The School of

Business

UPDATE Volume 25, Issue 2 November-December 2015

School of Business Chowan University One University Place Murfreesboro, NC 27855

Visiting Executive Michael Harrell

On October 15, Michael Harrell, President of Jernigan Oil & Pro-pane, spent his day on campus in conjunction with the School of Business Visiting Executive Pro-gram. Jernigan Oil is a family busi-ness based in Ahoskie, serving the region’s needs for almost 70 years. The company originally supplied mules to farmers, then expanded into fertilizer and tractors, and then began supplying farmers’ fuel needs.

Mr. Harrell spoke with students in Mrs. Taylor’s Selling and Retail Merchandising classes, sharing his insights and experience. A net-working luncheon with Mr. Harrell was attended by a small group of students and business faculty. In the afternoon, his presentation, ‘Petroleum 101: The Basics of Pe-troleum Engineering and Market-ing’ was well attended in Vaughan Auditorium. He reminded students that “no matter what you do in life or business, you are affected by petroleum products; even this wa-ter bottle was made with petrole-um.”

Our thanks to Mr. Harrell for his participation.

The School of Business Visiting Executive Program exists to ex-pand the educational horizons of our students by providing the op-portunity for interaction with upper-level business executives from a variety of business fields. Each semester a different executive comes to campus to speak in clas-ses, have a networking meal with a small group of students and the School of Business faculty, and speak at an assembly later in the day. Since its inception, the pro-gram has enriched our curriculum and added to the practical knowledge of our students.

Pictured above are Timothy Denny, Naima Harrington, Victoria Davis-Gillis, Michael Harrell, Adriea Herndon, Christina Thomas, Courtney Dia-mond and Marcuys Smith

Timothy Denny - November 2015 Student of the Month

Linda L. Miles, Ph.D. Dean of the School of Business,

Colgate Darden Professor of

Finance

Debbie Joyner

Secretary and Editor

Phone: 252-398-6529

E-mail: Joyned@chowan.edu

Timothy Denny is the November student of the month for the School of Business. He is from Woodridge, Virginia which is about three hours away from Murfreesboro. He is the first to attend college, with a young-er brother and an older sister. Tim sent his game films to a tal-ent scout when he was looking for a college to continue his football ca-reer. He was recruited by Coach Place to become a member of the Hawks football team, first visiting Chowan in February of his senior year in high school. In addition to his achievements on the football field, he achieved academically. Tim states that he has learned a lot from his classes and his experienc-es here. Tim’s major is Business Admin-istration with a Concentration in Ac-counting and a Minor in Manage-ment. When asked why he chose business, he says he always envi-sioned himself as a business pro-fessional, initially thinking he would concentrate in Information Systems.

After his first accounting class, Mrs. Williams told Tim that he should be an accountant. He didn’t believe her, but after his freshman year, he was convinced. His favorite classes are the accounting classes with Mrs. Williams because she is so passionate about teaching that it makes you want to learn. One of the best things about be-ing at Chowan is that his schedule

is so tight with being a student ath-lete that he has to stay focused on football and class. Of course, Tim states that this is good and bad because it does not leave him time for a social life while he is at school. During the summers he has a bit more free time, though he also works on his physical condi-tioning and holds part time jobs. Tim says that Chowan has been a good decision for him. He is a member of Sigma Beta Delta and Alpha Chi, and has been on both President’s List and Dean’s List. His advice to upcoming freshman would be: “Don’t quit when things get hard. Push through and it will all work out for the best.” Tim graduates in May 2016 and his career choices are split between becoming a college football coach or going into the accounting field. We know that he will succeed in whatever endeavors he chooses.

Good Luck Tim!

School of Business

President’s List Spring 2015

Ashleigh Ardis Enrique Barge

Dwayne Brinkley Brianna Cooper Farid Hajizada Adriea Herndon Alex Jackson

Kelsey Schlake Kimlin Sykes

School of Business

Dean’s List Spring 2015

Lurin Abu-Hamamah

Alaya Burham Natalia De Andrade

Timothy Denny Courtney Diamond

Troy Dicks Adriea Herndon

Marco Lujan Diamond Macklin La’Quan Nixon

Polina Novachuk Dale Russ Kiala Smith

Victoria Smollchenkova Christina Thomas Thornton Watson

Congratulations!

Marendy Cannon - December 2015 Student of the Month

Natalie Riddick, a Sales Coordi-nator for Vietri, Inc.spoke to students in Patsy Taylor's Retail Merchandis-ing and Selling classes on Tuesday, November 24. Vietri offers fine, ex-clusively Italian ceramic dinnerware and decor for the home and garder, decorating and dining, handmade and hand painted in Italy

(www.vietri.com).

Natalie is a native of Ahoskie, a graduate of Meredith College, and the younger sister of Elizabeth Rid-dick Davis, Chowan University's Di-rector of Annual Fund.

Riddick Visits Selling Classes

December’s student of the month, Marendy (Mindy) Cannon, is a bubbly young woman who is a na-tive of nearby Severn, NC. She graduated third in her class at North-ampton High School,. While in high school, Mindy was voted MVP of the varsity volleyball team. She chose Chowan because it was close to home, and she hoped to continue her volleyball career. The volleyball dream was sidelined, however, due to injury. She and her family are close and active in their church. At Chowan, Mindy is a senior pursuing a B.S. in Business Admin-istration with a concentration in Ac-counting and a minor in Manage-ment. Mindy has excelled academi-cally while at Chowan. She has consistently been on the Dean’s List or President’s List every semester during her tenure at Chowan. Mindy notes that because of the smaller class sizes, students and faculty at Chowan interact closely in the classroom. She also appreciates that faculty are helpful outside of the classroom.

