Mittelstaedt & Gentry Doctoral Symposium

Eleven faculty, staff and Ph.D. students at the College of Business received recognition for their work this year driving discovery, creating opportunity and empowering students to lead the future of business:

Distinguished Service: Michelle Jacobs
D'vee Buss Students First: Rose Hull, '20
Faculty Service: Jennifer Ryan
Ph.D. Student Teaching: Brandon Fogel
Excellence in Teaching: Robin Garewal, '21; and Tim Hodges, '00, '01 & '20
Online Graduate Programs Teaching: Brett Neely
Distinguished Teaching: Tammy Beck
Ph.D. Student Research: Diego Villalpando
Emerging Scholar Research: Brenden Timpe
Distinguished Research: Özgür Araz

Tenured faculty member Amit Saini, W. W. Marshall College Professor, professor of marketing and a leader in teaching and research at Nebraska for 21 years, was named the new chair of the Department of Marketing.

"He played an integral part in the College of Business Strategic Planning process and led the Research and Discovery Committee when we updated the plan. I look forward to his insight as he continues to help inform the college and guide his department," said Dean Kathy Farrell.

We're finalizing arrangements for this year's Mittelstaedt & Gentry Doctoral Symposium. The program and list of participants will go out next week to everyone participating this year.

Participating schools this year include The Ohio State University, University of Oregon, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University, University of Iowa, West Virginia University, Washington State, University of Wyoming, Iowa State, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Michigan State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, University of Missouri, University of Kansas, and University of Texas at El Paso.

We look forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks!

Group photo of the 2023 Mittelstaedt & Gentry Doctoral Symposium participants.

The 2023 Mittelstaedt & Gentry Doctoral Symposium was a success. There were a lot of great presentations and discussions, and new friendships formed.

Save the date. The 20204 Symposium will be held March 28-30, 2024. Planning will start later this summer and details will be distributed later this fall.

Congratulations to Michelle Jacobs, Department Operations Manager in the Department of Marketing, for receiving a Dean's Coin.

Our program is full for the 2023 Mittelstaedt & Gentry Doctoral Symposium. Participating universities include Michigan State, Ohio State, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Washington State, Iowa State, Missouri, Wyoming, Kansas, Oregon, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, and Texas Tech University. We look forward to seeing everyone in 2023!

Our guests start arriving today for this year's Symposium. Participating schools this year are Michigan State, Indiana, Ohio State, Maryland, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, West Virginia, Texas A&M, Wyoming, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Arizona, Washington State, Missouri, and Oregon. We look forward to seeing everyone in person!

Our program is full for the 2022 Symposium, which will be held in person! We look forward to seeing everyone!