Startup Sprint & Business Plan Pitch Competition
Congratulations to the top four high school teams who won cash prizes as well as trophies at the Fall Startup Sprint & Business Plan Pitch Competition on Nov. 1.
1st Place: Booker T. Washington High School (Tulsa) $3,000
2nd Place: Southmoore High School
$2,0003rd Place: Yukon High School $1,000
4th Place: Francis Tuttle Technology
Center $500Honorable Mention: Metro Technology
and Booker T. Washington (team 2)
High school teams from across the state learned what it takes to develop a winning pitch from Associate Dean Bob Greve. He provided details of what goes into developing a product, identifying an audience and creating economic projections. The teams of five students then worked together on the product, marketing plan and financial forecast for the presentation.
Meinders School of Business professors and upperclassmen along with local business professionals served as mentors helping the student teams identify an opportunity by developing a fictitious product, structuring a business model, then delivering the perfect two- to three-minute pitch to a panel of industry experts.
Meinders School of Business Receives SEVIS Approval for MS Degrees
Meinders School of Business has now secured Student and Exchange Visitor Information System approval for Master of Science in Data Analytics and Financial Analytics degrees.
Learn more about this exciting new opportunity to earn an MS in Data Analytics or Financial Analytics along with other STEM degrees offered at the Meinders School of Business by visiting .
Oklahoma Commerce & Industry Hall of Honor
The Oklahoma Commerce & Industry Hall of Honor celebrated its 38th annual induction ceremony in October at the 野狼社区 Convention Center, with more than 400 attendees including numerous students. The ceremony, hosted by OCU鈥檚 Meinders School of Business, welcomed three distinguished inductees:
Chris Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation lieutenant governor, received the Chairman鈥檚 Award for his leadership in healthcare and business diversification within the Nation. Jenny Love Meyer, Love鈥檚 Travel Stops鈥� chief culture officer and executive vice president, was honored with the President鈥檚 Award for her three-decade commitment to developing company culture and community relations. Jenee Naifeh Lister, CIMA庐, senior vice president and wealth management advisor at Merrill Lynch, earned the Outstanding Achievement Award, recognized for her financial expertise and consistent ranking among Forbes鈥� Best in State.
Adding to the ceremony鈥檚 significance, Herman Meinders presented all attendees with copies of his second book written by Bob Burke (鈥�79), 鈥淎 Legacy for Generations: The Generosity of Herman Meinders.鈥� The event, which supports scholarships for Meinders School of Business students, celebrates business leaders who have significantly contributed to Oklahoma鈥檚 development while serving as role models for the next generation of business leaders.
MSB Professor Wins Award
Congratulations to the Ronnie K. Irani Data Analytics Assistant Professor for Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Jabir Rahman, and co-author Huigang Liang for receiving the Kauffman Best Paper Award at the American Conference on Information Systems. AMCIS is the flagship conference of the Association for Information Systems in the U.S. There were more than 600 submissions, 1300+ unique authors from 40+ countries with only one paper receiving this great honor.
New Podcast
The Meinders School of Business has launched a new Business Stars Podcast to better connect educational programs to the business community in the city, state and beyond. This collaborative program features interviews with some of the best and brightest students, faculty and advisors at MSB along with outstanding members of the business and education community.
The Business Stars podcast series kicked off with an interview of Dean Sri Beldona, where he discussed his higher education insights, plans for innovation at MSB and vision for the future. Additionally, the role of MSB in the Oklahoma business ecosystem was featured and how they benefit from working together.
The podcast can be found at .
New Business Faculty Welcomed
New faculty within the Meinders School of Business include Kari Day, CPA, and Jeffery Fisher, CPA, both clinical professors of accounting; Jian Song has been added as an assistant professor of economics; and Jason Flores, visiting associate professor of marketing, has returned to the university.
