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Article ItemFinance alum and business executive Brad Casper to address Pamplin commencement , article
Brad Casper, a 1982 magna cum laude graduate in finance from the Pamplin College of Business, will address graduating students, their families, and faculty and staff as the keynote speaker at the college’s commencement ceremony.
Date: Apr 24, 2019 -
Article ItemDwight Shelton to retire as vice president for finance and chief financial officer after 40-year career at Virginia Tech , article
Dwight Shelton, who has served Virginia Tech in a variety of key administrative capacities over the past 40 years, has announced his retirement as the university’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer.
Date: Apr 24, 2019 -
Article ItemHundreds gather for Hokies on Wall Street event , article
More than 200 Hokies, including alumni, students, faculty, and staff, showed up for an evening of finance discussions and social networking at the recent Hokies on Wall Street reception organized by the Pamplin College of Business.
Date: Apr 22, 2019 -
Article ItemJohn Brozovsky honored with emeritus status , article
John Brozovsky, retired associate professor of accounting and information systems in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of associate professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Apr 18, 2019 -
Article ItemA group of over 30 students toured the Backcountry.com Distribution Center , article
A group of over 30 students toured the Backcountry.com Distribution Center in Christiansburg on Friday, April 12. The tour, which lasted around an hour, was organized by the Virginia Tech Student Chapter of American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), a group comprised of students from both the College of Engineering as well as the Pamplin College of Business. The majority of those on the tour are enrolled in BIT 4464: Advanced Supply Chain Management, a course taught by Barbara Fraticelli.
Date: Apr 15, 2019 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech is the ‘glue’ for 2019 Family of the Year , article
This is what the university’s motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), means to the 2019 Virginia Tech Family of the Year. They live it each day.
Date: Apr 15, 2019 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech celebrates 50 years of graduate education in the National Capital Region , article
In 1969, Virginia Tech opened its first Northern Virginia Graduate Center: A white Reston farmhouse with two resident faculty members, a part-time staff, and 65 students.
Date: Apr 12, 2019 -
Article ItemBIT student leads interdisciplinary team of cadets at the Deloitte Foundation Cyber Threat Competition , article
When Miguel Bustillo first learned about the Deloitte Foundation Cyber Threat Competition back in 2017, the business information technology (BIT) student decided to enter the team-based competition as a solo act. He did well enough in the online round of the contest to earn an invitation to the second round, held at the Deloitte Leadership Center in West Lake, Texas.
Date: Apr 11, 2019 -
Article ItemKent Nakamoto honored with emeritus status , article
Kent Nakamoto, retired professor of marketing in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Apr 10, 2019 -
Article ItemFinance alumni seek to boost interest in banking studies and careers , article
When Virginia Tech finance professor George Morgan suggested some years ago that two of his former students get to know one another, little did he know that the CEOs would later lead a merger to reconstruct something from their past: “a great Virginia-based regional bank,” like the ones they once worked for.
Date: Apr 10, 2019 -
Article ItemHokie Focus marks historic milestone with 9,000 in attendance , article
Always known for its signature Hokie hospitality, the university campus community pulled out all the stops to welcome close to 9,000 admitted students and families for the largest Hokie Focus event to date.
Date: Apr 09, 2019 -
Article ItemHackathon tests students' analytical, creative-thinking, and problem-solving skills , article
A total of 55 Virginia Tech students used their analytical, creative-thinking, and problem-solving skills to try to predict what would be the next comic book superhero blockbuster at a recent five-hour hackathon.
Date: Apr 08, 2019 -
Article ItemGraduate students receive awards for excellence in teaching, research, and service , article
The Virginia Tech Graduate School honored master's and doctoral degree students from across the university at the school’s annual awards dinner during Graduate Education Week.
Date: Apr 08, 2019 -
Article ItemKevin Boyle named Willis Blackwood Real Estate Director , article
Kevin Boyle, director of Virginia Tech’s Program in Real Estatein the Pamplin College of Businessand professor of agricultural and applied economicsin the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been named the Willis Blackwood Real Estate Director by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Apr 03, 2019 -
Article ItemWomen in Business: Charlotte , article
Jeff Hartman (MGT ’79), executive vice president and senior managing director of Wells Fargo Private Bank, welcomed participants to the Women in Business event in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 28.
Date: Apr 01, 2019