Four students who are eager to represent West Virginia University and their home state as the 69th Mountaineer mascot will compete in a cheer-off competition during the men’s basketball game versus Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. Monday (Feb. 20) in the WVU Coliseum.
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Meet Timothy Holt
Timothy Holt, a WV native residing in Atlanta, Georgia, received his nursing degree from Auburn University and his nurse practitioner doctorate from the University of Tennessee, but he wanted to continue his education through our Chambers College Healthcare MBA (HMBA) program.
“I read that the HMBA program was a new initiative and I wanted to be part of an initial cohort,” said Holt. “The Chambers College has a reputation of being student-friendly and I was looking for a professional program who treated their students more as peer professionals and embraced adult education versus a traditional student.
WVU study finds control, fear and shame tactics don’t work for effective messaging
Public messages should show respect for individual freedoms and personal choice and leave the politics at the door, if communicators expect compliance, according to researchers at West Virginia University’s John Chambers College of Business and Economics.
MBA student fosters inclusive environment at WVU, recognized by ISO
Whether it is through music or just simply a kind act, Dollar Agbemadon goes out of his way to encourage and strengthen the diverse and inclusive culture on the West Virginia University campus. And recently, the MBAgraduate student was recognized by the WVU International Student Organization for his outstanding efforts to promote understanding between the community and international students.
Agbemadon is a native of Accra, Ghana. He earned his undergraduate degree in management from the WVU College of Business and Economicsin 2015. Now, as a graduate student, he says he can remember what it was like embarking on this journey in a place where he didn’t know anyone.
Continuous flood relief efforts foster strong bond within new MBA cohort
For West Virginians, especially those in the southern part of the state, the world stopped spinning on June 23, 2016. Torrential rainfall caused rivers to swell and a devastating flood across several counties.
Pratt & Whitney group earns MBA degrees through on-site program
B&E alumni Hines, Sanghavi win statewide Small Business Administration awards
Two West Virginia University alumni from the College of Business and Economics were recognized by the United States Small Business Administration, West Virginia District Office, for their small business work within the state.
Arria Hines and Nesha Sanghavi were honored at a luncheon on May 4 at the Robert H. Mollohan Research Center in Fairmont, West Virginia.
WVU chief economist Deskins named to business journal’s Generation Next class
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.
WVU MBA program ranked in nation’s top 100 for third consecutive year by U.S. News
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.
B&E, MBA student team conduct study and produce business plan for PACE Enterprises
A team of three MBA students from West Virginia University recently helped make a case for expansion on a company that is undoubtedly changing the game for the labor force in the state of West Virginia.