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- - Jun 25, 2019 New HTM minor complements all majors, helps build professional skill sets
    Set to launch in Fall 2019, the interdisciplinary minor in Event and Experience Management will “explore the interaction of people, technology, and the environment within the event management context,” according to Candace Fitch, a professor of practice with the Howard Feiertag Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, where the new minor will be housed.
- - Jun 18, 2019 Industry turns to Newport News program to build data science workforce
    Mike Melo, CEO of ITA International and a 1979 graduate of Virginia Tech, saw opportunity when he heard about an Outreach and International Affairs program in India to train data scientists.
- - Jun 17, 2019 Dwight Shelton honored with 2019 Virginia CFO Award
    Virginia Tech Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer Dwight Shelton has been honored with the 2019 Virginia CFO Award (large nonprofit organization category), sponsored by Virginia Business magazine.
- - Jun 12, 2019 Pamplin College of Business names Becky Freemal as its director of communication and marketing
    Becky Freemal has joined the Pamplin College of Business as its director of communication and marketing.
- - Jun 05, 2019 Pamplin finance professor runs down a dream
    For long-time runner Bradley Paye, the Boston Marathon was always a race to be run, eventually.
- - May 30, 2019 Marketing grad embraces the unconventional
    Shortly after she graduated in 2012 with a degree in marketing, Charlotte Ryland – like most new graduates – received a job offer in her field of study. Unlike most graduates, however, she rejected the offer.
- - May 23, 2019 Virginia Tech Beyond Boundaries Scholars program inspires and empowers
    That was also the case for Lidya Etissa, a first-generation college student who was born in Ethiopia and moved to the United States at age 10.
- - May 20, 2019 Pamplin College 2019 Hokie Grads Encouraged to Build Their Personal Brand
    With excitement buzzing throughout Blacksburg, Virginia Tech’s class of 2019 gathered in Lane Stadium on the morning of May 17th to commemorate the end of their undergraduate careers. After a rainy commencement ceremony, the Hokie graduates were sent off to attend the ceremonies of their respective colleges. At 3:30 pm, students and faculty from the Pamplin College of Business gathered in Cassell Coliseum to begin their traditional graduation ceremony.
- - May 16, 2019 Did I say your name [neym] right? Faculty aim to properly pronounce graduates' names
    Cayce Myers knows what it feels like for his name to be botched in public. His first name, which is his mother’s maiden name, is pronounced Cay-ce. It’s often mispronounced as “case.”
- - May 14, 2019 Pamplin's Accounting & Information Systems Department and KPMG Join Forces
    “The accounting profession is continually evolving, and it is imperative that the education we provide evolves as well so that our graduates are prepared to successfully enter the accounting profession,” stated Nadia Rogers, associate professor of practice in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems (ACIS) and director of the Master of Accounting and Information Systems (MACIS) Program. “We recognize that data and analytics is the wave of the future and have taken the necessary steps to modify our curriculum.”
- - May 10, 2019 Commencement 101: Details about this year's ceremonies
    Thousands of people — from excited graduates to proud families – are gearing up for Virginia Tech’s spring commencement ceremonies this week. The events begin Thursday in Blacksburg and continue through Sunday in Fairfax, Virginia.
- - May 09, 2019 Virginia Tech receives national recognition for meeting study abroad goal
    Virginia Tech was among 32 institutions recognized with a Seal of Excellence by the Institute of International Education, given to colleges and universities participating in the Generation Study Abroad initiative that have achieved their commitment goal of increasing the number of students studying abroad.
- - May 08, 2019 Caroline Rector named 2019 Outstanding Senior for the Pamplin College of Business
    Caroline Rector is headed to New York City. With dual degrees in finance and real estate, she is joining multinational investment bank and financial services firm Credit Suisse as a first-year investment banking analyst in the technology, media, and telecommunications division.
