Beta Alpha Psi (BAP), the accounting honor society at Portland State University (PSU), created a student-run technical journal of accountancy, and also implemented a career workshop for all interested Portland area high school students, which included job shadowing days and a $2,000 scholarship opportunity. The PSU Epsilon Alpha Chapter took first place honors for these programs in two out of three Best Practices competitions at the Northwest Regional Meeting in Spokane, WA, on April 13, 2013.
Spend your lunch break with our Academic Director and webinar panel discussing the ins and outs of Portland State's new Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management program! This session will begin with highlights from our Academic Director Cliff Allen on why this graduate degree is unique, followed by tips and admissions information and conclude with an interactive Q&A. As a fully online, part-time program, the MSGSCM is devoted to enhancing the knowledge of professionals in the expanding area of supply chain management.
Ted Khoury, Business Administration faculty, authored an article titled “The Social Construction of Legitimacy through Signaling Social Capital: Exploring the Conditional Value of Alliances and Underwriters at IPO” published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
Julia Freybote, Business Administration faculty, presented "Off-Balance Sheet Financing, Joint Ventures and Cost of Debt in REITs" and co-presented "Institutional Investor Sentiment and Systematic Risk in Office and Industrial REITs" at the 2013 annual conference of the American Real Estate Society, Hawaii, April 10-13.
Berrin Erdogan, Business Administration faculty, participated on many levels at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston, April 11-13.
Talya Bauer, Business Administration faculty, was a presenter for “When it Comes to Practice, Do Applicant Reaction Models Matter?” and "Distinguished Teaching Contributions Award: Teaching Like it Matters: Applying Newcomer Socialization and Justice Research” and served as a panelist for “Making an Impact With Research: Best Practices in Academic–Practitioner Collaborations” at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston, April 11-13.
Elizabeth Almer, Kathy Rupley, and Donna Philbrick, Business Administration faculty, presented “Auditor Selection: Revisiting Public Company Audit Committee Members’ Beliefs Post SOX” at the Western American Accounting Association conference in San Francisco on April 26-27.
Elizabeth Almer, Business Administration faculty, earned a Best Paper Award for “The Social Construction 'Off-Ramped Accounting Academics: Remedy to Accounting Faculty Shortage?'" presented at the Western American Accounting Association conference in San Francisco, April 26-27.
