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Marketing Department Wins Big

This semester has been busy for the Chambers College Marketing Department. From sales competitions to a fun social media challenge, students have won big. 

Students have placed at three different sales competitions and have participated in a TikTok challenge to engage with faculty and take home a fun price. 

Diversity in Action: February 2021 DICE Committee Update

Building a truly diverse and inclusive culture is a journey.

During Black History Month, we have been inspired by the journeys of Black leaders who have used their voices to champion diversity. They remind us of the importance of courage, resilience and compassion in creating everlasting change and building more diverse communities.

February Department Digest and Awards

The Chambers College team is doing big things, and we want to know about them! Share through this form to see them in a future edition of Let’s Talk Business and/or our other communications vehicles. Want to recognize your colleagues for their accomplishments? Click here.

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WVU Marketing professor seeks to prepare students for modern marketing landscape with debut textbook

On its surface, WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics Marketing Chair Michael Walsh’s first published textbook seems a bit of a paradox.

Using the most traditional of media, Walsh and co-authors Thomas Flynn and James Smith are attempting to prepare marketing students for an ever-changing digital world in the pages of Integrated Marketing Communication: A Consumer-Centric Approach For the Digital Era.

Finalists Announced for the 15th Annual West Virginia Collegiate Business Plan Competition

Six state colleges and universities will be represented in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Statewide Collegiate Business Plan Competition finals, making it the most diverse group of finalist teams in the competition’s 15-year history.

Colleges and universities that are moving into the finals include: Concord University, Marshall University, Shepherd University, University of Charleston, West Virginia State University and West Virginia University.

WVU to hold entrepreneurial contest through new Seed WV program

MORGANTOWN, W. Va.— New ideas, like plants, can, under the right conditions, grow from something small into something sustainable and productive. West Virginians with ideas for new products and services that have the potential to be brought to market quickly could benefit from a program planted in West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics.

Seed WV is a virtual contest open to West Virginia residents, innovators, entrepreneurs, businesses and non-profits. Up to $15,000 in prize money will be awarded to winning ideas to help move them to market.

January Department Digest and Awards

The Chambers College team is doing big things, and we want to know about them! Share through this form to see them in a future edition of Let’s Talk Business and/or our other communications vehicles. Want to recognize your colleagues for their accomplishments? Click here.

The 2019 West Virginia CPA exam data reflects outstanding results for WVU MAcc students, with a pass rate of 75 percent. This strong outcome is a testament to the dedication and discipline of our students, and strengthened by the partnership between WVU and Becker.

Chambers College positions for future with expanded associate dean team; Boyd, Hall to champion outreach, research missions

The John Chambers College of Business and Economics isn’t waiting to respond to the changed world that awaits on the other side of the pandemic.

Milan Puskar Dean Javier Reyes is ensuring that the Chambers College is on the front lines shaping that future by aligning resources in the most strategic way to provide focus to four core areas: graduate programs, undergraduate programs, outreach and research.