- - May 06, 2019 Hospitality Sales students go prospecting with Hyatt
    Every spring, Howard Feiertag sends his Hospitality Sales students out prospecting. Not prospecting with pickaxes and sifting pans. Rather, prospecting with scripts and prospect survey sheets.
- - May 06, 2019 Robert Davidson named William S. Gay Senior Faculty Fellow
    Robert Davidson, assistant professor of accounting and information systems in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, was recently named the William S. Gay Senior Faculty Fellow by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
- - May 01, 2019 Students launch apparel company to support charitable causes
    Three years ago, two Virginia Tech students decided to turn a passion for clothing and creativity into an enterprise that could help the community. Their idea became Zappy, a company selling T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, and more for men and women.
- - Apr 24, 2019 Finance alum and business executive Brad Casper to address Pamplin commencement
    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.
- - Apr 24, 2019 Dwight Shelton to retire as vice president for finance and chief financial officer after 40-year career at Virginia Tech
    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.
- - Apr 22, 2019 Hundreds gather for Hokies on Wall Street event
    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.
- - Apr 18, 2019 John Brozovsky honored with emeritus status
    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.
- - Apr 15, 2019 A group of over 30 students toured the Backcountry.com Distribution Center
    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.
- - Apr 15, 2019 Virginia Tech is the ‘glue’ for 2019 Family of the Year
    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.
- - Apr 12, 2019 Virginia Tech celebrates 50 years of graduate education in the National Capital Region
    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.
- - Apr 11, 2019 BIT student leads interdisciplinary team of cadets at the Deloitte Foundation Cyber Threat Competition
    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.
- - Apr 10, 2019 Kent Nakamoto honored with emeritus status
    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.
- - Apr 10, 2019 Finance alumni seek to boost interest in banking studies and careers
    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.
- - Apr 09, 2019 Hokie Focus marks historic milestone with 9,000 in attendance
    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.
- - Apr 08, 2019 Hackathon tests students' analytical, creative-thinking, and problem-solving skills
    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.
- - Apr 08, 2019 Graduate students receive awards for excellence in teaching, research, and service
    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.
- - Apr 03, 2019 Kevin Boyle named Willis Blackwood Real Estate Director
    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.
- - Apr 01, 2019 Women in Business: Charlotte
    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.
- - Mar 29, 2019 Speakers announced for May commencement ceremonies
    Frank Beamer, legendary football coach for the Hokies, will return to Lane Stadium on Friday, May 17 as Virginia Tech’s commencement speaker.
- - Mar 29, 2019 Pamplin alumnus combines business analytics and basketball in dream job
    Among the thousands cheering on the Hokies Friday as they play the Blue Devils in the NCAA men's basketball tournament will be a young Virginia Tech graduate who followed his own hoop dreams.
- - Mar 28, 2019 Women in Business: NCR
    About 75 students, alumni, faculty, and staff enjoyed an evening of networking and table discussions on professional development at a recent gathering of Women in Business - National Capital Region, organized by the Pamplin College of Business.
- - Mar 21, 2019 Pamplin donors were “In” for Giving Day 2019
    Hundreds of donors supported the Pamplin College of Business during the second annual Virginia Tech Giving Day. During the one-day fundraising event, which began at noon on Tuesday, March 19, and continued until noon on Wednesday, March 20, Pamplin alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends showed their support through donations – online and through various other avenues – as well as tireless promotion of the college throughout the event.
- - Mar 20, 2019 Lockheed Martin executive to discuss ethics and assurance
    Lockheed Martin executive Leo S. Mackay Jr. will discuss ethics as a business imperative on April 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Burruss Auditorium as the featured speaker of the Del Alamo/Hogan Symposium on Business Ethics, hosted by the Pamplin College of Business.
- - Mar 18, 2019 Jay Winkeler joins Pamplin to lead Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics
    Former Leidos executive Jay Winkeler has been appointed executive director of the Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics in the Pamplin College of Business.
