It is hard to believe that we are
nearly half way through the Spring 2018 semester! Our students will hopefully
enjoy their break in March, but the activities and achievements within the
College of Business and Innovation never slow down.
For example, be sure to mark your
calendars now to attend the Edwin Dodd Distinguished Lecture Series in Business
Ethics on Thursday, March 22 in the Driscoll Alumni Center. This free event,
which takes place every other year, is generously sponsored by our great
friends at Dana and Owens-Illlinois. We look
forward to learning from our guest speaker John Naber, an Olympic multi-champion
and now a professional sportscaster. See
the full story in this issue and reserve your seat at this great event.
That same day COBI will present our
second annual outstanding departmental awards, recognizing individuals from
each department within the college for their professional success, all built upon what they learned here at
COBI. You can read about these amazing individuals in our next newsletter.
It was a true joy to attend the
recent graduation ceremony for the Klar Leadership Academy, where students and
their parents heard some inspiring words on success and about keep-on-keeping-on
from COBI alum Bruce Gradkowski, who still holds a slew of UT quarterback
records, then went on to play 11 years in the NFL and start a number of
successful businesses.
We are honored to welcome teams
from 34 universities across the country for our third annual University of
Toledo Invitational Sales Competition at the end of February. Thanks and congratulations to Deirdre Jones,
Director of the COBHI Edward H. Schmidt School of Professional Sales, and her
staff/team, for once again hosting and coordinating the endless details for
this remarkable competition, which witnessed so much talent.
Speaking of thanks, our
appreciation is endless for our devoted alumni, thousands of people across
Northwest Ohio, the United States and, yes, around the world. Your professional
lives vividly tell the story of what a COBI business degree can help produce.
Your interest in our activities (mark your calendar now for the Celebrity Wait
Night on May 21, 2018 at Ciao!) and support of our students is remarkable. Know
that you are always welcome here!
Inspire. Transform. Empower.
Achieve
Go Rockets!
Hassan R. HassabElnaby, PhD
Interim Dean
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