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CoBA News
Summer 2021
CoBA and Human Development Faculty Members Receive National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant
Dr. Paola Ometto, Assistant Professor of Management and Dr. Carly Offidani-Bertrand, Assistant Professor of Human Development receive grant funding to research the to explore what factors affect the development of entrepreneurs in minority communities.
CSUSM Economic Impact Report Released
CSUSM generates $721.6 million dollars in indstry activity in the local region. Read more from the report here about the ROI of every tax dollar invested in the community serving institution.
Dr. Robert Aboolian, Supply Chain Expert, Shares his Insight on Persistent Supply Chain Shortages
Professor Robert Aboolian, Supply Chain expert, shares some insight into why we are still feeling the pain of inventory shortages this long after the reopening of the economy. Read his full interview regarding the country's response and the need to increase our domestic capacity to manufacture critical products.
June 30, 2021
Dr. Ben Cherry, Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Appointed Interim Dean of CoBA
The College of Business Administration is excited to announce that Dr. Bennett Cherry, Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at CSUSM, will assume the role of interim dean on July 1st!
June 24, 2021
The college announces Jim Hamerly CoBA Student Success Endowed Scholarship
In honor of retiring Dean Hamerly, foundation and advisor board members, as well as faculty and staff, have joined together to sponsor a new endowed scholarship for student success.
June 14, 2021
Longtime Dean Jim Hamerly set to retire June 30th
Dean Hamerly shares his retirement announcement after nearly 20 years of teaching and 7 years of service as the dean of the College of Business Administration.
June 8, 2021
CSUSM Cougar Fund releases Spring 2021 Newsletter
The student run investment club revealed an impressive ROI of 43% for the CSUSM foundation fund portfolio.
June 7, 2021
San Diego Business Journal Publishes Senior Experience Team Research
The semi-annual survey of San Diego Business Confidence revealed a dramatic increase in optimism for employment and profits for key industries including Craft Beer, Tourism, and Biotechnology, as well as general business.
Spring 2021
May 23, 2021
College Celebrates Classes of 2020 and 2021 at In-Person Commencement!
The university was excited to hold an in-person socially distanced ceremony for graduates. Read the full article from CSUSM news about the 3-day celebration and view the full CoBA ceremony photo album.
May 18, 2021
College Recognizes 2021 Outstanding Graduates
Each department reveals their outstanding graduates for the Class of 2021!
May 10, 2021
College Achieves Prestigious AACSB Accreditation
The CSUSM College of Business Administration joined the top 5% of business schools.
April 27, 2021
Finance Professor Dr. Kim's research accepted on The Influence of CEO Political Ideology on Labor Relations and Firm Value
Congratulations are in order for Assistant Professor of Fiannce, Dr. Dongnyoung Kim! His research work has been accepted for publication in Managerial Finance. The paper titled, “The Influence of CEO Political Ideology on Labor Relations and Firm Value”, examines the influence of CEO internal political beliefs on labor relations and demonstrates that managerial political orientation has a significant impact on firm value arising from employment litigation.
March 26, 2021
CSUSM Cougar Fund student organization competes at international finance conference
The CSUSM Cougar fund, a student run investment club with $200,000 under asset management, presented their portfolio at the largest student financial conference in the world.
February 17, 2021
Management Student's Start Up Wins Fall 2020 Innovation Hub Challenge
LeRhonda Triplett identified a demand for virtual event coordinating during the pandemic and was selected among multiple applicants by entrepreneurship experts to receive mentorship and start up funding.
January 12, 2021
Entrepreneurship Grad Helps to Launch Surfing Non- Profit During Pandemic
Jessica Earnshaw helped to launch Betty Boarders, a community and surfing resource organization for women who are passionate about surfing or learning how to surf.
2020
December 4, 2020
Business Student Helps Others Through The San Marcos Promise
Abigail White was volunteering at Mission Hills High School’s College Expo and Future Fair last year when she realized the positive impact she could have on younger students.
Nov. 13, 2020
Management Student becomes burgeoning real estate venture specialist
Management student Jonas Dyer '21 shares how his strong work ethic, and his ability to network, has propelled his career forward to management prior to graduation. Read his story of how a job at his local gym began his journey to managing large scale real estate ventures across the Pacific Northwest.
