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Ikseon Suh (Accounting) and collaborators Anna Rose and Jacob Rose, both from Oregon State University; Jay Thibodeau of Bentley University; Kristina Linke of University of Groningen; and Carolyn Norman of Virginia Commonwealth University won third place in the 2017-18 Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting and Ethics for their paper, "The Effects of Tone at the Top and the Slippery Slope on Misreporting Behavior and Evaluations of Misreporting Risk."

Casey Dakus (Fine Arts), Annie Lu, (Business), Schetema Nealy (Sciences), and Kaela Palmer (Liberal Arts) have been chosen to receive the spring 2018 Southwest Travel Awards. They were selected from almost 100 student applicants. Recipients of the awards receive a round-trip travel voucher from Southwest Airlines to allow them to travel to a conference or event related to their studies. Dakus, who is pursuing a bachelor's degree from the College of Fine Arts, will be attending the Music Teachers National Association National Conference/National Classical Singing Competition in Orlando, Florida. Lu, who is pursuing a bachelor's degree from the Lee Business School, will be attending the Collegiate DECA International Career Development Conference Competition in Washington, D.C.  Nealy, who is a doctoral student in the College of Sciences, will be attending the American Chemical Society’s National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans. Palmer, who is pursuing a bachelor's degree from the College of Liberal Arts, will be attending the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association annual convention in Denver.  

John Starkey (Business) taught two sections of BUS 103 in the fall in which students raised $7,175 for three local charities — Family Promise - Las Vegas, Tortoise Group, and Furgotten Friends Dog Rescue. Students also evaluated each organization and created marketing plans for fundraising efforts that will be shared with the organizations. Community projects are part of the BUS 103 curriculum, and Starkey has found success year after year in guiding his students to support local charities. Starkey is an academic advisor in the Lee School. The 43 students who participated in the fundraising efforts were Maggie Zhu, Palani Willingham, Brian Siler, Andria Osborn, Sara Moilanen, Christine Minor, RuiXue Li, Michel Huwe, Andrew Grierson,  Rylee Gomez,  Jordan Goldstein, Megan Gilbert, Charlene Gassett, Dylan Gagnon, Katelyn Doyle, Trevor Deblanco, Brandon Davis, Angel Cervantes, Connor Buchanan, Jonathan Brauer, Daniel Boeres, Madison Baker, Cristian Alulema, Chanon Duangsima, Dakota Gordon, Emily Gorski, Geovanna Hilton, Robert Lawless , Dante Lista, Paolo Luchs, Brandyn Memmott, Fabiola Mendoza, Marco Meraz, Tierra Richards, Cassandra Rodgers, Taylor Saribay, Morgan Strozzi, Anankan Thangaratnam, Courtney Tinius, Valery Urdaneta, Zachary West, James Wood III, and, Yi Zhu.

Robert Randolph (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) recently published an article in Long Range Planning titled “Entrenchment in publicly traded family firms: Evidence from the S&P 500.” The study, co-authored with faculty at University of North Carolina, explores the presence of familial entrenchment mechanisms in publicly traded family firms and their influence on firm value and shareholder returns. Findings of the study suggest that entrenchment is disproportionately common within family firms but that the outcomes of entrenchment are less likely to result in diminished shareholder value when entrenched managers retain a focus on family-oriented long-term goals. The research expands current considerations of how idiosyncratic family-based entrenchment mechanisms can be recognized, measured, and reported in order to inform and protect shareholders.