COB Pub 2023

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Student Success �����������������������������������������������������4 Innovation and Entrepreneurship �����������������������5

Fellow Pirates™,

Record-Breaking Financial Support ��������������������6

At the College of Business, we want to tell our stories and demonstrate the impact our students, faculty and staff are having on eastern North Carolina and beyond.

Professional Experience ���������������������������������������7 Programs to Brag About ���������������������������������������8 Public Service & Regional Transformation �������10

communications

This publication is a snapshot of what we do, and it reflects our role in helping transform the region and building tomorrow’s leaders.

We hope it inspires you and makes you proud.

Mike Harris, Interim Dean

Emily Leach Visual Arts Specialist

Michael Rudd

Communications Specialist

College of Business Departments • Accounting • Finance and Insurance • Management • Management Information Systems • Marketing and Supply Chain Management

Schools • Miller School of Entrepreneurship • School of Hospitality Leadership • Thomas D. Arthur Graduate School of Business

“I don’t know if there’s a better example on our campus right now that brings together multiple disciplines where students can generate new and big ideas that they can then commercialize at some point in that experience. ” ECU Chancellor Philip Rogers on the Pirate™ Entrepreneurship Challenge

LEADERS We Build

At the College of Business (COB), we build leaders, and we have the alumni to prove it.

Our network of successful Pirates are job creators and innovators, and they play a significant role in helping the COB produce tomorrow’s leaders.

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30K+

STUDENT Success

cob alumni

7,000+

4,000+ students have

students completed the leadership and professional development curriculum.

participated in COB's annual business leadership conference.

faculty and staff awards

COB faculty were involved in 221 scholarly activities in 2022-2023.

Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award Dr. Jon Kirchoff & Dr. Christine Kowalczyk Service-Learning Teaching Award David Mayo Scholar-Teacher Award Dr. Thanh Ngo

presentations

ECU Creed Award for Citizenship Dr. Doug Schneider

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Chancellor’s Awards for Service For Service: Karen Kus For Spirit: Dr. April Reed

PUBLISHED

journal articles

Staff Senate Outstanding Award Aisha Powell

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Innovation and

ENTREPRENEURSHIP 11,000+

visitors served in the student technology center last year

The Student Technology Center in the Bate building builds community and supports experiential learning opportunities.

10,000+ visitors used the isley innovation hub during its first year

500+

students from 50+ majors, have competed in the annual pirate

The Miller School's Dr. Dennis Barber III works with RISE29 students in the Isley Innovation Hub. (ECU Photo by Rhett Butler)

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entrepreneurship challenge.

Record-Breaking

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

School of Hospitality Leadership graduate Hailee Austin awarded more than $4k in scholarships.

William “Joe” Spurlin

Devon York

The COB celebrates the inaugural recipients of the Thomas D. Arthur Graduate Business Military Scholarship.

$675,000 Financial support

Almost 200 COB students received scholarships and other funding for 2023-2024.

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Professional

EXPERIENCE

Name: Makayla Lane Leland Major: Hospitality Management Internship: Charlotte Motor Speedway

Name: Nathan Boswell Major: Finance Internship: TIAA

Name: Kobe Wheeler Major: Marketing Internship: Lowe’s Companies

90%

350 MORE THAN

of students find a job one year

internships

after graduation

in the 2022-2023 academic year

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Programs to

BRAG ABOUT MORE THAN

$700K

The Thomas D.

Arthur Graduate

in cash and in-kind

School of Business

services awarded during the pirate

is the only named

graduate business

entrepreneurship challenge over

school in the

UNC System.

the past 6 years.

The Thomas D. Arthur Graduate School of Business celebrates its inaugural graduation recognition ceremony on May 6, 2023.

The miller school is ranked in the top 40 of the princeton review's list of entrepreneurship programs.

Elizabeth LaFave, center, celebrates winning for her business, Invenire, which is Latin for to discover. (ECU photo by Rhett Butler)

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MORE THAN

$34M in comprehensive campaign. Almost 300 gifts for 2023 Pirate Nation Gives; led campus in dollars raised. ™

Risk management and insurance students participate in an etiquette dinner with event sponsor, Atlantic Casualty of Goldsboro.

Keynote speaker John May, CORE Industrial Partners, speaks with Interim COB Dean Mike Harris at the 2022 Business Leadership Conference. (ECU photo by Cliff Hollis) Previous keynote speakers have represented NASA, Duke Energy, EY, and other national organizations.

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Business Insurance Magazine continues to rank the risk

management and insurance program in the top 20.

Public Service and

REGIONAL TRANSFORMATION

organizations

hours

COB works with industry, nonprofit and state agencies to foster regional success.

COB students completed fieldwork hours for client-based projects.

newly launched Office of expert services • Academy of Sales Leadership • Bureau of Business Research • Executive Education • Crisp Small Business Resource Center • Center for Healthcare Mgmt. Systems By combining our regional expertise with applicable research and business best practices, the COB Office of Expert Services is ready to help businesses and individuals.

School of Hospitality Leadership students took their classwork to the community and prepared 100 community lunches for the Joy Soup Kitchen, an organization that helps the poor and homeless in eastern NC.

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2022 College of Business

ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY

graduates delivered

$28.7M economic impact in eastern North Carolina

graduates’ spending generated

$34.8M increase in gdp

$8.3M

across North Carolina

in income for other people in eastern North Carolina

Ways to stay INVOLVED PLEDGE

STOCKNOTES

Complete ‘Letter of Intent’ form

Whether you live near campus or across the country, staying connected with the COB is easy!

Our newsletter, Stocknotes, is published each fall and spring semester and designed to keep you informed about the COB.

SCHOLARSHIPS Impact the lives of business students

PLANNED GIVING

Leave a legacy

The Business Advisory Council provides guidance and supports the development of high quality business programs at ECU. Its role is to advise the dean and faculty and to foster ongoing relationships with the business community.

COB’s Young Alumni Council have made many significant contributions to their profession and/or community. They are emerging leaders who serve as a link between the COB and recent graduates.

STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS • Academy of Sales Leadership

• Endowed Professorships

• Arthur Immersive MBA Pathway

• Golden Corral Culinary Center

• Copeland Fellowship

• Innovative Teaching Fellowship

• Crisp Small Business Resource Center

• Isley Innovation Hub

• Cunanan Center For Professional Success

• Miller School of Entrepreneurship • Office of Expert Services

MATCHING GIFTS Companies with a matching gift policy

Paige Hill Director of Outreach

Questions? Contact us!

Phone: 252-737-5500 Email: cob@ecu.edu

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