Sep. 15, 2020
CoBA shares #newgradnewjob success stories over Summer 2020 break
Social media channels featured recent gradautes who accepted new job offers this summer and included their advice for current students approaching the job market.
Sep. 1, 2020
CoBA welcomed three new faculty members to the team in Fall 2020l! The college is excited to introduce Dr. Fernanda Muniz! Learn more about her background and research areas on this special news feature.
CoBA welcomed three new faculty members to the team in Fall 2020l! The college is excited to introduce Dr. Aaron McDonald. Learn more about his background and research areas on this special news feature.
CoBA welcomed three new faculty members to the team in Fall 2020l! The college is excited to introduce Dr. Abigail Nappier Cherup. Learn more about her background and research areas on this special news feature.
June 23, 2020
Leading in Turbulent and Uncertain Times
Professor of Management Dr. Raj Pillai examines charismatic leadership and provides tips for managers who are leading through a crisis.
June 15, 2020
In search of consistent venture growth?
Assistant Professor Dr. Serhan Kotilogu explores how ventures can maintain persistant growth with optimum levels of innovation.
May 17, 2020
Class of 2020 Outstanding Business Seniors Recognized
View the faculty nominated outstanding seniors from each department.
April 23, 2020
Worried about keeping your job?
Dr. Emily Tarr, Assistant Professor in the Management department conducts research on power relationships in the workplace.
Aprl 16, 2020
The Future of Designing Supply Chain Networks and Medical Resource Planning in Post Covid-19 Era
Professor Robert Aboolian discusses the imapct of COVID-19 on the field of supply chain management.
Aprl 9, 2020
Incivility in the Workplace and its Impact on Business
Dr. Kim McCarthy discusses her research on the impact of incivility in interpersonal communication and how it decreases producitivity.
April 1, 2020
How 3D printing is helping when Coronavirus Pandemic has disrupted Supply Chain
A brief overview of how 3D printing innovation is being fast tracked during the global pandemic crisis and the 6 factors that drive successful implementation researched by faculty member Dr. Nima Zaerpour. Read more.
March 31, 2020
Senior CoBA Student Starts Marketing Agency from the Ground Up
Elijah Schneider, a senior business student at CSUSM, started a social media marketing agency from the ground up at just 19 years old. In a few short years the company has grown on its platform of transparency and data-based strategies to employ a team of 17 and service large brands like Nordstrom, Mercedes, and Fancy.com. Read more.
March 31, 2020
Alumna Turns Entrepreneurship Class Project into Sustainable Business
Melissa Finestone '17, can be found every weekend selling her organic, cold-pressed, fresh almond milk at farmer’s markets in San Diego. What started out as an assignment in a marketing class turned out to be a full-time business and passion project for this 2017 alum. Read more.
March 17, 2020
Ask the Expert: Risk of and Response to the Coronavirus
Perhaps no Cal State San Marcos students were as clued in to coronavirus threat and its potential impacts on the United States as clearly and as early as those in the statistics class taught by business lecturer Bill Burns. Read more
February 11, 2020
Ask the Expert: Why We Love, and Hate, Politicians
As the Democratic primary heats up, and with the 2020 presidential election around
the corner in November, political candidates are being placed under the microscope
from Iowa to New Hampshire to California. Democrats want to know which candidate...Read More
A new study led by Cal State San Marcos marketing professor Glen Brodowsky suggests
business students who are more tolerant of cheating in the classroom are more likely
to tolerate unethical corporate behavior in the board room...Read more
2019
December 10, 2019
Cal State San Marcos' College of Business Administration is now offering its Specialized
MBA program in the evenings. Working professionals can finish their MBA on a part-time
basis in 24 months, and full-time students can complete their MBA in 12 mo...
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October 18, 2019
A pair of former Cal State San Marcos students are leading one of the fastest growing
independent real estate brokerages in the country with total sales volume this year
projected to surpass $3 billion. Serial entrepreneurs and former CSUSM studen...
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August 8, 2019
Erik Groset is no horse racing junkie, but like many people in San Diego, he enjoys
a nice summer day at the Del Mar racetrack – the gorgeous seaside setting, fun times
with friends and family, laying down a little money to make it more interesting. ...
