Kennesaw State business students‚ faculty and partners honored
Significant honors have been bestowed on several members of the Michael J. Coles College of…
Georgia (May 21, 2001) — Kennesaw State business students‚ faculty and partners honored
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Abstract
Significant honors have been bestowed on several members of the Michael J. Coles College
of Business community at Kennesaw State University.
Joe Astrachan‚ who holds The Wachovia Chair of Family Business at the Cox Family Enterprise
Center at Kennesaw State‚ has received the McGregor Award. The award is given by the
"Journal of Applied Behavioral Science‚" a publication of the National Training Laboratories
Institute and Sage Publications. Of 250 articles published from 1990 to 1999‚ only
eleven received the award‚ which includes a cash prize. Astrachan's winning article
is "Organizational Departure: The Impact of Separation Anxiety as Studied in a Mergers
and Acquisitions Simulation."
The Cobb Microenterprise Council‚ based at the Coles College‚ has received one of
15 awards from The Collaborative Fund for Women¹s Economic Development‚ administered
by the Ms. Foundation for Women. The Collaborative Fund is a unique partnership among
national‚ family and community foundations as well as individual donors who support
women¹s enterprise development programs across the country. CMC has been granted three
years of funding at $50‚000 per year‚ totaling $150‚000. The council helps low− and
moderate−income people gain the skills and financial resources they need to run their
own businesses and is becoming a national model in the promotion of economic self−sufficiency.
The Coles College chapter of Students In Free Enterprise took home several awards
at the SIFE National Championship in Kansas City‚ Mo.‚ this month. KSU won a first
place award for Entrepreneurship Assistance. The award was sponsored by the Kansas
City−based Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. KSU took second place in
the Discover Card Teach a Child About Business Week competition‚ and made the finals
in the Mutual Fund Investing Education competition. Overall the KSU chapter took home
more in cash prizes than any of the 200 teams at the championship. Students who competed
in Kansas City include Brent Burnette‚ Penny Owen‚ Robert L. Ebberman‚ Tres Little‚
Erin Pitts‚ Sabina Shaikh‚ and Chris Blair. Gary M. Roberts‚ KSU professor of management‚
is the team adviser.
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Kennesaw State University‚ a progressive‚ comprehensive institution with a growing
student population of 13‚500‚ offers more than 50 degree programs. Out of 34 institutions‚
KSU is the sixth largest in the University System of Georgia.
A leader in innovative teaching and learning, Kennesaw State University offers more than 150 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees to its approximately 41,000 students. With 11 colleges on two metro Atlanta campuses, Kennesaw State is a member of the University System of Georgia and the third-largest university in the state. The university’s vibrant campus culture, diverse population, strong global ties and entrepreneurial spirit draw students from throughout the region and from 92 countries across the globe. Kennesaw State is a Carnegie-designated doctoral research institution (R2), placing it among an elite group of only 6 percent of U.S. colleges and universities with an R1 or R2 status, and one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. For more information, visit kennesaw.edu.
