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College of Business Dividends newsletter
The Dividends newsletter is designed to give you a quick look into what is happening in the College of Business. You can look forward to stories of success and inspiration as well as articles about important research in each issue.
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US News and World Report Ranks PMBA in Nation's Top 20 Among Public Universities
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Awards Presented at inaugural Evening of Gratitude
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Rise Up Program Creates Opportunities
But does YOUR Gardener have an MBA?
While working in high-end residential landscaping for a couple of years after receiving her Bachelor of Science in horticulture degree in 2016 from K-State, Brooke Garcia realized having a strong business acumen would be helpful. So, she came back to K-State and earned her MBA, graduating in 2021.
These College of Business Grads are on the ball
In the spring of 2021, the Kansas State University Sports Sales Team finished in fourth place out of 30 universities at the National Collegiate Sports Sales Competition hosted by Baylor University's Center for Sports Strategy and Sales, the University of North Georgia's Mike Cottrell College of Business and the Atlanta Hawks. Members of this team included Bailey Short, then a senior in marketing and mass communications; Kylee Stec, a senior studying marketing; and Katherine Trumble, a senior in marketing and professional strategic selling. All three recall the National Collegiate Sports Sales Competition as being a pivotal part of their overall K-State experience, and after graduation, all three landed their dream jobs in the sports industry.
Investing in Women in Business
Shalysa Wray: First Gen and Olympian
Before travelling to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics last summer, junior marketing student Shalysa Wray was probably the only athlete faced with a particular dilemma, stemming from one of her K-State classes.
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When Edward Nowlin and Doug Walker sat down with a whiteboard in 2016 to explore social isolation and its effects on sales representatives’ work performance, a worldwide pandemic was not on their radar.
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Professor Bongsug Chae is conducting a series of research projects exploring the interface between data analytics, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurship.
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A new research publication jointly authored by Dr. Sabuhi Sardarli suggests that individuals’ choices are subject to a behavioral bias called alphabeticity.
The National Strategic Selling Institute: 10 years of selling success
In the past 10 years, the National Strategic Selling Institute (NSSI) has grown to be a vital program in Kansas State University’s College of Business Administration. Beginning as a one-class program, the NSSI now offers a full major and certificate, widely considered among the top sales programs in the nation.
Jace Ward: "I can't die, I'm busy."
Jace had just finished his sophomore year at the University of Kansas and was a transfer student at K-State’s College of Business studying Entrepreneurship when his doctor delivered the life-altering news that Jace had diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) – an aggressive and terminal cancerous brain tumor. DIPG almost exclusively affects children between the ages of 4-11. Jace was given nine months to live, so Jace got busy.
Congratulations and welcome to our newest alumni