about enhancing digital media’s role in the marketing plan.

Retail summit attendees learned about insights, engagement and experience. Information was also shared about the future Center for Retail Enterprises store and Consumer Insight’s Lab that will be located in the new Business Building. Construction will begin this fall.

Sponsors The summit could not have taken place without the generous support of our sponsors: Brookshire Grocery Company, Cavender’s, Convenience Store News, Glazer’s Distributors, Learning Evolution, Progressive Grocer, and the Texas Retailer’s Education Foundation (TREF).

Longview Retail Summit For the first time, the Center for Retail Enterprises co-hosted a retail summit in Longview with the Longview Chamber of Commerce. The event was held on February 26, 2016 at Pinecrest Country Club. Guest speaker was Stepp Stevens Sydnor, trusted sales and business leadership expert. Sydnor spoke on how to create the business you want out of the business you have.

2017 CYBER PATRIOT GAMES

For more information about the 2017 Cyber Patriot Games Hack-a-thon, contact Dr. Tom Roberts, tomroberts@uttyler.edu.

Cyber Patriot Games Hack-a-thon

2016 Retail Summit

Dr. Robert Paul Jones and guest speaker David Bishop, with CBT marketing students after the event.

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CBT STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

SHRM Case Study Competition The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) student group, placed second in the Nation at the 2016 Case Competition and Career Summit in April.

Spring 2016 Mock Team Interviews Every fall and spring semester, CBT students from MANA 3170 How to Get a Job and TECH 4372 Capstone Experience, participate in a Mock Team Interview with representatives from area businesses.

FAST FACTS

43% The CBT had an increase of 43% in degrees awarded during the 2015-2016 academic year.

28% The CBT remains the largest college on campus, accounting for 28% of enrollment at UT Tyler.

NEW CBT DEGREES

Leadership Minor

General Business Major

Information Technology Major

Marketing and Cybersecurity Concentration

Executive MBA in Healthcare Management

The 2016 Leadership Speaker Series took place on April 29th at the Green Acres Baptist Church Crosswalk Center. Featured keynote speaker was legendary football coach and sports analyst, Lou Holtz.

More than 500 attendees heard Holtz talk about his Game Plan for Success. Holtz was inspiring and entertaining. He spoke about life, happiness and leadership. According to Holtz there are three things you need to be a leader: do what’s right, do the best you can and show people you care. He said in doing these things, it will let those you lead know they can trust you, you are committed to excellence and that you care about them.

The summit was the first annual for the Leadership Institute. The Institute is part of the College of Business and Technology’s Leadership Speaker Series. The mission of the Institute is to serve as the focal point of leadership education, research and outreach within the College, across the University and in the community. Prior to the event, Holtz meet with UT Tyler Athletes at the Herrington Patriot Center.

The event was sponsored by several businesses and individuals: Austin Bank, BancorpSouth Bank, Bank of Tyler, Brookshire’s Grocery Company, Carter BloodCare, Cavender’s, Centene Corporation, Citizens 1st Bank, City of Tyler, D. M. Edwards Investments, Edward Jones-Randall Childress, Fair Oil LTD, Gollob Morgan Peddy PC, HealthFirst, Henry & Peters PC, Herbert and Melvina Buie, Income Solutions Wealth, John Merrill-State Farm Agency, John Soules Foods, Martin Midstream Partners LP, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Oncor Electric, Prothro Wilhelmi & Company PPLC, Regions Bank, STEMCO, Swan Transportation-Freight

Brokerage Services, Tanos Exploration II LLC, The Coordinating and Development Corporation, The R. W. Fair Foundation, The Robert M. Rogers Foundation, The Texas Pioneer Foundation, Tyler Police Department, Tyson Foods Inc., UT Tyler University Advancement, UT Tyler Athletics, Wilson Law Office, and WP & Company.

2016 Leadership Speaker Series

More than 500 people attended the first annual Leadership Speaker Series on April 29, 2016.

