Accomplishments: Lee Business School
Two of Lee Business School’s outstanding peer mentors were recognized at the 2025 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó Peer Mentor Awards:
Marco Lau received the Outstanding Event in Peer Mentoring Award for his work creating inclusive opportunities that helped his mentees feel more connected to campus life. As a board member for the Lee Business Connections club, Lau personally…
Lee Business Students Shine at 2025 Rebel Awards
The 2025 Rebel Awards ceremony, held on April 16 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the Student Union Ballrooms, brought together the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó community to recognize outstanding achievements across campus. Hosted annually, the Rebel Awards celebrate the students, organizations, and teams who exemplify leadership,…
The Kerestesi Center for Insurance and Risk Management debuted the inaugural Kerestesi $10,000 Insurance Challenge on May 1, a signature experiential learning event that brings together students, faculty, alumni, and industry professionals for an evening of innovation, insight, and celebration.
Generously supported by the PHLY Foundation Fund for…
John Starkey (Kerestesi Center for Insurance and Risk Management; Business) was honored with the Showstopper of the Year title at the American Cancer Society’s Fork Cancer event in 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp.
Fork Cancer recognized twenty distinguished "Showstoppers," each tasked with raising critical funds to support the American Cancer Society’s mission. Through…
Bianca Ionescu, (Computer Science and Management Entrepreneurship, and Technology) a 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó CyberCorps SFS Scholar, was invited to present on the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó Cyber Clinic at the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference that recently took place in Dallas, Texas.
WiCyS’ mission is to recruit, retain and advance women in cybersecurity to build a robust…
Cervantes Lee (Business; Hospitality), with co-authors Zihui Ma (Hospitality) and Linchi Kwok from Cal Poly Pomona, published "Multi-Unit Restaurant Management," now available through Kendall Hunt Publishing.
The book provides in-depth strategies and practical insights for managing multi-unit restaurant businesses — a fast-…
Isabelle Graham (Economics; Brookings Mountain West; The Lincy Institute) and Zachary Billot (Political Science ’24) will represent Nevada and California respectively at the 2025 Western Governors' Leadership Institute (WGLI) Annual Meeting. The WGLI is a prestigious program developed by the Western Governors' Association to…
Marla Royne Stafford (Marketing & International Business) has been named as an advisor to the Cannabis Media Council. The Cannabis Media Council is the first trade council dedicated to using the power of mainstream media to uplift wholehearted, people-centered advertising campaigns that show positive experiences with cannabis. Stafford has…
Scott Jackson (Accounting) and co-authors Elaine Wang and David Piercey from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published their paper, "Does Temporal Immediacy Impact Investors’ Judgments? It Depends on Communication Mode," in the journal Behavioral Research in Accounting. The study finds that investors are more willing to…
Jehun Moon, Mehmet Erdem, Ozgur Ozdemir, Hyelin (Lina) Kim (Hospitality) and Eda Anlamlier (Business) have published their study titled, "What drives Millennials and Generation Z to adopt cryptocurrency for hotel payments?," in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. Their study is among the first to comprehensively…
Hamid Reza Nikkhah (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) has published a new study in Information Systems Frontiers. The article, co-authored with Frederic Schlackl from HEC Montreal and Rajiv Sabherwal from the University of Arkansas, examines how cultural differences influence privacy considerations and responses to institutional…
Tom Arnold (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) published the book, The Digital Detective: First Intervention. It's available on Amazon as a Kindle book.
51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó the book: Cyber threats and cyber criminals indiscriminately target the old as well as young regardless of race, creed or origin. Teens and young adults must realize that on…