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Dean’s Message;
The Splitter Report
Values Delta Mu Delta
Education School Highlights;
Service Faculty;
Student Spotlight
Volume IV, Issue iii School of Business Newsletter Winter 2021
Message from the Dean
Dear School of Business Sentinel of Knoxville ranked the program as the 6th largest Fall
Community, School of Business Master of 2020 enrolled MBA Program in the
Despite the challenges of Business Administration (MBA) State of Tennessee.
the COVID-19 pandemic continues
to put on all of us, the School Sincerely,
of Business continues toward James Maxwell, Ph.D.
success. Our Fall 2020 enrollment Dean, School of
surpassed our Fall 2019 Business
enrollment. Spring 2021 enrollment
surpassed our Spring 2020.
Our faculty continue to do
an excellent job of teaching our
students which is reflected in that
we had 21 academic students
inducted into the Delta Mu Delta
Academic Honors Society Fall
2020. We had 90 students achieve
academic excellence making the
Fall 2020 Dean’s List.
The Nashville Business
Journal, Knox.Biz and News
Delta Mu Delta Induction Ceremony
On November 5th, 2020 the Graduate Inductees
School of Business held a Macey Barnes Carina Lorenzen
virtual Delta Mu Delta Induction Irina Ellsworth Jenae Matikke
Ceremony. The Mu Kappa Robert Foucart Madison McClanahan
chapter inducted 21 new Amy Garcia Bradley Robinson
members into Delta Mu Delta. Brieanne Horton Dylan Werme
Yana Koroleva Parker Williams
Delta Mu Delta is a business Undergraduate Inductees
honor society that recognizes Amanda Dahlstrom Natalie Tomlinson
and encourages academic Seth Kerney Kristin Vogel
excellence of students at Alexis Kiser Angie Zhang
qualifying colleges and Arthur Risavy
universities to create a DMD
community that fosters the DBA Program Inductee
well-being of its individual Lauren Jolly
members and the business
Faculty Inductee
community through life-time
Dr. Ahleasha McNeal
membership.
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Lessons from ACBSP
Accreditation
Dollywood LMU School of Business has
obtained ACBSP accreditation
for the following programs:
On October 15, an array of business topics •BBA – Healthcare
Assistant Professor of from Dollywood Management, Administration
Business, Dr. Lisa Blair-Cox, Human Resources, Operations •BBA – Nursing Home
hosted a guest presenter via Management, Company Administration
zoom for BUSN 100 and BUSN Response to Covid 19, •BBA – Business Analytics
250. Mr. Tim Berry, Dollywood Employee Empowerment, •BBA – Management
VP Human Resources from Employee Wellness,
Information Systems
The Dollywood Company Internships, Ethical Standards,
•MBA – Nursing Home
spoke with students in her Vision, Mission, and Social
Administration
courses. Mr. Berry addressed Responsibility.
•MBA – Business Analytics
programs
ESP
Scholarship Program
LMU School of Business
continues to work with
high schools in the Eastern
Tennessee region who
have interest in our new
Entrepreneurial Scholarship
Pathways (ESP) Program.
The School of Business
Undergraduate Recruiter and
Student Success Coordinator
is currently working with 35
high schools to implement
the program. We are in the
process of selecting our third
scholarship award.
Social Outreach MBA UPDATES
LMU School of Business LMU School of Business strives to provide new opportunities for
grows its reach on social LMU professional school students by conjoining the Masters in
media platforms. Business Administration program with LMU’s professional schools.
•Instagram: 191 Increase
•Facebook: 229 Increase MBA and Professional School Degree Updates:
•Matriculated first DO/MBA Cohort with DCOM Knoxville
•Matriculated first JD/MBA Cohort with Duncan School of Law
•Completing the Occupational Therapy/MBA Dual Enrolled Proposal
•Working with Physical Therapy to implement a joint DPT/MBA
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Fall 2020
Dean’s List Members
The following are students who made the Dean’s list for
the Fall 2020 Semester.
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of Business, Dr. Lisa Cox, podcast episodes are full of
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National Society of Leadership of these famous companies
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Leadership and Success is the
listen on your commute.
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honor society in the United
is also the first program of its
States, with more than 650
kind to earn accreditation for
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Journal Student Spotlight
Acceptance
Felipe Charry
Not Once, events. With his passion for
but Twice athletics, he also volunteers his
time to assist South American
Ahtetes to receive athletic
“
School of Business scholarships.
Assistant Professor of Finance,
Dr. Edmond Lyonga, had two
of his articles accepted for My Cousin and I experienced
publication by two journals. all the benefits of being col-
Submitted to the International lege athletes and wanted to
Journal of Economics, Business, offer the same experience and
and Management Research Senior School of lifestyle to young soccer and
(IJEBMR), his manuscript Business Student Felipe tennis players in South Amer-
“EDUCATING UNIVERSITY Charry has excelled not only ica that are looking for oppor-
STUDENTS ABOUT FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT AS A
in the classroom, with a 3.5
cumulative GPA, but represents
Lincoln Memorial University on
tunities and a possibility of
playing the sport that they love
“
DETERRENT TO FINANCIAL and get a college degree.
FRAUD IN CAMEROON” has the court, across the country,
been accepted for publication. and internationally. Charry is a
Additionally, he interns
Additionally, his manuscript, 2-year member of LMU’s Men’s
with onpitroad.com as a
“Adulting as a vital Component Tennis team, coming from
marketing intern. Currently, he
to the Financial Management Jacksonville College in Texas as
is developing a new marketing
of Local Councils in Cameroon; a team captain. He also serves
strategy for their website.
the Case of Buea Rural as a student representative for
Moving forward, Charry strives
Council,” was also accepted the Athletic Department’s Fan
to find his way to the top
for publication in the Journal of Council and assists with game-
colleges and professional sports
Finance and Accounting (JFA). day operations and athletic
franchises in the United States.
School of @LMU_Business @LMU_Business
Business on
@LMUBusinessSchool LMU School of Business
Social Media
LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Contact the Editor
423.869.6254 Rachel Eaton
6965 CUMBERLAND GAP PKWY, HARROGATE, TN 37752 Graduate Assistant for the
School of Business
Rachel.Eaton@LMUnet.edu
423.869.7777
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