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Opening Fall 2018

This is an exciting time to be a part of the UT Tyler College of Business and Technology. With our exceedingly rapid enrollment, we are now the largest college on campus with some 2,400 students. The unwavering support of our faculty and staff, exceptional students, alumni and eager donors helped us to achieve this growth. Our projected expansion is contributing to the new Business Building that is set to break ground this fall.

The new Business Building will provide students with cutting-edge, technologically

Top Picture: Dr. James Lumpkin, CBT Dean, presents Madison Weakley with her BGS certificate. Bottom Picture: New EPT members with technology faculty and EPT program participants.

enhanced classrooms and interactive areas, state-of-the-art labs, outreach centers, departmental suites for faculty cooperation enrichment, and teaching spaces to provide interaction with the community. It will also allow the College to meet the ever-growing challenge of providing a quality business education for tomorrow’s community leaders.

A ground breaking ceremony will be scheduled later this fall for the new building.

2016 CBT Awards Day Every spring semester, the College of Business and Technology honors outstanding students and inducts new members into two honor societies. CBT Awards Day was held on April 28th at the UT Tyler University Center. Through the process of faculty nomination and review, outstanding undergraduate and graduate students are selected from each major within the College to be recognized. Students are chosen based on their excellent academic records and consistent efforts to achieve in the classroom. Induction ceremonies for two honor societies, Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) and Epsilon Pi Tau (EPT), immediately followed the Outstanding Student Awards. BGS is the premier honor society recognizing business excellence. Once inducted, lifetime members of the Society have earned the right to be considered the “Best in Business.” EPT is the leading international honor society for technology, recognizing academic excellence of students

Construction of the four-story, 140,000 square foot building is projected to take two years to complete; classes in the new Business Building could begin in fall 2018. The new building located on University Boulevard will make it the most prominently visible campus facility and will be easily accessible for students, faculty and guests.

in fields devoted to the study of technology and the preparation of practitioners for the technology professions.

Above (from left to right): Dr. Tom Roberts, Chair of Computer Science (CS), Dr. Leonard Brown, CS Associate Professor, Meenakshi Venkata Vanapalli, Outstanding Master of CS Student, Dr. Stephen Rainwater, CS Associate Professor, and Kay Pleasant, CS Senior Lecturer.

New Business Building

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Consumer-Based Cybersecurity The Department of Computer Science aspires to prepare students for the challenges of the dynamic world of cyberspace. The department offers a broad spectrum and growing set of programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level that reflect the current and future environment within information technology and all computing fields.

The retail industry has been the target of considerable cyberattacks in recent years. Significant efforts are underway both at the technological and policy levels to address the legitimate concerns of consumers. The Computer Science Department is uniquely situated within the CBT, and hence has the ability to develop a strong initiative to address policy issues related to consumer-based cybersecurity. The intent of the department is to become an NSA/DHS National Center of Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE) and to become an authority and an advocate of consumer-based cybersecurity. A long term objective is also to become a NSA/DHS National Center of Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R). The Consumer-Based Cybersecurity Initiative was named a University Center of Excellence in the new University Strategic Plan

Courses have been created in Business Intelligence and Analysis, Contingency Planning, Cyber Risk Analysis, Cryptography, Digital Forensics, and Ethical Hacking. These new courses are coupled with existing courses in Retail Cybersecurity and Retail Cybersecurity Management. The curriculum gives UT Tyler a broad spectrum of Cybersecurity courses beyond almost every school in the country. New degrees and areas of concentration have been created for students interested in Cybersecurity.