Read more
May 20, 2019
She has built a successful career in the mobile marketing industry and founded Mobvious
Media, a digital enterprise later acquired by one of Spain’s largest media conglomerates.
She opened the Chicago, New York and Los Angeles offices of AdsMovil, wh...
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May 8, 2019
When Alisha Blush first attended college, she was a smart, high-achieving but relatively
aimless teenager, going to the university she thought she was supposed to go to and
pursuing the career she thought she was supposed to choose. When she retu...
Read more- 2018 StoriesAs the end of the year approaches, many are already looking ahead to 2019. But before putting the finishing touches on your list of New Year’s resolutions, let’s take a look back at some of the most-talked-about stories of 2018.Hagen Javier almost ignored the Instagram post about an internship fair at Cal State San Marcos, but the advice he received from an older friend kept gnawing away at him.At the peak of Palomar Mountain, more than 5,000 feet above sea level, sits the house that Jim Hamerly built. Built, in this case, didn’t mean hiring a contractor and writing checks. Hamerly built the house.
After Shadrach Vaughn graduated from Cal State San Marcos with a degree in business administration in 2014, he did what a lot of fresh alumni do: He moved away from inland North County and headed for the beach.
- 2017 Stories
$225,000 Gift from Burnhams a Boon for Nonprofits, CSUSM Students
Burnham and his wife Roberta recently continued their long history of supporting CSUSM with a $225,000 gift through the Burnham Foundation to establish the Burnham Leadership Experience in the University’s College of Business Administration (CoBA).Former Business Student Thrives in Restaurant Industry
A combination of drive, work ethic and his time studying in Cal State San Marcos’ College of Business Administration helped him open Ara Lebanese Grill on San Marcos Boulevard.CSUSM partners with SD Business Journal on Business Confidence Index
California State University San Marcos’ College of Business Administration has launched an online Economic Dashboard to showcase the Business Confidence Index that it has developed in partnership with the San Diego Business Journal over the past two years.Building CSUSM’s Impact on the Regional Economy
When it comes to building bonds between the College of Business Administration (CoBA) at Cal State San Marcos and local industry to grow the regional economy, Ed Ashley is at the head of the class.Students Make a Difference in Community through ‘Democracy in Action’
Thanks to a new Democracy in Action initiative launched this year at Cal State San Marcos, scores of students spent the spring semester working with the city of San Marcos on endeavors that included strategies to reduce the number of unwarranted 911 calls and capitalizing on revenue-generating opportunities for the annual Double Peak Challenge.Career Closet Aims to Dress for Success
Just three months after coming up with the idea during a winter break retreat, the new Latino Business Student Association has opened a closet in Craven Hall stocked with gently used professional clothing free for all CSUSM students in need of proper attire for career-related events.Passion for Education Drives Alumna to Help Young Women in her Native Africa
While she remains immersed in her lifelong pursuit of knowledge, she is continuing work she began long ago to empower young girls in Africa to gain an education and better their lives.Making an Impact from the Lessons Learned at CSUSM
Kristin Elliott, CSUSM MBA alumnae,launched a new venture making sensors to track water quality for the booming aquaculture industry. Her accomplishments have been honored by both a San Diego Business Journal Women Who Mean Business award and a San Diego Metro 40 Under 40 recognition.CSUSM Offers Free Tax Prep to Students
California State University San Marcos is helping to ease the tax maze by offering free tax preparation and assistance to students through a Facilitated Self-Assistance (FSA) Tax Program.Business Students Spark Development of Concert Venue
A comprehensive analysis authored by a team of Cal State San Marcos business students is propelling a proposal to transform a struggling, off-track betting facility at the Del Mar Fairgrounds into the region’s newest concert venue. - 2016 Stories
CSUSM’s Accomplishments Inspire Generous Donation
Emilie and Mark Hersh are pledging $50,000 for scholarships and other initiatives at the Cal State San Marcos College of Business Administration.Soft Skills Become Graduation Requirement for Business Degrees
To help meet the challenge of an increasingly competitive business environment, the College of Business Administration (CoBA) created a program that enables students to round out their business knowledge by developing personal and professional success skills while pursuing their degree at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM).Dr. Catalin Ratiu: Bringing Lessons in Business Sustainability to Cal State San Marcos