Mindy currently enjoys working at Jentry White CPA, an accounting firm in nearby Jackson, NC, where she is a bookkeeper. She plans to do a spring internship with the firm as well, where she will be doing tax-es. She enjoys being able to work in her chosen field. After graduation, Mindy hopes to work full time at Jentry White CPA or perhaps at the peanut company where most mem-bers of her family are employed.

Hobbies for Mindy include gar-dening and making jams. Mindy has a one acre garden that keeps her busy in the summer. Produce from the garden is usually given away to others.

For fun, she enjoys cooking, cleaning (imagine that!), singing at her church, and four-wheeling. Her six month old lab puppy named Mae provides lots of enjoyment

On a personal note, Mindy says she has been most influenced by her parents. Her dad gives advice and talks with her about issues, and her mom always has inputs and feed-back. Mindy’s favorite Bible verse, Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” should serve her well in the future as she navigates life. Her advice to other students is to “Read! You’re not going to understand unless you read. YouTube if you can’t under-stand reading.”

The School of Business wishes you the best in all your future en-deavors, Mindy! Congratulations on being selected as the CU School of Business Student of the Month for December, 2015!

The Elevator Pitch Competition held October 23, 2015 between the Sports Studies and Physical Edu-cation Department (SSPE) and the School of Business (SB) featured students from the SSPE 479 Semi-nar course and the BUS 390 Busi-ness Colloquium course. Each participant had 90 seconds to re-spond to the prompt, “we’ve en-joyed reviewing your resume, now tell us more about yourself.” Student talks were rated on content and presentation by a pan-el of three judges: Debbie Richard-son, Senior Associate Commission-er of the Atlantic 10 Athletic Confer-ence; Jamie Johnson, owner of

Ace Hardware in Ahoskie and Murfreesboro; and Alan Scott, Di-rector of Career Services at Chow-an University. First place was awarded to Timothy Denny, a senior Business Administration major with a Con-centration in Accounting. Second place went to Alisha Mobley, a sen-ior Business Administration major with a Concentration in Manage-ment. Third place winner was Dusty Biggs, a senior Business Administration major with a Con-centration in Information Systems. The rematch elevator pitch com-petition will be held in the spring.

School of Business Students Rise to the Top in Elevator

Pitch Competition

Pictured above are Alisha Mobley, Debbie Richardson, Timothy Denny,

Jamie Johnson, Dusty Biggs and Alan Scott.

The Chowan Computer Club (CCC) has been very active, meet-ing biweekly during the fall 2015 semester. Officers are:

Ronald Howard, Jr., President & club representative to the SGA

LaQuan Nixon, Vice-President Ronald Howard, Treasurer Curshurn Matthew, Secretary

Club members have developed a club Facebook page! Be sure to visit our page and Like us at https://www.facebook.com/Chowan-Computer-Club-954301251312938/. For the spring semester, we have invited former Chowan IS Student Kyle Johnson from the university IT Department to come and speak to the club. Other plans are to begin a robotics project and plan a LAN party for the spring se-mester.

Does any of this sound interest-ing to you? No computer expertise is necessary to join our club; it's a place for like-minded people with an interest in computing to join to-gether and expand their knowledge. For information about CCC, contact Dr. Griffin or Ron Howard, Jr., or send us an email at ccc@chowan.edu.

Chowan Computer Club Sets Agenda

Chowan University annually

participates in the national Who’s

Who Among Students in American

Universities and Colleges program

as a way of recognizing the out-

standing achievement of our stu-

dents. Chowan looks for students

who have excelled in the class-

room and who have expanded their

college experiences by being ac-

tive in campus and community pro-

jects and events.

Students are first nominated by members of the faculty and staff. Using specific requirements, the nominations are then reviewed by the Honors Committee. These re-quirements include: junior or senior status, scholarship ability with an overall GPA of 3.0 or better, active participation and leadership in aca-demic and extracurricular activities, citizenship and service to the uni-versity, and potential for future achievement. School of Business Students recognized are Adriea Herndon, Alisha Mobley, Kinsey Modlin and Christina Thomas. Congratulations!

Seven Phi Beta Lambda mem-bers (pictured above) attended the NC Phi Beta Lambda Fall Leadership Development Confer-ence November 6-7, 2015 in Greensboro, NC. They attended a variety of workshops based on this year's theme "Connect."

Chowan's chapter received a First Place - Eastern Region membership recognition. Chow-an's Mu Zeta Chapter currently has 22 members and is the larg-est membership of the 13 active chapters in North Carolina's east-ern region. Business majors inter-ested in joining PBL should con-tact Patsy Taylor at tay-lop@chowan.edu for more infor-mation.

PBL Receives Recognition at Conference

Pictured above are Timothy Watts, Brinton Hill, Jasmin Washington, Jasmine Thomas, Adviser, Mrs. Patsy Taylor, Alisha Butler, Kinsey Modlin, and Malik Leach

Patsy Taylor, PBL adviser, hosted 15 Phi Beta Lambda members for a Christmas din-ner Wednesday evening, De-cember 2.

Following dinner, members enjoyed wrapping gifts for our Angel Tree child.