- - Mar 18, 2019 Scholarship supports Danielle Jeffers’ passion for helping others afford college
    Danielle Jeffers was packing for a study abroad trip to the Steger Center for International Scholarship in Switzerland when she received a letter from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Only moments before, the multimedia journalism major had been worrying about the logistical challenges of studying overseas.
- - Mar 14, 2019 Pamplin students hosted at national conference
    Two Pamplin College of Business students were recently afforded the opportunity to attend the 2019 TD Ameritrade National LINC conference. Genna Coan, a finance and accounting dual-major from Chantilly, Va., and Kelly Lynch, a finance major from Smithtown, New York, were two of 63 National LINC Scholars selected to attend the conference as part of the RIA (registered investment advisors) NextGen program.
- - Mar 14, 2019 Virginia Tech MBA Program Named One of Top 15 in Country
    Virginia Tech’s Evening MBA program moved up three places to No. 14 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 rankings of the best part-time MBA programs. The Northern Virginia-based program also retained its place as the top-ranked program in Virginia and now ranks as the top public university part-time MBA in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
- - Mar 08, 2019 Third-year medical student earns MBA from Pamplin College of Business through new program
    Last year Mercedes Robinson, a third-year student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, set her white coat aside and picked up a briefcase in order to pursue a master of business administration (MBA) through Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business. She was the first of her classmates to take advantage of this relatively new program, developed by both schools, to give future physicians a set of skills that will allow them to navigate many challenges in health care management.
- - Mar 07, 2019 Vatican’s communications expert to speak
    Seàn-Patrick Lovett has shared his media and communications expertise with college students and professionals around the world. On March 20-21, he will be in Blacksburg to give a public lecture and participate in small-group discussions.
- - Mar 07, 2019 Evolution of Hospitality on Display in Feiertag’s New Book
    What more can be said about a man who has accomplished so much during his six decades in the hospitality and tourism management industry? Not much – which is why you let him do the talking.
- - Mar 06, 2019 Tech products and services win top prizes at Entrepreneur Challenge
    Engineering, architecture, and liberal arts students swept the Virginia Tech Entrepreneur Challenge, where 10 finalist teams that included students from business and other disciplines pitched their business ideas for a shot at prize money.
- - Mar 05, 2019 Student award winners announced
    The Pamplin College of Business has announced the recipients of the 2019 undergraduate student awards. The winners are chosen by members of the Undergraduate Awards Committee, which consists of one representative from each of Pamplin’s seven departments. This year’s honorees are seniors Caroline Rector, Jack Holland, and Julisa Perdomo Santos.
- - Mar 04, 2019 Werth Testing Center helps students fully achieve access and success
    When the Werth Testing Center was dedicated in late January, a large contingent of students, faculty, staff, family, alumni, friends, and administration was present to show their appreciation to Robbie and Marianne Werth and their family, whose gift made the expanded center in Lavery Hall possible.
- - Feb 28, 2019 First-year business course raises over $17,000 for CVC
    Experiential learning is a core component of the Department of Management curriculum. One course, MGT 1104, Foundations of Business, offers students a unique experiential learning opportunity – a project which allows them to start their own business while also enabling them to give back to the community. Over 800 students across 15 different sections from the Fall 2018 course gave back in a major way, raising over $17,000 for the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC), a record amount for the course project and nearly half of the $40,000 total raised by the Pamplin College of Business.
- - Feb 26, 2019 A place where equity for women can flourish - Women's Center celebrates 25 years
    When Sarah Preston transferred to Virginia Tech two years ago, the trauma of a past sexual assault sparked her search for a trusted counselor.
- - Feb 26, 2019 Students pitch business models, vie for more than $40,000 in prizes at VT Entrepreneur Challenge Finals
    The Apex Center for Entrepreneurs will host the 2019 Virginia Tech Entrepreneur Challenge Finals on Friday, March 1, on campus at 281 Davidson Hall, 4-7 p.m.