IMM360

Insight Motivated Marketing (IMM360) is a unique platform for the development of marketing professionals. IMM360 utilizes the College’s, first in the nation, Retail Lab as a center for research and learning. The in-house lab provides a hands-on environment to put classroom knowledge into practice. IMM360 provides students with a unique learning experience through a rigorous and integrated marketing curriculum which provides value added experiences. IMM360 is supported by the CBT Center for Retail Enterprises. The CBT IMM360 is fully accredited by the Category Management Association®. In partnership with Learning Evolutions®, a leading enterprise-level learning management system provider, IMM360 students master the competencies required to sit for the Category Management Association Certified Planning Category Analyst (CPCA) Certification. As a member of the SAP® University Alliance, IMM360 students also become familiar with SAP® enterprise solutions and receive the SAP Student Acknowledgement Award.

Executive MBA Program The CBT is now offering an Executive MBA in Healthcare Management (EMBA) program. Professionals enrolled in the program are engaged through an accredited 36 hour curriculum. The EMBA program provides students with an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the major facets of business operations with applications of business in the healthcare field. The program takes place over six semesters where students are immersed in course content through cohort education. For more information on the EMBA in Healthcare Management Program contact EMBA Director, Kerrie Anne Clark at 903.565.6528 or EMBA@uttyler.edu.

SEP 7: New CBT Student Welcome Party

SEP 28: Economic Forecast Summit

OCT 5: Business Career Fair

NOV 4: CBT Mock Team Interviews

TBD: Ground Breaking Ceremony

TBD: CFSE Small Business Bootcamp Continue to check uttyler.edu/cbt for events or for more information, contact Jessica Brown, jessicabrown@uttyler.edu.

SPRING 2016 HIGHLIGHTS

Students Present at 7-11 MARK 4370 Special Topics students did research for 7-11 and presented their work to senior management in May.

Spring Etiquette Luncheon Students in MANA 3170 How to Get a Job are required to attend an etiquette luncheon held at the Potpourri House. The luncheon teaches students proper dining etiquette to prepare them for business functions.

ATMAE Student Chapter Awarded The Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) student chapter won the Outstanding Student Chapter Award for a record fourth time in five years at the associations’ national conference. Dr. Heshium Lawrence, Assistant Professor of Technology, currently serves as the faculty advisor. The criteria for winning the Outstanding Student Chapter Award is based upon the number of active student members as well as the range and number of activities they coordinate or sponsor throughout the year. The chapter members competed with more than 50 other ATMAE student chapters across the country.

Fall 2016 Events

New Academic Ventures

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Paul Douglas Brown MAcc, 2015

Current Position: Firm Associate, Tax Staff Gollob Morgan Peddy

Paul Douglas Brown of Tyler received the Elijah Watt Sells Award for outstanding performance on the uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants recognizes CPA candidates who have obtained an average score of 95.50 or higher across all four sections of the exam on their first attempt. Brown was one of only five winners in Texas and 75 in the U.S. out of 93,742 candidates who took the CPA exam last year.

The University, College and the accounting department faculty are extremely proud of Brown and his accomplishment in receiving the Sells award. This achievement is indicative of his dedication to his chosen profession. Brown was recognized at the UT Tyler College of Business and Technology Accounting Awards Banquet on May 6th.

Brown holds a bachelor of arts in history and a master of accountancy (MAcc), both from UT Tyler. He currently holds a position as a firm associate at Gollob Morgan Peddy in Tyler as part of their Tax staff.

Traci L. Kenner, B.B.A 1985, established an endowed Accounting scholarship for the College of Business and Technology. From 1992 to present, Ms. Kenner has been an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. She has also served the Appellate Chief since 2004. Previously, she was a law clerk for Robert M. Parker, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, and was a briefing attorney for J.W. Summers, chief judge of the 12th Supreme Judicial District Court of Appeals, for the state of Texas. Her

professional honors and awards include: Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, District Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney; Outstanding Service Award, U. S. Marshall, Eastern District of Texas; Outstanding Service Award, I.R.S., Criminal Investigation Division; and Smith County Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year. Ms. Kenner was also recognized as one of UT Tyler’s Distinguish Alumni at the 2015 Alumni Gala.

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