Collat School of Business News
Alums aim to give Americans a taste of “West African excellence” with new startup
Olu Ogunbi, the son of two physicians, enrolled at UAB in 2009 with the goal of becoming a doctor. But after his first semester, he switched to marketing. “I have always been entrepreneurial and looking for ways to develop myself,” Ogunbi said. “At the time, UAB didn’t have an entrepreneurship major like it does now, and marketing seemed like the closest thing.”
Alumni Profile: Emily Pruett
Alumna Emily Pruett, who received her bachelor’s degree in accounting in 2007 and her MBA in 2008, was recently promoted to partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC. (PwC). She works in client services and in talent identification and development out of the international firm’s Nashville office.
Changing lives: New Collat dean finds purpose in education’s mission
A phrase on the UAB Collat School of Business website caught new Dean Christopher Shook’s attention the first time he saw it.
Transforming lives one student at a time.
Collat student named PCAOB Scholar
Accounting graduate student Dalia De Jesus Nolasco Ortega will receive a prestigious $10,000 scholarship after recently being named Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Scholar.
Collat students honor professors with teaching awards
UAB Collat School of Business students recently honored four professors with the second annual CSOB Teaching Excellence Awards. The teaching awards honor one professor in each academic department and in the graduate program and are voted on by Collat students.
Accounting major named Miss Alabama first runner-up
Emma Terry remembers watching the contestants of Miss Alabama from the audience. She recently got the chance to be one of them and finished first runner up for the crown.
Accounting professor appointed Sallie W. Dean Endowed Professor
Arline Savage, Ph.D., has been named the first Sallie W. Dean Endowed Professor of Accounting at the UAB Collat School of Business.
Jack’s tenure as business dean transforms school
As Eric P. Jack prepares to step down as dean opens a new website of the UAB Collat School of Business at the end of June, friends, colleagues, students, and business leaders have been reflecting on his tremendous impact and wishing him well in his well-earned retirement.
ID student earns prestigious scholarship to study in Spain
Industrial Distribution major William Coleman has been awarded the 2023 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship opens a new website, a prestigious scholarship that provides funds for students to study abroad while in college.
Economics student balances classes, political website
Eshan Pokhrel’s news organization, like many things, was born out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Collat students raise money to feed central Alabama’s food insecure
The UAB Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi opens a new website is raising money for a “Feed the Funnel” event in which Collat School of Business students, faculty and staff will pack meals for those in need in central Alabama.
OD/MBA student selected for Schweitzer Fellowship
OD/MBA student Demetric Jones will be spending the next 13 months in service to the Birmingham-area Hispanic community through a prestigious Albert Schweitzer Fellowship opens a new website. Jones is part of UAB’s unique OD/MBA dual degree program, in which he’ll earn both a master of business administration and a doctorate of optometry concurrently.
Hundreds graduate from UAB Collat School of Business at Spring Commencement
More than 400 students from the Collat School of Business graduated during two spring semester commencement ceremonies Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29 at Bartow Arena.
Graduating students and their friends and family were celebrated at pre-commencement receptions in the Collat School of Business both days.
Student investment group presents at New York financial conference
Leaders of the UAB Green and Gold Fund opens a new website at the Collat School of Business recently traveled to New York City to present the group’s investment strategy at the Quinnipiac University Global Asset Management Education (GAME) Forum opens a new website.
Finance student plans to expand media business after graduation
Thomas Do views his job as a service to the business community.
“It’s my way of helping people, whether that’s generating leads for a small business or telling their story,” he said.
Nabors joins Beta Alpha Psi board of directors
Accounting instructor Eddie Nabors was recently elected to the Beta Alpha Psi Board of Directors to serve as the board’s director of administration.
New certificate allows students to focus on real estate
UAB students interested in a career in real estate can develop their understanding of both commercial and residential real estate through a new undergraduate certificate program in the Collat School of Business.
Association for Information Systems honors Collat professors
The Association for Information Systems (AIS) opens a new website recently selected Collat professors Philip Musa, Ph.D. opens a new website and Paul Di Gangi, Ph.D. opens a new website, as AIS Distinguished Members-Cum Laude. Musa was honored in the association’s June 2022 membership cohort; Di Gangi was honored in December 2022.
Edmonds honored with Provost’s TOC Award for online class
Collat accounting professor Jennifer Edmonds, Ph.D.; opens a new website, has been recognized with the Provost’s Awards for Transformative Online Courses (TOC Awards) opens a new website for engaging online students.
Collat students find perfect internships through UAB’s ASBA Project
Entrepreneurship student D’Andre McBride wants to launch a social enterprise that focuses on helping disadvantaged people with career and professional development, and, for the last two semesters, he’s been learning how to run one from the ground up, thanks to the UAB Academic Small Business Alliance’s Bridge to Success Project opens a new website.