Dean’s Message

Happy anniversary to the Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business! (July 1, 1984).

We have completed another exciting academic year filled with many successes as well as some challenging circumstances due to the pandemic. I continue to be impressed with the great work our faculty and staff did during the past year and appreciate all that you have done and continue to do for our students and each other. Today, we welcome our staff back to campus. It is nice to be returning to normal operations.

I would like to thank everyone involved in orientation during the month of June. You all did an amazing job providing a high-quality experience for our incoming students. As campus life returns to pre-pandemic routines, it was great to see some of our future students and their families in person, exploring the Gerdin Business Building and seeing our beautiful expansion first-hand.

For those of you who have not seen it, we were excited to watch the final installment of the Rose Frantzen mural on June 16. What a transformation this has made to the Anderson Gallery! In addition to the photos here, please enjoy this slideshow video of the installation.

Thank you, everyone, for all you do every day for the Ivy community!

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Business Career Services (Undergraduate)

Sarah Van Vark, career coordinator, attended the Career Collective: New Forward Career News webinar on June 1 and the CMS Conference on June 15.

The staff of Business Career Services met with Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services on June 7 to discuss student support and resources.

Haley Flores, career coordinator, attended the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE) June 8-11.

Tanya Austin, assistant director of Business Career Services:

attended the Gallup at Work Summit June 8-9 and was re-certified as a Gallup Strengths Coach
completed a PHR Certification prep course

Kathy Wieland, director of Business Career Services; Connie Steffen, customer relations, reporting and administrative coordinator; Colby Clark, recruiting coordinator; and Tanya Austin attended Simplicity training June 15-16.

Kathy Wieland, Tanya Austin, and career coordinators Brooke Long, Haley Flores, and Sarah Van Vark attended the CPI Town Hall: Future of Work on June 17.

To enhance recruitment, staff engaged with the following employers: BKD; C. H. Robinson; Conagra Brands; Deere & Co.; Deloitte; Eide Bailly; Epic; Express Logistics; F&G; Farm Bureau Financial Services; HyVee; Insight Wealth Group; John Deere; Keyot; Kingland Systems; KPMG; Land O’Lakes; Manpower; Olson, Reyes and Sauerwein; PeachPay; Protiviti; Renewable Energy Group; SitusAMC; Target; Transamerica; Uline; Wright Homes; Zirous; and 3M.

Department of Accounting

Diane Janvrin, William L. Varner Professor and professor of accounting:

was invited to present "Unstructured Data Challenges" at the American Accounting Association Virtual 2021 Accounting Information Systems Bootcamp titled, "Integrating Disruptive Technologies into the Accounting Curriculum," on June 4. The presentation was based on a paper co-authored with Ingrid Fisher and Mark Hughes (both at State University of New York - Albany) and recently accepted for publication in Issues in Accounting Education.
with Margarita Lenk (Colorado State University), presented their work titled, "Social Media and Enterprise Risk: Considering the Way Forward," at the Institute of Management Accountants' Annual Conference and Expo on June 14.

Department of Management

Annaleena Parhankangas, Kingland Professor of Entrepreneurship, had a paper accepted for publication at Journal of Transport, Economics and Policy. The paper titled, "Bias in Transport Efficiency Estimates Caused by Misspecified DEA Models," was co-authored with Darold T. Barnum (University of Illinois at Chicago), Jason Coupet (North Carolina State University), John M. Gleason (Creighton University), and Abagail McWilliams (University of Illinois at Chicago).

Clay Thomas, assistant teaching professor of management and entrepreneurship, received a Best Paper award from the Healthcare Management Division of the Academy of Management. The paper titled, "Nursing Autonomy and Covid-19: A Temporal Theory of How Challengers Make Gains In Unsettled Times," was co-authored with Scott Feyereisen, William McConnell, and Neeraj Puro.

PhD candidates Ke Gong and Sebastian Cortes Mejia successfully defended their dissertations. Congratulations!

Mauricio Mercado, PhD student in management and entrepreneurship, had a research proposal accepted by the Kauffman Foundation and received a scholarship for use of their Kauffman Firm Survey Microdata.

Melissa Chamberlin, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship, had a paper accepted for publication at the Journal of Management. The paper titled, "Voice as a Signal of Human and Social Capital in Team Assembly Decisions," was co-authored with Daniel Newton (University of Iowa), C.K. Maupin, Jennifer Nahrgang (University of Iowa), and D.R. Carter.

