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Archives: Spring 2015

Ken Willis Encourages Students to Build Bridges

Ken Willis Encourages Students to Build BridgesOn April 1, UWG welcomed Ken Willis as this semester’s speaker in the BB&T Lecture in Free Enterprise Series, hosted by the Richards College of Business. A crowd of students, faculty and community members packed the Townsend Center to learn how they can “Bridge the Gap” of diversity and become bridge builders in their community and workplaces.

“Bridges connect people, they connect ideas, cultures, and differences,” Willis said. “Bridges transform.”

Willis emphasized that by creating a culture of collaboration and empowerment from the bottom up – by building bridges – businesses grow and prosper. Read more ...


Walmart Donation Funds Economic Education Workshop

Walmart Donation Funds Economic Education WorkshopA recent $25,000 donation from Walmart is supporting a new program to reach out to high school and middle school educators hosted by the Center for Economic Education (CEE).

The workshops held throughout Georgia allow teachers to learn more about a new virtual tool called “Econmentor.” The Econmentor website will assist teachers and offer them access to instructional materials, like AP economics course outlines, study tools, and learning games – like the Stock Market Game – to engage students. Read more ...

 


UWG’s Online MBA Ranked Among Best in Nation for 2016

UWG’s Online MBA Ranked Among Best in Nation for 2016U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 Best Online Programs ranked the University of West Georgia’s Richards College of Business online MBA program 44th in the nation. The list, published March 10, evaluated over 1,200 online programs offered by nonprofit and for-profit institutions in the United States in categories of “bachelor’s degrees” and graduate-level programs in business, Master of Business Administration, education, engineering, nursing, criminal justice and computer information technology, and ranked the top 145 in each category.

“The faculty and staff in the Richards College of Business believe in and live our mission every day: We are in the business of transforming lives through education, engagement and experiences,” said Dean of Richards College of Business and Sewell Chair of Private Enterprise Dr. Faye McIntyre. Read more ...


SAS Program Gives Students the Tools to Succeed

SAS Program Gives Students the Tools to SucceedThe economics department in the Richards College of Business at the University of West Georgia is one of only two institutions in the nation that offer Statistical Analytic Software (SAS) certification to undergraduate students. While you may be unfamiliar with SAS, it is a software program used by almost every Fortune 500 Company and has a daily impact on your life.

Business, financial, and economic institutions, academia, and even the federal government use SAS. The software provides a multitude of applications from data entry, forecasting, and financial modeling to time series analysis. Read more ...


Southwire Donates $40,000 Scholarship Gift to the Southwire Sustainable Business Honors Program

Southwire Donates $40,000 Scholarship Gift to the Southwire Sustainable Business Honors ProgramWith college education becoming more essential to a promising career, scholarships are becoming an even more important source of funding. In a commitment that is sure to go a long way in alleviating the financial burden of two incoming University of West Georgia students, the Carrollton, Georgia-based wire manufacturer Southwire recently pledged a $40,000 gift that will fund two four-year scholarships.

The scholarship fund, which will be known as the Southwire Sustainable Business Honors Scholarship Fund, will benefit two incoming UWG freshmen in the Richards College of Business (RCOB). The scholarship will be awarded in the amount of $5,000 annually per student for up to four years. Read more ...


University of West Georgia’s Online MBA Ranked Among Best In Nation

University of West Georgia’s Online MBA Ranked Among Best In NationU.S. News & World Report’s 2015 Best Online Programs ranked the University of West Georgia’s Richards College of Business online MBA program 44th in the nation. The list, published Jan. 7, evaluated over 1,200 online programs offered by nonprofit and for-profit institutions in the United States in categories of “bachelor’s degrees” and graduate-level programs in business, Master of Business Administration, education, engineering, nursing, criminal justice and computer information technology, and ranked the top 145 in each category.

“The faculty and staff in the Richards College of Business believe in and live our mission every day: We are in the business of transforming lives through education, engagement and experiences,” said Dean Faye McIntyre. Read more ...


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