Points of Pride  Junior CBA student receives distinguished state of Michigan internship
Jackie Rivard, a junior majoring in Business Administration, received the Michigan Leadership Development Program internship with Michigan’s First Gentleman Daniel Mulhern. More than 170 students applied to serve as Mulhern’s intern. Rivard, 19, will obtain insight into the workings of state government through weekly seminars featuring guest speakers, community service projects, and opportunities to attend legislative sessions. The internship runs from June 4 to August 17.
IMC reaches milestone
The Institute for Management Consulting (IMC) completed its fourth year of operation. During this time, the IMC’s student teams have conducted 14 projects with mid-Michigan organizations. The Institute also has received more than $200,000 in grants.
The list of clients sponsoring the student consulting teams includes Domino’s Pizza of Ann Arbor, Johnson Carbide Products of Saginaw, Delfield Corporation of Mount Pleasant, Playbuoy Boats of Alma, and CMU’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. The IMC offers one of a dozen MBA programs in the United States and Canada with a concentration in consulting.
CMU faculty members present research internationally
The Institute for Management Consulting (IMC) will present this summer at both the European Academy of Management (EURAM) and the American Academy of Management (AOM) symposiums.
The IMC faculty members will present a paper at the EURAM meeting: Using Innovation to Leverage the Impact of Management Consulting Engagements.
The symposiums address the pedagogical approach to teaching consulting in graduate business programs. Both are lead events of the AOM’s Management Consulting Division and are conducted with the Institute for Socioeconomic Research of the University of Lyon in France, an organization that has been closely affiliated with the IMC since its inception.
Economics student places in international essay contest
Joseph Corey, a junior majoring in economics, placed fourth in the International Collegiate Studies Institute essay contest. Corey’s essay, Globalization: A Path to Liberty, focused on globalization in today’s economy.
“The essay attempts to show that globalization has been occurring since individuals realized the economic gains to be made from trade,” Corey said. “The preservation of open trade is important because economic freedom and individual liberty are closely interconnected.”
Economics faculty member Jason Taylor said Corey’s award-winning essay shows how CMU is raising academic standards.
“That a CMU student could win an award in an international competition alongside scholars from the Ivy League and top international universities says a lot about the potential of our university,” he said. “Students like Joseph make teaching and mentoring such an enjoyable part of my job."
Professor discusses energy
issues at Federal Trade Commission Conference
Finance and law professor Ted Bolema was a panelist for a national conference hosted by the Federal Trade Commission.
The April conference, Energy Markets in the 21st Century: Competition Policy in Perspective, took place in Washington, D.C. The conference explored energy issues important to the United States and to world markets. In addition to teaching at CMU, Bolema is a licensed practicing attorney in Michigan and the author of several antitrust law and e-commerce law articles.
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Retired CBA professor named 2007 Homecoming grand marshal
Alumni relations
announces that
Richard Featheringham will serve as the 2007
CMU Homecoming grand marshal. Featheringham is a retired faculty member from the Business Information Systems department, where he served for 36 years.
Featheringham and his wife, Audrey, have been outstanding supporters of CMU for the past 36 years as well as energetic and generous contributors to the university and the Mount Pleasant community. He serves CMU as a member of the CMU Development Board.
Take online M.B.A. courses this winter
Beginning in January, CMU master of business in administration students will have the convenience of completing their degrees from their computers. The College of Business Administration’s new online M.B.A. program will be one of only three offered by Michigan universities and the only one in which students can pursue a management information systems concentration with an emphasis in SAP.
SAP applications provide the capability to manage financial, asset, and cost accounting, production operations and materials, personnel, plants, and archived documents. The online M.B.A. program eventually will offer an emphasis in Six Sigma, a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects in any process.
Alumni receive top awards
Three friends of the College of Business Administration will be honored June 8 during CMU’s annual Alumni Awards Banquet. The honorees each will receive the university’s prestigious Alumni Commitment Award.
The awardees are:
 • Michael Bowen, ’92, president and CEO of Westwood Development Group of Muskegon
 • Al Cambridge, ’56, retired partner of Accenture LTD of Cincinnati, Ohio
 • Tom Celani, ’04, owner of Motor City Harley-Davidson and Buell of Farmington Hills
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