The Department of Management and Entrepreneurship would like to congratulate the following excellent instructors. For spring 2021, the instructors listed below received at least a 4.4 on the overall course evaluation item, with a student response rate of at least 35%:

Marc Anderson, Janell Bellegante-Komodromou, Ryan Bhattacharyya, Manjot Bhussar, Melissa Chamberlin, Sebastian Cortes Mejia, Sam DeMarie, Laura D’Oria, Monica Gordillo, Pol Herrmann, Scott Johnson, Sung Kang, Bill Malone, Ishva Minefee, Brandon Mueller, Phoebe Pahng, Maartje Schouten, Brad Shrader, Jim Summers, Tom Swartwood, and Ann Wright

Department of Marketing

Ju-Yeon Lee, associate professor of marketing, and Shuai Yan, PhD candidate in marketing, had an invited commentary, “Sharing Economy and Marketing Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Service Management Research.

Pushpinder Gill, PhD student in marketing, and Stephen Kim, Raisbeck Endowed Professor of Marketing, had their paper, "From Franchisee Experience to Customer Experience: Their Effects on Franchisee Performance," accepted for publication in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. Read more.

Samantha Cross, associate professor of marketing, and her colleague Stephanie Dellande (Menlo College), organized and hosted a two-day boutique conference, "Racism and Discrimination in the Marketplace," June 17-18. The virtual conference was sponsored by the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research (JACR) and the Ivy College of Business. Samantha and Stephanie are the issue editors for the upcoming JACR special issue, "Racism and Discrimination in the Marketplace." Suzanne Lyndon, event planner, provided technical support for the virtual conference.

José Rosa, John and Deborah Ganoe Faculty Fellow and professor of marketing, was a featured speaker and discussant during the JACR boutique conference, "Racism and Discrimination in the Marketplace," on June 18.

Department of Supply Chain Management

Toyin Clottey, associate professor of supply chain management, and co-author W.C. Benton (The Ohio State University), had their paper titled, "The Impact of Design Tolerances and Shared Part Dimensions Information on Fixed-Bin-Selective-Assembly," recently accepted for publication in Production and Operations Management.

Patricia Daugherty, Debbie and Ivy Chair in Business and professor of supply chain management, participated in the Select USA Investment Summit, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, on June 8. She was part of a panel focusing on supply chain basics. Other panel members included Ted Stank, Bruce Chair in Excellence in Business at the University of Tennessee; Matthew Waller, dean of the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas; and Walter Zinn, professor of marketing and logistics at The Ohio State University. The session was moderated by Professor Yemisi Bolumole from Michigan State University.

Patricia Daugherty and Scott Grawe, Robert and Jane Sturgeon Fellow in Business and chair of the Department of Supply Chain Management, along with colleagues Yemisi Bolumole (Michigan State University) and John Caltagirone (Loyola University Chicago), had their article titled, "It's Time to Adopt a Customer-Centric Attitude," published in the July/August 2021 issue of Supply Chain Management Review.

Events

Ivy Faculty/Staff Picnic: 5:30 p.m., Thursday, August 19, Moore Memorial Park Big Bluestem Shelter

Ivy Women in Business Awards Ceremony: 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 8, ISU Alumni Center Reiman Ballroom

Business Week: September 13-16, various locations

Marketing and Communications Services

We hope you are enjoying the new Ivy College of Business website!

With a renewed focus on students and recruitment, our goal was to create a website that stands out from the “sea of sameness” among other business schools. Since the new site launched in mid-May, we have worked with several people in the college to add content that was needed immediately. Thank you to those who helped with those improvements. You are likely aware that our Digital Media Coordinator, Fritz Nordengren, resigned at the end of May shortly after the website launched. Since then, our Marketing Intern, Taylor Woody, has been an instrumental bridge for us while we search for Fritz’s replacement. Taylor worked directly with Fritz as the site was being developed. She is a spring 2021 Ivy graduate and just started a full-time position with Vermeer in Pella. Congratulations to Taylor!

We are in the process of filling a revised position on our team: web and video manager. With Taylor’s departure, and the new hire not yet on board, we will limit website changes for the next couple of weeks.

A few key highlights about the website:

Errors will be fixed ASAP. Please use the project request form to notify our team of any website errors.
Edits in progress: If you are currently working with us on webpage updates, there is no need to send a new request.
Updates/maintenance: Each page of the college website will be scheduled for routine updates and review. Most pages need updates once or twice per year while others need changes more often. I will be in touch with each college department/unit to discuss this process. For non-urgent changes, please keep a list until we meet.
Website directory photos: Once we are fully staffed, we will offer more professional photo sessions for those who need one. Please watch for an email announcing dates. Once taken, your chosen photo can be updated by the web and video manager after the position is filled.
Frequently used links: If you are searching for a frequently used link, please check the website footer. Links such as the directory and ISU sign-ons are now found in the footer. If you like, you can bookmark those links for speedy reference.

