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Michael J. Coles College Reveals 2021 Outstanding Students
May 21, 2021
The Michael J. Coles College of Business recently announced the winners of the 2021 Outstanding Student awards, recognizing some of the most accomplished students in each of the College's academic programs.
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Executive MBA Ranked Best in Georgia, 8th Globally
May 14, 2021
Kennesaw State University’s Executive Master of Business Administration program is rated as the best in Georgia for the fifth straight year in CEO Magazine’s 2021 Global Executive MBA Rankings.
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Kalafut Family Continues Support of Kennesaw State with Latest Scholarship Fund
May 13, 2021
George and Alice Kalafut have established the Katherine Kalafut Cody and Tracy Kalafut Collerain Endowed Scholarship, which will support students in KSU Journey Honors College and the Coles College of Business who are majoring in finance, accounting or information systems.
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Honors College Recognizes Coles Student for Scholarship and Service
May 06, 2021
Management major Robert Connor is making the most of each day as a student and a leader, and accordingly has been recognized as this year’s top student in Kennesaw State University’s President’s Emerging Global Scholars (PEGS) program. Named for the founding dean of the Honors College, the Ralph Rascati Outstanding PEGS Student award is given annually to a second-year student who demonstrates strong scholastic performance and service to others.
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Partner at Atlanta's 'Best Place to Work' Gives Students Leadership Advice
April 28, 2021
The southeast regional offices of mortgage company Supreme Lending topped Atlanta Business Chronicle’s list of the Best Places to Work in 2020. As part of the Michael J. Coles College of Business’s flagship Tetley leadership series, Supreme Lending’s regional operating partner Pat Flood spoke to Kennesaw State University students about his approach to leading people and building relationships.
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Coles Double Major Earns National Recognition for Research
April 27, 2021
Jacob Rybak is having an unforgettable final year as a Kennesaw State University student, presenting to prestigious research conferences across the country and even being a featured speaker for one of them. Rybak has been working with professor Susan Hardy for several months on research aimed at reforming the prison system in the United States and reducing the number of former inmates who relapse into criminal activity and return to jail. Rybak has given presentations online for seven different research conferences, including at Harvard, Virginia Tech and most recently Stanford, for which he also was a plenary speaker.
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Scott Widmier on the Power of Customer Reviews
April 20, 2021
Speaking to consumer advocacy group WalletHub, Coles College faculty Scott Widmier, associate professor of marketing and professional sales, looks at the strengths and weaknesses of national and regional car insurance providers.
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Ben Scafidi on Teaching Financial Literacy to Young People
April 20, 2021
Speaking to Wallethub.com, economics professor Ben Scafidi details how parents can talk to their kids about financial responsibility, and how students in K-12 can also learn this skill.
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Apple Executive, Kennesaw State Alum, Encourages Students to Aim High
April 16, 2021
Aaron Gagnon, Apple’s chief audit executive, earned his accounting degree from Kennesaw State in 1994. He returned to campus this week from his home in Austin, Texas, to speak with students in the Master of Accounting program about careers in the industry and the role Kennesaw State has played in his success.
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Student Managed Investment Fund Wins CFA Ethics Challenge
April 15, 2021
When faced with difficult choices, students in the Kennesaw State University Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) proved that they can make the right decisions by taking first place in the recent CFA Society Atlanta Ethics Challenge.