- - Feb 22, 2019 Afghans team up with Virginia Tech faculty to cultivate agricultural innovation
    What are the elements of effective teaching? How do you teach entrepreneurial attitudes and skills? How do you build capacity to spur innovation?
- - Feb 21, 2019 Greg Fansler completes term as president of Council of Alumni Marketing and Membership Professionals
    Greg Fansler, director of reunion programs for alumni relations, recently finished his third term as president of the Council of Alumni Marketing and Membership Professionals (CAMMP), an international organization that provides professional development and shared business practices for more than 450 alumni relations professionals representing 200 different institutions of higher education in areas of marketing and communication for alumni associations at colleges and universities.
- - Feb 21, 2019 Janice Hall appointed director of diversity and inclusion at Pamplin
    Janice Branch Hall has joined the Pamplin College of Business as its first director of diversity and inclusion.
- - Feb 19, 2019 Women in STEM networking panels coming to Richmond and Arlington
    Virginia Tech is hosting two public panel discussions in February focusing on increasing the number of women working in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- - Feb 19, 2019 Business Horizons Sets Record
    Spring Business Horizons set another record as just under 1700 students attended the fair in its temporary home – The Inn at Virginia Tech.
- - Feb 19, 2019 In memoriam: Edward R. Clayton, professor emeritus of business information technology
    Edward R. (Ed) Clayton, professor emeritus of business information technology, died Feb. 10, 2019, in Blacksburg. He was 80.
- - Feb 12, 2019 Bestselling author and TED Talks presenter Dan Ariely to speak at Virginia Tech
    Why do humans make certain choices? Why do they select candy over fruit, for example? And why do they partake of free offers that could lead to unhealthy choices?
- - Feb 06, 2019 Merryman family commits $2 million for Virginia Tech Athletics, Pamplin College of Business
    A simple philanthropic saying has resonated through generations of the Merryman Family.
- - Feb 01, 2019 Pamplin’s Award-Winning Alumni - 2018
    Scenes from Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business' Advisory Council meeting in Richmond, Va. on Thursday, December 6, 2018. (David Hungate/ Dominion Images Photography)
- - Jan 28, 2019 Alumnus parlays pickleball into online retail business
    Coming out of high school in Virginia Beach, Ethan McAfee looked at Virginia Tech as ahead of the game in technology. The Blacksburg Electronic Village gave students a leg-up on the rapidly growing internet, and he saw the university’s SEED team — a student-run investment portfolio in the Pamplin College of Business — as a unique opportunity.
- - Jan 16, 2019 Seufer named ACC Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Year
    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia Tech runner Peter Seufer was named the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year on Tuesday in a vote conducted among the league's cross country head coaches.
- - Jan 15, 2019 Two Virginia Tech online graduate education programs are among the top in the country
    The university’s online master’s degree in information technology is the nation’s third best and the online graduate engineering programs moved up four places to No. 16, according to the 2019 U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of the Best Online Programs.
- - Jan 09, 2019 New year, new goals: Virginia Tech faculty offer tips for starting, sticking to resolutions
    If New Year’s resolutions are all about getting out of the routine and breaking old habits, nothing rings in 2019 better than a vow to travel more. Nancy McGehee, a professor of hospitality and tourism management, said the benefits of travel are immeasurable.
- - Jan 03, 2019 Policy Strategic Growth Area funds first +Policy fellows to enhance interdisciplinary research
    The Virginia Tech Policy Strategic Growth Area (SGA) is taking aim at helping research teams place policy considerations front and center in interdisciplinary projects focused on pressing contemporary issues.
- - Jan 03, 2019 More than 2,700 students enrolled in largest winter session to date
    The 2019 winter session residential classes open this week with more than 2,700 students enrolled in 167 courses. This represents the largest number of enrollments since winter session first launched in 2014, with an increase of more than 500 from last year’s winter session.