As we always say, a website is never 'done.' It's an ongoing process. Thank you for your ongoing support of this important project!

Michele Appelgate, director of marketing and communications and Emily Bowman, graphic designer, presented to the Alumni Relations Council marketing communications subcommittee on the college’s LinkedIn strategy and success on June 24.

News Coverage

June 1: Samantha Cross, associate professor of marketing, spoke to Iowa Public Radio about barriers to diversity training in the marketplace. Read more.

June 3: Michael Bootsma, Dean's Teaching Fellow in accounting, was interviewed by KCCI-TV about why some Americans have not received their federal tax refunds. Watch here.

June 11: An economic analysis by Dermot Hayes, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Chair in Agribusiness and professor of finance, was referenced in a MarketScreener article titled, "Court Ruling Undermines U.S. Pork Industry Competition." Read more.

June 22: Ashley Goreczny, assistant professor of marketing, was interviewed by WalletHub about credit card promotions. Read more.

June 23: America's Cultivation Corridor featured the Iowa State University Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship in an innovation profile. Read more.

June 28: The Bergstrom Foundation's $5.3 million gift to the Ivy College of Business was featured in the Business Record. The gift will establish an endowed scholarship program to support students from diverse backgrounds. Kelley Bergstrom ('65 industrial administration) is a member of the Dean's Advisory Council. Read more.

Small Business Development Center

Brook Boehmler, regional director of the North Iowa Area Small Business Development Center in Mason City, has been named the 2021 Iowa State Star by the national Small Business Development Center (SBDC) association, America’s SBDC. America’s SBDC annually recognizes SBDC personnel for demonstrating exemplary work performance, significantly contributing to the organization’s economic development efforts, and showing a strong commitment to small businesses. “Brook is a true advocate for small business across our state,” says Lisa Shimkat, America’s SBDC Iowa state director. “His contributions to the SBDC and our small businesses have been significant, including developing strong relationships with key stakeholders, increasing marketing for his center, and working tirelessly to helping others succeed. We are honored to have Brook in our network.” Boehmler has been the regional director of the North Iowa Area SBDC since 2014.

America’s SBDC Iowa is pleased to announce the winners of its 2021 special entrepreneur awards:

Julia Dannen, owner of D&S Services, is the 2021 Deb Dalziel Woman Entrepreneur Achievement Award winner.
Bruce Teague, owner of Caring Hands & More LLC, is the 2021 Neal Smith Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner.
Rebecca Runyon, founder of Bessie’s Parlor, is the 2021 Think Big Award winner.

America’s SBDC Iowa is pleased to announce that Norsemen Trucking, of Lake Mills, is the winner of the organization’s statewide June Small Business of the Month Award. Norsemen Trucking was founded by David Steffens Sr. after retiring from his first career in law enforcement. He started with a single truck, then purchased a trucking company in Waseca, MN, moving the entire operation to Lake Mills, Iowa, in 1981. Norsemen Trucking (along with Norsemen Transportation and Norsemen Specialized) is now a complete Logistics Company, with a fleet of 55 trucks with company drivers, 40 owner-operators, and a variety of agents specializing in all traffic lanes.

Union Pacific Undergraduate Programs Office

Diann Burright, director of undergraduate programs, participated in Workday Student Fundamentals training sessions June 14-17 as part of her co-lead role for the academic advising functional team in phase II of the Workday implementation for student information systems and accounts receivable.

Welcome and Farewell

Please extend a warm Ivy welcome to the following new employees:

Chantel Joens, building manager, joined the Dean's Office on June 23.
Dan Hanson, recruiter, joined the Union Pacific Undergraduate Programs Office on June 29.
Katie Haygood, academic advisor, will join the Union Pacific Undergraduate Programs Office on July 6.
Bryce Phillips, scholarship coordinator, will join the Union Pacific Undergraduate Programs Office on July 6.
Brady Talley, director of multicultural student success, will join the Union Pacific Undergraduate Programs Office on July 6. Brady succeeds Brenda Thorbs-Weber, who retired June 1.
Hannah Sanderman, administrative assistant, will join the Dean's Office on July 7.
Cindy Robertson, web and video manager, will join the Marketing and Communication Services team on July 12.
Ronnie Perez, academic advisor, will join the Union Pacific Undergraduate Programs Office on July 19.

Jenn Wiederin's last day at Iowa State is July 2. A farewell reception for Jenn, the college's human resource partner, will take place from 8:30-10:00 a.m. Friday, July 2, in the Kingland Hub. Light breakfast refreshments will be served.

Amanda Severson, EMBA program coordinator, has accepted a new position. Her last day at the college is July 2.

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