HTW Summer Immersion 2012 -- Experiencing Germany

Five SOU students traveled to HTW in Saarbrucken, Germany, for a three-week summer immersion program where they learned what it is like to study at a German university as well as taking time to explore German culture, traditions and surroundings. Read more...

School of Business Students Participate in
Relay for Life Event

Members of three School of Business student clubs, Alpha Kappa Psi, the Accounting Students Association and the Business Club, participated in the 24-hour Relay for Life event held on Saturday, May 19th to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Shaun Franks, President
SOU Net Impact Club

The Net Impact Club helped to get out the vote for the Green Fund.  80.5% of the 1039 students who voted in this year's elections voted Yes for the Green Fund.

SOU Annual Scholarship Phonathon 2012

The SOU Business Club dialed 329 people Tuesday night, April 24 as volunteers for the 2012 SOU Annual Scholarship Phonathon. In just one night the Business Club volunteers secured $815 for scholarships. Thank you so much for your efforts!

SOU MBA students, Michael Olson, Heather Stafford, Sulaiha McDougall, Chris McConnell, Michael Miller, Ryan Stapleton, Carrie Blomquist and undergraduate business student Jeffrey Jensen joined the Southern Oregon Angel Investments Network in an impactful internship Winter term 2012. 

The students spent several months meeting with the angel investment group and performed in-depth due diligence on the five small business finalists. The interns saw how theoretical business knowledge is applied in the real world as they met with community business leaders each week about investment and start-up capital, business valuation, financial statement analysis, business plans, marketing plans and industry analysis, presentation skills, site visits, fact checking and feasibility studies.

At the Angel Investment event, the interns organized the presenters, sat in on the voting process and had the privilege to hear presentations from Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler, venture capitalist leaders Scott Sandler (Oregon Angel Fund), Kirk Washington (Yaletown Venture Partners), Jim Huston (Portland Seed Fund) and Diane Fraiman (Voyager Venture Partners).

Fifteen students and three advisors from the SOU Hospitality and Tourism Club recently spent their spring break in Orange County, California at Disneyland. Back Stage was the theme of the educational tour the students and faculty embarked on while at Disneyland. Meeting with Disney executives, Management and Administration, the HTM club members were able to have open conversation about how the "Magic" of Disney is able to be experienced every day.

 The highlight of the trip for all of the participants was the tour of the Disney Family Apartment above the Fire House on Main Street. A Light of Hospitality always shines from Walt's window to remind all who work or visit Disneyland that dreams do come true every day.

Currently four students from the Hospitality and Tourism concentration in the School of Business are on internship or seasonal employment contracts with the Disney Corporation while attending Southern Oregon University.

Senior Dan Grace, accompanied by Dr. Joan McBee, traveled to Weber State University in Ogden, Utah over spring break 2012 where Dan presented the research project of his team (Trevor Norton and Ryan Cleveland) at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR).

Dr. McBee states, "The attendance at this conference was amazing, with about 2,400 students nationwide presenting their research. It was an excellent opportunity for Dan to defend, in a professional forum, the research he and his classmates had done investigating the needs of online students. One of the audience members was so impressed, Dan was asked to aid in conducting the research at another institution."

Business Student Performs at Carnegie Hall

Congratulations to Beatriz Abella who performed with fellow SOU student Amanda Light at the International Music Talent Competition 2011 on December 18, 2011 in Carnegie Hall in New York City.  Business profs Donna Lane and Dennis Slattery (with wife Sandra) were in the audience.

Beatriz is a double major in Vocal Performance and Music-Business at SOU. She was a recent semi-finalist in the Y.E.S. Foundation of the Arts' Stewart Brandy Competition and was a Grand Winner of the National Young Musicians Showcase Competition and performed in the winners' recital in Carnegie Hall.

The Hospitality and Tourism Club traveled outside of Southern Oregon to learn more about the hospitality industry. Over winter break they went to Southern California where they received behind-the scenes insight into the operations of  Disney, Warner Brothers and Knotts Berry Farm. In March they took Amtrack to Seattle where they attended the Northwest Service Food Show and visited various restaurants near Pike's Place Market.

SOU Accounting Students Association Speaker

On Monday, February 1, 2010, the Accounting Students Association hosted a presentation on success in business and the public accounting industry by Lou Miramontes. Mr. Miramontes was the managing partner for KPMG in San Francisco, CA and now serves clients on the entire West Coast.