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EXCEL LE N As part of the advisory panel, Gibson will provide advice and recommendations on existing activities and future plans to replace the Dictionary of Occupational Titles currently used in the agency’s disability determination process and policies. Her appointment, effective January 2009, is for a two-year term. Harrell Receives Vocational Service Award The Greenville Noon Rotary Club presented Della Harrell with the 2009 Gino Abessinio Vocational Service Award. The award is given annually to a non-Rotarian who has provided outstanding vocational service to the community. The award is named for Gino Abessinio, a local school teacher who was killed in a traffic accident. Recently retired, Harrell served as the administrative support specialist in the College of Business Graduate Programs Office. She had worked with the College of Business since 1976 and had been in the Office of Graduate Programs since 1980. Prior to the College of Business, she worked in the NC Secretary of State’s office. ECU Team Wins National Retail Analysis Competition A team of four students at East Carolina University won first place in a national competition involving a real-life restaurant location analysis. The competition, an annual contest sponsored by the American Collegiate Retailing Association (ACRA), included student teams from across the country who analyzed potential locations for a new Port of Subs sandwich shop—a restaurant franchise located primarily in the western United States.
Dr. Judy Wagner (MCSM), faculty advisor for ECU’s Mu Kappa Tau chapter, stands with senior scholarship recipient Krista Perrotti.
ECU Teams Win First Place in National CASE Competition Two ECU teams won first place in the National CASE Competition—one award for the undergraduate specialized division and another for the undergraduate feasibility/business plan division. The awards were announced at the 2009 National Small Business Institute conference, held in Tampa, Florida, from February 12–14. In the undergraduate specialized category, students won first place for their consulting work with Greenville-based 20/20 Vision Center. The student team included Kenneth Weston, Wiley Coleman, Julia Cook, Andrew Hagemeyer, and Dana Clair. In the undergraduate feasibility study/business plan category, students worked with Washington County Emergency Medical Services by helping evaluate whether to offer a non-emergency medical transport service. Students on the team included Michael Eldridge, Patrick Stox, Jarrod Long, James Johnson, and Dan Pruitte.
The ECU team—all students in Dr. Christy Ashley’s retail marketing class— consisted of Travis Harmon, a senior marketing student from Sanford, N.C.; Nicole Flanary, a senior management student from Hobgood, N.C.; Jennifer Bobbitt, a senior merchandising and interior design major from Charlotte, N.C.; and Stephanie Parker, a junior merchandising and interior design major from Clinton, N.C. ECU Student Honored with National Scholarship The National Marketing Honor Society Mu Kappa Tau announced ECU student Krista Perrotti as winner of the 2009 Mu Kappa Tau Scholarship. The scholarship, which awards $1,500 annually to one chosen student in the United States, has been given since 1979. It was created to further the mission of the organization, which is to recognize outstanding marketing students and promote the field of marketing. Perrotti was the first ECU student ever to win the scholarship, and she graduated in May 2009 with a concentration in marketing. Dr. Judy Wagner, associate professor in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, currently serves as faculty advisor for the ECU chapter of Mu Kappa Tau.
Students completed the case competition through Dr. Michael Harris’s small business management class (MGMT 4262), which is linked on a national level with the Small Business Institute.
SAM Wins National Award The ECU chapter of the Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) won the first-place Chapter Performance Award, Large Chapter Division at the national conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The competitive award is the highest national honor given by SAM to its individual chapters.
Gibson Appointed to National Advisory Panel The US Social Security Administration appointed Associate Professor Shanan Gibson (MGMT) to serve on its Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel.
Three ECU students also received recognition for excellence in service and scholarship. Regional Outstanding Student Awards were given to Samantha Page Farmer, Jordan Isley, and Andrew O’Toole. In addition, Jordan Isley earned the National Outstanding Student Award.