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Here at  West Virginia University, we mold our students to be successful in the workforce, and love to see their careers skyrocket. Something we love even more is when we can bring these successful alumni back to campus, providing a milestone for them in their already-successful careers. A great example of that cycle is found in   human resource management expert Cris DeBord, WVU’s newest vice president of talent and culture.

When it comes to the academic success of student-athletes, there are no brighter beacons on West Virginia Univerisity’s campus than those at the College of Business and Economics.

From lemons to lemonade and more than a $500 charitable donation, the BrickStreet Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Club and the Entrepreneurship Club at West Virginia University taught local elementary school students in the Morgantown area about entrepreneurship through Lemonade Day.

The center and the club hosted the third annual Lemonade Day on Wednesday, April 27, on WVU’s downtown campus. Children of some of B&E’s faculty and staff from age four through sixth grade set up a lemonade stand across from the Mountainlair to sell lemonade, with proceeds to be donated to a local charitable organization of the children’s choice.

The 2016 West Virginia University Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching was presented to six inspiration WVU faculty members, including Joshua Hall, associate professor of economics at the College of Business of Economics. 

Hall and five other honorees received a $5,000 honorarium from the WVU Foundation, and were recognized by WVU President Gordon Gee, Provost Joyce McConnell and Cindi Roth at the faculty and staff awards dinner on April 6 at Blaney House.

The director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research in the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University, a student in B&E’s online hybrid MBA and a graduate of that program have all been named among the leading young professionals in the state.

While students, faculty and alumni of West Virginia University are recognized just about every day in the media for various accolades, research success stories and innovation in the higher education industry, Dr. Ajay Aluri  of the College of Business and Economics is taking the WVU name – and the success of the Hospitality and tourism management program – all the way to Silicon Valley.

Aluri, assistant professor in the management department, has been invited to speak at the Internet of Things (IoT) Summitin San Francisco next month on his research specifically pertaining to the future of wearable devices in the IoT.

On March 12, the West Virginia University Rifle Team won the NCAA Championship in Akron, Ohio, marking its fourth, incredible, consecutive NCAA Championship. With three team members also thriving as College of Business and Economics students, B&E is more than proud.

West Virginia University’s MBA program has been rated among the top 100 programs in the nation for the third consecutive year, according to rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.

The top 100 ranking of the MBA program, which operates out of the College of Business and Economics, was confirmed by U.S. News & World Report this week.

It’s a familiar story for many college professors. They never thought, in their youth, that their career would lead them to teaching.

A national study by West Virginia University and other researchers concludes that consumers are less likely to buy from a business which does not serve certain persons because of the business owner’s religious beliefs. The study began in August 2015 following the reaction of for-profit businesses to the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana.

The research was conducted by Paula Fitzgerald at WVU’s College of Business and Economics, Karen Russo Donovan, Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and Alison Mora, the Eugene P. Beard Research Fellow at Duquesne University. In late February, Fitzgerald presented findings of the research at the Winter Educators Meeting of the American Marketing Association, as well as to Morgantown City Council.