Dr. Catalin Ratiu was born in Romania, has lived in France, Canada, Mexico and the United States, and his previous careers includes being an attorney, a management consultant, and a founding partner and sales director of an import-export business.Dr. Kristin Stewart: Looking at the Science behind Consumer Behavior
Stewart’s expertise is in advertising, marketing communication and consumer psychology. She has presented her work at several conferences and among her current projects is a study looking at how the tempo of a tune can affect consumer behavior.Markstein Hall Celebrates 10th Anniversary
The College of Business Administration (CoBA) celebrated the 10th anniversary of Markstein Hall during an intimate ceremony at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) on Wednesday, April 28, 2016.Dr. Rebeca Perren: Diving into a New Career at Cal State San Marcos
Perren, who is just the 31st Hispanic woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in marketing, began teaching social media marketing and global marketing at CSUSM in the fall of 2015.Art in Childhood Linked to Successful STEM Careers
A trio of Cal State San Marcos professors are hoping to spur a renaissance in arts education through research showing a link between K-12 students immersed in the arts with successful careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.CoBA Taps into Other Majors to Better Serve Business
For the first time in more than two decades, students from other majors across CSUSM are invited to participate in Senior Experience.Dr. Anne Randerson: Bringing the World to CSUSM
Randerson has taught in the College of Business Administration and the Department of Communication in addition to the Department of Global Studies. Courses on her CSUSM resume include: Management in Different Cultures; Perspectives in Globalization; Cross-Cultural Negotiation and Global Business, Global Economy, Politics and Society – Global Perspectives; and Intercultural Communication. - 2015 Stories
FEMBA Students Build Hope and Opportunity, Volunteer with Habitat For Humanity
In a region where affordable housing is desperately needed, California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) business students have stepped outside the classroom and into construction to build hope and opportunity for others.Stacked Against Statistics: PhD Project Professors Aim to Inspire the Next Generation of Business Leaders
Two new Cal State San Marcos business faculty, Rebecca Perren and Kristen Stewart, are applying what they’ve learned through their involvement with The PhD Project to mentor the next generation of business professionals currently studying in the College of Business Administration.Presidential Charisma: Winning Personalities Win Elections
At Cal State San Marcos, Professor of Business Management Rajnandini “Raj” Pillai looks at how to predict the next U.S. president based on the power of his or her personality.Devon Greco: Focused on Entrepreneurial Success
Cal State San Marcos business graduate Devon Greco wants to help folks focus. An entrepreneur now living in Philadelphia, Greco has developed what he calls the next generation in neurofeedback devices—a brain-training tool that helps improve attention.Dr. Vassilis Dalakas: Building the Future at CSUSM
Given his druthers, Dr. Vassilis Dalakas would rather be playing professional basketball. But the noted consumer psychology and sports marketing expert found his calling as a college professor, and he has no regrets about landing at Cal State San Marcos, where he has been teaching and conducting groundbreaking research since 2008.New Dean Named for CSUSM College of Business Administration
Jim Hamerly, Ph.D., has been named the new dean of the College of Business Administration (CoBA) at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM).Business Students Help Tribal Nursery Bloom
When it came time to decide whether to grow the small business nestled on a half-acre just south of state Route 76, Nursery Manager Joey Morales turned to the College of Business Administration’s Senior Experience Program for some help.Leadership Center Names Garry Ridge of WD-40 “Outstanding Business Leader”
CLIMB names Garry Ridge, president and chief executive officer of WD-40 Company, its “Outstanding Business Leader” for 2015.MBA Program Ranked in Top 20 for Veterans
The Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) program at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) has been ranked No. 19 out of 75 by Military Times in its 2015 list of Best for Vets: Business Schools, the publication announced March 9, 2015.Stone Taps into Senior Experience [Video]
Meet Innovator & Entrepreneur Sean Callahan
A serial entrepreneur, Sean Callahan '04 isn't afraid to take risks and work hard — in fact, you could say that he thrives on it.